The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-19

1912.
and likewise one of the great shipbuild
ing ports, always bad, is particularly
distressing this summer owing To IN,
agitation stirred up over the question OF
home rule. II is charged by Liberal pa,
pers in London, Dublin and Belfast, that
workmen are refused employment or ara
harassed beyond endurance, with full
connivance of the owners in many eases
II they happen 10 be home rulers or
Liberals, and this persecution is applied
/ with equal severity TO Protestant Lib.
erals and Catholic Nationalist. Within
the last year, a standard English mag
ayine produced an article on Belfast in
which II was charged. and many facts
cited to prove, that owners Of the great
industrial plants of that city deliberate.
| ~ and systematically fan the fires Of
religious and political hatred, which no.
where in the world to-day are as bitter
as in unhappy Belfast. The object of
these captains of industry is obvious.
BY rearing the wall of religious mis-.
understanding and bigotry between peo-
pie who are of one kin and should be of
one interest, they have in the past very
effectively prevented their getting to-
gether in order TO stem the tide of free
dom that is now about TO flow on old
Ireland, but they shall not be successful
this time as the people are going TO win
and toryism shall receive its death blow
forever
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An interesting phase of the education
of the public in health matters is the
attitude of the newspapers, which are
constantly giving more and more intell-
gent discussion to health questions. A
hopeful feature of this discussion is the
tendency TO demand of public officials,
local, state and national support of pub
lie health movements. In a recent edi-
torial in a Chicago newspaper concerning
aldermanic primaries, the attitude of
prospective aldermen concerning health
matters is placed first in the discussion
of the qualifications of an alderman. II
is said "a bad alderman may do you
more harm than bad president; if your
child dies because he has blocked a milk
ordinance; if your family sickens in an
epidemic which an inadequate health in
spection has made possible; if you wear
your health out with bad transportation, |
bad air. bad housing" This is followed !
by discussion of the business and other
qualifications of candidates, etc. 1t has.
of course. always been true that the /
health of the people should demand first
and that health measures
should receive adequate support, but
health and health measures have never
received such consideration and support. |
and politically regarded, the health of
the people has always occupied a sub
ordinate place The Journal OF the
American Medical Association says that
it is significant and encouraging to find
these matters mentioned as of first inn
oortance in the qualifications of candi
hates for office.
Attorney Earl Rogers chief counsel for
1larence Darrow, told the jury during
he barrow trial that when he lRogersl
vas employed by the Los Angeles Mer-
hants and Manufacturers association he
lad a spy in every union, and these men
eported every day to him. While 'most
very unionist knows that his local is
with spies, few workers
now how these spies work 1t is gen &
rally supposed they make a special ef-
ort to keep track of the locals proceed
lgs, but the value of spy is in getting
ITO the confidence of officers and active
,orkers Any contemplated move is re- !
orted; so is the trend Of thought, and !
be views OF various men. Watching Q
Mon meetings is the least Of the spy's G
ork This value consists in dividing
orkers, creating turmoil and making
ascension possible. These things keep
ems minds off bad conditions. long
ours and low wages Time and again Il
lese spies have been proven to be the $
1isest men in local, and have been o
le loudest condemners of employers, but :
is always noted they are never preach
g harmony Instead, they are found
ntinnally standing for principle"
gardless of the views of the vast ma
rity. The spy has more than one sys-
M and he is the best Investment the
pitalist can make as long as he keeps
union in an uproar.
Alex. Ironside,
Correspondent.