The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-10
Large Audience
Hears Batten at
O pen Forum

Ifr. SaHuet zane Batten. OF EHlld-
ldelphia. delighted. interested and in
strueted a large and enthusiastic an
dienee al the Auditorium yesterday
Afternoon by his able ana eloquent
address before the open forum on the
question. Can We Solve the Indus
trial Question Without a Revolution p
Prior TO the address Director James
Heaton OF the Assembly program led
the community singing and made the
future announcements while II. l..
Starr. OF Holly Hill. the latest addi-
ton to the Auditorium force. rendered
a solo very effectively President
.IR. s. Holmes OF the open forum appro-
priately Introduced the speaker as an
old friend OF many years and said he
knew the audience would be inter-
ested every minute and as usual he
proved to be absolutely correct.
Following is a brief resume of Or.
Batten's address:
"Our present Industrial situation is
OF recent creation. II is little more
than hundred years old and ia the
direct outcome of what is called the
Industrial Revolution.
In al the generations of the past.
before the middle of the 18th century.
manufacture had been by hand and on
a small scale But with the inven
tion or the steam engine aud the APP
plication of steam power TO machin-
cry the whole process of manufacture
underwent a change. Before We had
the individual worker. owning his own
tools and machinery, acting as his own
manager. seldom growing rich but
never very poor Now as The result
OF these inventions wc have large
scale production and corporate con-
troll Of industry.
"Along with these benefits have
grown certain evils that constitute
positive defects in the industrial sys-
/ TEN, give rise to unrest and create
a condition full of menace.
"As a result of this Industrial revo-
! luton We have large scale production
/ and the impersonal organization Of
, industry Now we find the great in-
dustries. both in production and dis
. tribution. owned by stockholders and
! investors, who manage the enterprise
, through directors and agents We
: also find the workers massed in great
( numbers. without ownership in their
tools or voice in the enterprise. con
/ trolled and directed by agents This
has brought about one of the most
5 momentous changes in the history o1
) mankind. The economic worll as VS.
r know it, has broken men into two
groups opposed and competing
THE present system has DESTROYED
the workers interest in his work ant
lessened his incentive to do his hest
i He becomes a part Of the machinery
2 mere unit in production
q In every man there are eartaiJ
o instincts and impulses that seek cx
$ preston; these rightly trained art
2 among LIES richest treasures thes'
. rightly directed create Gfe's highes
9 values. Man wants 10 think, 70 try
2 experiments. to Great things TN
fortunately our present system Of ma
chine production gives little scope 10
the expression OF these impulses !
gives little scope for intelligence. TIT
consequence Is the workers canacit,
remains undeveloped and unused am
much possible value is thereby lost I,
? society
} plato defined a slave as one VIII
accepts from another the purpose
which control his conduct In th
sense millions Of industrial worker
"a are little better than slaves.
This system OF corporate induStr
# creates a condition that IS full OF men
ace ~By it is possible for a person L
q hold claim in the possession q
Ir stocks and bonds upon the labor o
: others and the life Of society an
h transmit the claim To others and thu
a perpetuate his own power It !
possible for ore to draw an incom
from capital without rendering an
T. service or performing any function i
society The position OF power occu
pied BY the landlord under the feuda
system is now held by the bondnold
or in cur capitalist system. 4 larg
class has grown up with compare
tlNelN llttte property. Hdlu Npl htN dtl
), over driven, who believe that they ar
Is exploited and who smart under
N sense OF injustice
l. The present Industrial system en-
thrones the law OF selfishness as III
fundamental law Il assumes tina
l. men are selfish beings and that eac
al man IS trying to get ahead of his lei
lr lows. 1t assumes that the principle
" of self interest and competition ar
constant and potent factors Will
N sympathy and brotherhood are incon
y stant and secondary principles. we
enough in their place bur having n
" place in economics. So men have fel
\ free to do one another 70 death pro
II vided only the arena was a market an
o the instrument bargain.
% Men are dissatisfied with the pres
70 ent system They find that it doe
not bring justice and satisfaction {
many and they feel that il is workn
a at cross purposes with human well be
e ing and the purpose OF Christ. an
society is trying to find more sat
tiSfacforv industrial system