Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-04-23
DISCUSS WELFARE
WORK At !. N. c. A.
Prominent Plant Heads and
Welfare Advocates at Big
Conference and Dinner.
SEVERAL NOTED SPEAKERS
"What Can We Do for Our
EmpIoyes?" is Theme of
Meeting--Boost Association

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enty-f1ye men who gathered in the Y
NJ. C. A. building last night at the
conference dinner for the discussion
Of welfare work in the industries.
1t was gathering of men composed
chiefly of Representatives of the great
industries of Perth Amboy and sur
rounding cities-men who seemed
sincere in their efforts to create and
MAINTAIN a new force that will not
only put God first in the minds of
their employees, but one that will
establish new spirit of fraternity
between the men and their employees,
educate these men to become good
citizens, and thus establish a new
basis of efficiency that will result in
mutual benefit to the industries and
their working forces.
Speakers at the dinner were John
Sherman Hoyt, of New York, a man
who is prominent in both the indus
trial world and Y. M. c. A. activi-
ties; Senator Austen Colgate, Of
Jersey City, president of the big
Colgate Company; Charles R. Tow
son, secretary of the Industrial De-
partment of the International Com
mittee, Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation, and DR.. Peter Roberts, of
New York, who told of the assocra-
tion's methods In teaching English to
foreign speaking men. w. A.. Con-
ner, of the Standard Underground
Cable Company, acted as chairman
of the conference. Other members
of the committee were Franz Roess-
Ter, w. II. Powell, F. w. Deacon and
A. C. Clark.
Religion" Secretary Towson said.
is that thing that puts God first in
the minds of men, be it Hebrew,
Catholic or Protestant. 1t forms the
primary basis of efficiency and it has
an economic value alike to the large
and small corporation. The Y, M. G.
A. industrial work offers a means for
developing character that leads to
efficiency; it interprets the true spirit
of cooperation between emrloye and
1Sicsss... it helps men to get
sih 1ei
touch wiki EhE1F 6as11 o1!1.| DQ( Al lll
thus TO become good citizens and bet
ter worknen.
The legal machinery of the ma
ton has been unable to keep up with
industry. Education has been unable
to keep UP with industry The church
and the Y M. G. A haven't been able
to keep pace with industry-but we
are after it. To attain this end there
must be cooperation on the part of
the trained secretaries and the lay
men,
"One of the things that makes the
Industrial department of our assoeia-
ton go is the fact that we have
$4,000 men on our committees
men who are identified in many lines
of business, but who as Iaymen push
forward the great Y. M. G. A. indus
trial work by putting into it thought,
money and personality.
"The Y. M. C. A. teaches a con-
structive, and not destructive doc
trine, to the industrial workers.
bringing out new conditions, new
ideas and new relationships After
all, the greatest work of the Y. NJ. c..
A. lies in an outside field, not with
in the building, and I sincerely hope
that the Perth Amboy association,
one of the newest on the continent,
will come the nearest to striking at
the root of the problem in such a
that it will result in gearing
up industrially the entire commun-
ity."
After calling the meeting to order
Chairman Conner extended vel
come to the representatives of the
industries, and Adrian Lyon followed
with a few welcoming remarks on
behlf of the association. John Sher-
man Hoyt, of New York. followed
with a few brief remarks, in which |
be told of the work that was being |
accomplished by the industrial de-
partment of the Y. M G. A.
Senator Colgate, who has recent |
y been named chairman of the ma
ional industrial committee, express
I'd great pleasure in being present. |
". NJ. c. AS" he declared "give ev
cry community a moral uplift. and |
re need more of them"
The menu follows:
Grape Fruit
Bouillon
Finger Rolls
Oyster Patties
toast Jersey Chicken
Cranberry Sauce
Potato CroQuettes
Peas
Lettuce and Tomato Salad
Orange Sherbet
Olives Celery
ce Cream Cake Coffee
MINIS
The conference dinner was preced-
d by an informal discussion of in
ustrial welfare work during the
fternoon. Representatives of vari-
US industries in this vicinity and
of several Y. NJ. C. AS of
le state gathered in the directors ,
,om and talked over a summer pro-
-am for the propagation of work in
dustries. President ADRIAN Lyon,
the local association, presided. !
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