The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-13
DR. ADLER PLEASED WITH BIRMINGHAM Says City's Material Great ness Is Marvellous INTERESTED IN COREY President of Society for Ethical Gull ture Says the Model City Is
 Solution of Very Big
 Problem
INTERESTED IN COREY

Although he had never been here be. fore, he was staggered by the greatness of this city, declared Dr. Felix Adler, president of the Society for Ethical Gull ture and chairman of the National Child Labor committed, who reached Birming ham yesterday. The visit of Dr. Alder to this city was the first he had ever made here and he came to deliver his an- nual address and report to the conven- tion of child labor workers, who have been in session for three days Dr. Adler, who is accounted one of the most noted thinkers and scholars of the times, was kept busy yesterday morning at the Hillman receiving distinguished cit izens and visitors who called to pay their respects to him. He was swamped with Birmingham and was a guest of M. V. Joseph at dinner yesterday afternoon. In addition to Dr Adler the dinner was at tended by Rabbi Morris Newfield and Samuel M. Adler.
 pr. Adler and MT. Joseph base their friendship upon a meeting between the two men % years ago. MT. and Mrs. Jo- seph were on their bridal tour and went to New York. The following day they
 attended the lecture of pr. Adler at Chickering House, where Dr. Adler spoke
 to an immense gathering. The Birming-
 ham merchant and the noted philan- thropist became strong friends at that | time and have so remained. Speaking of | the child labor movement in which he is
 so deeply interested. pr. Adler said:
 "The American citizenship of the fu-
 ture, to which we all look with hope,
 must be built from men and not from
 babies. I like the way Colonel Roosevelt
 is quoted as putting 1t, that we do not
 blow a colt until it is grown and strong
 and we should not work little children of
 tender age.
 "The meeting here for the furtherance
 of the anti-child labor movement will no
 doubt result in much good. Birmingham should take an especial lesson from the
 earnest men and women who have been
 disclosing the child labor conditions. If
 Alabama should in her love for righteous
 ness adopt child labor laws then certain 1 ly real step toward greatness will have l been taken
 "There should be no wealth created by
 the stunted mentality and enfeebled health
 of small children and I hope that this 1 city, with it's boundless material great
 ness, will not suffer little children to go unprovded.
 1 q have never been here before, but
 have for some time been interested as an
 observer of your work. I have read of
 the monumental steps toward greatness | that you have taken and I was fairly stunned when I stepped from my train
 and came down into this great city. The evidences of unlimited possibilities that I I see in your industrial suburbs strikes
 me forcibly and I hope that Birmingham
 will achieve the best possible material splendor. But in so doing 1t would be
 well to care for the tots. for to them We
 must look to care for the future. We older
 men will be taking the last journey some
 time and upon the little fellow on the
 streets, in the factory and in the mines
 we must rely to carry forward the great
 work which has been started by his fore 1 fathers"
 pr. Adler was taken to Corey, the model | industrial city, through which he was es-
 corted by MT. Joseph as we'll as Robert
 Jemison, Jr, John Lusk and other men
 interested In the work.
 l pr. Adler said the city of Corey. de- signed as it was for the solution of big problem, was one of the greatest foun- dations for good here. In his fight for