Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-14
WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS SAY
Corporations which Have souis-(;tft,
Tint Draw Employees ana En-.
plOycrs Together,

Crhe White River junction Landmark }
on behalf of the corporation of the
Boston and Maine railroad, President
Iuttle recently presented the Railroad
relief association of that road 5000.
rms was generous gift well deserved.
In railroad system its efficiency de-
pends vary largely upon the services rem
uered by the employees. each in his place.
Men VIII work more willingly for a cor
poratioh when they feel that the officers
appreciate the good work performed and
are as ready to acknowledge tho value
or their services as to find fault unneccs-
sarlly. The Boston and Maine employees
get better pay and have more considera-
non shown them than employees of other
New England roads. Hence as IL rule
they work with a will taking an inter-
est in the affairs of the road and indenti-
lying themselves with it. Other eastern
railroad corporations treat their employees
100 much rs if they were machines, from
which the greatest amount of labor
should be forced at the lowest possible
cost.
Another corporation that showed that
1t had a soul is the Vermont Marble Co.,
of Proctor of which +. -. Proctor is pres
ldent Tho company opened last week Il
magnificent structure. the Proctor hos
pital, built and equipped at a cost Of
$4,000 for the benefit of the employees
ncction with the hospital will be a train
Ing school for nurses.
These gifts of value are not merely
because of their cost but on account of
the spirit that promoted them. They
Will draw employers and employees closer
together and manifest in something
more substantial than words the feelings
that should prevail between them.
A SCHEME FOR SOUTH AND WEST.
U'rom the Lyndonvillc Journal)
The Hon. +. w. Clement is sending
blank requests to some of the voters of
the state asking for answers to the fol-
lowing questions.
Ought the Vermont LEGISLATURE Of 1904
TO provide for the Inauguration of a state
system of'permancnt stone roads if the
same could be installed in the next few
years, on money from the present State
income?
Ought the first of these roads to be
built across the State or north aud
south?
Are YOU ir favor of the Brownlow bill
now before Congress- which allots to
Vermont from the United States treasury
the sum of s25oHO in the next three wears.
on condition that our State shall raise
like amount for the same purpose?
Although we failed to receive one Of
these blanks. we take the liberty of set
ting before our readers the answers We
should give to these questions To the
frst proposition We should say yes" I'M
quaiiiedly AS we live in the northern
part OF the State We should naturally he
IN favor of the building the first road
here, but would yield on this point if it
could be shown that it were better for
the state as whole to have the first
road somewhere else lii regard to the
policy of federal road building We believe
That 1t is an attempt on the part of
Southern and Western States to get their
tons OF the country. and that any such
scheme would result in all kinds Of
mischevous deals among congressman
Wfo We're trying to benefit their consti-
tuents regardless of the best public pol
lev