South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-10

At the Westminster Presbyterian
church yesterday Rev. DR.. A NJ.
EelIs discussed some Of the prob
lens confronting the nation and the
part the church should take in solv-
Ing them. He said:
'Industrialism presents a serious
condition. During the war this ma
ton engaged in billions Of dollars
more trade than during any previous
period. as result there was produc-
ed a feverish condition that created
unrest. The rich man reached out
for money as never before and the
poor man began 10 think that the
rich man should be hated. Thus
capital and labor clashed and ever
since the collision has resulted in
series of strikes in which the public
is compelled to suffer.
cites Difference
The difference between the poor
and rich is that of money and not
manhood. Both have the same right
TO vote and can attend the same
schools. The way to achievement is
open to all Carnegie was a mes
senger boy, Edison sold newspapers.
j. J. Hill was a farm hand Marshall
Field was a clerk in store receiv-
ing five dollars a month and Van
Horne resigned his position as teach
or with "a salary of SIS a month 10
go into raIlroading He built a rail
road and died worth fifty million
dollars. There was young man by
the name OF VIII Sears. He wrote to
the Elgin Watch CO. Offering TO buy
a hundred watches at wholesale
Then he wrote TO railroad men offer
ing to sell them watches guaranteed
TO be accurate. He made $3.50 in
the transaction. That gave him an
idea and ne opened "a small mail or
der house in Chicago. In hve years
it grew and was known as the Sears,
Roebuck and co. In ten years more
he had sold the business to group
OF bankers for a hundred million
dollars
There is an opportunity TO make
wealth from wastes. Take the Krupp
Gun works of Germany as an illus
tration a lady can wear white
dress and pass through every depart
meut without soiling her garments.
IT Pittsburg so per cent of the coal
goes up the chimneys, but at the
Krupp works the carbon in the
smoke is strained and reutilized, SCOT
flakes are caught and made into
dyes. grease is constantly wiped
from floors and used in making gas
and dirt is eliminated because there
is no waste II Germany had our
natural resources she would drive
us into Bankruptcy Our equality in
articles is due to the
fact that our wa stes and inferior skill
is supplemented by our vast natural
resources. And our wastes form an
opportunity that challenges the man
with brains.
Men Unequal.
The unions seek 10 place all work
ers on the same plane They forget
that the man who cannot read and
write is not the equal 10 the man
trained in the best schools. They
would limit each mans work to a
certain amount for each day. The
and sober man is restrain
ed TO the level OF the slow man by
his side
II is only fair TO assert that the
unions have accomplished much by
their organizations Without the
unions the workers would have got
ten nowhere. A workman having
one days labor 20 sell would attract
little note But a thousand work
men demanding wages will be heard.
Because OF the unions the worker to-
day has a living wage. Then too. the
unions have compelled the installa-
ton OF safety devices which have re-
duced accidents and deaths. have
secured shorter hours. reduced sun
day labor and helped the churches
to abolish child labor.
But organized labor is affected
with three errors. IT is being taught
o. hate all capital Irresponsible agi-
tators have gone about preaching
capitalism as an universal crime The
rich man OF today was a poor boy OF
yesterday His wealth simply multi