The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-09-06

would be little, If any, attorneys fees.
This Il brought out because Of the claim
by employers and their attorneys that
our metnod Of seeking redress would
be a financial burden 10 the former.
Legislative compensation, however, Is
not charged 10 the employer, but to
the industry, and when il is known that
worlmen's compensation for injury is
one Of the costs Of production the EN-
ployer IN making his estimate will add
the percentage in the usual way and
therefore is simply the medium tnrough
which the injured Is compensated.
1T is not hattering % our civilization
10 be confronted with the fact that the
slaughter Of workers annually in the
industries Of the United States exceeds
in number those who would be killed
annually ii two Of the great nations Of
the earth were II a continuous war
Investigation has proved this to be true,
and in one Of the messages President
Roosevelt sent 70 the Congress OF the
United States before his term of Office in
the White House expired he brought out
this fact in such bold terms and in sucn
clear figures that il not only corroborat.
ed the position the organized workers
have assumed on this question, but
startled the people Of the country as
they have never been startled on any
public question outside Of war.
In the commerce Of our great re.
public. II Il fact that BY lack 81 sane
legislation on tbs subject II II cheaper
in some industries TO take chances on
killing workers or manning them than
TO protect them from injury. and as
long as our laws permit Of such con.
dition the unlimited slaughter Of the
men and women workers Of our country
viii 70 on In other civilized countries.
laws have been enacted which make Il
more costly to the great captains Of in.
dustry 70 have human life manned or
snufed out than to protect the worker
from injury while employed and since
the enactment of such laws, it being
cheaper to protect human life than 10
MAIN or Kill it, statistics show the per.
centage Of the killed and MANNED has
been reduced to the minimum.
Wages in the granite cutting industry
excepting in few localities are entirely
too low. They have increased In recent
years, but not in proportion with other
occupations and the cost Of living The
wages in the lowest paid sec.
tions for granite cutting should be about
81 per day for an eight hour day, with
Saturday afternoon off al the year
round. The minimum in those sections
might safely be placed at $500 per day,
with ga as an average rate and with
details which would provide that a.
many in locality would be paid higher
than "a as might be paid below that rate
and with $500 minimum giving the un
der.ayerage workman a chance to earn
living the average or ordinary workman
would be paid fair compensation for the
skill required to follow granite cutting
and the extra skilled would be paid as
much more as their skill commanded.
but required to stand for their proper
tionate rate. the same as the others, so
as to give all equitable protection.
Who're snch a graded rate would not be |
practicable, the minimum rate should BE-
s4 a day
Great changes have taken place in
The industrial pursuits Of our country in /
the last % years, and Vermont, az I
though moving slowly in the great pro-
cession, has also made notable changes,
but application Of your old conspiracy
laws still seems written in the mists Of I
your fertile valleys, and with citizen.
ship pacific to fault, it is to be re-
gretted that your artisans feel in your
Green mountain air the horrible spectre
still hanging over them. The union men
81 your state are not rebellious to its
They differ In opinion as TO
what IL best for the state, but are inn
Dued with the necessity for development
Of its resources and interests. Why, !
then, should this more than any other
state have "a comets tall in its uncouth
lawsl
Moderately unified in social economy,
The labor movement now needs cohesive