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COAL FIELDS OF THE WORLD
THE COMING OF COAL
BY
ROBERT W. BRUÈRE
OF THE BUREAU OF
INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
Prepared for
The Educational Committee of the
Commission on the Church and Social Service
of the
Federal Council of the
Churches of Christ
in America
ASSOCIATION PRESS
New York: 347 Madison Avenue
1922
Copyright, 1922, by
Robert W. Bruère
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FOREWORD
This book, important in subject and scientific in method, appears underreligious auspices for a very definite reason. The Educational Committeeof the Federal Council of Churches has sought to find concreteexpression for those Christian principles which are too often confinedto abstract statement. Christian ethics are well understood in theory.There is need now for a science of Christian conduct through which wemay realize ethical ideals in our working life.
Because of its basic character and its present importance in the publicmind the coal industry offers a field for this endeavor. Hence theEducational Committee presents through the medium of the Press of theYoung Men's Christian Association, this book, addressed particularly tothe people of the churches of America.
The Educational Committee.