Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-11
THE FIRST
LECTURE A
SUCCESS

The opening Of the series Of lect-
ures to be given this winter at the
City Court rooms under the auspices
Of the Socialist Club took place last
evening. Charles Halvosa called the
meeting to order and explained the
purpose Of the series that IL is in.
tended to promote education amongst
the citizens. William Mcdonald was
elected chairman and he introduced
the Rev. Brian c. Rooerts as the
speaker Of the evening. Mr. Roberts
took for his subject The Eight Hour
Day,and the Better Wage". Unless
the eight hour day is Of benefit to the
employer it will be no benefit to the
lsbOreY. Oae OF the weaknesses Of
labor organic, tions is that too few Of
the. employers become employees.
The Granite Manu- acturers In are
have 20 met competition that the In
PRODUCTION OF the shorter work day
has not caused the employer 10 suffer.
hr. Roberts cited several cases
Of The operation of the shorter work
day in other places showing what
employers By careful Management, and
regulation injprioes and in other ways
can easily arrange to grant the shorter
work day without damage to their in.
terests. Besides this, the laborer has
proven invariably that With . shorter
day he can do more work in pro.
portion than be can by working long.
er hours. Lord Chamberlain was
quoted Is giving bis experience while
in business many years sgo that his
firm found the reduction Of the work
day from ~ to 9 hours te be beneficial
not only to the employees but to the
firm a. well. In the case Of the
United States government 1t was
found that the s hour Gay experiment
was successful, and The same has been
proven all over the world by statistics
which Mr.. Roberts cited. The 6 hour
day is really Of more value than an
increased wage
In almost every case where shorter
dav has been tried it has been found
that the same work has been done as
before without the taking on Of sin.
xle extra hand.
The ,ess Of the s hour day has
been 80 great that there are very few
instances in which either employer OF
employee wan, to 60 back tn the OLD
system.
Few believe that the short cay will
increase the production Of labor, out
it il actually q fact. BY an s hour
day a superauity Of wealth may be
acquired for all and no man has the
right to make his fellow men work %
long as to deprive him OF the oPpor'
tunlty to do justice TO his education
spd his health.
Tn. very nations that owned slaves
have turned about and freed them
We are approaching the ideal life
II, however, an extra hour for rest
and recreation results in low assocla-
tjoss and debauchery then 1t would oe
letter to have the longer DAY IL
rests with the laboring men to prove
that they can profit by H.
At the close Of these remarks cnai''
man Mcdonald announced that tne
meeting was open to discussion OF tne
subject presented by Mr.. hooel's:
philip Halvosa called for vote OF
thanks to Mr.. Roberts and "as
unanimous
CHARLES Halvysa. John w. Gordon
Alex Robertson. j. +. Mari. fn1np
lfalvosa. B +. Healey, asked Qqest'
IONS and made remarks and Mr. hoo'
erts closed themeeting with resume
answering the questions and en'arg-
ing upon his previous argument.
The meeting was highly successlul
.1d it is hoped that the 'o!ure ms.v .ha,
ings viii. be given the attenosnce ona, e.
tney deserve. They are oouno " oe
oenetc al and enlight ming 70 al "n'
take advantage Of them.