The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02

have been fragmentary. incomplete
and at best only partially representa-
/ tive or typical. Their lessons. never.
theless, are important. and until some
thing comprehensive and adequate is
available they serve a useful purpose,
4 and they viii necessarily continue to
be made But unquestionably the time
is now ripe for searching inquiry
into the subject of industrial relations
which shall be official. authoritative,
balanced and well rounded. such as
only the federal government can sue
cessfully undertake. The present wide
spread interest in the subject makes
this an opportune time for an investi-
CATION. which in any event cannot long
be postponed. 1t should be nonpar-
tisan. comprehensive, thorough. pa
tient and courageous.
There is already available much in
formation on certain aspects of the
subject In the reports of the federal
and state bureaus of labor and in 9TH
er official and unofficial publications.
One essential part of the proposed in
quiry would naturally be to assemble.
digest and interpret this information
SO far as it bears upon our present in
dustrial conditions. In addition 10
this the commission should inquire into
the general conditions OF labor in our
principal industries, into the existing
relations between employers and en-
ployees in those industries, into the va
rious methods which have been tried
for maintaining mutually satisfactory
relations between employees and EN-
ployers and for avoiding or adjusting
trade disputes. and into the scope.
methods and resources of federal and
state bureaus of labor and the meth
DDS by which they might more ade-
quately meet the responsibilities which
through the work of the commission
above recommended would be more
clearly brought to light and defined.
misbrandins Imported Goods.
My attention has been called to the
injustice which is done in this country
by the sale of articles in the trade pur-
porting to be made in Ireland. when
they are not so made. and it is suggest
ed that the justice of the enactment of
law which. so far as the jurisdiction
of the federal government can go.
would prevent a continuance of this
Misrepresentation to the public and
fraud upon those who are entitled {
use the statement In the sale of their
goods / think it to be greatly in the
interest of fair dealing. which ought
always to be encouraged by law. for
congress to enact a law making it a
misdemeanor punishable by fine or i'm
prisonment to use the mails or to put
into interstate commerce any articles /
of merchandise which bear upon their /
face a statement that they have been
in some particular coun \
try when the fact is otherwise.
Building For Public Archives.
cannot close this message without
inviting the attention of congress again
to the necessity for the erection of
building to contain the public archives.
The unsatisfactory distribution of rec
ords. the lack of any proper index or
guide TO their contents, is well known
to those familiar with the needs of the
government in this capital The land
has been purchased. and nothing re-
mains now but the erection of a proper
building. 7 transmit n letter written
By Professor J. Franklin Jameson. di