The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-12-08
PRESIDENT TO CONGRESS.
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the WfonRdoer nominally upholds
The opposition 70 government con.
trol OF these great corporations makes
its most effective effort in the shape
OF an appeal 10 the old doctrine 81
states rights.
The proposal 10 make the national
government supreme over, and there.
Tore 70 give Il complete control over.
the railroads and other instruments Of
interstate commerce ia merely pro.
posal 10 carry out 10 the letter one of
the prime purposes, II not the prime
purpose, for which the constitution
was founded. II does not represent
Capitalization.
believe that the more fnrplghted
corporations are themselves coming 10
recognize the unwlsdom Of the violent
hostility they have displayed during
the last few years to regulation and
coptroi by the national government of
combinations engaged IN interstate bust.
mesa.
Labor.
There are many matters affecting Ia.
Dor and the status Of the wageworker
70 which I should ike to drnw your
attention. AS far as possible | hone
to see a FRANK recognition Of tho ad-
vantagcs conferred BY machinery, or
ganiZattun and division OF lnbor. nc.
companied by an effort 10 bring about
larger share IN the ownership by
wageworissr of railway, mill and fac
tory. In farming this simply means
that we wish to see the farmer own hts
own land. We do not with 70 see the
farms so large that they become the
property Of absentee landlords who
farm them by tenants nor get 80 small
TINT the farmer becomes like a Euro
pean peasant
The dopoaitors In our savings banks
now number over one-tenth Of our en-
tire population. These arc all capital
lists who through the savings banks
loan their money 10 the workers that
is, IA many cnses 10 themselves 10
carry on their various Industries.
Postal savings banks WIN make &c easy
for the poorest 70 Keep their savings
IN absolute safety The regulation u
the national highways must be such
that they shall serve all people with
equal justice Corporate finances must
be supervised so as to make It far
safer than Mt present for the man Of
small means 10 invest lhs money IN
rkx ~ D. -
child labor, diminution Of woman la
bor shortening Of hours N all me-
chanical labor. Stock watering should
be prohibited, ard stock gambling. so
far as Is possible. discouraged There
should be a progressive Inheritance
tax on large fortunes. Industrial edu.
cation should be encouraged.
Protection For WagoworIeers.
There Is one matter with which the
congress should deal at this session.
There should no longer be any palter-
ing with the question Of taking caro-
Of the waeeworkers who, under our
present Industrial system, become XIII
cd, crippled or worn out as part Of the
regular incitssnts Of given business.
The object sought for could be achiev-
cd to a measurable degree, as far rs
those killed or crippled are concerned,
by proper employers liability laws.
As far as concerns those who have
been worn out, ! call your attention to
the fact that definite steps toward pro-
viding old age pensions hive been
taken In many OF our private indus
tries.
Pending a thoroughgeing inyestlga-
ton ard action there Is certain lcgis-
ladon which should be enacted az
once. The law passed at the last SEES
sion Of the congress granting com
pensatlon 10 certain classes Of en-
ployees OF the government should be-
extended 10 include all employees of
the government and should be made
more liberal in its terms. In this re-
ebect the generosity OF the United
States toward its employees compares
most unfavolQbly with that OF every
country In Huropc--even the poorest.
The terms OF the net are also a
hardship in prohibiting payment IN
cnses where the @ccident is In any
way due to the negligence OF the en-
ployee. II IS inevitable that daily ia
mlIlarlty with danger will lead men to
TAKE chances that can be construed
into negligence.
renew my recommendation made
in previous message that hah hoti.
DAYS be granted during the summer TO
an uageworkers in government EN-
lloy.
also renew my recommendation
that the principle Of the eight bour
day should as rapidly and as far as
practicable be extended to the entire
work being carried on BY tho govern
ment
/ most earnestly urge upon the con-
gress the duty Of increasing the totally
Inadequate salaries now given to our !
iudgea. On the whole. there Is no
body Of public servants who do as
valuable work nor whose moncyed /
reward IL 80 Inadequate compared 70 /
their work Beginning With the SUI
prone court, the judges should have
their salaries doubled,
II IL earnestly to be desired that /
some method should be devised for do /
ing away with the long delays which I
now obtain 80 the administration OF .
Justice and which operate with pecul- I
lar severity against persons Of small /
means and favor only the very ertmi-
nals whom Il is most desirable TO pun