The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-24

tlform differences between capital a
labor nevertheless Is proceeding stead
lily.
This important work in the world
progress is being achieved by the sim
pie yet sovereign process of continu
Gus and f~rictionless adjustment. 1t is
silently developing triumph Of prac
tlcal christianity. Noiselessly, smooth
~, INCREASINGLY, it goes forward. and i
is not to De swerved nor stopped b.
the hysteria Of fanatics. 1t is i%rresist'
ible because it Is a world force Away
gathering impetus from the onwar
march Of civilization.
This resistless adjusting influence
Is the great industrial movement o.
the Young Mems Christian associa'
ton. 1t has been going on in New
York n hundreds Of other cities anC
towns for years., yet so quiet has beer
it's course that few persons outside
the thousands Erecting it or affected
by it have had knowledge of its exist
nee.
The associations industrial move
ment has for its noble purpose recon
Citation, unification, and STANDARDIZED
ton OF the interests Of employer and
employed. 1t aims to make the MAJ
who has work to be done understand
the personal needs of the man who
does the work, as well as to teach the
worker that he annot be successful il
he attempts to separate his rights and
duties from those of the man who pays
his salary. This great object is achiev-
ed, not by detached dissertations, not
by trite tracts. not by toplofty peda-
gogic methods, but by intelligent
blending and development Of clement
al human ~sympathies.
BY this process it is impressed on
the ma who has or is to have the di-
rection of employees. whether his own
or another's, that the toilers at bench
or machine or coke oven are not mere
industrial units, to be disposed Of by
a refrigerated system of logarithms,
but are human beings, each with his
own ambition, his own affections, his
own burdens n hopes and fears and
disappointments.
On the other hand. it is borne in on
the worker that his employer is not
merely a taskmaster, a cash register,
a remorseless arbiter Of his destiny,
but a mana creature of flesh and
blood like himself, who has trials of
his own aspirations that may be of
major Importance to the world at
large, and responsibilities, both com
mercial and domestic, which must be
met as in~eXorably as those of the most
obscure marchers in the rear ranks
Of the mighty army Of industry.
A Nationwide Movement.
The great industrial movement of
the Young Mems Christian association
has a nationwide range. 1t deals with
the iron and steel industry of Pitts
burgh and Chicago; the cotton mill
villages of the south; the sawmill
towns n logging camps Of Missls-
sippi, Maine, Wisconsin and many
other states; the mining communities
of Tennessee and Idaho; the construc-
ton camps that dot the map Of the
r,h~ln Tr~;tO1 S+oEoc on1 tha yyJlr onJ
paper industry in New. England and
Canada.
In furthering this extensive move
ment, which differs from all ordinary
methods Of uplift work, the Young
Mems Christian association a made
careful and scientific studies of the
home life, the work life, n the recre-
alive life of men and boys in the in
dustries. 1t also has studied other
forms n methods in behalf Of work.
ingmen with the idea of cooperating
with and reinforcing all efforts made
for that purpose The object of tn,
organizations activities along tina
line is to assist men n employers il
all form Of successful welfare work.
The plan in all cases is to make tn
men themselves, rather than the EN-
ployer, the chief means of their bet
torment. To that end it provides TO
the physical, intellectual, social, ant
religious improvement Of workers
Not only does it look after American
employees, but it also deals effective
ly with the worker who does not un
derstand English. 1t teaches him [
speak the language Of this country. [
understand the elements of America,
citizenship, and to attain a highe
plane of living and industrial efficien
cy. 1t reaches the men and boys o
the various industries through loca
and state associations. and ais
through a corps of secretaries Of tn
international committee. BY thes
means it is able to investigate an,
make reports on individual f~actorle!
mining towns, lumber camps, an
other industrial centers Throughout
the country.
Both Employers and Employed Help
So far as financial assistance i
concerned, most Of it m from tn
workers. When a business concer
gives a generous check to establish
new vantage point for the movement
the contributions from its employe
invariably total a large amount. Thi
is one of the wholesome features Q
the big undertaking-that it is financ
ed by the employed as well as by EN-
ployers. A movement always is health
Ter when it's roots strike deeply in tn
hearts Of the people.
The initiative in the enlargement o
the Industrial movement to its presen
scope must be credited to the interes
taken in the work by M. Hartle
Dodge, chairman of the industrial de
partment of the Y. NJ. c. A; job
Sherman IIoyt, william H. WOodir
Lucien T. Warner and other men o
influence who have given their time
thought, labor and substantial encour
agement. Among the men who hav
given great assistance to this move
ment are Cyrus H. Mccormick Of Chi
cago; e. Fl. Gary, and Frank Trum
bull, of New York; George S. Caroline
of Mississippi, and Lewis w. Parker, o
Greenville, 8. c. The latter is presi
, lent Of sixteen cotton mills and one q
the most consistently ardent support
ers Of the Industrial idea. t.#
Charles r. Towson is the chief ex
ecutive secretary of the industrial de
partment and nine other i~nternations
secretaries are associated with him !
promoting this work throughout tn
country. Their headquarters are a
the International Y. M. C. A. building
124 East Twenty eighth street. TIE
states secretaries and $50 specia
secretaries are promoting this wor
in more than 400 local association
OF course, New York City is n &
the principal fields and the locs
secretary in charge of this specis
work is Elmer Galloway, who's offic
is at 554 West Hath street.
i That there is a place in industry TO
the Young Mems Christian associatio
is shown by the conspicuous success
in Gary, Ind. There Is a building cost
ing $300,O 900 was given by f. Fl. Gar
to the steel city created over nigh
Nine months after the building wa
opened the Gary Y. M. C. A. had NOR