Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-30
SAYS FRICTION CREATORS /.
ARE OUT OF PLACE HERE
Doctor Wicker Declares for Dcporta.
ton Of Those Who Divide Labor
and Capital.
DEMOCRACY DEMANDS ACTION
Pastor Of Leigh Street Baptist Church
breaches Sermon on Relations OF
WorkinGmcn and Employers.
Best Day i'm History.

For the agitator in this country who
seeks to create friction between labor
and capital there is no place in tho
republic. and democracy demands his
deportation. declared Rev. John j..
Wicker in his sermon yesterday morn
ing to the CONGREGATION Of Leigh Street
Baptist Church.
Labor and capital arc in closer
relation today than ever before" he
said. "They understand each other
better. All men everywhere, OF every
day in history. Social recognition has
a better basis-a man is man II he is
a man. The hand OF capital was never
so generous. The brotherhood Of man
life is better Interpreted than at any
previous period.
Points Out Dangers.
After declaring that this condition
and the church. DR.. Wicker said tina,
what labor needs today is wise Chris
tian leadership. In speaking of the
labor dangers In the country and the
I'm our country there is a large num-
Dor OF agitators trying to cerate fric
lion, if not hatred. between capital and
man. We do not need him in this re-
public. Democracy demands his de-
notation 10 We want II every depart
stand for the rights of all. The man
who belongs 10 a class belongs TO the
land of autocracies in other days.
"An American citizen must be
friend of labor and Il friend Of capital
alike. Bias must be banished. Our
country has two legs, two arms, two
Labor and capital form these respective
parts. Woe be TO the man who tries
10 trot out one-eyed. one-cared, one
armed. one-legGed cripple on crutches.
Out of the same mouth must come the
needs and rights Of all the members
Of one body We must not have one
Apollos.' Paul said all such were
carnal.
Oppression Is Unlawful.
Secret combinations OF capital to
Cypress labor are unlawful, and COM
bines of labor TO defraud capital are
alike unjust.
What we need today is efficiency.
The workingman must be more inter
otherwise he is hirclinG and a slave.
He can have neither joy nor growth.
The CAPITALIST or employer must be
more interested in tho man than, he
is in what he can extract from his
muscle. Otherwise he is an opprcssor
OF his brother and n slave 10 his avar-
est days work. and in turn he demands
for thSm an honest days pay.
Capital and labor are intcrdcpend-
en- in neither can do without the other.
Labor ought to break company with
any and every form OF immortality and
public menace. For labor must have
moral basis on which to stand and
make its plea. Capital can live and
often in greater luxury without Chris
Uanity. But the labor man must have
christianity or oppression is newt
a BILE.
Christ Teaches Thrift.
The only safe way TO increase the
income OF the poor is by way of tho
sacrinctal cross OF Jesus. He was rich
Dut Tor our sakcs became poor IT
wealth increases while Christianity de-
croases. 1t must fall into the hands of
me rev ana spell oppression. Christ
makes II safe for men to receive a good
wage. He teaches thrift not prodiCal-
NY. increase of income for the prodi-
gal means riotous living Morals and
wages must be cQualizcd
AS morals go down. force is essen
llal 70 the preservation Of order. AZ
morals rise men can be trusted with
money High wages and low morals
spell ruin for the state. High morals
ana low wages spell injustice for the
Iaborer, The question is a moral one
incidents 10 the main issue \ moral
program must have moral power
ne rights of man must have back
or IT The righteous 5sf God Christ
must be something more than an eco
nomic convenience. The problem of
Tpi'so , ana lan3r rests with the church.
me solutlon OF the problem is in the
'ndnds OF the minister and not with y
walking delegate. The solution must
ne real. solved by character, and not
arbitrarily executed by force jesus
CHI!s'' the friend OF all that is good
of the world must be submitted for
a righteous and permanent sc,ticmnn, ,,