Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-31
THE Y. n CAMPAIGN.

you have nOtaVet given, think it over and see if Won are not
missing a g9eat opportunity.
Every man in Perth Amboy should have a share in this
great work. The Y. M. c. A. is going to be one of the biggest
assets the city can have. Perth Amboy is advancing rapidly
IN all directions. 1t cannot longer ignore this great feature.
Civic pride alone should induce every citizen interested in the
welfare Of Perth Amboy to do what he can to make the Y. NJ.
{. a. a certainty here. We cannot afford to lag behind in
TINS particular matter when all our sister cities are making
such rapid strides along this line. A city without a modern,
%up-to-dato Y. NJ. G. \. is hardy a city these days-it is not
equipped to meet the problems that every place of any size
must now contend with. Perth Amboy is facing these prob
lens today as never before and it is becoming more difficult
to solve them. The Y. NJ. c. A. offers the only means of a so
luton. In fact, such an institution is now absolutely essential.
Ne must have a Y. NJ. c. A. to do that work in a municipality
which only a Y. NJ. {. A. can do.
The various church organizations, mems clubs and de
nominationaI brotherhoods, have been and are doing good
work, but Perth Amboy has outgrown their divided efforts
In saying this we do not in the least beIittle such organizations
On the contrary, we consider the city fortunate in having so
many of them and congratulate the different churches where
they exist. But no matter how hard these organizations try
to broaden their scope and make them INSTRUMENTATION
they cannot escape from the UNCONVENTIONAL name Of the
church to which they are attached. This necessarily narrows
their sphere and keeps many young men from joining. Be
sides, these clubs and brotherhoods are naturally limited in
their work. They have not the equipment necessary and
cannot be expected to have it owing to their limitations.
1t is here where the Y. NJ. c. A. comes ina great relig-
lous, although nonsectarian and non-denominational Organi-
zation-an organization that deals with religion in the
broad sense of the brotherhood of man. 1t will include the
Protestant, the Catholic, the Hebrew and every other sect or
denomination regardless of belief, and give all the benefit Of
the moral upift that is the principal object Of the Y. M. G. A.
Every place when it reaches a certain size must have
lust such a force as this, and Perth Amboy is already past the
size where the need of this force is felt. We do not want to be
a onesided city. Our material progress, however, has far out
distanced everything else and it is time we gave some atten-
ton to other things. The most important of the other things
is the moral, not to say religious, side and here is where the
y. NJ. c. A. comes in to answer that requirement.
Our enormous industrial growth furnishes employment for
thousands of young men. But work is not the sole aim in life.
We must provide for the social, mental, physical and moral
side of these young mems lives as well as give opportunity to
earn a living. Every man who employs labor realizes this.
In fact, the great corporations and the great captains of in
dustry are the most generous glvers and the most Ft,i"l sup
porters of the Y. NJ. c. A., because they naye learned that
merely giving employment 10 a man is not enough.
The leading corporations and men at the head of large
manufacturing concerns do not spend money for nothing.
They invest their capital where they know they will get
some returns. 1t is significant, therefore, that they already
have millions invested in various Y, M. G. A. organizations
and are today paying out annually thousands of dollars to
ward the support of these institutions. Perhaps the most
notable instances Of this kind are the great railroads, prac-
tically all of which have their Y. N. c. A. equipped in the
most thorough manner for the exclusive use Of their en-
ployes. They find that this investment pays and pays big
They have learned from experience that the men in their en-
ploy give greater returns for the wages paid when they have
something else to do besides work. In other words, the labor
is worth more when the men are looked after morally, men
tally, physically and socially. This is why Julius Rosenwald
has given 100000 to the Chicago Y. M. G. A., and Victor w
Lawson 100000 more to the Y. M. c. A. in the same city. II
also explains the gift Of 100000 to Syracuse, N. Y, by Benja
man Tousey, and $4,000 to Manchester, N. Fl, by the Amos
keag Manufacturing Company, and $4,000 to Rochester, N
Y, by George Eastman, OF the famous kodak camera concern
These men all realize the great value of the Y. M. G. A.
Who, then, can deny that a Y. M. c. A. is a great asset tC
any city2 Would not the establishment of q well equipped
Y. M. C A. in Perth Amboy be an additinal inducement for
manufacturer to bring his factory here2 The fact that WE
had such an institution would, without a doubt, add mucl
weight to our argument that Perth Amboy is the right place
for him to locate. AS we have said before, we have practically
every other advantage, and We cannot afford to ignore this
particular feature any longer.
But so much for our civic pride and the advancement OF
our city's interests as a city. The Y. M. G. A. has another side
to it that must readily appeal to every right thinking man. L
is far more important than anything we have already men
toned. Every father has a deep interest in the future of his
son. He does not want him to grow up to be a loafer, or
gambler, or a drunkard, or a good for nothing. He is anxious
that he shall have every opportunity to succeed. He wants
to have a strong, healthy body and a sound mind. He wants
him developed in every side of life. This being so, every
father should be deeply interested in the establishment of
Y. NJ. c. A. here. He should realize that this is the opportu
nifty he has been looking for in order that his son may have
the development that he wants him to have. Incidentally