Putnam patriot., 1910-11-18

fort on less than Sssg as r con average is s4S2 What an s1e.iae iae suffering What erampinv s'g t.ai.'iiis -a. and souls must the lack of fha, 'lsssfas sss1 create in those fortnnafa s.... essaef to have jobs. The tenure af 's51ga pends upon how subservisnf so s ae- feienf one is and how valnas,. Nisa q. boss. Hard, hard facts. and =. ' ne come in contact with il know a,,s 70 known 1t for years. Docs ths rs.e nsfe logical seminary know il and t.,l Ia.se- students? Answers of ves - the they get in close touch with thoana aa 20 are trying To remedy eonditionss
 Trades unions are formed to pro,ss, against unjust conditions. They =. sue their work by following out i...l ilgent lines of action, the most in,sIs gent that men have ever known-aa. ing together for common eause T, ,.- said and is altogether probable sh.s Jesus Christ was union man ana ,sa doctrines he taught were the aeeensas s.s doctrines of his organizations of tbasa days. It Is set up as eriterien 2, daily life, "If ye would that rnsa should do to you do ye even so sa them.n There is the religion of tr,ds unions.
 Labor unions have not haccn. fashionable nor laboring men ss acceptable as might be. I hsars President Elliott say that striEss were personal quarrels for pecupiarx gain, and the people an innocent fbi,s party, disturbed and suffering in con. sequence. and I thought such a stats. crrauCa from man. When strike is declared {, is, in the eyes Of the public, many times for trivial cause. but. nr friends. it is the last straw afta, human patience can stand To more Who is to blame-Yon are. yeu ara the innocent third party but yoa create and maintain the cenditians under which 16 per cent. are out af work all the time Take as an sx. ample the Philadelphia ear striks The railroad had corrupt franeaisa which had been established by Duhiia representatives They established F and could have abolished it any dsv When the laboring men could stand 1t no longer the public stood back the innocent third party You should seek to rectify those injustiees What is a quarrel between the em. blower and employe The employer Is nothing. The parties are the men who produce and the public who con sunes. and when man goes out m strike t is not against the employer but il is against the general public which in is deadness, apathy. and self-centered consciousness have al. lowed the conditions to be brought about You say the strike ought to be settled some other waY-eanei!lia- tion. arbitration. or something of the kind Never until the laboring men organized to force the employer to t was such a thing possible.
 The strike is the only weapon. Laborers had the first strike when the children Of Israel abandoned making bricks out of straw and turned their faces toward the prom ised land. There is a general con tempt for walking delegates. Moses and Aaron were walking delegates stirring up strife and trouble as agents of God. Just as in strikes nowadays, the general public suffered. Pharo decided to break that strike by calling out his army. Do you remem- Der what became of the strike break CTS? fApplausess
 The unions have thousands and thousands of children out of the mills where their lives were being ground up for dividends and put them into schools and today have so increased the wages of their parents that they can live and keep the children there The whole problem is wrapped up in the problem of wages. Wages mean food. shelter, clothing and more edn- cation. A higher, fuller, nobier life for the men, women and children, and We trade unions have worked for those ends all of these years Others have tried to abolish child lahor but it is the unions that have thus far placed all the statutes upon the statute books. Stop and think a minute What is art, education, books, or whatever else you consider desirable What are they to the man with less than sl0 week He knows nothing of them. You may go on in your way preaching the doc trines while we apply Christs prin- ciples Civilization has two arms The church preaching the doctrine and thank God for it-but thank God still more for the things you will do. The solution of the whole matter IS 10 eliminate the man out of work. (AppIause)
 The speaker was piled with ques- tions and answered all.
 MT. Harrison. Secretary Of the Massachusetts Industrial committee was asked to say 9 word and said that the problem was one of the town. IL did not make any difference what the situation was elsewhere the problem such bodies as this have to deal with are what it can do ID It's own community. If We get far be yond this We shall befuddle our minds
 It was voted to have civic inl- provement committee appointed 70 do what they can towards beadtligins the cities and towns. to look after bill boards, clean streets. housing foreigners and for a general esYHa up- if.
 \ vote Of appreciation was extend- ed to Mr. Sterling and Mr Hafg son Tor their presence.
 Al o'clock the Ladies Social Circle under the direction of the president, Miss -. Elizabeth Clarke, served q banquet in The gymnasium. The ta- bles were decorated wiln purple ana white chryssnthemums, feFgs, aad candles in apple baskets. On each plate was B page booklet of views ol Putnam. printed at the PATRIOT oi- flee, bound with silk from the Ham mond, Knowlton X Co. mill, and en- closed in a box made by the Putnam Box cnrnorafinn and was nra~en tef