Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-06-19
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ne LABOR
10 Scarcely less vital to the laboring men
sUthan a living wage are safe and SAM |
tary surroundings of employment to |
OF the end that he who sells his services to
tn another may be duly protected from
ss danger to his life, his person and his
-sihealth. This is a proper sphere for
bi, further legislative and executive action |
IT State inspection of factories and
III places of employment is needed to in
s9 sure the proper enforcement of laws in
III tended to safeguard those who labor.
81 The so-called hazardous occupations
~ should provide from their profits an in
Insurance or indemnity for those who take
sd the extra risks and suffer physical in
sd jury or for their families in case of ac-
tu cidental death. The indemnity in such
eu cases ought to be fixed and certain, and
81 not open to long and expensive ltiga-
SO ton. We favor the passage of a fair
and equable workingmens compensation
law at the earliest moment that the
state constitution if amended as pro-
OF posed will permit.
cd The liability of employers for injury
~ or death sustained by their workmen in
on the pursuit of their required tasks
10 ought not to be cancelled or reduced be-
ne low a reasonable limit by blind defer
Of ence to the contributOry negligence or
ii. fellow servant rules, which changed in
p, dustrial and social conditions have rem
p. dered obsolete, except in the cold letter
hr of the law. No step would recommend
cd our party to greater favor among those
cd whose cause is just than the passage of
laws re-defining the liability of en-
% ployers according to an enlightened and
al humane modern sentiment, and we urge
nv our legislators to give this subject their
.o most careful attention.
p, With VermOnt's industrial growth
Io comes the likelihood of labor troubles
r. with their train of evils, in which the
/, public-a neutral party-is frequently
al a severe sufferer. 1t is often possible
10 at an opportune moment, for an I'M
DC prejudced tribunal, in which both OF
cir the contending parties have confidence
er, to conciliate them and restore peace
do We believe that a state board of cOnciIi-
eI alton, mediation or Abtration for the
III, settlement of labor troubles would JUS
eo tify its existence, if properly consti-
Uo tuted, and we urge the subject upon the
no attention of our law makers.
ed We renew our demand-twice made
od and twice ignored-for the exemption
of not less than ten dollars in wages
+ from the trustee process. 1t is unfair
or to seek the substitution of any partia
a.. remedy for this admitted injustice tc
=, the laboring man. Nothing less thar
OF the prompt and literal performance OF
to, clear duty will tend to atone for its
nj tardy dischare.
60 MODERN REFORMATORY METHODS
go The last reasonable effort. should b.
r., made to reform and reclaim wrongdo
ers before consigning them to the hope
o. lessly criminal class. Recent legisla
~. ton, administered by sympathetic anc
se- high-minded officials, is giving Vernon
bn nationwide reputation for enlight
~ ened modern methods in dealing with
iiJ petty offenders. The good accomplished
ii encourages faith in their continuance
sd and the widening of their scope. There
should be a State Detention Farm, OF
d. other asylum of the kind for those whose
3u offences are slight and infrequent
is. where good influences may be brought
ri to bear upon them. A similar institu
20 ton is needed for children deprived OF
81 homes, whose waywardness results from
If the lack of proper parental care and di
90 rectlon. The State owes a solemn duty
liz to itself in these matters, to the enc
that crime may be prevented, our iails
ne prisons, asylums and almshouses re
cd heVed, and men, women and children
no saved to lives of usefulness.
nj
EDUCATION.
While the large central public schools
OF the state are doing splendid work