Evening journal., 1922-09-06
a Solution of the Problems
of Capital and Labor

IN Hrnpvsr Presbyterian Church
on sunday night, the Rev. Charlie;
q. Bohner preached on the subject
"A Solution for the Problem OF Cap
ftaf@nd Labor" Mn Bohner said;
ST. Luke s.81,-As ye would thai
nnsn should do to you. do 20 also Il
them hkswise-
<.During tho past few months the
country has been in a state OF great
unrext over the disagreement be-
twesn the employers and employees
OF our coal mines and railways. The
strikes IN these two Industries are
but q manifestation on a large scale
of what is going on generally in
these United States. In the year
1871, according to survey prepared
by the National Industrial Confer
enoo Board in New York there were
2,2s7 strikes and lockouts in the
United States being less than in any
OF the five years preceding. These
strikes last year involved loss OF
wages aggregating s132. 200, 600.
when the bill of costs for the
strikes OF the present year is fully
reckoned, 1t will show an expendi-
ture, or rather a waste, of time and
money exceeding all previous rec
ords of the same character. This
year the strikes are two and one
half times as numerous as last. even
excluding those affecting the coal
pines and railways. Viewed by in
dustrial groups, they include strikes
in the building trades. printing and
publishing. clothing, metal and vari-
Gus other industries. II IS broadly
estimated that, owing to the present
strikes 100000 workers are idle
and over 100000 hours Of pro-
ductive work are lost every working
day. representing an approximate
loss of s300,000.000 in wages to the
worliugmen and women OF tho land.
1T is needless TO say that any
sane American, pondering these
figures will be filled with alarm at
the present situation in the indus
trial world. The fact is that the
greatest war in the history of Ameri-
ca is at present in progress as these
two great antagonistic forces called
Capital and Labor close in upon
each other. The deeds of lawless-
ness and sabotage occurring on ev-
cry hand are only the escapes from
the safety valve OF an Imprisoned
force which threatens the explosion
OF society. We may lull ourselves
into a false security; we may say
tnat this trouble. like an angry |
chlio. Will cry itself TO sleep; we |
may oelittle It and say that time.
rnlch adjusts all things, will settle
.,ils question, but that will not hide
me TACT that the darkest and most
.errinc threat of this twentieth cen
Jury Is tho dispute between canita,
ana Labor. And the scene ersc,a,5
IN this city last week. when az -.
tempt was made to blow nm tho
Fourteenth street railway bridge 4.
only an indication, brought 80 -
own doors, of the great unrest ~.
nes at the heart of the nation.
'Everywhere men are asking how
this controversy between Capital
and Labor may be peaceably settled
1t is a question that is agitatinK the
minds OF all thoughtful people. LET
US examine this question briefly.
and consider. first, how the con-
cannot be settled. and sec
ond. see II we cannot find a method
for it's adjustment.
I'm the first place, the strife will
never be settled by crying out
against rich men. There is no
man on earth who would
lot be rich II he could. There is
10 more sin in being rich than in
'eing poor. Any man who will |
'assfully examine into the matter