The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-19

caling. may know o. and understand IS
newest development and latest improve
ment and may turn that increased
knowledge not only to their own account
I Hin the way OF additional remuneration
I for their labor, but that Gle Art ~ print
I ing may itself be advanced, and that the
product Of The press Ia America may be
Z superior Is that 81 any other country.
Ia this way, we perform a public and
a patriotic function
The people Of Colorado springs know
90 the raYages 81 tuberculosis. Us ter-
Tribe ufoads. its devastation and its at-
tendant misery stalk in your streets By
day and make night hideons for is vic
Tins ANY human agency battling
against thi. dread destroyer il deserving
81 public appreciation and public support
/ The economic Joss 30 society BY reason
% the toll taken BIZ tuberculosis Is be-
yond calculation. while the sum 81 hu.
man misery to the sufferer and The hereft
Is "a tremendous that is mere eonsidera.
tion appails and tari6es Foremost in
the battle against tie spread Of the
great white plague, n the van OF the
movement for its elimination leading in
the ranks 81 that band of courageous
spirits which Is determined 60 eliminate
tuberculosis. Is the international Typo
graphical union. IL & part Of the
National Ant-TuhcrcuIosis association
10 maintained an exhibit at tire nterna-
tionai congress held 10 Washington, and
aiso ot tie Seattle exposition Il dis
tributes each year hundreds of thousands
Of leadets not only 10 is members. but
to the public generally containing advice
as II the best means OF e0mbatting
avoiding and curing tuberculosis lt has
carried on a crusade for sanitary com
posing rooms. and its members are al
visad that while they should he eonserva.
tive in presenting demands for increased
wages and decreased working time, they
shoald be emphatically radical In their
demand for deeently arranged, sanitary
workro0ms
Briefly, I have sketehed for you the
progress and the policies Of The interna-
ti0nsl Typographical union Let me now
ask you % consider Ia connection with
what we DO the assaults and the vilifioa
ton INDUCED Ia hv The enemies Of the
trade unions, who seek to prejudice the
publie by false Of distorted statements
OF manufactured evidence All 81 the
erent international unions with which
am acquainted and an experience Of
twenty years gives me some right 10
speak have beneficial FIXTURES. on the
other hand have you ever heard Of q
home ia which 4 non-union workman
may 81 right spend lis declining years.
other than The poorhouse? Have you
ever heard Of a sanatorium erected for
the especial use and treatment Of the
non union workman who may Be afflicted
with tuberculosis or other diseasel Have
Won ever heard 81 pension fund for
non-union worknien which is his right
because he conceived and maintained
itf
MY friends. tile home would Be sun
Client Justification for the existence Of
the international Typographical union
considered entirely apart from the other
activities Of the organization, apart from
THE great increase IN wages that & yearly
brings about, apart from tile shorter
wofkday i has established apart from
the happiness, the conteutment and the
culture Il has brought 70 the homes Of
its members. the pictures It has placed
on the walls Of those homes and the
books that arc At The command ~ their
habitants. We are naturally proud Of
THE development Of this great instifu-
tion WE ara proud Of chs magnificent
library and 81 the other features of this
beautiful addition We are proud to
have you with IA as orr guests nj this
function, and n pre-. dent Of the Inter
national typographical union. and as
president of The board IF trustees Of The
Union Printers home ii S my privilege
to formally dedicate this library build /
ing 10 the uses for which it was HI
tended.n