Weekly journal-miner., 1920-01-21
CHURCH HAS 4 PROGRAM FOR
 SERVICE
Country Ruined by Capitalist
 And Church

| paper, backed by the authority of
 one Mike Barretto, a well-known
 blacksmith of this section, who char
 acterizes his native land as ruined by the capitalist and the church. Many
 foreigners who come to our country, who like Mir. Barretto are naturaliz- ed citizens, and many who unlike him
 are unnaturalizcd foreigners, have
 this erroneous idea of the capitalist
 and the church, and apply their opin- i ions to our own country and our church in the land of the free; and it is for the enlightmcnt of such and
 also of our own citizens who have a
 wrong conception, perhaps, of the
 capitalist, but surely of the church as is manifest by their attitude to-
 ward the church as their enemy and ruination, that 1 write these few words We are not seeking to de- fend the capitalist in this brief arti-
 cle, but to speak a word for the church.
 The foundation of our nation had it's conception ill the Puritanical idea of religion Development and growth of society has forced our country out of its swaddling clothes to put on the garments of a full-sized man, and we do not expect to limit our selves to the boundaries of society as found in the time of our national birth. But the church has always been the instrument of blessing to this country. As a church man, do not endeavor to champion all chur- ches or creeds, but in particular de- sire to put forth the principles of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
 THE SOCIAL CREED OF OUR CHURCH,: The Methodist Episco- pal Church stands for equal rights and complete justice for all men in all stations of life; for the protection of the family by the single standard of purity; uniform divorce laws; prop CT regulation of marriage and proper housing: for such regulation of the conditions of toll for women as shall safeguard the physical and moral habits of the community; and for the fullest possible development of every child, especially by the provision of proper education and recreation and by the abolishing of child labor. It stands for the abatement and pre- vention of poverty by the protection of the individual and of society from the social and economic and moral waste; by the conservation of health and by the protection of the worker from dangerous machinery, occupa- tional diseases and injuries. It stands for the right of all men to the oppor- tunity for self-maintcnancc, safe guarding this right against cncroach- ment of every kind, and for the pro- lection of workers from the hardship of enforced employment. It stands for suitable provision for the work CTS ill old age, and for those incapa- citatcd by injury; for the principal of conciliation and arbitration in in- dustrial disputes, and for a release from employment ono day in seven. It stands for the gradual and rcason- able reduction of the hours of labor to the most practical point and for that degree of lcasure for all which is d condition of the highest human life; for d living wage as minimum in every industry and for the highest wage that each industry can afford, | and for the most equitable division | of the product of industry that can ultimately be devised. It stands for the l right of employees and employers alike to organize.
 The church calls upon her mem- bcrs as employers and investors or wage carners to do everything that lies in their power to initiate meas urcS and movements that make for i the realization of our standard-a liv- ing wage as minimum in every in dustry and the highest wage that each i industry can afford, and the most | equitable division of the product of | industry that can ultimately be de- vised. The church has spent much 1 toll and money in providing higher education. Its membership is in creasingly an educated group, yet the toiling mass of mankind was the rock from which it was originally hewn, the pit from which it was first dug.
 It would only follow that since the church is itself large employer of labor, directly and indirectly, it must itself in some way realize collective bargaining, either in one of the two forms which arc now developed or in some other Hct to be devised. A sounds principle to govern the church as an employer would appear to be thai in recop 1i,i.;r of inc Orice heinz