The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-08
CALLS II ROTTEN
Barre Politics So Characterized By
4Trade Unionist,'

lAaue lhluhAass
Editor Barre Daily Times, There IL
to be a city election ID Barre IN d lev
weeks. Under the circumstances, i i
we'll that every citizen should thoroughly
grasp the conditions in the industrial
and political world 81 this city and
understand what ere the motives Which
move the governing power OF the com.
munity II We want % learn tie politl-
cal conditions 81 any community, u iH
necessary 10 discover The economic fact,
tie material interests which control Tor
these economic motives end their expires
ion n tho political actions.
Barre a city which is controlled BIZ
capitalists ara Che gradually disappear
ing middle class Fer years they have
had tie government IS tile city p Their
hands, Just a completely as ever a teudai
baron controlled bis estate. Barre u
the estate 81 These corporate interests.
They impose their viii upon The city,
They make The taxes, they control the
schools thev dominate TIC adminisifH-
tion 81 Justice. They are everywhere
omuipotent. To-day the executive Of
the city, tie board Of works, in fact, ah
the governmental machinery, Is but the
expression Of These economic bodies, II
i true that underneath them, and APP
parently independent ol them We hear
The voice 81 the social refoTner but the
voices heard are bat the sqneais and
squeaks of she defeated the dying
aroans Of the small creatures. crushed
uHdsi He wheels Of the great economic
machinery They are of no account, res
spectacle nonrntities whose words are
wind and whose ambitions are vain
hopes
There but ore class in the city which
can contend against The greed and tn
amy ~ these economic iatefest That
class. 81 virtue Of 81 numher, t. The
only force which can Be brought effect
ivev against them And rot only nY
virtue 81 its numbers, hut by virfue Of
rs economic interests, that class can
giYe effective hattle That class i tha
working class
This wear has beer 4 hard year VAST
numbers af car working class are cut IL
employment land here iet It be once
more said through no fanlt Of Their
0wnl All over our city the working
class has suffered and Is now suffering
III many eases aetua deprivation. In
Che city of Barre there are hundreds
of workInemeHa families who ara ii
sufficiently supplied with ESQ means II
life Tie small savings Acquired labari
mlsiy IN more prosperous TIMES are eta
"a 4 Ill gone op going very rapidly The
instailments 0n The hanse. which was
fnudly hoped would II acquired and
form q permanent home, are 0ng over
due, and the day Of foreclosure Il fast
approaching The working class have
fallen grievously this past twelve
months.
The voice al organized labor has per
sisted through AL these hard Times Tie
voice Of labor has called attention Il
the existing evils and has pointed the
remedy Il beaan years aeo 81 Barre
as 4 very feeble little beati II has grown
II fofee ard strength n power and in|
energy with each succeeding election. va
til to-day II is q voice with SOME degree
of influence, even amid tbe rottenness
and corruption of the present Barre
city politics. This election that voice
can become reafihg wind sweeping
away the evils IL Our present city GOV
eminent and clearing awaY TIE iilth md
degradation which dafile our town
step hy step, the trade uuionists ~
Barre haTe won their way through peril
and difficulty and to-day stand inst III
fare Of The goal IN The vefy verge af
actual achievement Ail that Il ra-
9nlrea 81 that III aiap#fa8 aas tnY, ~stft