Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-05-17
CONFERENCE OF uNlTARIANs.
Ten Ministers ana Is Laymen at Con-
necticut valley meetine-oociai ana IN.
dustrlaI Conditions discussed.

necticut alley Neetine-oociai anu M
dustrlaI Conditions discussed.
The spring SESSION OF the Connecticut
River vaIIey conference Vi CIiIt'l IAN
cnurcneS was neIu III lIie i"H
cnurcn TUESDAY evening ana NeulesuaS |
morning anu afternoon. Zen MINISTERS
ami 81 laymen wete present as ueieSdtes
ANA une general theme Oh the conner
.i,se was the improvement Oh soclal anu
industrial condllIons. a Inc luiclieoi
was served by the women vi bingham
cnApter, v. h. b, in the Masonic tenn
me olnlng rooms al / y COCA WedheS-
day. -, T., a.,
cnurcn tuesday evening at '.oO CLOCK
and there was good attendance Mu-
SIC was rendered by =. NJ. DuSah OH the
violin and Mrs. Helen c. Brasor on the
organ ana MRS. ,. h. Lawton ana H. IL
MINER sang. Rev. Mr.. Dletenpach Vi
hartford, Conn, assisted at the deVo-
tInnaI service The sermon was preach
eo nv Rev Charles b. Park, minister OF
the First church IN Boston, and MS sun
iect was The opportunities Oh oul lin
itations" His thought was that our
very lack OF education ana the palllels
in the way OF improving our cohultioii
causes us TO struggle against THESE nm
itatons and leads to better opportuni-
ties. ,,,,,,.ors,
tuesday afternoon the Ministers
union met in the parsonage on f1isn
street at $3.50 o'clock and papers on
pastoral work" by Rev b. e. D Us
GOOD and Organization OF the eohiel-
once by Rev. A. IL. Coar OF Holyoke
,wera read. These were followed by
general discussion and supper was
served at the parsonage. Ten ministers
were present at the afternoon session
The Wednesday meetings began with
devotional service at 1O.15 a. m'' con
Quoted by Rev. Margaret b. Barnard ol
Rowe, Mass. Her theme was huinaili.S ~
LOYALTY and devotion to its hlghest
ideals. The business meeting began at
1O45 o'clock and John Robinson, presi-
dent of the conference, named TWO CON-
mittees, the committee, on Delegates
consisting of Rev. E. Q. S. Osgoou, Kew:
A. III. Coar and Rev. G. w. Soliey oi
Greenfield and a committee on resoiu-
ttons consisting of Rev. S. r. Maxwell
of Greenfield and Mr.. Clark of North
ampton. -. a.
Mrs. Florence Kelley, secretary OF the
Consumers league, spoke at ll'lo on
philanthropy and social justice. Mrs'
Kelley mad been heard here on III
ferent subject, which was Iul Vi ~
est and her talk Wednesday morning
showed that she was a deep student OIL
social conditions and an authority on
many phases of social work she toio
of a visit to the night court IN new
York city and its present limitations.
The night court was founded rev years
ago by social workers who were inter-
ested in the welfare of the girl who has
gone wrong, but at present their loeals
are not followed out and apparently the
girls brought before 1t do not receive
the aid they most need She told OF IN
stances she had witnessed IN the couTt
and how many things in connection WIN
lit
might be improved. She spoke Oh tne
low wage of the average New York city
shop girls, two thirds of whom receive
s6 a week or less and one-thlro OF
whom receive 1925 a week or more. ms
low wage scale makes their struggle loi
existence one of hardship ana the re-
suit is the fall of many OF the girls
she urged that everyone work TOWARD
Increased wages and improved living
conditions for these young women Kew
SFR Maxwell opened the discussion
which followed her talk and Rev. Ear
@. Davis of Pittsfield, Rev. A. II. Coal
and Rev e. Q. s. Osgood participated
Luncheon was served at l o'clock.
When the afternoon session opened a.
2.15 o'clock the reports of the commit
tees were read. The committee on reso
lutions offered a resolution relative 10
committee to be appointed to attend th'
autumn meeting regarding reorgahlza
tiOn. Inc committee OH ucic5o'SS
ported that 10 ministers ana 80 lay oei
egates were present.
Rev. Edgar S. Wiers of Montclair n
j., spoke following the business session
His subject was Social reconstruction,
1t was a brilliant address. He began b!
speaking of the social unrest which II
overspreading the country and which h
said was due to small wages and thu
distant relations of capital and labor
He spoke of the distribution Of wealth
which before the Civil war was fairl!
even, but which since then has gone in
to the hands Of few. Conditions II
England and France were cited and tn
differences between those two countries
were pointed out In the former coun
try the money is in the hands Of a few
while in France 1t Is evenly distributes
among the people. The speaker though
there was a need of reconstruction o
systems in this country. This recon
struction can be brought out in tire
ways, by trade unions, by socialism o
by syndicalsm. Trade unionism Is tn
mildest form OF reconstruction; social
ism is stronger, and syndicalism favor
bringing to this country methods use
on the continent where sabotage an
actual violence are in vogue. He sal
the church should take it's part in thi
social change and do what 1t can to i'm
prove the condition of the man VIII
works with his hands The discussio
which followed was opened by Rev. Eal
c. Davis OF Pltsfield, who Is in charg
of "a parish in that city, but who work
several months each year with the in
.dustrial employees of that locality and
well versed relative to their needs an
ideas