The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-16
FRIENDS DISCUSS
FINANCE QUESTION
delegates at Plainfield Meet
ing Said Ministers Not
Paid Enough.

Paid Enough.
PLAINFIELD, Ind, Sept. 16.-Fri-
days order of business at the West
ern Yearly Meeting of Friends brought
up the eyangelistic and pastoral work,
upon which favorable reports were
made. The total number Of members
In this district OF the Friends church
was given at 1888 with additions OF
634. For this membership there are
12S pastors, five having died during
the year, seven were transferred to
other yearly meetings and four have
been ordained.
Discussion of the report showed that
one of the most serious problems
which the church must solve is that
OF finance, 1t being stated that there
was little inducement for young people
to enter the ministry in view of the
small salaries paid. A committee to
advise and formulate method of sur
mounting this difficulty was chosen
and will report later in the session.
The afternoon session was devoted
to the consideration of the state of
Society" under the heads of Spiritual
Condition of Members" Attendance
at Meetings" Family Devotions."
Conduct in Business Dealings" Am
easements and Recreation" Reports
based upon these subjects were pre-
scented and approved.
Elect Five-Year Delegates.
The following were chosen as dele
gates to represent the Western Yearly
Meeting at the Five-Year Meeting. one
of the most important of Friends
Church gatherings. to be held in Indi-
annapolis In 1912: Charlotte f. Vickers,
Edward NJ. Woodland, William True
blood, Morris r. Cox, Murray s. Bar
strong. Morton G. Pearson, William
Henry Mathcott, Oliver =. Clark,
George II. Moore, David Hadley, Mary
Emily Ellis. Gertrude NJ. Reiner, Lew.
is w. Mcfarland, Oliver c. Elliott,
Amos X. Hollowell, Ruth w. Newsom,
John Macy and Lydia T. Painter.
Following the stand taken against
Secretary Wilson in the message sent
President Taft yesterday, J. J. Mil
house Of Valley Mills presented mes
sages of protest to Secretaries Wilson
and Knox against the stand they have
taken in the Brewers Congress mat
ter. The communications were unani-
mously ordered forwarded as follows
To the Hon. James Wilson. Secretary
Of Agriculture. Washington, d. c.:
F., Western Yearly Meeting of the
Friends Church, held at Plainheld, Ind.
Sept. Is to Is. composed of about 49,
900 members. learns with rgreat that
you have accepted the temporary
craftsmanship of the International
Brewers Congress, to be held at Chi
cago Oct. IL to %, thus expressing the
sympathy OF the nation to business
which degrades manhood and woman
hood, destroys the home. paralyzes
business and In all lines OF action
works mischief. We therefore ask you
to decline the position offered you and
refrain from giving your influence by
your presence at said congress.
Respectfully,
GEO. II. MOORE, presiding Clerk.
To the Hon. p. C. Knox, Secretary of
State. Washington. ID. c.:
Western Yearly Meeting of the
Friends Church, held at Plainfield, Ind
Seut. Is to Is. composed of nearly
10000 members. wishes to express to
You deep regret that you have used
the influence Of your ONCE throughout
the world to increase the magnitude
and influence of the International
Brewers Congress. to be held at Chi
cago from Oct. IL to %, as it is an &C.
knowledged fact that 1t is business
largely used to corrupt politics, de.
grade manhood and womanhood. an
nually destroying many thousands Of
lives as well as vast amounts of pro-
perry.
GEO. H. MOORE, Presiding Clerk.
A resolution was also introduced by
Milton Hansen and approved by the
body dealing with the question Of pro-
hibition. 1t IL in part as follows:
BE II resolved. That we favor the ma
tionalization of@this contest for prohi-
bition in the utilization of all the for
ces at our command. However. to this
end We would not minimize the nee.
essity for nor postpone local action
anu whatever local TelleI. AUnOuEn
partial In it's efficiency. that may be OBJ
tanned by state laws. As local relief
measure we demand of our Legislature
the submission at a special election
OF prohibitory constitutional amend
ment to be followed or preceded by
statutory prohibition. Furthermore,
until such legislation can be obtained
and as temporary and partial meas
ure only, we demand the restoration of
our county local option law as 1t was
before the last session substituted
therefor the township and municipal
option law now on our statute books.
And to this end we will not support
any man or measures that are not in
harmony with the above declaration.
Approved by Western Yearly Meeting
Sept. Is. 1911.
THE COLLAR AND CUFF INDUSTRY
ThiA line Of manufacture. as vel;
as shirts and dry goods products, de-
rives an enormous profit from the use
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