Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Friday 9 December 1904, page 8


REV. R. J. CAMPBELL AND WORKER I ING MEN.

The Rev. R. J. Campbell, of the City Tem-ple, contributes to the November number it "The Young Man" an article entitled "The Truth about the Working Man Controversy."

The rev. gentleman contends that the accuracy of the statements he recently made, and which produced a storm of indignation in labour circles, cannot be denied. The only I sentence to which objection can fairly be

taken, he says, Is the following: "Let it be understood that, as here stated, they (Mr. Campbell's statements) are not intended to apply to working men as a whole, but to large classes among them, which classes, it is to be feared, constitute a majority." He came passes the fact that he does not say that these classes actually do constitute a majorI ity. "Rosny," the article continues, "it is to

be feared they do. But 61 percent, constlI tutes a majority, and there are plenty of our correspondents who think that the percentage of working men of whose habits my words are a fair description numbers considerably more than 50 per cent. Mr. Campbell considers I the storm has been raised because there was

any statement made at all. The working man i "Is moved and flattered by politicians, plantl form agitators, and preachers. He is accusI forced to rail at the clerical calling and sons , of the churches. He will cheer loudly when i parsons, plutocrats, and the aristocracy are I being vilified, but let no one presume to hint at any shortcomings In himself."