Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-12-10

tne pnrYeyors of sensational slo,,ao
newspaper or magazine are tha x,o,-4
enemies OF all men who are anoaoo,1
an honest effort to better wbo+ 5, -,
~ our sociai and governmental condi-
tionS Will
Iuption Is never so rife as in COM
munitles where the demagogua ond a.,
agitator bear full sway. becausa IL
sucn communities ali moral hands ho
come loosened, and hysteria and oon.a
tlonalism replace the spirit of sound
judgment and fair dealing as batvaa,,
lLian ana man. In sheer revolt against
the squalld anarchy thus produced men
are sure in the end to turn toward anv
leader who can restore order. and tban
thelr relief at being free from tba in
tolerable burdens of class hatred vio-
ience and demagogy is such that thew
cannot Tor some time be aroused TO, in
ulgnatlon against misdeeds by men of
wealth, so that they permit new
growth of the very abuses which were
In part responsible for the original ont
break. The one hope for success for
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less but sane and cool headed advance
along the path marked out last wear
by this very congress. There must be
a stern refusal to be misled into fol-
lowing either that base creature who
appeals and panders to the lowest in
stincts and passions in order to arouse
one set of Americans against their fell
lows or that other creature. equally
base, but no baser, who in a spirit of
greed or to accumulate or add to an
already huge fortune seeks to exploit
his fellow Americans with callous dis
regard to theiF welfare of soul and
body The man who debauches others
in order to 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 think-the ms
chapics, 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 neighbors-owe it 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 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 a very moder
. ate one, and / can conceive Of no seri
, Gus objection to it, Indeed so far as
!. 1t is In our power it should be our ain
steadily TO reduce the plumber of hours
, OF labor, with as a goal the general in
, PRODUCTION of an eight hour day. Their,
, are industries in which it is not pos
} sible that the hours Of labor shoulC
be reduced. just as there aye communi
ties not far enough advanced for sgol
, a movement 70 be for their good, or, i
, in the tropics, so situated that there i
no analogy between their needs ant
, ours I'm this matter On the isthmu
, of Panama, for instance, the condi
tons are in every way so differen
from what they are h6-e that an eigh
, hour day would be absurd, just as l
a is absurd, so far as the isthmus is con
cerned. where white labor cannot b.
, employed. to bother as to- whether th'
necessary work is done by alien blacl
men or by alien yellow men. But tn
wageweFkers of the United States ar
Of so high a grade that alike from TIT
: merely Industrial standpoint and iron
: the civic standpoint 1t should be on
: object to do what we can In the dlrec
:. tion of securing the general Observance
:. of an eight hour day.
Let me again urge that the congress
= nyovide for a thorough Investigation
of fine conditions of child labor and
tbe labor of women in the Unlte'
8 States. The horrors incident TO III
/. amplovment of young children III rae
, tories or at work anywhere are Do
on our civilization.
l. In spite Of all precautions exercises
= by employers there are unaVoludpie az
&c c;deuts and even deaths lnvolVeu
e naarIv every line of business eonnec'
L od with the mechanic arts. 1t Is
II great social injustice to eompel the en
y nIovee or. rather, the family OIL u
l. killed or disabled victim, TO pedl IL
y tive burden of such an lneVltaDi
socr;fice In other words, society shifA
:, its duty by laying the who're cos' =
u, H. ,,;o+ino whereas the injury come
- from what may be called the lesil
&c note risks of the trade. Compehsa. u
lie accidents or deaths due in any III
u of industry to the actual conditions u
u dar which that industry is carried .
IN a oso,,ld be paid by that portion of th
= community for the benefit Of w " {
'e COZ eon'i Industry is carried on-that is {
81 those tho who profit by the industry. -
~ t toS entire trade risk is placed upon u
If the aren lower he will promptly and prof.
emu add it to the legitimate cost Of pr
n e[,s and assess it proportlonaar'ftl
a uu..'o tho consumers OF his commouil.