Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-19
INDUSTRY NEEDS
TO BE CHANGED
Speaker at Broad Street Moth.
odist Church Says Situa.
ton Intolcrablc.
NJ L L II 0 DIS ATTACKED
DIR. Worth NJ. Tippy Asserts
Trouble Is Desire for
Pecuniary Gain.
NJ L I II obs ATTACKED

Or. Worth NJ. Tippy. OF New York
CRY. social service secretary OF tho
Federation OF Churches of Christ in
America. spoke ia Broad street
Methodist Church yesterday morn
ing on the theme. The New Leader
ship IN Industry" He spoke, in part.
as follows:
a new kind OF leadership is de-
manied in industry II the nation IL
10 finl is way out of indurtrial con
hitts Inc pr'Scn; situation in IN.
dusiry is intolerable. Its economic
waatage through strikes. lock .u;s,
conscious and unconscious sabotage.
!ntcr'n!t,ency and business cycles.
resulting in costly Unemployment.
id'cness Of machinery and destruc-
ton OF values. Is enormous. But
more serious than the economic
losses are its social dangers, it's de-
struction OF brotherhood. its growing
class divisions. 1t increasing menace
OF violence.
The root of the trouble Is per
fectly clear. Industry Is now a struy-
gle OF individuals and groups for pc
cuniary gain. either through profits
or salaries or wages. or through sal
u.
. The acuteness OF the struggle is for
large and quick profits through tenn
porary advantage. or monopolis,io
control. or possession OF natural re-
sources.
Whenever mon seek what they do
not earn by real service. whenever
they struggle for advantage, th,y
violate the fundamental laws OF tn.
spiritual universe, which are abso-
al hny,
The results are explosions as real
and dangerous az those In Industrial
laboratories when wrong chemicals
are brought together
Hlnmrs Employer and EmpIoye.
The fundamental trouble is with
the leadership OF industry. on 10th
the employing and the labor sides
1t is the leadership which has
brought us into the trouble. for the
masses. whether OF capital or labor,
follow the leaders. Public spirited
leadership beSets like following.
S"lf-secEtng leadership has brought
about the present anarchy.
In the Parable Of the Good Shep-
herd. Jesus has given Immortal cx-
preston TO tho eternal laws OF right
leadership. The heart OF it is de-
! votion TO the abundant life OF hu-
| nanity and of every human being
within the reach OF ones influence
| Religion, in It's last analysis. is the
| struggle for human life. for it's on
| portunity and development Indi-
! vidual ability, whether il Is the
power which makes the preacher,
| the teacher, the physician or the
banker, the merchant, the manufac-
| turer or the manager of any de-
| scription. is Gift OF leadership
The good shepherd gives his life
for his sheep" said Jesus; the hire
ling hecth because he is an hire
| ling"
We have put this noble law OF
! service over on the minister. the mis-
| sionary. the social worker. the nurse.
the physician. the soldier, the pub
| lie servant. We must now demand IL
! Of our Industrial leaders. bushes.
men must work first for the life OF
the people, TO give every man his
best chance at life. rather than for
pecuniary gain. IL the church teaches
| rightly and powerfully enough in the
shameful for business man TO work
first for money as for a minister "a
do so.
Says Reverse Incorporation Lnws.
In our laws OF Incorporation. hos
pitfalls and colleges are Incorporated
for the Sublic welfare, business or
| CARNATIONS for profits Or pecuniary
4
| ~ the fundamental evil In our pres
| ent industry. The laws OF incorpora-
ton must be reversed. Business must
| be Incorporated for the public well
fare. and employers must become
real leaders, good shepherds OF the
people. The motto must come to be:
Sc vice at reasonable return.
The real burden of the new indus
| trial leadership is on employers. te-
| re
| of the 100000 bread winners Of the
| United states. They have the power
mainly in their own hands. and
therefore, the supreme Responsibilities
! for its exercise. The workers will
| enter into cooperation, after they
| understand, if employers open the
! doors. We must have AN end oi
lighting and Il new era Of co-opera
| tive effort. The nation calls for in
| dustrial managers who will conccn-
| tratc their thinking on finding Il
way to peace and cooperation.