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Show I SK 1 Apostle Thinks That Unions Bl Arc Inclined to Tyrannize Over Workiiignien. SAINTS NOT OPPOSED TO UNION LABOR, ELDER SAYS Suggests Arbitration as Means Hj 9l Adjusting Differences Be-Hj Be-Hj tween Opposing Forces. H The stand or tlio Mormon church to- B wan! labor unions and organizations vii3 Hl announced from the speakers' .stand in H the tabernacle Sunday, during the scrvlco X hold to observe "Labor Sunday." Apostle C. W. Penrose was the speaker and was B put apart by the church officials to tell tilt; people of Utah what the Mormons H think oT labor unions. The .speaker an- H; nounccd several times, emphatically, that Bj Ills church Is not opposed lu labor unions. Hfl but that it docs oppose tyranny on the H part of such organizations, and when they 1 say that a man must Join their union or B he cannot work, then it Is the opinion of H the church authorities that such orgnniza- tion-s step beyond l heir constitutional H rights and become tyrannical. : Apostle Penrose rend the resolution from the American Federation of Labor i requesting all of the ministers of the 1 Christian churches in the United States to observe the Sunday Just before Labor day as Labor Sunday, and paid that on aei ount of next Sundae being fast-day Hl the Mormon church had decided to have HJ the labor service Sundav. Me took for 1 his text, Genesis Hi., l'J. which reads, in HK part, as follows: "In the sweat of thy Hii face shalt thou eat bread." B Tho Dignity of Labor. lie said (hat the "Latter-day Saints b,-Hove b,-Hove in the dignity of labor and that iiirnklnd should labor for his bread, as labor develops his mind and body, while on the other hand, "an idle brain is the devil's workshop," and idleness leads to 1 rl and wickedness. He declared that 1 Adam was placed In the Garden of Eden H . tint he might loll and that his labor D might cRiife Eden to blossom forth in B its glory. B Apostle Penrose said thai people have H mistaken ideas as to who are laborers H and declared thai those who use their B mentality and produce something for the 11 good of mankind are Just as much labor- HU ot as those who use a pick and shovel HV or a mechanic's tools. II u Hf cited as an illustration the uews-1 uews-1 p.ii't i' man who gives (o the public ae-11 ae-11 roi'.nls of the happenings in the world nnd who, ho said, often spends more time It at his work and receives less remtincni-II remtincni-II tion than many mechanics and others w'id are commonly classed as laborers. He was of the opinion that men who ;. irlte for the press are entitled to a rcn- sonnble remuneration for their efforts, nnd urged upon his hearers the Justice if of "A fair day's wage for a fair day's 7 work." f Golden Eule Neglected. t The speaker conceded that many employers em-ployers of labor who are harked by urn-I urn-I pie capital are often oppressive toward I'. the employed, but this Is due to selfishness selfish-ness on ihelr part, as they seek to employ em-ploy men for just as little pay as possl-I possl-I hie; hut. on the other hand, the cmplovee sometimes does just as little work as ! possible for his wage. He was of the opinion that the prin-I prin-I rlpal trouble Is that evcrv man Is for a himself and Instead of living up to the J golden rule too often uses the common t adage, "Tlo others or they will do vou. 1 and do them first." H "Some people have the idea," con-J con-J j tinned the speaker, "that the latter-day a I Saints are opposed to union labor, but 9 "that is a mistake. The church accords .to all people the right to combine for their own preservation, and this church M reserves the right to do the same. The church does not say that one of Its ft linembers cannot Join a union or band toff to-ff Igcthcr to secure an Increase In wages, (hut It does oppose tyranny on the part m lof such organizations. I ' Unions Tyrannize. I "It Is nil right for men to Join a union. bui when those organizations sav that a I .man must Join the union or ho cannot I got work, then that Is tyrannv, and the I (union is stepping beyond Its constitu-I constitu-I tloual right. It Is tyranny for union I Jmon to say that they will not work on I"- certain building hecause a certain man I Omploycd there does not belong to the (union. What we believe in Is liberty of 1 labor and freedom of toil, and we cannot approve of a strike bv unions because a I non-union man Is working on a job. That I is where the unions make their mistake-I mistake-I it is beyond their bounds." I Under the great system of brotherhood I of man. Apostle Penrose declared all V troubles could bo arbitrated nnd war 1 could bo done away with entirely. When .the spirit of arbitration enters the hearts I of men, said he, all the troubles between capital and labor would cease, and he expressed great hope that the time is not far distant, when we will have an Intcr- (national congress of arbitration, where 'nil difficulties between nations can be isettled without war. E 1 In closing. Apostle Penrose suggested to ,abor organizations as a remedy for a U ,Kreat deal of strife between capital and I .Jabor that they arbitrate their dlffcr-1 dlffcr-1 rnces, and that the committee on arbllra- (1 on should be composed of the emnloyed I themselves and not the hired officials of I tthe labor organizations, with whom the employers often refuse to confer. Tie I Imped that the time would soon come I th?rc ould ho universal peace nnd I 'nil people would bo Joined together In I !0fGfdrand unlon under ln leadership |
