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Men and Things

Chapter 2: ILLUSTRATIONS
By Henry A. Atkinson
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The author surveys the daily lives, labor conditions, and social implications of diverse working groups — rural laborers, textile and garment workers, miners, steel and transportation workers, makers of luxuries, seasonal and casual laborers, industrial women, and child workers — using contemporary investigations and case studies to illustrate persistent principles. Chapters describe industrial routines, health and moral consequences, and economic vulnerability, then turn to the responsibility of faith communities and social institutions to advocate for humane adjustments in industry. Practical suggestions and reflections aim to inspire young readers toward public service and social reform.

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The work which men do inevitably groups them together 10
Not many of us stop to consider the man who made possible the white bread that we eat 18
The worker in these mills is a worker and little or nothing else 42
The workers on the sidewalks of Fifth Avenue 50
We forget the men who are toiling underground 66
The New U. S. Bureau of Mines Rescue Car 74
Commerce and transportation are dependent upon the steel workers 82
The church must preach from the text “A man is more precious than a bar of steel” 90
Living upon the canal-boats and barges are the families of the workers 106
The cigarmakers carry no moral enthusiasm into their trade 122
The casual workers are the true servants of humanity 146
In the army of laborers the girl and the woman are drafted 162
Thousands of children in America are doing work which they ought not to do 186
A Russian Forum in session in the Church of All Nations, Boston 194
The Church of All Nations provided a sleeping place for the unemployed 202
“Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
 Where wealth accumulates, and men decay.”