The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-12
LABOR NOTES OF
WIDE INTEREST

vicious attacks made upon the trade
union movement would lead one to thinl
that the only salvation of society would
be the destruction of trade unions, root
and branch, Possibly many of the fa'
naties, who are so loud in their denuncl
alton, really believe what they are say
ing, and IL is TO these that we address
the following questionsi
Is il wrong to advocate and secure a
fair wage and reasonable work day for
men with families dependent upon them
Is it wrong to advocate proper factory
safeguards against the loss of life and
limb OF the workers? Is it wrong to
demand that women who are forced to
compete in the industrial fields be sur
rounded by the best moral and improved
sanitary conditions; that when they are
unorganized and unable to protect them
selves to insist that the state exercise
its sovereign power to the end that JUS
tice may be done?
Is il wrong to insist that each child
be given an education that will fit him
or her for the battle of life and thus
give each an equal opportunity with
every other child? To deny to divi-
dend-chasing exploiters the right to work
children of tender years in order that
more and still more profits may be piled
up to the ietriment of the child and So
ciety?
Is it wrong to demand better housing
conditions and the destruction of dis
ease breeding novels and tenements or
that our railroads be conduc so that
the life and limb of the workers and
travelling public will be better con-
served?
Is it wrong to advocate one days rest
in seven for all workers or that the law
be administered equally for the rich and
the poor and to insist that laws be made
by constituted authorities, instead of by
judges? I
These are few of the reforms which
are being advocated by the trade union
movement and before passing final judg-
ment upon us, we would be pleased toI
have some of our critics answer the
above questions.
Apropos of the downfall of Ernest
Terah Hooley, the English promoter,
Senator La Toilette said the other day
in Washington: "The English law
doesn't allow a man as much rope as
the American law. A very wealthy
American once said to an Englshman:
oh, yes, you have good trade here in
England perhaps, but, as far as Ma
poleons of finance 60, why, ! have never
met a Napoleon of finance in all my
visits to London NO, probably not,
the Englishman replied, you see, we
keep our Napoleons of finance in Jail
Tuberculosis is social disease in
the final analysis. 1t cannot be eradi-
Gated unless and until we have social
justice" Dr.. Adolphus Knopf of New
York thus summed up the fight agains1
the white plague in a paper entitled,
Some Newer Problems in the Anti-Tu
berculosis Warfare in the United
States" before a recent session of the
American Public Health association. The
ioctor dealt largely with the tuberculo-
sis problem as associated with the child
labor question. He saio that to separate
the two problems is impossible; that
the one is dependent TO a large extent
On the other, and that until child labor
S rectified the warfare against tubercu-
osis must go on under great handi-
zap. "Child labor predisposes to tuber-
'ulosis. This does not apply exclusively ,
o child labor in the factory" In many ,
asses child labor is as bad in the home
IS in the factory, and the danger from
is just as great. Bovine tu-
,erculosis is one of the most dangerous
orms, particularly as regards the child.
seventy pers cent. of the deaths among
hildren are from bovine tuberculosis,
which recent experiences have proven /,
is easily communicated from
utter and other dairy products. The :
pen-ar schools are invaluable in fight
ng this disease, but the plan should be
pplied to high schools and colleges as !
yell as grammar schools. :,
In order to impress upon his congre
alton the length of eternity, colored
reacher used the following illustrations;
If % sparrow, bredderen, should take a
rop of water from the Atlantic ocean
{ Coney island and with this drop of
ater in his beak should hop a hop
ay until il reached the Pacific ocean .
/ San Francisco. and when it got there
lould let the drop fall into the Pacific
nd when this was done should turn
round and hop hop day all the way ,
lck to Coney island and get another
-op and do the same thing over, and
sep on doing this very same thing until
had carried the whole Atlantic ocean r
'er into the Pacific, it would then only
, early morning IN eternity
II may be that the average trade UNI
mist gets tired of label organization,
comes convinced that it is a dry sub v
ct, threadbare and worn from too much /.
e but the fact remains that the de-
and for the label is not nearly so
eat as it should be. and We know No.
her way of increasing it except by h
calling attention to it and 7
ging upon the membership the neces- o
" for and the benefits TO be derived :.
om a healthy demand. =
We want TO impress upon union men
at the label is the very life of union u
n. In making the rounds among mer-
ants who handle label goods, we are n
reminded that the demand is &c
{ what il should be. Now this diff. -
lty must be remedied, and the sooner
e better. We know that a united pur- 4
lsing power of the organized workers II
a weapon that no man fancies comingi II
conflict with. and if we ever reach II
1t point where we all spend our mon II
not TO strengthen our opponents. but II
build up a strong union-label trade, II