The Detroit times., 1914-07-29

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The eruption ~ which Is destructive 10
humanity and society
Thrre has heeu So much ImproVe-
I Iuent in Michigan that TIE demag0a.ile
ls having hard roads o. follow these
times once be was able o. ride into
"Iuce pN HrousIng selhshurss. intoler4
ln'e and the passions of the ignorant
NoWf we have So few IGNORANT that
ihls ~ not So easily possible and stil
ono ~ our greatest needs Is that strong
business men shall enter the poItIr5i
ISIS ana give 20 public service the best
mat Is iu them
You have nearly solved here in De
/ trolt your greatest INDUSTRIAL problems.
employees They wanted adequate pay
Tor tEetr labor NOu have given that
pm the largest measure and YOU are
Wiling 70 give more as fast as econ
ouical conditions viii warrant Then
lh,y huugered for human sympathy
ana irhterulty, and YOU are giving TO
thtm more and more 81 that all the
time. once all Of the employers OF
the world knew their employees Those
wer, nm the simple. primitive days u
industrialism Now the industrial
world has grown 50 complex that this
is difficult though not ,impossible You
must again come 10 know your en-
ployes, 10 sympathize 90 fratcruiZe
with them and 20 love them, and / am
sure that this will come TO pass
When they learn that YOU are hon
estly Interested In them and that your
attitude Us as unselnsh as practically
~ eau hN. no one VIII be able 20 pry
them from YOU, or disturb your rela-
ttous any moro than q loving husband
and wife can he divorced. or affection
ate brothers can be- separated. The
other day NJ noon time ] saw a picture
mat has paid me for an the hot weeks
OF campaigning / have done Not that
have not been compensated by other
associations and interests of those
weeks 1 call IL Packard picture. l
was sitting on the vurbstoue at the
Packard plant, awaiting the noon hour
when the men were 20 come out and
have their dinner They began 90
crowd through the gates into the
street one big bTaWny. brown
eyed workman, evidently a skilled me-
chantc, bore toward the shade OF
dropping elm, Under the friendly COW
ering OF the leaves shielded from the
Erueling noon day sun, sat his wife
on the grass. Near 10y was an empty
pcrambulator, babe year and
half old played close at hand. Watch
ing II with fidelity was a little boy OF
five. Up STROBE this musclcd monarch
7 OF labor and sat down The wife arose
took baking black derby hat on his
/ head, wiped his beady brow with her
gingham apron and then gave him a
smaCking kiss The echoes OF the sa-
, dinner pail From IL she took "A great
sandwich Of bread and meat that re
CURED both OF his hands TO hoid. and
gave ~ TO him The sandwich was
link that Joined his hands In circle.
! Then the baby with "A crow and dimp-
les of laughter and roguish eyes
loving ring II nibbled one edge OF
the great sandwich until the fond
daddy broke of pieces and fed him.
and so the lunch proceeded
lt was a picture or family love. do
nestle serenity wifely devotion. and
manly support that one could not for
get And II Is replica Of the average
workingmans home end worklngman' :
| n
! win the love OF a man and his trust
and his confidence who would deport
| himself as worthily and splendidly as
that husband did?
Now. ] am going to refer 10 n thing
! that seems pertinent and relevant, but
which rs generally regarded as deli
cate subject. II should not be regard
cd as a tiCkllsh matter for discussion.
As fnr AZ that lis concerned nothing
l>should be that Is worth thinking about
| The situation In Ulster proves without
! argument that there Is unfortunate
friction between Catholics and Prot
estants OF the world. i an. sorry 10
find that " Is being reelected in
great many portions Of the United
States. Now, ] ann not going to make
plea for or "a defense or the Roman
Catholic church IL can take care or
itself But | ann going 70 warn those
! Protestants that worry themselves In
to an anti-Catholic frame OF mind
They viii do themselves and their
/ country aud Professionalism more harm
they
No one ever does an unjust thing
without being made unjust No one
! ever .Cherishes hatred with embittor-
/ ing his own life, and no one gives IL
cense TO sway OF Ignorance and pas
/ sion without being injured more than
/ the object OF IT, ] am member OF
j the Presbyterian church, and have
I been honored with thirty-third de-
| gree Of Masonry, consequently am tn-
] tcrested In Protestants being kind and
j Just and tolerant toward all mankind,
! ~ there IS 10 be any hating leave - az
J 10 the Catholics Sometimes / thiiN
! THE word Protestant IL an anRchron-
/ ism. The things that were protested
against do not exist today. The Cath
| Ollie church In America IS so far ahead
! OF the Catholic church In any other
| part Of the world that IL is not 20 be
! compared with IT. Catholics are do
ing their duty in time Of peace ana
have. done il hravely IN times OF war
Some az my worry best and most inti-
mate personal friends are Roman Cath
olics. and so are some OF yours. rms
country IS big enough for Va nll.
The catholic clergy are doing great
work Iva staying the march OF red So
cialism. IL we are To remain CAthollc
! and Protestant In this country ana "
looks as though we would. because
ironical reformers are not making
much Roadway. let ~ be a competition
as 20 which will do the most for man
kind and not as 10 which shall do the
worst There is no Christian spirit
nor Christianity IN hatred, malice or
Intolerance. either on the part OF Cath
Ollie or Protestant. Both seem about
equally 20 blame When the figures
are given ~ would seem that the Prot
estant who Is an antt-Catholic Is not
only unreasonable, but is rather cow
ardly as well
There are only 100000 Catholics
in the United states 20 64.000,000 Prot
estants Some authorities say there
arc 20 GOO 600 Catholics and $4,000 GOO
Pfotestants. In any event " IL tndls-
putabIe that there are four or five
Protestants 90 every one Catholic. This
being true, II is more the duty 81 the
! Protestants 20 mark the kindly way
FOR the Catholic than for the Catholics
20 lead the Protestants. / am moved
20 say these things because so much