The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-02
BIG LABOR DAY
CELEBRATION !.
HELD N'BARRE
Continued from. .tFst paee..)

with the pick of BaYre' 9.bwn for a purse
Of money. gained "a staightaway vie
tory by a A to se6fe..: In the afternoon
The same team tool. as to game from
The Montpelier Logan. Squares in game
that had for its .sgfest thrill one OF
The most Spectacular. finishes ever seen
on a Washington cognty.!iapond. Barre
are ladies pitted aai.ast. the capital
city fremen in the hose ra!s ind the
ladder climbing compet'iof ! fiumtf:-f
IN both events. -. -:
Mr.. Jackson's Address. -
Naturally the afternoon crowd at the
grounds was the larger. Many came ex-
pressly to hear the Labor day speech,
for the good old custom of having a
good speaker do his share toward max.
Ing celebration successful still obtains
with vast majority of people. Mr..
Jackson was introduced bly, President
Alex. Ironside of the Central Labor un-
ion and he spoke for nearly as minutes.
He spoke as follows:
This day differs from other holidays
In that it commentaries, not the be-
ginning Of year, but the beginning OF
time; not the birth of Washington or
a Lincoln, but the birth OF the human
race; not the day of nations indie
pendence, but the day-.of worlds in
dependence; not the commemoration Of
a single battle, but the commemoration
of all battles; not the discovery OF
a continent, but the discovery of a
world; not the coming of a Messiah,
but the coming of the Creator. For
hoary- headed labor began the foundation
n >, - Il
and ever since, strongly and surely,
block by block, is building into the
heights where hopes are realized. This
is the day we bring our offerings to
labor's shrine and celebrate her anti
guilty, her strength and her accomplish
ments.
But stop your song Of praise mo-
ment; cease reciting the history of La
boris DEEDS stop, look and listenl Dis
cordant notes are heard here and there.
Yonder is whole company out of tune,
Over there is a vast crowd whose very
silence speaks. Here, there and every
where are mutterings, not loud, but deep
Let lis get closer to the throngs and
try to learn what the trouble is. We
may not interpret things alike, but,
whether we do or do not, surely the at
tempt is worth few minutes Of our
time.
"There is man who is without work:
and yet willing to work. Why he com
plains, am ] now 1ectured on the sin of
idleness and the virtue of economy, while
my children cry for bread 2 Here is a
worker who was seen working in the
fields of q Sunday. Way he asks, lis
more criticism levelled at me for work
ing on Sunday than the lawyer who
works in his Office on that day. There
is widow of laborer who has been be
fore the poor department of a munich
pality. Why she asks, does a lecture,
instead of blessing, accompany the
carefully measured charity" Their mot
to is not how much good can We dot
but how much can we saver Here is
man who appeared, without pay and
for the love of his cause, before legis
lature, seeking remedial laws for his fell
low workmen. Why he complains, do |
they call me labor agitator and the
paid railroad attorney sothing worse
than a professional lobbyist?' There is |
a leader of labor. Why he asks, am |
called demagogue and the leader |
of capital king of financel Isn't there
as much kingliness in my seryicer Here |
is man who worked upon the walls |
of a magnificent cathedral and upon a |
day entered therein to worship. Why |
he asks, was ] more welcome on the |
walls than within them7' Yonder, from |
that large crowd of men and women,
midst babel of sounds. there runs
a common complaint. why cannot we
organize to protect the laborer from I'M
just employers as the employers to pro-
tect themselves against unjust labor?
Is mutual protection the special prerog
alive of the men, who pay?
"And that wildly waving windmill !
of man over there, what is he saying?
What is his complaint7 All you hear
is, 'robber,' 'plunderer,' 'malefactor' and
such explosives too numerous to men
ton He differs from the other com
plainants in that he is too busy fiinging |
epithets to tell, and often,t to know, what
ails him.
"Thus runs the complaint and criti-
cism. What is the meaning of it allY