The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-12-30

tISTIl1u. SLi4A otllC1s IA AAA
ian, French, and SO on. AS long as
this printed matter remained stacked
ND in Socialist headquarters it accom-
plished nothing. But Mr.. Berger add
ed: We Socialists nave three nun
dred men who get up at 3 oclock
every Sunday morning, and take out
quantities of the pamphlets. They
call at every house, at every apart
ment, at every tenement IN
their respective district. Further
more. each Of our men knows
which families read English.
which read German, and so on.
And a pamphlet in the particular lam
guage is quietly slipped under the
front door before the family is a
1t is there waiting when the door Is
opened Sunday morning.
sufficient answer as to why Milwaukee
Socialists have grow SO powerful
Three hundred picked men have been
willing to get up at 5 O'Clock every
Sunday morning and start out to DIS
tribute pamphlets explaining the ms
sion of the Socialist party.
DO you think it would be possible to
get 800 men out Of the 1000 Protest
ant churches in Great New York who
would be willing to get up at 3 o'clock
fifty-two Sundays out Of the year: and
Systematically carry out any form or
service whatever"
"In your opinion, are the Protest
ant churches of New York. as a whole.
conducting their work in an intelli-
| gent and efficient manner"
Comparison Is UnfavOrable.
"They are not" Mr.. Stelzle replied,
unhesitatingly. certainly not when
, one compares their work with hat Of
other enterprises that are secular.
Take, for example, just one hing
the constantly changing character OF
our population. I can remember dis
tinctly when the population Of the
east side was very largely German.
| Then the Irish came there, then the
Bohemians, then followed the Jews
and the Italians. Now the real estate
men saw this coming, and made theil
plans for it. They were right on the
job, but the churches weren't. The
churches seemed absolutely blind te
what was apparent to every business
man-that a great influx of e pop
ulatfon was headed for the east side
and soon would overwhelm it, nation
ality by nationality. To my mind
that showed neither intelligence IL
planning nor efficiency in method.
See what has recently happened IL
Brooklyn. The coming OF the Will
liamsburg Bridge inevitably mean
that a ghetto would be- established il
the nc2rt OF a former OiO-ldSNIOuc
residence district across the Eas
River. Real estate men saw this fac
far in advance OF its realization, a
did other business men who keel
their eyes open and their heads Level
The whole thing took place within tw'
or three years, n the churches !
that district simply found themselve
overwhelmed.
THE opening Of subways. bridges
under-river tubes and all other ne1
forms OF transporting large number
of people ought to be anticipated b
the churches. The churches ought t
have people studying this and tina
tendency all the time, people who ar
!, in reality engineers OF church work.
what, in a sentence. is the mai
!. trouble with the Protestant churc
today, Mr.. StelZle?"
TOO much lost notion" he replied
; "The churches AVE too many vince
, going around n around, Withot
producing results"
! In his Office at Twentieth street an
!, Fifth avenue, Mr.. Sickle has a larg
: number Of charts showing the result
= found in seventy American citie
! through a systematic survey OF thos
cities made In 1911-12 by 1000 agent
! under direction Of the Men and Relis
ion Forward Movement.
OVTSTFD MAN FOR ARRTTR ATJO-