New-York tribune., 1919-10-03

cludes 100000 other men as part of his
business. The lives Of these men and,
indirectly, those of their mothers, sis
tcrs, wives and children are part Of 1t.
In making any such statement he is
occupying altogether too much terri
tory,
is that there Is no law which requires
an employer to deal justly or even
honestly with his workers. He is at
can. and the longer the line Of unem-
ployed the more cheaply and easily he
can get it. When the worker takes his
wages and goes to buy the necessaries
of life there is no legal restraint on
the price the merchant may charge.
Urges Stand by Church
Nevertheless, neither violence nor
immediate legal enactment will solve
the problem. Violence will not restrain
men. There are things they fear more
than bodily harm. When man has
wife or a mother whom he loves he
will do things for their sake he will do
for nothing else. The capitalist class
knows this and takes advantage of its
knowledge"
bers of findings committee which will
draw up the recommendations which
the Interchurch Movement will lay be-
fore the Presidents industrial con-
ference: Frank Mason North, president
of the Federal Council Of Churches Of
Christ in America, chairman; Charles
L. Thompson, ]. II. Melish, R. E. Diffen
dorfer, John M. Glenn, Mrs. Raymond
Robins, Mrs. John D. Rocke Teller, jr.,
1Nh
Ralph w. HARRISON, Samuel McCune
Lindsay, John H. Walker, jeremiah w.
jerks, James r. Joy, Charles Stelzle,
j. w. Nixon, George S. Hawley, Paul
NJ Strayer, Alfred E. Marling, j. W..
Kline and ]. H. Causey. The secre
taries of the church social service COM
mttees are eX-officio advisory men,
bers.
Colonel David Carnegie, of London,
overseas member Of sthe labor commit
tee of the Canadian government and
conference that no strike had yet oc-
Cured in the British industry where a
Whitley council of employers and en-
ployes had been established. The sys-
tenn, he continued, had been introduced
in forty-one industries in England,
these industries employing so per cent
of the trades unionists in that country.
Elijah A. Halford, who was secre-
tary to President Harrison, delivered
the principal address of the evening.
He said:
"Sooner or later we must recognize
that all who contribute by mind or
hand to social wellbeing are the work
ing class. When we arrive at this we
shall see there are few parasites.
II am not in favor of control by
either the so-called capitalist or the
so-called laboring class.
Cali must be caught up together or
all will go down together.
THE Christian Church ought to be
able to sound the needed note.
"You cannot divide society. To do SO
is to make possible only an armistice or
truce-and it will be an armed truce.
significant and pregnant with posi-
bility."
Just as the evening session was clos
ing, Mrs Raymond Robbins was given
an opportunity to present the case Of
Women in Industry.'
Mrs. Robbins Tells of Gary
II have a word to say while ques-
tions Of fact are being raised in the
case of the steel strike" she said
"Long before Gary was we'll developed
and when the women had little time for
poetry or romance, was asked to 60
there to read to them. Of their own
choosing Evangeline' was the subject to
be discussed. Yet the first hall that
was engaged was closed to us and then
another. And the closing of the halls
was directly due to the employers, who
contended that it was not a good thing
for the wives of the steel workers tc
gather. Finally, we did gather-in the
basement of church. And we did not
discuss 'Evangeline.'
Leslie Willis Sprague also spoke. He
outlined the governments efforts to
bring about a better understanding
between capital and labor.
The following were elected officers
of the conferences
Bishop F. ]. Mcconnell, of Denver
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
chairman; w. c. Proctor and Warren
S. Stone, vice chairmen; Fred B
Fisher, chairman of the industrial re-
lations department of the Interchurch
World Movement, executive secretary;
Daniel Polling, recording secretary.
Among the leaders of the churches
social service work in the United States
and Canada and other prominent men
who are attending the sessions are:
Canon Vernon, of the Church Of Eng
land in Canada; DR.. j. w. Shearer
cocratorv Of tho Canadian Social Serv