The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-14
GOD, NOT LABOR,
OWNS The WORLD,
THINKS YIN. C. A.
Chamber of Commerce
Says Amen
BY STANLEY BOONE

(stahf Correspondent of The Federated Press)
DETROIT, Feb. 13.-The gospel
according to the Y. M. C. A. and the
board Of commerce--in which God is
banker and landlord to whom we hui
mans must pay rent, with no mincing
of words or dollars--is given in the
Budget Book With a Conscience.
which is the Bible in the annual thrift
week campaign this year,
Certain cardinal principles are re-
quired to guide the conscience in
Gods Ownership" the preface of the
little pamphlet says. God, having
created the earth and all that it con-
tains, naturally owns it. In recog-
milton of His rights as owner, con
scientious believers in His goodness
usually give a definite proportion of
their resources to help establish His
kingdom on EARTH"
Partners With God.
"God has made every person a
partner with Himself in administer
ing His estate for the benefit of the
whole human family" the preface
continues. Goods obligation to pro-
vide has its corollary in mans privi-
lege to work. The earth yields its
treasures to all who work and each
should account for the portion re-
ceived. This involves separation
of income into distinct compartments
of which there are three: Giving,
Saving, and Spending"
The workers on Gods railroads
and in Gods factories, if they would
be prosperous, should hurry to the
nearest preacher or missionary as
soon as they get their pay envelope
and give away large part Of their
wages before they go home to the
wife and children. The minimum, by
the way, is 10 per cent. This curl
GUS budget book goes on, "Under the
Christian dispensation not only
is the giving portion set apart in a
peculiar sense, but all the rest,
whether it be saved or spent, is like
wise used as sacred trust. In the
same way the acquiring of the whole
income, as the disposing Of it, is ac-
complished under conscious sense
Of partnerhip with God"
Boost Real Estate Sharks.
On the opposite page of this in
troductory gospel an equal space is
given to boosting the game of the
insurance company, the banking
house, the bond broker, the real es-
tate dealer, the building and loan
association and the retail merchant
all in the name of "Pay Your Bills
Promptly" "Work and Earn" make
a Budget"
This budget, which was sold here
for 10 cents, is the handiwork of the
United Stew ard hip Council of
Churches in the U. S. and Canada and
the National Thrift Committee Of the
Y. M. C. A.
On the back cover is the further
disclosure that, eff you have personal
or family problems you would like
to talk over with someone of expe-
rience, speak about them to a Y. M.
G. A. secretary. He may be able
to arrange for an interview with
lawyer, banker, real estate dealer,
building and loan association, priest,
rabbi, minister, as you desire"
In a supplementary pamphlet en-
titled "Christianized Dollars" testi-
monials on the subject are given by
A. R. Nicol, retired president of the
Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Steam
ship Co.; Henry p. Crowell, former
president of the Quaker Oats Co.;
John z. Miller, head of the Mutual
Telephone Co., Erie, Pa; Robert
Quinn, syndicate newspaperman, and
F. Willis jerks, "well known and
successful commercial traveller of the
middle west"