The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-17
The State Labor Platform.

In the platform of the Republican
party this year there is plank
which must not be ignored. 1t is
the labor plank and it reads as fol
lows:
Scarcely less vital to the laboring
man than living wage are safe and
sanitary surroundings of employment.
State inspection of factories and
places of employment is needed toI
insure the proper enforcement OF
laws intended to safeguard those
who labor.
We favor the passage OF a fair and
equable workingmens compensation
law at the earliest moment that, the
state constitution viii permit.
We believe that a State Board Old
Cancellation, mediation, or arhitrA
ton for the settlement of labor tEoa-
bles would justify its existenee,
properly constituted, and We. qEs|
subject upon the attention. ~ III
law makers. OF
The labor plank, iR ~
portant this year, fpF y ,remely in
Vermont lacks 4 " .e reason tina
control labon ee' v that shoul
the trouble. ba> nroversies befor
sio.. and sv' produced an expk
prexent .ke-which is war. n
betwqsS stree and to keen paao
uA.,' employers and employees
a way is foupI to SETTLE IN
stata srsy Oeicyre it has REACHED tn
the w,s] "a" Jr war is wittoatl dpu:
rA..S ming to do.
e are few servieeabie enac
Its on the statute opkics of an
state; and none in Vermont Mass
chusetts has a board of conciliatio
1 and arbitration, waich- has had son
effect utpon labor controversies; b.
it has not been a complete success
In the recena elevated strike in Be
| ton the boars could not make itself
] powerful factor for peace. But. Fl
ally Ii did good service. after Go
i erner. Foss and other influential eli
zsns demanded that the. strike
ended Indeed there is no statu
that we can recall. that has been
effective for industrial peace as 4
l Canadian act.
i The operation of the Canadian a
is extremely simple. When lab
/ dispute is banding one of the parti
may make application to the Min
ter OF Labor for the appointment
board The Minister selects o
member OF such board and calls
the other party to do likewise. {
two thus chosen to select a thil
who shall be the chairman. II
Y second party does not name the s
ond member the Minister of Lab
> does Il.
= In all prospective disputes
= Canadian law is designed to preve
any sersous disturbance of relation
Q particularly a strike or lockout
= til the men shall see reason first, a
!. il that fails. arbitrate. or IL nee
3 sary. fight afterward- The !;
. therefore compels the men to refrs
e from striking or leaving their e
!. ployment until reason has held sw
q and both sides shall be heard by {
. government.
e The theory Of the strike is FUND
\ mentally wrong. a barbarism: a
e the Canadian system is designed
- enforce civilized. peace methods
=. adjust all labor troubles So
y comes about that not more than Il
q per cent of the organized labor
- Canada is opposed to the law.
:. should mean something thereFs
Z that after actual test the organir
y labor Of Canada is overwhelmin,
e in favor OF the law. Buth the II,
= labor organizatiOns-the Domini
z Trades and Labor Congress and
q. Canadian Federation Of L.abor-hs
:. not only heartily indorzed IL I
x have voted to ask its extension
z cover al industries. Its idea.
..s forced opportunity for a bargain
= appeals to common sense. II Civ
x TO the wage Garner far more IN
y it takes from him. for II gives n
e a chance 70 get fair play withc
sacrifice. Il gives the emptoyer d
z lection against hasty. meonsider
e attack. Most Of all. il gives the d
Z. lie peace. the greatest interest
Z mankind.
e The Canadian act Is IN the CT