The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
MANUFACTURERS ARE SCORED BY
 OLIvET PASTOR
Those Who Give to Church But Underpay Employees Crit
 iciSed in Sermon.
OPPONENTS OF EIGHT
 HOUR DAY HYPOCRITES
Law of Compensation Will Overtake Them,'' Says
 Rev. Mir. Tamblyn.

The hypocrisy of manufacturers who give<to churches and social betterment institutions, and at the same time un- derpay their employees, the lack of foresight of others who pay starVa- ton wages until their plants are tied up by strikes and the inability to req son that is shown by those who fight against the eight hour day, was ex- posed last evening when Rev. George O. Tamblyn, pastor of the Olivet Con gregational church, thrilled a large audience with his forceful assertions
 Sooner or later the law of compen- sation will overtaIke them, and they will find the rough road of which they are complaining is a road of their own choosing" he declared.
 Mr. Tamblyn's remarks follow, in part
 ''The recent labor troubles in our city have caused people to consider as never before just what is or ought to be the right relation between capital and labor for in the wake of unprece- dented prosperity has come a wave of industrial unrest.
 Why should shrewd business man managing a large corporation have..to wait until a strike is called before he realizes that the eight-hour day is just and good business in the long run? To be sure, if dividends are the only con- sideration and no thought is to be given to the welfare of employees, granting the eight-hour day is out of the question, yet it is fact that at the end of a period of five years, the shorter day will equal that of the longer day. Few, however, are the employers who can wait that long or who care for the health or happiness of their employees during that period when there are more human machines to take, the places of those who fall behind.
 Surely a strike should not be neces- sary to convince an employer that five dollars a week is not compensa- tion enough for a girl who wishes to not support a family ten dollars week. How many who thus exploit the weak and Helpless are generous in their benefactions to churches and in stftutions for social betternent while a more direct means of accom- plishing the same end is hypocritteally neglect ed.
 The employe also has a part to per form in this practice Of the golden rule too often lost sight of by many who toll from day to day and yet quite as, important if justice is to be done.
 Labor, now as never before, is be- ginning tos realize the power that lies in organization and what an effective weapon it is in bringing the capitalist to terms. Organization, however, like the sudden acquisition of authority lends itself so easily to abuse, that la bor often employs it in the further ance of an unjust propaganda of rule or ruin.
 Many an employe n the last few years of dul1nesS who retained many on the payroll when the conditions of business did not warrant it, now finds himself in the throes of a sympathetic strike, his factory tied up and a rush of orders waiting to be filled. Such in- stances only widen the breach and. prevent an understa nding of mutual interests, for if labor expects fair treatment, it must give fair treatment in return and not think that it's chief interest lies in obtaining the shortest hours with the best pay.
 Sooner or later the law of compen- sation will overtake those who are now having things pretty much their own way and woe betfde those who complain of the rough road they have to travel, for it is a road of their own choosing"