The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-04
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tie INFINITE harm done by preachers OF
mere discomfort These are the men
who seek 10 excite a Violent class ha-
tired against all men OF wealth. They
seek 60 turn wise and proper move
menls for the better control OF corpora.
lions and FOR doing away with the
abuses connected with wealth into n
campaign OF hystcrlcnl excitement and
falschood In which the aim II 10 In
flame 90 madness the brutal passions
of mankind. The sinister dcmagogues
aud foolish Missionaries who are always
eager 90 undertake such campaign
81 destruction sometimes seek 90 as,
soclnte themselves with those working
for q genuine reform In governmental
and social methods ana sometimes mas,
0nefndc as such rcformers. In reality
they ARE the worst enemies OF the
cause they profess 20 advocate. Just as
the puryeyors Of sensational SANDER In
newspaper or magazine are the worst
enemies OF all men who are engaged Ia
an honest effort 10 better what Is bad
In our social aud governmental condl'
lions.
Corruption Is never SO rife as In com.
munltlcs where the dcmagogue aud tie
agltator bear full sway. because IN
such communities all moral bands be.
come loosencd. aud hystcrla and sensn-
tionallsn replace the spirit OF sound
judgment aud fair dealing rs between
Nan and man. In sheer revolt ngilnst
the squalid anarchy thus produced men
are sure In the end 20 turn toward any
leader who can restore order, and then
their relief nc being free from the In.
tolcrable burdens OF class hatred. VIC
lence and demagogy Is such that they
cannot for some time be aroused TO In
dlgittlon against mlsdecds 10y men of
wealth. SO that they permit new
growth Of the very abuses which we're
~ part responsible for the original out.
break. The one hope for success for
our people lies In rcsolutc ana fear
less but sane and cooi-hcaded advance
along the path marked out last year
". WIS WI hNlANAfrNs NAhnA ~
n stern refusal 10 be misled into fol
lowing either that base creature who
appeals and panders 10 the lowest In
stIncts and passions In order TO arouse
one set OF Americans against their fel
lows or that other creature. equally
base. but no baser, who In a spirit OF
greed or 10 accumulate or add 10 an
already huge fortune seeks 10 exploit
his fellow Americans with callous dis.
regard TO their welfare OF soul and
body. The man who debauches others
In order 10 obtain high Office stands
on an evil equality OF corruption with
the man who debauches others for
financial profit. and when hatred Is
sown the crop which springs UP can
only be evil.
The plain people who thinl-the me
chanics. farmers. merchants, workers
with head or hand, the men TO whom
American traditions are dear, who love
their country and try to act decently
by their nelghbors-owe IL to them
selves TO remember that the most dam
aging blow that can be given popular
government Is TO elect an unworthy
and sinister agitator on a platform OF
violence and hypocrisy.
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES HOURS.
call your attention to the need Of
passing the bill limiting the number OF
hours Of employment of railroad en-
ployees The measure Is very moder-
ate one, and can conceive OF no seri-
Gus objection to II. Indeed, so far as
ii Is in our power, it should be our aim
steadily to reduce the number of hours
of labor, with as goal the general in.
PRODUCTION of an eight hour day. There
are Industries in which IL is not pos
sible that the hours of labor should
be reduced just as there are communi-
ties not far enough advanced for such
movement to be for their good, or, IL
In the tropics, so situated that there Is
no analogy between their needs and
ours In this matter. On the lsthmus
of Panama, for instance, the condi-
tons are In every way so different
from what they are here that an eight
hour day would be absurd, just as 1t
is absurd, so far as the isthmus isNcon-
carned, where white labor cannot he
employed, to bother as to whether the
necessary work is done by alien black
men or by alien yellow men. But the
wageworkers of the United States are
of so high q grade that alike from the
merely Industrial standpoint and from
the civic standpoint it should be our
object to do what we can in the direc-
tion of securing the general observance
of an eight hour day.
Let me again urge that the congress
provide for thorough Investigation
of the conditions of child labor and of
the labor of women in the United
States. The horrors incident to the
employment Of young children In fac
tories or at work anywhere are a blot
on our civilization.
In spite of all precautions exercised
by employers there are unavoidable ac-
cidents and even deaths involved in
nearly every line of business connect
ed with the mechanic arts 1t is a
great social injustice to compel the EN-
ployee, or, rather, the family Of the
killed or disabled victim, to bear the
entire burden of such an inevitable
sacrifice. In other words, society shirks
its duty by laying the whole cost on
the victim, whereas the injury comes
from what may be called the legit-
mate risks of the trade. Compensation
for accidents or deaths due in any line
of industry to the actual conditions un-
der which that Industry is carried ON