Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04


ment OF real employment agencies under
the direction of the municipal authorities.
Z. Aid the state by aiding immigrants
OF foreign birth and speech to become
loyal and useful citizens by affording
them opportunity for kindly contact with
their more experienced neighbors, for
instruction in English and for a better
acquaintance with the real meaning Of
good citizenship.
s. Lend its aid in the task of estab-
fishing and maintaining juvenile courts
where minor offenders may be prevented
from developing into actual criminals.
y. Permit much more extensive use
OF the church buildings themselves as
ton which may wisely be affiliated with
a directly religious organization.
TO- Insist upon proper inspection of the
sanitary conditions in the housing Of the
people.
II. Show its hearty appreciation Of the
work done by right-minded honest-heart-
ed and efficient public officers.
IL. Aid in carrying on a perpetual war
fare In season and out Of season, up hill
and down dale, against the liquor bust
ness.
The report goes on to urge: 1.-THE saliva
ton OF the people can only be achieved as
they work at it themselves with fear and
trembling, with many q blunder and many
q failure. proving all things to the end
that they may hold fast that which is
good"
Continuing, the report says:
Our quarrel with the tenements in
many sections Of our large cities is not
merely that they destroy human lives
with tuberculosis. but that in them Chris
tian home life is next to impossible. Our
criticism of many business enterprises
is not only that they give the toilers in
wages less than just proportion of the
profits. but that they foster a spirit Of
antagonism between employers and EN-
ployes which divides them into hostile
classes and ruptures the bond of Christian
brotherhood. We are interested in safe
guarding the hours OF labor. not simply
because we wish to prevent undue phys
ical strain. but because we want every
man to have some time to see his chill
dren by daylight. and a Sabbath in every
week for the cultivation Of his own and
his neighbors souls.
IF we propose to base our economic
order OF justice and brotherhood we can
not allow the economic weakness of the
poor to fix the amount OF work which the
individual Is to do or the amount OF
form to the kingdom Of God II our broth
ers are drained Of their physical strength,
their mental buoyancy and their moral
self-restraint by excessive hours Of labor
and speed of work. We are still far from
the kingdom when workmen in some in
lily on their wages, when the working
forces Of wife and child have to be used
up in order to earn a meager living for
the family, and when women prostitute
their womanhood in order to exc out their
insufficient wages. AS Christians we pro-
pose to help all men to full salvation.
But men are not fully saved either in
body, intellect or spirit who have to live
the driven and joyless livex led by many.
1.-THE duty of creating q righteous eco
nomic order is upon US all, on the en-
ployers. the workers and the public, on
each according to the power he holds
Since organized capital Undoubtedly holds
the predominant power in modern indus
try, the chief responsibility must fall on
the business men of the nation. :
But the uplift Of the Industrial workers
cannot be left to the initiative of the en-
ployers alone. The emancipation Of the
working class must come from the work
ers themselves il 1t ia to have durability
and moral value"