The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-30
LABOR NOTES OF
VIDE INTEREST
Real Danger to Unionism Lies In
side the Organization, Says
Correspondent Ironside.

With all the ranting and raving of the
vicious opposition, headed by Kirby, Post
and Otis, the real danger to the move
ment of organized labor does not en-
tirely come from their direction. While
these men and organizations they repre-
sent have at times temporarily repulsed
our movement and not infrequently stag
gered its endeavors, in the end their an
tagonism has only served to stimulate
us TO higher and nobler efforts. But in
ternal wrangiing, threats of secession or
assaults upon the character of the chos-
en- officials of organized labor will do
more to disintegrate the forces of labor
than the combined opposition of its nat
ural enemies.
The one thing, then, to insure the
uninterrupted rise and development of
the labor movement is to cultivate those
graces of character among our member
ship that will put charitable interpre-
tation upon the motives of our fellows.
II would not do, and progress within
the movement would be impossible, if we
were all of one opinion, in tactics as well
as principle The fact that there exists
wide difference of opinion among men
of labor is conducive to that healthful
activity so indispensable to our success.
= Those men win the greatest respect and
exert the most influence who recognize
that there is something to be said on
both sides OF every question. and that
the arguments of their opponents deserve
respectful treatment and serious consid-
GRAFTON. All institutions of men are
tinctured in some respect or other with
human frailty. We can afford to be
generous, as we'll as just, in our judy
ment of men.
Trade unions differ little from other
organizations among other classes of
reople. 1t is possible for men who do
not measure up to the integrity of our
principles to find their way into our
ranks. Our unions are business organi-
cations Of wage earners They are given
birth by economic necessity. Conditions
precedent to admission do not involve
questions of personal morals. OF eco
nomic necessity, this qualification cannot
be seriously considered. The officers of
the employers associations, who are
waoing bitter war against the union
shop and trade unionism in general, dur
ing strikes and lockouts in particular,
pay little attention to the moral STATUE
Of their stlilebreaking worltmen They
usually obtain these recruits from the
criminal centers of our large cities. Vio-
ience and crime run rampant wherever
they appear. Considering all things,
then, it is remarkable that we have had
30 little to apologize for among the
membership of our unions.
The local machinists' union was or
ganizcd in 1892. about eleven men being
al work in the machine shops at that
time receiving wages from 81 % to $500
day of ten hours. There are now
about thirty-fve employed on a nine
hour basis at wages ranging from So %
to $500 per day All are members of
The union, with the exception of those
employed in garages
The following resolutions We're unani-
mously adopted by the Boston Central
Labor union on Sunday, March II, 1912,
and have been sent to all national, state
and city labor organizations, with re-
quest that they join in the appeal to
Congress. Let every union wage Garner