THE WORKERS' POSITION.

Colonist, Volume LXII, Issue 15318, 5 March 1920, Page 5

THE WORKERS' POSITION.

DISCUSSIONS AT METHODIST

CONFERENCE:

Sydney, March '

A feature'of the Methodist Conference is the exhaustive discussions on the ■.relations' between the Church and ■ the workers. The workers' position gen- ] orally is being dch. n.inl and a rronounce-> ment '<• to he submitted to the General Conf'-'vnv en tV Cb'-istiar-Hng of] social r^l o + ;'- -"s. Tlr^. -'nter alia, con-j demn.e n r -fii<?eriiv; fi»'] tho nrP'--»]it anarchic "".i1 "T1'-> onpti 4"Ti+innnl methods rf seeking redress, and favours an economic system which will ensure an ooirit-| ablp distribution in connection wilh the I world's industry, tnvinor the workers a Ishpre in th^ profits and risks of business, and that will abolish nil forms of sweating, profiteering and the oporossion of^one section of the community h-y another. Tt clochiros that tho Church winds fo' k more wholesome conditions of life. Its aim shculd b? the Christia'pisinc; of industrial relations so that industry will become* a religious cxaerience. inter cretins in economic terms the Brotherhood of Man and the Fatherhood of God. -