The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-04
PRES. TAFT AT
MILLBURY
Visit to His Aunt Della Toney
Yesterday
SPEAKS AT WORCESTER
10 the Members Of Railway Brother
President Favors Labor Or
ganizations, but Also Makes
Some Reservations.
SPEAKS AT WORCESTER

Worcester, Mass, April 4.-President
Taft put in busy SUNDAY yesterday,
with a visit to Aunt Della" Torrey and
he scenes Of many boyhood reminis-
.ences at Millbury and an address here
Yesterday afternoon before the joint
meeting Of the bsotherhoods IN train
service "a mass nesting Of nearly 1000
railroad employees Mechanics hall.
Miss Torrey, who Is 80, remembered
Saturday how fond the president was Of
apple pie when he used, a. little boy,
20 spend the summers at Millbury Con
sequently she refused assistance Satur-
day and baked the pie herself.
Milibury itself has never been 50 ex-
,ited before az it was Saturday and yes.
Lerday.
The president declared that he believed
IN labor organizations But, as chief
magistrate OF the natter, be added he
believed also in the right Of every man
TO labor as he Will, to earn the wages
that no Will and, If he chooses 10 stay
ont OF labor organizations. The presi
sent's fret assertion was greeted with
wild burst Of applause. HIS second
statement received only a scattering APP
plauss. Later, however. the president
again aroused the railroad men TO en-
thuiasm By declaring be believed their
organizations we're necessary to deal with
organizations Of capital and by detail
ing HE deep interest IN legislation look
n9 to further requirements Of safety
appliances and the liability Of the en-
ployeE.
Tho president discussed the pending
anti-ininnctioR bill at some length and
continued;
Il believe, and my predecessor, Theo-
dore Roosevelt, believed that the power
to issue iniunctions ought to be defined
and limited in such war that there was
to be IN future no danger Of illy-advised
issuing Of such injunctions. We have
got bill Of THAI sort in Congress-
II don't know whether ! am going
to get that bill through or not. We
promised it in the Republican platform,
and that is the platform / was elected
On. But I was taking 10 a gentleman
Yesterday about it, and be said What
Is the good Of passing II You will
lust be damned hy both sides. / said
The good Of passing 1t seems to me In
this. That there are two snal reasons
for it-th FIRST Is that we promised ii,
and the second Is that II IA right
lyon Do not believe, neither do IN
boycotting, said Mr.. Taft. you don't
believe in the sympathetic strike. neither
do 7 because It is q blind movement
that never aeoomplishes anything. You
do believe IN organization and in stand
ing together, and 80 do I. You have
reached the conclusion that everything
that does injustice TO the railroads that
employ you does injustice 10 vow"
The president said he was trying to
get through Congress q bin amenaing
the interstate commerce law and that
objections had beer made 10 II because
he had consulted six railroad presidents
before making his recommendations.
II CONSULTED shippers: / consulted the
interstate commerce commission; con
suited everybody that hAd an interest, ?
continued the president. and then it o..
surred % me that possibly the railroad
presidents knew sonAkhing about inter.
state commerce.. and 50 | consulted them,
and that, to some people, damns The
BIN. Nov, gentlemen, Il there Is one
thing tha@ I hate. It i sham, it Is hy-
poorfgy, Il IL fraud, IN representing a vir-
ture when IT does not exist