Evening journal., 1910-01-17

LIABILITY
Says Time Has Come For a
Change in the Interest Of
the Worker
WANT SENTIMENT TO
BRING ABOUT JUSTICE

The Rev. Hubert W. Wells addressed
the congregation at St. Andrews Church
last evening, concerning Employers LA
bility" He said in part;
Let us recall moment the progress
our thought has made as we have consid-
cred for the two Sunday evenings past.
the worker and the future We found that
we may reasonably expect 10 attain--to-
morrow. or tho day after-these funda-
mentally necessary things: First the in
alienable right Of every man born into this
world 10 be well born; his right TO enter
this world sound OF body and sound of
mind. We are upon the eve Of segregaunE
the haif-made people. tho degenerate and
the incorrigible. Next a protected child
hood. We found that the sole business oe
a child is growth into maturity. The only
labor that we shall permit to him Is the
labor that makes him ft at maturity 20
undertake mans part IN a world OF
men. His exploitation must cease. and II
is about TO cease. Next. 20 a far greater
degree than at present, Immunity from IN.
dustrlfal loss, and indemnity for indus4
trial accidents, industrial disease. and for
that greatest curse that can ever come to
"a manly hlHAI AHnNIiHlAN TOT AuinUuitQIE
idleness.And then, freedom from the prey
ing OF professional crime. We shall press
entity make our streets as safe and as "a
cure as are our homes. The determined
and habitiai and incorrgibla criminal
shall be placed apart and kept apart. and
life shall be safe from his incursions int
Il. Finally. a social religions religion to
concern itself with every relation OF re
with men to govern and order andSp3E V
We found that one great bar TO tietF' A
zation Of what we desire Is that
our courts known as the 'FeliAy- y &.
ruling-a ruling. as we said. fraueiFf vi
more misery. poverty. and desrads
than any ruling OF modern times. Tho
ing which makes II impossible for y
er 70 recover damages from his emp
for an injury received. in the cour.
his employment, at the hands OF ano
worker then and there employed by
same master. We found that that rul
still obtains IN this commonwealth
. that no statute IN any way mngates
z severity. And We said that It Is our duty
~ the duty OF every lover OF his lfind--tl
2 create such q force of public npinion ths
that ruling shah cease 10 work it's dovast
" ins work among u.s.
= Tonight we arc to speak OF En-
c ployers' Liability The sole excuse that
we have for an incursion into a field
s technically not ours. lies IN the fact
d too often overlooked, that economic is
v sues are at bottom OF moral issues
Ii is because they involve righteous
ness that a Christian Minister may
deal with them. / will therefore ask
you to fuse all that we say tonight
= I'm the atmosphere of tho first record.
= ed public sermon Of Jesus: The Apjrii
= of the Lord is upon me. because Hs
7 hath anointed me TO preach good news
u to tho poor; He hath sent me to heal
the brokenhearted, to preach deliver
ance TO the captives and recovering
q OF sight to the blind. to set at liberty
T. them that are abused by oppression.
eLet us note, as a fact worthy
noting, that Of the great trades which
employ the majority OF skilled work =
= ers-the leather industry. the textile
= industries. the iron and steel industries
the garment makers industry. there ID
y not one that pays its best workers an
average weekly wage OF over twelve
U dollars. So says the government re-
port which deals with this matter. .
What are the demands which society
makes upon this best average weekly
wage Of twelve dollars? First 1t must
4 yield the man who earns It a living
living? Twelve dollars a week
Yes. that is the expectation But So
. ciety also expects that the worker
q earning twelve dollars a weei-the
n best average weekly wage. remember
e in any of the great industries-shal
II marry and shall bring children into
the world. Certainly marriage anf
y the bringing Of children into the world
II should be the right and the privilege
ie of every good man. Marriage and It's
It issue are the power that spiritualise'
n the british out OF us. But twelv,
sr dollars a week is a small sum against
lie which to charge the rearing of q famil,
under conditions that make for ply
steal and moral health. But societ,
expects, also, that the worker, corn
ing. as we said, as his best averagI
n weekly wage, twelve dollars a week
= shall assume the risks OF his employ
. ment--au the ordinary risks. and some
n, times some of the extraordinary risks
But such a wage will not beal
!, the charge of a living and famil,
~ and insurance against the risks OF In
= ! dustry. Only a person far away from
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