The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-06
Rev. Foster after few brief and
timely opening remarks.

Rev. Foster after few brief and
timely opening remarks.
In speaking, DR.. Newcomb appeal
ed to his hearers not to judge the
church by men on the outside who
misrepresent 1t. Neither should the Ia
boring man be judged by the products
he presents but rather by the effort
he puts forth in the behalf of his en-
ployer and not the wage which he I
earns from day to day, by what he is
trying to do and not what he Is being
paid for doing.
The federal council is an organiza.
ton formed for the purpose of assist
ing the laboring man, the union man
and if there is anybody permitted to
speak to united labor, it is this or
ganization, which is ever working for
the betterment of the laboring man
and tradesmen. 1t has chartered the
church and social side of the union
workers and through its efforts here
has been great uplift.
| If some men are required to work
on Sunday, there must be reduction
! in the number of hours worked and
some other day in the week must be
set apart for them to rest from toll
To this end, the federal council, with
the trades and labor unions are work
ing steadily and in the cast, many OF
the large steel men have decreed that
| where their men must work on the
Sabbath day, another day of the week
1 is set apart for their rest and recrea-
ton.
The ministerial association extends
its sympathy and support to the
union men and working hand in hand,
there is an accomplishment and bet
torment of industrial conditions that
was never before witnessed.
John B. Lennon.
At the Y. NJ G. A. last winter,
many Keokuk men heard John u.
Lennon. secretary of the American
Federation of Labor make an address
and his talk Sunday afternoon, was as
full of interest and bore as much
good cheer as did mis- former appear
} ance. Mr.. Lennon is a speaker OF
/
which he deals in an admirable man
ner. He is one of the staunchest friends
of the union and was heard with IN
terest both Sunday and Labor Day.
. In part his Sunday effort follows:
81 believe that this meeting Is with
possibly one exception, one of the
most satisfactory to me that ! ever
addressed At recent meeting ID
Kansas City, l addressed an audience
h of 10000 persons, about half union
;. men and the rest from the Christian
;, churches of the city.
\ you will remember that it was
. the working people who always glad
ly listened to His message. The ques
ton has been asked, Am my broth
er's keeper" Nations have asked the
- question, and when they have answer
y ed that it was none of their business
= they were destroyed and have lei
), only a page or two in history, t
= mark their former existence. Grea
: men have sometimes taken so nue.
of this egotism and they have ief
:. nothing to show that they once were
,. IF men are to be anything in tn
- world they must not only syn
y ;. pathize with their fellows but the
must be of service to them and hel
=. them. Take the parable of the goo
Samaritan of the bible, for example
That is my idea of christianity in tn
social uplift and betterment of mai
kind.
n How many ways are there that Ii
ne Dor is robhing itself and being rol
ne bed9 The trade unions have bee
ne fighting for the living wage for
gu hundred years. A place for a man
I'D have a comfortable home, to pro 70
ne food for his children and some time
ty have recreation. That where tt
ce unions are found fighting for the Ii
~, ing wage, we will find the church c
ne our side. fighting for us. | belie'
that there is too much work done c
M Sunday | don't read a Sunday new
ra paper because believe in the print'
he having his Sabbath for rest. | will I
longer stand for the proposition
III, the working man having one day
ur rest in seven but stand for his ha
ing Sunday for his day of rest.
'sTrade unions as a rule actual
take less interest in the public affai
in in the community in which you III
an. than any other class. You will ha'
20 to learn better than that if you wis
es- to promote moral principals in yo
mt community Our cities are reekil
tlv with graft and corruption, and it
*. about time that the trade unions, u
ck. their ballot on election day to bril-
to about better conditions. For the rig
be- 1 am going to stand until the maje
ng ity gets on my side.
st. '1f men were to trace back the CO
runtion in any CITY. they would fiji