Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-08-15

teFanees and stopping individual mem'
bers of our union ON the street, advising
them 10 go 10 work, il might seem more
disinteFested. We realize that the Chris
tian church is a useful institution. We
seek no quarrel with any particular
branch OF il. We want none. Trade uR-
ionism has its faults as the church has
had its saint hurnings, Ii does seem
strange TO US, though, that some reverend
gentlemen never take any eOgnizanee Of
/ the institution of trades unionlsm except
ON occasions like the present, When We
20 before the legislature with a request
for laws that would keep the child at
school instead OF in the factory, when ave
seek weekly payment bill, when We
seek the passage of sanitary measures by
law-making bodies, when we seek equal
pay for men and women where equal
work Is performed, when We try To get a
weekly wage 10 meet the family require
ments, no word Of encouragement, Of
hope, Of advice Is rendered Us, but when
we strike TO obtain what we al least be-
lieye TO be our rights, We are furnished,
gratis, with columns OF advice
We repuhlish elsewhere an editorial
from the Burlington Free Press, entitled
"An Automobile Eden.n Insofar as il
hopefully anticipates for Vermont pleas
ant and profitable experience from the en-
try of automobiling parties, who will
laaye their money and carry away happy
recollection OF Vermont, we concur. 4
good deal OF nonsense has been written
on both sides OF the automobile question.
This is but natural, and will pass away
in time. II must be conceded that the
appearance OF the motor car on our public
highways has been very serious matter
to large number OF good citizens and
taxpayers, and their protest has been
quite worthy of attention. How to safe
guard in the most practical way the
rights and interests of all has been real
problem. The horse has been, is, and
doubtless will continue TO be the main
dependence of our people for highway L.
comotion. Any other continuance that Sc
riously interferes with horse traffic
should submit to regulation OF IA nature
calculated TO reduce that interference to
minimum, or even prohibit it altogether,
il that seems necessary. Probably in the
case OF the automobile ii is not necessary,
for il horses-the great majority Of
them-speedily become accustomed to the
it is likely that both methods Of
transit can use the highways with reason
able safety. 1t must be admitted that the
is about the limit, however,
and that horse owners have real cause for
holding that they have been subjected to
hardship and injury without compensst-
ing advantage to the mass of the peo-
pie. The automobile, so long as ii con-
tinues the intricate and expensive ma
chine it is to own and operate, practical
for only a part of the year, cannot be
more than luxury, attainable but by the
relatively few, and chiefly for purposes of
pleasure seeking. This class have their
rights, of course, but they do not take
precedence when there is conflict with
the prior and superior rights of the ma
jority, who use the highways for pur-
poses Of necessity. Probably the case
will be settled, rather than tried to con-
clusion, because horse owners will feel
to accommodate themselves to (
he new condition. 1t will take more |
han few touring parties, making short
rips through the state, to balance the /
has been sustained by good vermonters
who live here the year around and who
10 not fancy, more than Adam did, being
cast out of the Automobile Eden"