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#002 The Worlds Columbian Exposition Scrapbook, 628
18
against exhaustive hours. His argument for that diminution was
based entirely upon the necessity of providing work for both the
unemployed and insufficiently employed.
The unemployed are many; the overworked are the very few.
That it would be necessary to overwork anyone in order to find the
same or other additional Sunday workers, who could be given a rest if
doors Ayere closed, is a statement which is shown to be incorrect, when
the army of the unemployed marches before our mind. I believe that
there would be but an additional 1,000—1,000 to give hundreds of thous-
ands a great blessing.
THE REASONABLE AND THE PROBABLE.
Before commencing to treat of work at the Columbian Exposition
as charitable work and necessary work, and in this way bringing such
employment under the statute of Illinois, and in some connection
with religious humanity, I must treat the two terms which I shall use.
These are " reasonable " and " probable." In most of the affairs of
life the actions are under the guidance, not of certainty, but of proba-
bility and reason. The judgment looking upon affairs decides that
the experience of the past teaches that like causes like. I know that
man has a sinful nature, and am therefore certain that no one course
respecting Sunday observance which could be advocated will keep
many from grossly abusing the advantage.
I know that the strong will always oppress the weak. If on Sun-
day there is excessive work in France and Switzerland, in London
clerks are making the same complaints concerning their eighteen hours
of Saturday work.
I know that man loves money, and that capitalists will have a
powerful temptation to ask for labor from working-men equally as
desirous of earning money. I therefore conclude that the best proba-
ble way to work the money question is for capitalists to give, and
toilers receive, greater pay on that day.
When I am told that the opening of the World's Fair will lead to
increased work at trade, I reply, such consequences are not probable,
because Sunday recreations, to be successful, depend upon the cassation
of mercantile and artisan work. The only reason that the greater
crowds attend Sunday picnics is not because the crowds are devils,
but is because those attending can not work. An opportunity to work
at trades would stop the supplies of those making money through
recreations.
My conclusions as to the probable increased incentive force which
such opening would give to common work must be based upon other
knowledge. Here in Chicago I once saw hundreds of carpenters and
bricklayers at work on the Lord's Day. It was after the fire of 1871.
That extraordinary occasion did not lead to their continuing at such
work. At the Stock Yards, Chicago, and in neighboring packing-
houses, in active seasons, when tens of thousands of tons of meat
must be cared for and shipped, and thousands of cattle looked after,
and there are scores of trains to be dispatched, there is probably a
thousand day or night men employed on the first day of the week.
Such labor does hurt the size of congregations. Other kinds of
industrial establishments are closed. The working on Sunday papers
Object Description
| Title | World's Columbian Exposition 002 |
| Subject LOC |
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) World's Parliament of Religions (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) World's Congress of Representative Women (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) Chicago (Ill.)--1890-1900 |
| Subject IDA |
Religion Papers |
| Description | This is a collection of documents from the World's Columbian Exposition and the World Parliament of Religions, which was held in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893. |
| Date Original | 1893 |
| Searchable Date | 1890s (1890-1899) |
| Identifier | WCE 002 |
| Coverage Geographic | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Coverage Temporal | 1890s (1890-1900) |
| Type | Text |
| Collection Publisher | Meadville Lombard Theological School |
| Rights | These documents can be read, downloaded, and the transcripts printed for educationalpurposes. |
| Language | en |
| Contributing Institution | Meadville Lombard Theological School |
| Collection Name | Jenkin Lloyd Jones World’s Columbian Exposition Collection |
Description
| Title | 0628 |
| Subject LOC |
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) World's Parliament of Religions (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) World's Congress of Representative Women (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) Chicago (Ill.)--1890-1900 |
| Subject IDA |
Religion Papers |
| Description | This is a collection of documents from the World's Columbian Exposition and the World Parliament of Religions, which was held in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893. |
| Date Original | 1893 |
| Searchable Date | 1890s (1890-1899) |
| Coverage Geographic | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Coverage Temporal | 1890s (1890-1900) |
| Type | Text |
| Collection Publisher | Meadville Lombard Theological School |
| Rights | These documents can be read, downloaded, and the transcripts printed for educationalpurposes. |
| Language | en |
| Contributing Institution | Meadville Lombard Theological School |
| Collection Name | Jenkin Lloyd Jones World’s Columbian Exposition Collection |
| Transcript | #002 The Worlds Columbian Exposition Scrapbook, 628 18 against exhaustive hours. His argument for that diminution was based entirely upon the necessity of providing work for both the unemployed and insufficiently employed. The unemployed are many; the overworked are the very few. That it would be necessary to overwork anyone in order to find the same or other additional Sunday workers, who could be given a rest if doors Ayere closed, is a statement which is shown to be incorrect, when the army of the unemployed marches before our mind. I believe that there would be but an additional 1,000—1,000 to give hundreds of thous- ands a great blessing. THE REASONABLE AND THE PROBABLE. Before commencing to treat of work at the Columbian Exposition as charitable work and necessary work, and in this way bringing such employment under the statute of Illinois, and in some connection with religious humanity, I must treat the two terms which I shall use. These are " reasonable " and " probable." In most of the affairs of life the actions are under the guidance, not of certainty, but of proba- bility and reason. The judgment looking upon affairs decides that the experience of the past teaches that like causes like. I know that man has a sinful nature, and am therefore certain that no one course respecting Sunday observance which could be advocated will keep many from grossly abusing the advantage. I know that the strong will always oppress the weak. If on Sun- day there is excessive work in France and Switzerland, in London clerks are making the same complaints concerning their eighteen hours of Saturday work. I know that man loves money, and that capitalists will have a powerful temptation to ask for labor from working-men equally as desirous of earning money. I therefore conclude that the best proba- ble way to work the money question is for capitalists to give, and toilers receive, greater pay on that day. When I am told that the opening of the World's Fair will lead to increased work at trade, I reply, such consequences are not probable, because Sunday recreations, to be successful, depend upon the cassation of mercantile and artisan work. The only reason that the greater crowds attend Sunday picnics is not because the crowds are devils, but is because those attending can not work. An opportunity to work at trades would stop the supplies of those making money through recreations. My conclusions as to the probable increased incentive force which such opening would give to common work must be based upon other knowledge. Here in Chicago I once saw hundreds of carpenters and bricklayers at work on the Lord's Day. It was after the fire of 1871. That extraordinary occasion did not lead to their continuing at such work. At the Stock Yards, Chicago, and in neighboring packing- houses, in active seasons, when tens of thousands of tons of meat must be cared for and shipped, and thousands of cattle looked after, and there are scores of trains to be dispatched, there is probably a thousand day or night men employed on the first day of the week. Such labor does hurt the size of congregations. Other kinds of industrial establishments are closed. The working on Sunday papers |
