Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1913 — PROPER STATUS OF INDUSTRY [ARTICLE]

PROPER STATUS OF INDUSTRY

Question That Is to Call Louder and Louder for the Consideration of Mankind. Was industry made for man or was man made for industry? If man was made for Industry, then It is just that industry should be made the master and man the slave. It is just that 500,000 men and women should be killed and injured annually while they minister to the Industrial deity; it Is fair that women toil long hours for a pittance; it is right that humanity writhe in agony under the goad of the Industrial taskmaster. If, on'the other hand, industry was made for man, then it is just that maifshould be the master and Industry the slave. It is fair that any calling which crushes men’s bodies, the souls of women and little children, or takes a toll of life and joy greater than its contribution to the happiness of the community, should be reformed or abolished. Two thousand years ago Jesus rebuked the Pharisees and justified his disciples—who had picked corn on the Sabbath day—ln these words: "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.” The world listens for the modern prophet who shall proclaim: "Industry was made for man, and not man for industry.”— Scott Neeriug in Everybody’s Magazine.