The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-10-01
DIR. w. r. ROWLAND
SPEAKS IN BARRE
Party's Nominee for Gov
ernor Convinced Audience
of His Sincerity

and social ills of the Green Mountain
state last evening, with the party's GU
bernatorial candidate, DIR. w. r. Row
! land of Fast Corinth. as their spokesman
| in a well ATTENDED rally at Howland
hall incidentally, the political gather
ing was the first of the kind to be held
here this fall. The doctors auditors
were not all Socialists, at least they
were not members of the party when
they entered the hall. Two or three or
four political faiths were represented,
but all seemed willing enough to give
the speaker the faircst kind OF hear-
ing DR.. Rowland's story of the part
which Socialism hopes to play in the
coming Vermont was frequently pune
tuated with applause that seemed 20
come from no particular part OF the
hall but rather appeared to start mp
spontaneously from all corners. The So-
eialist candidate is an interesting speech.
maker with well adapted delivery.
And he has message.
BE il said Of Or. Rowland that he is
not a fire-eater. nor yet a dispirited ora
tor. Those who heard him last night
viii so testify. He did not come to
town in gray fedora hat and pretend
TO dodge the newspaper reporters. tie
is candidate Of the good oldfashioned
type and one who believes that issues
should be made the vehicle for man
10 man discussion wherever the oppor
tunity for discussion presents itself.
Last night he talked, talked straight
out from the shoulder and was ready
To answer questions The candidate who
drops into town, eNpatiates on a lot OF
glittering generalties. and then drops out
Of sight is not the kind Of candidate at
the head OF the Socialist ticket this
year.
The rally was della we'd half hour be-
cause the local managers OF the affair
preferred 20 await the arrival Of COM
rades who came from Mortified. Bethel |
Montpelier and Barre Town. pr Row
land was introduced az $50 o'clock by l
CLYDE II. Reynolds he spoke in part 1
as follows
"A question i asked. What viii the 4
Socialists 10 with the private property \
my house aud lot" Well. the Socialists 4
viii not interfere with private property /
unless new Rockefeller and othcrs 4
seiKe the natural resources Of the earth 4
and claim that they are private prop 4
erty. The Socialist theory is 20 make
homes more plenty. more private prop
erty instead of less
Human minds have conquered tho
constructed machinery Of won.
ierful efficiency A woman or child oft
the machine that replaces N
bor of men. By agricultural efficiency
and machinery the products of the earth
all z
has made wonderful advance in healing
disease II has conquered distance.
Peace societies Of millions Of men and
women show the fallacy Of war The
churches spread the religion
n the NaEarene carpenter Hence all
The world should b. vel clothed. wei
ed well educated. happy. peaceful and
good. Rut men are displaced by ma
hines and women and children forced
10 toll for daily bread Millions arr
,ut Of work because millions are work
ng too long hours. 0ccupational dis
y scs and accidents "a per cent prevent
bic. take of more yearly than the Civ
! war did per year Disease runs ri'f
hundreds Of thousands of babies die be-
ausc the devoted mothers know not
iow to care for them, yet the govern
nent spends vast sums on hog cholera
lecsuse the hogs are worth money
"The laborcrs in many Instances lrs ,
HE'D with hatred toward the capitat-
sts because they see the injustice The
apitalists are Bourbons only sceiup =
emedv In still greater exploitation 9f /,
he toilers. The old parties turn. if tltrv !
an. classes Of voters against other =
al
truction ~ trusts add irturn tan i'm +
.ossible thing 10 10 % Tefersonian !,
implicitly n
"The Socialists believe that the trust /,
a necessary step in evolution and 4
.ouid simply turn thrm over to serve
he people instead of the few. The 50 y
ialist world gradually acquire the 4
ailroad- TIE mines. tho mineral -r 4
ources and work them Tor pnhlic roo1 s
'uU down the god % Mammon and sub-
titutc the love Of humanity u
eve need things iu Vermont and 50 d
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ofe FOR Socialism you strike at war ;.
fostituti1n and zl econ0mF r,l Vuu II
triks for homc. tie spak and TIE Ai
rem. Vermont uersis better e1usationsl \
irii5tie-. a real state university. oura
81 h0ut cost 20 aur hats au7 rirs a
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+ minimum warr iH rural sthuals +.
as- laws n prohibit eh5l7 labor an8 4.
ne uark daVs Star conditions that
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