The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-08
Chicago Man, Head Of the Commons,
Tells Where Industry and Re.
ligion Must Make Common
Cause.
NEEDS ARE IDENTICAL
Industry is the Base Line and Religion
the Sky Line Of Existence, the
Speaker Declared Last
Night.

I A large audience greeted Graham
Taylor of Chicago at the Congregation
al church last night. His fame as
friend of labor and capital, of the i'm.
migrant, the ignorant and the needy,
has become nationwide. and his ad
dress was packed with inspiration and
good sense.
Discussing Where Industry and Re-
ligion Should Make Common Cause
he declared that industry and religion
are the two greatest factors in life.
Industry is the baseline of existence
while religion is the skyline, the in
centiye and spirit of life. One cannot
exist without the other. Industry
needs religion for the qualities which
make it possible to achieve.
| Since the war, there has been the
most remarkable approach of industry
and religion, and they have approach
| ed from the angle of discomfort, away
! from diplomatic and international, to
economic relations When the gov
ernmental ties that bound people to-
gether fell apart as result of the
war, people reverted to their indus
trial relations with each otheE as in
Russia.
The Russian revolution has made
more of dent in the thought of man
than even the French revolution cid.
1t has affected the whole world, and
it's influence will never be effaced
from the earth.
Referring to this reversion to indU.,-
trial relations, he said that in Russia
they were made everything. In Ger
many they have been made first. In
France the government is dealing with
the representatives of industry. In
England, under the leadership OF Ar
thur Henderson, Al Wesleyan minister,
the labor program is destined to be
adopted complete. In America no one
knows what is coming, but the prob
lens are not so much political as
economic. In every land there has
been grave discomfort, in some de-
structive, in others constructive.
Everywhere men are trying to
solve these problems; and we have
labor programs, employers programs,
governmental and church programs.
for the world that is to be. All these
show a growing together of industry
and religion.
After the French revolution, men
were satisfied with political reforms.
After the American revolution they
emphasized the rights of man. Now.
not only in radical Russia, but here
where we are the most conservative
nation on earth, these ideals take on
various forms but in no uncertain
terms. We must realize it to be a
time-long, earth-wide struggle and
seek for the light. And it is light,
rather than heat, that we need.
Industry and religion alike stand
for the maintenance and the sanctity
of human life. Soul is life. And you
can't care for the souls Of men and
not care for the men themselves. The
church awakens discomfort and con-
version results. Industry awakens
discomfort and the standard of living
is raised, better homes are desired
and better conditions for children arc
demanded This is the basis of oppo-
sition to child labor and to long hours
and undesirable conditions of woman's
wark.
This is a time for US to put our
selves in the other mans place. If
wages are reduced before substantial
reduction is made in the high cost of
living, there is going to be serious
trouble.
Face the worst and you will do
the best for yourself and for yo'''
time. Industry can't get along with
out the ideahism of religion and re-
ligion needs the outlook of industry"