The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-31
CRE,EGiAN
SPOKE AT
NE E|''lIN(i
President Of Fargo College
Leading Speaker at Con-,
gregational Convention
WILL UNITE With UNIONS
DR., Washington GLADDEN. of
Columbus Chief Speaker
Ellen Stone Heard

Kansas City, Oct. 31.-Just to show
union labor that the Congregations
churches were sincere when they ad-
opted a labor plank in the general
platform and declared emphatically in
favor Of the brotherhood Of man.
twenty-five delegates to the national
council of Congregational churches at
tended the regular session of the In
dustrial council at Labor temple yes
terday afternoon. ri {
They were men of the cloth, but
labor agitators" none the less At
least two of the number, William
Shaw, general secretary of the United
Society of Christian Endeavor, and
DR.. c.. c. Creegan, president Of the
Fargo college, talked from expert
ence. Both had worked in factories,
and DR.. Creegan's gestures made him
display a. hand that had been mangled
in factory machinery. ...
There is little of the coldness in the
churches of today which used to char
acterize them fifty years ago." DR..
Creegan said: 1.-THE doors Of all re-
hgious institutions are open now to
the man who toi1ed. 1t used to be said
that the only place in New York city
where the ice palace Of Montreal
could be preserved the year round was
a certain large church.
If you can show me denomina-
tion where there is not an underlying
belief in the necessity of recogni-
ton of the brotherhood of man, I will
show you one in which great change
is now due. Ministers. who do not
believe in that sort Of thing are no
longer welcomed by their congrega
tions. .-.s -. =
Greed . Lincoln Proposed.
abraham Lincoln, one of the
greatest christians of all time. belong
ed to no church. He once said If any
creed would paint in large letters over
its portals the words, Supreme love
to God, our Father, love to our fellow
man. he would join it instantly. That
church exists in every locality during
this fortunate generation
DR. Creegan went on to declare his
faith in the future of organized labor
and the mission of unionisnl., ....
i was talking to- a bunch of farm
ers in Fargo the other day and they
We're complaining about the scarcity
of farm help. I told them they could
have all the hands they needed if they
would shorten their work day and
make it eight hours instead of four
teen and half"
The churches have outgrown the
tionists," said Dr.. George E. Atkin-
ssson of Campbell, Cal ,"The world
knows pretty generally now that or
ganization Of labor is necessary. A
man should get a fair per scent of
what he produces, even If that per
cent takes in everything"
O. s, ~ Letter for Dr.. GLADDEN..
"My brother worked fifty years in a
factory and when he died left only
$4,000 to his family, while his employ
er left millions. to charity when he
passed away Mr.. Shaw declared. IT
insist that my brother should have at
least have had, enough to put his fam
lily in easy circumstances, after half
century of sober, conscientious toll.
This man had no right to give away
to charity my brothers share. of his
fortune" E -
Mr. Shaw said it was a, .social
crime that the average wage of the
workingman in this country should be
no more than $7.70 a week, as shown
in the government reports.
A plea for the observation. of Labor
Sunday was made by DIR. William
Horace Day Of Los Angeles, Cal. H.
9. sklfnngton, representing the labor
movement. proposed that a. letter of
appreciation should be sent at once to
DIR. Washington GLADDEN., who for
twenty-five years has been a staunch
friend Of labor. Other speakers were
Charles Nelson, financial secretary Of
the Industrial council, and John r.
smith. business agent. The council,
py rising, expressed Its appreciation
of the visit by the Congregational
ministers, and a letter of thanks and
was sent to DR.. GLADDEN..
Miss Stone Heard.
After a meeting crammed with
dramatic incidents, the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions at the First Congregational
church last night received payments
and subscriptions Of $10,113 to erect
the first hospital ever built in the new
You gave $65,O00 to free an Amer
lean woman from Macedonian bri-
gangs pleaded Ellen M. Stone of
Boston. for years a missionary in the
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