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Show power and! th InrrMH nf thetr n i wealth, to the subversion of onl-And onl-And democratic government T- church muit lead In ihi 1 The industrial situation r ",: " la vw with u. and tt tout ' o--sorlaj Ufa to vitally and at so marv different point that It li nj-t. sensitive problem. Ther la n' problem which, th church an a whole a much fears to handle. Every pronouncement mad by a religious body an this eution ha bea subjected to criticism by me advocates ef ona alda or tha mnev. Out of tha bant of tha conflict, bowtvir, there I gradually emerg-inc emerg-inc number rf principle upon which th ChrtetUn conscience la uniting. Bom things ara neither Just. Christian, nor aerially p dient. Tha eevea-day report of tha committee of th American Iron and 9tat Institute favoring tha contin-aanea contin-aanea of tha twelve-hour day. and Judge Gary's aupport of that report, haa bean disapproved by practically tha whole preaa of tha country, both secular and rail g I Qua. WOMAN JUDGE SPEAKER AT CONCLAVE Jade rToranca E. Allen of Ohio and formerly of Salt Lake win be on. of th. principal qiHhtri at th. biennial meettn.- of th. National Council of fonrrea'aUanal church., at 8prinnM, MlH. btttm M-tober M-tober I ami fl. to discuss th. pee-pleslna; pee-pleslna; problems of induatry and condition, of labor. Othor opoak.r. whohav. ba.i In-Ttl.d In-Ttl.d to dlHiui .oclal a nit Indu.trtal qu.atlon. ar. Owen lv.1oy of New York. Arthur Ooldn Hula) Naah of Cincinnati. William Allan Whit, of Kanaaa. Prad R. Bmlth of N.w Tork. Oov.rnor Proctor of Vmnonl. Dr. Arthur Holt of Boatoa and othara. Th. rport of th. eotniftla-.lon eotniftla-.lon on aoclal arvlca will b. pr. aantad by th. R.. Nlcholaa Van dor Pyl of Ohio. RURAL ONDITiONt Protaatantlam la It pr cnt' rural ru-ral In th. t'oltod Btataa. Thla makaa tha aountry a moat Important factor fac-tor tn th. rtllaioua d.v.lopm.nt of our national Ufa. Tha farmer, of tha country hava boa paa.fnff through a parlod of troa. and hardahlp alnca th. eloaa of th. war. In on. townahlp of MlnnMota tw.l. farma will not bo cultivated th. prca.nt yaar. It la reported that thouaand. of acr. of ood land will II. Idl.. With poor crop, or poor prtcoa tha num-br num-br of failure, will ,Mri thoaa of laal yaaa, nd thara warm planty of tham. Thla affect, ttia country ehareh. and th. moral and tha aooial lif. of th. rural eommunlty. No rallalou. le.der.hlp xla In many country cnmmunltlM. A poor axado of mln-latry. mln-latry. and a oehama and praram of ralictou. .dueatlon wholly out of harmony and out of touch with modern condltlono, ta overrunnlnc whol. reclona. For rehabilitation of the country town there ta neded a vital church with a aano aoepel. a definite prear.m for rural problem, a knowledge of tit. aoatal raetora to bo encountered, and a proa rem of community bulldlna- ta poeltlvely eeeenllal if th. moral and tha ra-licloua ra-licloua life of th. country la to ba oonMrvad. RACI RILATIONt. Tha problem of rare ralatlnna ta erer frowln mora acuta. Th. ra-trlctloa ra-trlctloa of Immigration haa led to a va.t migration of nagroe 1s th. Northern Industrial center, to fill the place. In tha unskilled trade, made vacant by tha a been c of th. maeaoa from aouth.rn and .a.tera Europa. Ulttl. provleton ha. been made In m.ny place, for tha normal living of th. men. They llv. tn hut. or tenement, under condittona which maka for aerioua dlaintegra-tlon. dlaintegra-tlon. In tha main th.y ara without wive, and children and home, and ail. Iba avU. of auch a, attuallon haa lla affect upon th. community a wall a tha men th.ma.lvM. There la no doubt that thla migration mi-gration from tha South haa aatah-llehed aatah-llehed In many ouartere a fala. point of now toward tha negro as an Inferior being;, ueeful aa a servant serv-ant and druda. Thu. considered, th.y ar. bound to bocom. pllabl. malarial In th. hand, of unscrupulous unscrupu-lous political demagogues who hava no further Intorsst In them than ths i building tip of their own aelfleh |