New Britain herald., 1922-02-03
Local Minister Eldys z. 5. Steel For Stopping Inter- -Church Moue;
 Expects Talk 10 Be Challenged
Rev. John L. Davis Says New Britain People Are
 Being Cheated By Crooked Scales
Accuses Standard Oil of Alt
 taining Success by Throt- ting Competitors-World
 as Bad Today as 76O B. c.

The defeat of the inter-church world movement short time ago, when it was planned to unite all the Christian churches of the world, was due to the United States Steel com pany, according to statements made by Rev. John l.. Davis last evening. You all have heard of the great inter- church world movement" he said, to the Bible class bearing his name, which meets for supper and Bible study at the Y. M. c. A. Thurs day night. Well, we did the wrong thing first and that finished the movement
 Where Mistake Was Made.
 Where the mistake was made, ac- cording to the minister, was in the churches appointing a commission to investigate the recent big steel strike in western Pennsylvania. That commission investigated invidual conditions and, according to the min ister, told the truth about them."
 Employers Asso. Stops Funds.
 "As soon as the truth became known" he said, "the lines began buzzing all over the country. The secretary of the Employers associa- tion of New York city wrote to the big men of the country to give noth- ing to the movement, saying it was started by parlor socialists. The movement was defeated because the businessmen of the country called of the moneyed men and it died from lack of funds.
 The Y, M. c. A. started a drive for $10O,000 in Pittsburgh. At the same time it demanded justice for the poor. The businessmen said it was started Ly socialists and called off the drive.
 Expects Talk to Be Challenged. One time man could stand up and say what he thought was right, Let q man say 10 words today, such as I have said tonight and some hyp- ocrite will challenge me before to- morrow night.
 Is Not a Socialist.
 No, I am not socialist. Neither am I a bolshevilk or an anarchist am simply minister who says what he believes is right. Amos told the reop,e 76o years before Christ, ou don't want anybody to tell you what | right, you hate man who teils you you're doing wrong! The world hasil changed a bit, any man that's doins wrong hates the man who repukes him. Rap at Standard Oil.
 The wealthy people of Amos's time pot on top by trampling others un- derfoot just like the Standard Oii comnany got on top today by putting ont of business all the smaller com l petitors. Young man, if for you to rise does not mean to help others in the rising then you'd better stay failure With them.
 When Amos told the people Of ms day. You're building houses out oi the money you took from the poor but you'll never live in them, ne wasn't a politician, he wasn't looR ing for votes. He was prophet and not afraid to speak out. The splrit in America today is such that one man rushes over the top of others for his own selfish purposes and when ne | gets there ne IS dSIldIlIth ol
 An old Argument.
 The people arc saying, "The church and the ministers ought not to med dle in business" They said the same thing in Amos time, 76O years be- fore Christ.
 If you want to know how much justice the poor people are getting in America today, look up the Carnegie institute report. There are S5,0oo,o ooo people in this country too poor to go to law for justice.
 False Measures.
 | They say the people used false measures, etc, in Amos time. But the people are going around blind to the fact that they are doing the same things today. In Passaic, New Jersey, recently they gathered up a full wagon load of false scales, and every so often they go around and get another load. If we could gC through this city and test all the scales we'd find many an old hypo- crite using the same things.
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