The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-30
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questions Of the Barre city candidates
for representative. These are answered
w each as follows:
Mr.. Jaries Alutch, secretary Of the G..
II ", al i'are and vicinity Dear Sir
Replying to the questions III your lat
Ter, | desire 10 make the following az
swers:
10 q'trstier No. i Relating 10 4
weekly payment bill, my answer il YES,
tor the following reasons. | believe
that wee \ weekly payment bill passed
it would be a distinct benefit to the
wage earner, inasmuch as under the
present slsiem he ii III almost all cases
obliged to run a book OF credit system,
whereas, il he got his pay weekly he
would be able TO 10 anywhere to trade
and Gel THE benefit IL discounts for
cash. The bill presented at the last
session Of the legislature was opposed
principally by the railroad corporations,
they maintaining that monthly pay
ment ought to be sufficient ii i a
significant fact however, that these same
corporations collect passengers fare
before he starts on his journey, and
IN the case Of freight you must settle
the bill before you can have the goods
| am decidedly in favor OF i weekly
payment bill
To question No. 2; viii YOU take
the satse action towards the passage
Of an employers liability act an
swer yes | am in favor % an act that
would protect the employee because ae-
cidcnts are continually increasing, ow.
ing to the progress made in machinery.
construction, and the eareless methods
Of employers, the employee being the
chief sleum.
no question No. =: DO you favor
giving public employees an eight.hour
day ! answer yes. II has been dem
onstrated in the trade unions that have
secured the eight hour work day. that
with the improved machinery that has
been introduced into almost every branch
Of industry, that .4e quality Of the
goods proaueed has been Of much
higher standard and the output largely
increased.
10 question No. / answer YES.
am in favor Of the creation Of d bureau
Of lanor and board Of Factory inspectors
in order to enforce the child labor law,
giving organized labor majority repre-,
sentation on that board. Child labor is
the greatest Of all industrial evils and
should be eliminated The boys and
girls Of today viii be the men and WON
en- Of tomorrow, and If we would see
them grow TO vigorous manhood and
womanhnod they must not be required
fr. ,,.fr faW4
in any branch Of industry that would
stunt their growth, either morally, in
tellectnally or physically; in Il word, no
child should he required to work for
living before the age Of Is years.
| am well aware that in some localities
il would be impossible for the parents
Of family whose head gets only a mere
pittance for his labor to keep his boys
and girls at school until they are 16,
SO long as our industrial system Is car
ried ON as at present. But this Il a
question with which the 4. f. Of l..
is dealing at this time, and is endeayor-
ing to better Inc conditions Of the wage
Garner so ~ to make this thing possi-
Bile. In order to get proper results from
such bureau, labor must have majority
representation.
To question No. 8 | answer yes.
am opposed to convict labor entering
into competition with free labor. whilst
IL Il true that those who are unfortus
nate enough to come under the ban OF
the law and have To be detained in Our
penal institutions must be employed in
some manner, their product should be
exchanged for The product Of similar
1aft Ia. all rs
should be required only to produce such
goods as can BE- consumed by convcts.
When any prison made goods are put
on the market they should be labeled
to indicate from whence they came and
allow the purchasing public 70 deter
mine whether they want the goods or
not.
10 question No. 6 (: answer yes. |
am decidedly in favor Of n law that
would provide for the appointment of
practical mechanics to act as inspectors
fer all plumbing and steam fitting as
% safeguard to public health. Rules
for the lying Of pipe aud the making Of
sewer connections. The health OF the
people Is TO sacred to allow Of work be-
ing done in plumbing and steam fitting
and sewer connecting by any but com
petent mechanics and inspectors. The
bad plumbig Of block OF tile poor con
struchon OF sewer might cause an
epidemic that would ieopardize the
health Of community, while himsy
work III steam fitting Is liable to cause
an explosion that would be disastrous To
both life and property.
| ! would have liked TO have gone into
these matters more fully and made 4
more complete explanation Of my posi-
ton on these questions, but as you I'M
timated that you would like an answer
| by the 18th, the time is too short TO
do otherwise than make brief reply.
remain sir, very respectfully yours,
John u Mackenzie.
Labor candidate for representative.