Arizona republican., 1916-03-15
BILLION LOST
 BY IDLENESS
 SAYS COLLINS
Unemployment, Divorce and Lack of Living Wage to Many Workers Scored As Greatest Evils; Thousand Hear Lecture

unemployment The importance of this is better understood when we take into consideration that all the money in circulation in this country is only little over $3.GOO, ,OOO. .OOO.' Addressing 1000 people last night at the Eiks theater, Peter w. Collins, an eloquent speaker from Boston, made this statement in his lecture on Whats Wrong With the World?" Mayor George U. Young introduced the speaker, saving that this is an age of reason and research, and that if the people are to understand each other they must get together to dis cus3 Lresent day problems
 MT. Collins offered a solution for the problem for unemployment after deciarlng that there is work in the United States for every laborer. He said:
 The departments of agriculture and labor made an experiment, in which free employment bureaus were estab- llshed in 5000 postoffices In six months positions were found for TO- poo men and women. There are co., 900 postoffices in the United States. and if an employment bureau was established in each of these, a means would be found for the solution of the unemployment problem. There is plenty of work in these United states for all the laborers but the difficulty is in distributing the labor. 4 way should be provided to aovise the unemployed as to where there is work, and then we would not have some industrial centers with hundreds of idle men and women and other Centers where there is work but no workers"
 MT. Collins spoke as laboring man. having been at one time secretary of the International Electrical Workers. lie covered wide range in his an- ewer to What's Wrong With the World? quoting frequently from the leading authorities on socialism to support his contention that it is not the solution for the wrongs and evils of civilization.
 The working man has an abiding love Tor God, and is inherently a Christian" said he. Socialism, which denies God, did not come from the laboring class. Carl Marx, the great est of all socialists, speaks of the ma terialistic conception of history or the denial of a Creator Not one of the great socialists came rom the working class.
 There is no conflict between science and religion Many of the greatest scientists were deeply religi- ous men, They found no conflict be- tween their researches and the divin- ity of Jesus Christ.
 One of the most disturbing condi- tions of the day is the conflict be- tween labor and capital I believe that they should meet to settle their differences and that agreements can be reached which will do away with thelr grievances. l further believe that 1T the Warning monarchs of Eu- rope were locked in room over night they would reach an agreement before morning that would end the war. The trouble is that they cannot get to- ðer and this is frequently the trouble with capital and labor.
 Much good would result if the men and women were today receiving a llVlng wage. fair pay for the laborer means the prosperity of the producer. Elghty per cent of the consumers are working people, and today 5S per cent are not receiving living wage and 70 per cent of them less than SIP Der week. l believe that 95 Der cent of the evils of society cluster about the ufder payment Of the working class
 Lack of harmony is one of the fhirgs wrong with the world. In the iloWery Kingdom there is harmony but not among men, and as result we have strife and bitterness. The great war in Europe is an example of the lack of harmony.
 The evil of divorce is cancer eating at the heart of society Tn me past twenty-nine years one out of every twelve marriages have re- suited Tn divorce. During that time there has been 1000, 900 divorces and 5'oto,oo0 children have been without T mother or a father in the home. which is the unit of civilization.
 Ihere Is no reason why neighbors should be engaged in strife. We shcnld all have the right to worship
 'od In our own way. The brother hood of man goes hand in hand with the brotherhood of God"
 Following his lecture, which was frequently interrupted by applause MT. Collins invited questions from his audience and for over an hour was Kept busy ny socialists At the close ne thanked them for their sincerity
 MT Collins spent yesterday driving about tue city. He visited the state house, where he met Governor Hunt ana other officials. He leaves this morning for Tucson.