Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-08-07

Hotel Advertising.

The following suggestion from the
Morrisville Messenger is worth at ten
tion from hotel keepers in Vermont f:
tiser this week and we wish to COM
years ago there was scarcely bank
advertising in Vermont. Today. and
for the past year. this paper has car.
ried regularly about two columns of
bank advertising. The banks found
that it paid to advertise after Senator
Page had proved it and they tried it
and found that it did pay The first
class hotels in Vermont would find
that it would pay them and help bring
business to Vermont. About one-fifth
of the circulation of the Vermont pa
pers is outside the state, among a class
that would be interested in hotel adj
vertising. Mr.. Slavery is to be COM
mended in his new departure. With
the exception of a few, the hotels
haven't been going after the business
as they should have done. Apparent
ly they have a live man in charge of
the above mentioned hostelry at Hyde
Park, and he is likely. to receive
much benefit from his vigorous cam
paign of publicity for his hotel if
not this year, then certainly next
year.-Barre Times.
State Affairs First.
The material welfare of the state OF
Vermont is the first interest of every
citizen of the state. If the govern
ment of each state is not good, if bus
mess affairs are entrusted to inc fiji
cient hands, if settled policies do not
prevail the nation cannot hope to be
strong. The first duty of all citizens
therefore, is to see that their state
affairs are IN good shape, that tried
men, capable men, honest men are
in positions OF pubic trust.
| In no state in the union is this more
true than in Vormont. Holding our
state election as We do two months
before The national election, there is
no reason why national questions
should be allowed to interfere in any
way with state questions. The cleo
ton of governor and other state eli
Gals is the business of the state OF
Vermont alone. The radical reduc.
ton of the tariff or an increase of du'
ties would not save the state fton
the blighting effects. of an inexperi
enced and inefficient state administra
ton.
In the stress of presidential cam
paign voters should keep This fac
promine ntly in mind. The state cleo
ton should be settled on state issues
The Republican party presents to tn
voters of the state ticket made VI
of men who have been tried. Ever,
.. one has had the harness on and ha
been pulling the public load-pullin,
with strength and with skill tina
comes only from experience. VIII,
should we risk change?--Vergenne
Enterprise and Vermonter.
Labor Legislation.
The Republican party in its stat
platform does not throw a sop to th
, workingman, but it does recogniz
, the fact,i in dignifed and manly way
that there is demand for enlightene,
labor legislation. Fortunately Yer
mont has up to the present time, ha
, very few labor troubles. There hav
! peen some, however-enough to sho,
: that the state has got to follow tn
lead of other states where manufac
turing is more common-and max
the conditions between labor and cap
Itai as agreeable as possible.
Manufacturing in Vermont is stead
lily increacing, and fair laws will ten
to quicken the growth. No laborin
man and no friend of labor can rea
the plank of the Republican platforr
which treats of labor without bein
impressed by it's truth and sincerity
It is not bombastic, but straight to tn
I 10 hoI
| voter of the state to become familiB
with it. Here it is:
"Scarcely less vital to the laborin
man than living wage are safe an
sanitary surroundings of employ
ment. State inspection of factorie
and places of employment is needle
to insure the proper enforcement o
laws intended to safeguard those VIII
labor.
1--WE favor the passage of a fair an
. equable working mems compensate
! law at the earliest moment that tn
state constitution will permit.
: 1--WE believe that state board 9
e Cancellation, mediation, or arbitratio
: for the settlement of labor trouble
would justify its existence, if proper
ly constituted, and we urge the sub
I 1oct upon Cho attention or our law
r makers"
r One of the most important sugges
tions is that in regard to the estat
lishment of state board of concilis
70 ton, mediation, or arbitration for tn
S settlement Of labor troubles. Tt
first thing to do when trouble arise
= between two parties is to get at tt
-, facts. It is almost impossible fe
q parties to a controversy to see tt
n facts clearly if left TO themselves.
e good fair minded neighbor can ofte
= serve as peacemaker aud stop, at i
- inception, what might lead to bitt,
u feud between families. A state boar
of Cancellation can do just that Otter
times between capital and labor.
states where such boards exist m al
strikes have been averted and mu,
as money saved to both sides.
PROFESSIONALLY state board of tt
Sc sort wOuId have haan Of great uond