Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-19

exposed to the fierce competition for .
jobs of any sort at the great ernters Of
manufacturing aud transportation hush |
ness. Add TO that competition for jobs
which is not advantageous to Workers
however it may iucr-a>- natural wealth
the excessively Increased east Of liy-
ing due TO a necessary expansion Of the
industrial sys:,'m. ard tiud the exPlana-
ton of unionism tn secure shorter hours
aud small COMPETENCY for old age
aud the meaning Of deplorahle "race
suicide" which is after all better than
race debasement through depriyationS
in such a hopeless struggle. \ hard
weeks work of six DAYS all the Neai
round is not necessarily degrading aud
does not prove so if there is chance
and means for reasonable diversion Ice
tore becoming too exhausted by pro
lOnged toll of mOuotonous sort I"
wish for it. There is more sense than
some think in the saying all wolk aud
no play makes Jack dull hoy. Some.
times it makes him quite ali ugly boy
the more especially If with all his hard
ships there is no sense of security in the
job; no possible Nay to put by fluid
to tide over hard times through i'll
health or slack seasons. Now the eX-
perence of the farmer is altogether
different if the labor is as hard aud not
more remunerative. He is saved from
sordid thinking both by the nature of
his varied occupation, and the advan-
tage of wholesome surroundings, and
the great encouragement of the wife
| and family he can support. The under
taking of such responsibility on farm
which can be paid for through thrifty
and scientific management, aud on
which a family of children can work
1 part Vi Iutlt llllt Will bClltht " '''''
selves, physically and morally, is diff
erent matter altogether to the under
taking of married life by young men III
| the mines, foundries aud other dan
| gerous occupations, atfordlng, as have
said no standing ground fit to rear a
family upon. The opinions to the eife't
| that enforced comradeship between
those totally alien in ideas TO the sturdy
| early corners to our country, makes fol
the uplift of humanity generally admits
of doubt. However, long hours OF
monotonous TOLL close crow ding in in.
dustrial occupations and the dread OF
hard times is hardly conducive to the
proper development of desirable citi'
zenry. The statesmen and responsible
business men have the genius and the
means to so regulate affairs that there
will not be such IA provoking difference
between the standards of living as still
constitute a menance to the genera
welfare.
Ultra atives are still apt tC
think that all who discuss affairs ar,
tiresome agitators. 1t would be posi-
tivelv advantageous to all concerned /
such thinkers would admit to thei
minds doubt as to the wisdom of sucl
finding. Those who tell workers o
our own time that such inequalities II
standards of living as exist are newt
able and partly the result of extrava
gance on the part of workers will &c
contempt for their pains, as will thos
who, too much affected by class feeling
would substitute for obtaining ideas
the doctrines of demagogues, rattle
than the scientific craftsmanship which
is needed at this stage of affairs. Their
could not be too much efficient, earnes
and honest effort in the different de
partments of government in behalf o
the workers who form so much tn
larger part of the citzenry. Th
quality, and good will to the party, o
fellow citizens depends upon plans t
secure to them what good there is i
their lot at this time. Such care TO
them, the producers of national wealth
constitutes problem of no small i'm
portance, and with many contiirtin
facts attached to it. Those who wi
deal with those facts first of all wi
. probably eliminate from questions tn
me ri;s or dement's of Protection an
Free Trade, and will, no doubt, concel
I trate attention upon what faults Their
, may be in the adoption of the protectiv
, principles, which can never be discarde
r as long as other nations adapt it t
their leeds. No doubt, if there is an
: possibility of increasing the number c
= ! roducers of commodities of all kind
! most advantageously raised in our ow
$ country, by measures that will not Ell
] croach upon the rights of manufactures.
! and hence the interests of their emplo,
j. ees, such changes in the prevailing pc
e lev will be made. Discrimination i
favor of agriculturists as far as circun
stances may warrant may perhaps t
favored for certain length of tim,
y The welfare of all engaged in transpor
: alton depends, for the most part o
h home production of all required art