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The Federal Council of the Churches
of Christ in America, representing the
united Protestant churches In this
country with a membership of 18,000,
000 and a constituency of 40,000,000,
unanimously adopted, among other
specific principles for which it asserts
the church must stand: ' '
1. The gradual and reasonable re
duction of the hours of labor to the
lowest practicable point, and for that
degree of leisure for all which is a
condition of the highest human life.
2. A release from employment one
day in seven.
3. A living wage as a minimum in
every Industry, ana tne nignesi wage
that each industry can afford. ,
The Federal Council's commission
on the church and social service ac
cepts as the basis of its belief and ac
tion the entire program adopted by
the Federal Council in its report on
the church and social service. For
the concentration of attention upon
concrete conditions, and because of
the present keen interest in the three
closeiy related propositions above ts,et
forth, it submits at this time to the
churches the following statement and
recommendations, and urges that fa
vorable action be taken upon them by
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Lord's day, but where the conditions
of industry or service require continu
ance of work seven days and the con
sequent employment of some part of
the employe on the Lord's day, then
those so employed are entitled to re
ceive a holiday on some other day in
the week; and, furthermore, that it is
the obligation of every Christian em
ployer to so arrange his scale of
wages that the living wage of his em
ployes is calculated, not on a seven
day, but on a six day basis. .
A Living Wage.
It is the obligation of every Chris
tian employer, a part of the essential
Christian teaching of the brotherhood
of man, to pay every employe a living
wage, that is, a wage on which not
only the worker but the average fam
ily can live under proper sanitary con
ditions and with reasonable comfort.
Normally the great bulk of the indus
trial work of our country should be
done by the heads of families, and
wages should" be adjusted not to the
cost of living of the unmarried board
er, but to the family life in the home.
The living wage' differs from' time to
time and from place to place. The
obligation remains unvaried, and no
industry can be counted as properly
individual churches, synods, assem- conducted from the standpoint of
blies, conferences, conventions, broth
erhoods and other representative
bodies, in the many communions
which compose the Federal Council.
The Pittsburg Survey revealed to
all interested in industrial conditions
a state of affairs in many respects sur
prising. In the steel mills,- accordin:
to the report of the Survey, twenty
per cent of the employes, or about
14,000 men in Allegheny county,
worked twelve hours a day seven days
in the week, at the rate of sixteen ws, are impossiDie unaer sucn con-
and a half cents an hour. Such em- ditions, and the laborer not only is not
loyes, therefore, by working twelve encouraged to develop upward, but, by
hours a dav every day in the week lne conaiuons or nis laDor, is neiu in
ere enabled to earn, one dollar and an ' inf erior and degraded" condition;
inetv-eight cents per day, any reduc- wttn no chance of development. Such
tion in time involvlnga proportionate a condition is we believe, contrary to
loss in wages. The high wages paid the dictates of the religion of Christ
to a relatively small number s of men and a menace to the well-being of the
in positions of responsibility 3 or 4
per cent., getting over five dollars. .a
day had heretofore misled the public
as to the general scale of wages ,in
this particular industry. " An investi
gation of the living conditions showed
that the wage actually paid to ,,un-
skilled laborers in the steel mills, was
not a living wage; that is, not a wage
on which a man with an average fam-
ily could live respectably, iinder de
cent sanitary conditions and ,wltn a
reasonable degree of .comfort. The in
vestigations of the Survey showed
furthermore that, in precisely the re
gions where these low paid workmen
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Christian ethics which is not so con
ducted that all employes shall receive
a living wage.
Reasonable Hours of Labor.
It is manifest that that industry
which, employing its laborers six days
in the week, compels thehi to work
twelve hours out of the twenty-four,
does not give to those employes a
proper opportunity for sane and
healthy living. Family life, intelli
gent social intercourse with one's fel:
state." It is an obligation resting upon
Christian employers so to organize
their industry ' that the employe may
have reasonable hours of labor.
In view of present ' discussions and
in view, of the existing diversities of
opinion, this - commission is not . yr&-
pared to state, for all industrial con
ditions, what is a reasonable working
day. The movement for the standard
ization of reasonable hours at eight
for all industries has not reached such
a stage that, in spite of its own Opin
ion that eight hours for labor is rea
sonable, this commission is prepared
to call upon members of Christian
housed, the drink evil was at its churches to adopt that standard as a
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Long Winter1
Nights
May be made bright and cheerful by illuminating
the home with either Gas or Electricity. And the
disposition of the housewife may be sweetened
by relieving her of the drudgery of filling "smelly"
kerosene lamps and cleaning smoky chimneys.
Nothing is so well calculated to make home happy
as bright lights and cheerful dispositions. We
will furnish the illumination and the cheerful dis
positions will follow as a natural result.
If It's a Question of Cost
Let us prove to you as we can- that it is
cheaper, more convenient and far better to illu
minate with gas or electricity than it is to illumin
ate with kerosene 1 amps. . Counting cost of
kerosene and chimneys, to say nothing of the
drudgery connected therewithit costs no more
to use gas or electricity. ' And as for the results
dollar for dollar you get immensely more , and
better light always ready, no cleaning, no break
ageby using our illuminants.
Equipping a Modern Kitchen
Mr. Mechanic, you insist upon having the
best and most up-to-date tools. Why deny your
good wife the same conveniences for her trade.
If you think hocsewifery is not a trade, just try
it. Equip the kitchen with labor saving devices
first a gas range,' then electric irons, toasters,
etc. Come in and let us show you a few things.
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part of. their Christian obligation, but
it is the conviction of this commis
sion that anything over ten hours in
any Dusiness or employment is an
abuse which should not be tolerated
in a Christian community, nor exact
ed by a ' Christian employer. This
commission recommends to the official I
bodies of Christian churches, in order I
to sandardize, as it were, the simplest I
Christian obligations in the industrial
field, and to secure their recognition,
the adoption of resolutions calling up
on employers of labor within those
churches to conform, in their indus
trial operations, to these three simple
rules:
One day's rest in each seven.
Reasonable hours of labor.
A living wage based on these rea
sonable hours of labor.
F. M. NORTH, Chairman.
CHARLES STELZLE, Secretary.
were
worst and the general morality at its
lowest. Saloons found this the most
profitable region financially. While a
fair proportion of workmen and their
families were found resisting these
influences, it was plain that the drink
evil and the tendency of the popula
tion to immorality were connected
with the prevailing Industrial and
housing conditions. For most men
working twelve hours a day, seven
days in the week, little is left except
lethargy or stimulants. There was
little enjoyment of life possible for
them except the enjoyment of the
senses. What the Survey revealed in
Pittsburg is true, we are advised, .to
a greater or less extent often to the
same extent in other industrial cen
ters.
Tne illustration is taken from one
industry and one center. The range
of the . propositions, however, is far
wider. For while it may be proper to
omit from consideration the workers
engaged in the professions and in ag
riculture, those should be Included who Another Scheme to Rut Men More and
are engaged in domestic and personal I More Under Bondage.
service, trade and transportation, and I 11 la now proposed to enact a fed-
in manufacturing and mechanical pur- eral law that will put railroads in the
suits.. , hands of government. receivers during
Moreover, with the increasing conv Industrial disputes. President Taft is
plication of the industrial situation. Quted as favoring it and saying, "I
there has come the necessity of con- wil Eive Jt my personal attention."
ducting many industries seven days " Workingmen ought to protest in
in the week, and as a rule those in- 8UCh vigorous terms as to make the
dustries conducted seven days in the enactment of such a law impossible.
week require the service of the indi- lt would mean the further enslavement
of l&bor. At first blush it looks
mighty fine, but it will not bear analy
sis. It is another case of the "Greeks
bearing gifts."
It is proposed that in the event of
a threatened railway strike to put the
road in the hands of government re
ceivers. That would mean that the
road would be in the hands of the fed
eral judiciary. The judge would im
mediately enjoin the workers from
ceasing employment, and the men who
violated that order would be sent to
jail without trial. If you think such
a tyrannical act impossible, just bear
in mind that it has already been done.
We ve got enough grief with the
federal courts now without giving
them this further opportunity of play
ing the czar and enslaving working-
men.
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vidual employe seven days in the
week, and the rate of wages is set not
for a six day, but a seven day scale.
One Day's Rest in Seven.
The commission on the church and
social service of the Federal Council
of the Churches of Christ in America
calls the attention of the churches of
Christ everywhere to this condition
and the menace involved in it, and
urges upon all Christian churches offi
cially, through their pulpits, their
brotherhoods and various other organ
izations, to emphasize and bring home
to their members their Christian obli
gation in these premises, namely, that
it is the right of every man to have
one day out of the seven for rest and
recreation of body, soul and mind, and
that it is the obligation of every Chris
tian employer so to arrange his busi
ness that each of the employes may
have one day's rest in seven, with
out diminution of wages. . The normal
holiday is the Christian Sabbath, Hhe
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