Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-24

or human energy and the basis OF
! the highest creative power. 1t is
not necessary to argue this with
those who handle men. To them it
is a self evident proposition. So
Der, steady, intelligent workers
must be found among men who have
the right character basis, who fol
low right standards of conduct, be-
cause they have the right charac-
ter back of their conduct. This is
true alike of individuals and com
panies and of nations. 1t is not
an accident that the nations govern
ed by the highest character stand
ards hold the Industrial supremacy
of the world.
II have tried to suggest % That
the modern objective in industry
should be efficiency in production;
90 That the human factor in in
dustry Is of chief importance; go
That permanent efficiency is depen-
dent upon character. l would add
to these a fourth proposition, viz:
That there is no higher standard
! Of character than that which we call
"Christlan," using "Christian" In
its broadest sense | believe that
because the Young Mems Christian
Association is a Christian charac-
ter making force, it is having an in
creasing place in industry.
What the Y. NJ. C. A. Is and Does.
ut Is a high grade, low cost
Young Mems Club-Chrlstian, but
non-sectarian. 1t is an Athletic AS
ISOLATION that does not use men to
promote athletics, but uses athlet-
! inc To 1nFrnlnn man ia q NIGHT
school for young men who work by
day. 1t is home for men away from
home. 1t helps men not only to
help themselves, but to help the
other fellow. 1t Is a place for a
man to find friends and to make
himself a friend to the man who
needs a friend. 1t Is the center of
community life-a social center In
the best sense; 1t ministers to the
health, education and morals OF all
the people. It's fellowship, club
/ rooms, baths, dormitories. classes
and all other practical advantages
are open to men of all faiths or no
faith. 1t is not an experiment, but
It is the survivor of many expert
ments. While many other organiZa-
tions-social, athletic, educational,
ethical, and even religious have
failed, this has succeeded and is
now In successful operation in i've
eight thousand places In North
America and throughout the world.
Adapted to All Types and Places.
The modern Association in an
industrial community has been sue
cessful, regardless Of the section of
the country or the type of the work
ers. Employees welcome it regard
less of creed or condition. Reli-
gious differences T not q bar to
either membership or the use Of its
privileges. Men of all creeds and
no Creeds are enrolled among the
half million members In the 2,100
Associations in Nerth America.
There are more Roman Catholics in
the Railroad Department, for exam
pie, than from any other denomina-
ton, and In some places more than
from all they other denominations
combined. Even among the non
English speaking the Association is
working successfully. 1t Is serving
the emigrants at European Ports
and at nearly every large port of en-
try on the Atlantic Coast. There
CIV wv hboo iNlOl lobat ~
ing service to the foreigner, from
the French Canadian of the North
ern Lumber Country to the Mexican
"Greaser" of the Southwest. Fiji
teen thousand non-English speaking
last year.
Testimony from Employers Who
Have Tried 1t.
UIak A. -on;~. IL
case with employers as we'll as en-
ployes is shown from the experience
of employers.
Railroad
President w. C. Brown, of the N.
Y. c. & II. r. r. r. has said: "In
my opinion no Investment Of a SINH
lar amount of money has ever paid,
or can pay. so large a return as the
money devoted to the construction
and maintenance of these Railroad
Departments of the Young Mems
Christian Association" Presidents
of the Pennsylvania from Mr.. Geo.
B.. Roberts to Mr.. Jas McCrea have
endorsed this sentiment. Eighty
per cent of the mileage of the rail.
roads In this country contribute tc
the maintenance of the Railroad
Department of the Young Mems
Christian Association on their lines
Iron and Steel
Judge Gary of the United States
Steel Corporation has erected g
$3.50, 600 building at Gary, Ind, ant
says I am glad to declare my BELLE
In the advantages of having &
Young Mems Christian Association
in an industrial community as tend
Ing greatly to the building up of the
character of the man, and there
fore increasing their efficiency
The United States Corporation
supports the Association through
subsidiary companies at Lorraine
Ohio; McKeesport, Pa; Ishpeming
Mich. and other points. The West
inghouse Air Brake Co., at VIII
merding. Pa, maintains a $4,000
welfare building operating as 6
Young Mems Christian Association
The Baldwin Locomotive Works al
Durham. Pa, and the American
Car and Foundry Co.. at Berwick
Pa, are among the great corpora.
lions supporting the Association.
Copper
Some of the strongest copper
mining companies have erected AS
ISOLATION buildings and make gener
Gus appropriations for maintenance
For example, the Phelps Dodge Co.
at Douglas and Bisbee, Ariz.; the
Guggenheim Interests at kellogg
through the Tennessee Copper a
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