The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-11
LABOR UNIONS
WORK IN YER
MONT OUTLINED
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CARNATIONS whose members are mainly
dependent on the sale of union made
goods for living. Here is sample OF
one appeal: win organized labor help
usi We have eighteen girls employed
making collars for 100000 members of
organized labor and are reluctantly
forced to place these girls on four day
work week, whereas If we had the sup
port of organized labor we could keep
them all busily employed and many
more besides. This from the only union
collar factory in the United States
speaks volumes. But lde brothers of
| Albany, n. Y, makers of the collars in
question, are in a like position with
many other makers of union made goods
General Secretary B. A. Sawyer Of
the United Garment Workers of Amer
lea admitted before representative
body Of trade unionists while in Seat
tie last November, that there was as
much union made clothing sold in Barre
| VT, as in any other city in the United
States. That small city like Barre
| is blazing the trail for the union label
undoubtedly shows what can be done
by few union label boosters when their
heads and hearts are in the right posi-
tions. | trust the delegates attending
this convention will return to their
homes and lodge rooms prepared to
spread the mission of the union label,
so that by another year we can safely
say that not only is Barre the banner
union label city, but Vermont is the
banner union label state. Remember it
is only by purchasing union made prod
ucts that we can ever hope to abolish
child labor, the so-called home factory,
with its long hours and disease-sprea
ing facilities. Educate your wife, your
children or your best girl TO the aims
and objects of the guardian angel OF
thousands of workers, and last but not
least. keep ever on the firing line and
practice what you preach. Boost the
label!
Factory Inspection.
Since the enactment of this much
needed law great strides have been and
are being made in the direction OF inn
proved sanitation in the mills and fac
tories OF the state. The drinking cup
has been practically abolished, better
lavatories in nearly all instances. ma
chinery better safeguarded, greatly i'm
proved fire escapes, regulation OF the
hours of labor. regulation OF weekly pay
law, child labor reduced to a minimum.
In fact, no measure ever enacted Tor
the benefit of the wage earning masses
has done so much for the general up
lift than has the new factory inspection
law. Still there is much TO be done be
fore the full benefits of this great meas
ure can be enjoyed by the wage earners.
In the first place there is great and
crying need for enlarged inspection. One
factory inspector in Vermont can but
accomplish one mans share of the work
and in this we testify as federation
to the great good accomplished by
State Factory Inspector Allan Calhoun
of Middlcbury.
1t is practically impossible for the
inspector to keep in touch with all de-
partments OF labor in our state and give
them the time and attention they de-
serve. 1t is not to be expected he can
or would undertake to handle the condi-
tions under which all departments Of
female labor are employed. This is by
all means a woman's work and there
should be no delay by the next legisla
ture of Vermont in extending the scope
and appropriations OF the factory inspec-
ton law. so that female deputy in
spector can take charge of this all i'm
portant department. A male deputy in
spector il also urgently needed and
would be of material assistance in look
ing after the various recommendations
OF the chief Inspector. These new and
needed innovations can only be brought
about BY an increased appropriation III
the department, and surely if $4,000
can be spent by the state of Vermont
on our benifcent weights and measures
law then surely in the name of human
itv a like sum may we'll be spent on
behalf of the toiling, underpaid under
fed men. women and children OF Yer
mont. Finally, our legislative commit
tee should leave no step unturned in
an effort to secure the increased appro-
priation.
workmen's Compensation Law.
This important measure is in the
hands Of the workmen's compensation
commission appointed by the governor
during the closing hours of the last leg
stature. The commission held meetings
in all the principal cities and towns OF
the state. They also held several con-
ferenees with you Legislative commit
tee at which dates were arranged and
the pros and cons of a fair working
measure was practically decided upon.
So far the measure proposed meets with
the approval of manufacturers and work |
men in the granite and marble centers
of the state. and with unanimous
measure were practically decided upon.
bv the members of the commission it |
bids fair 10 become the law OF the state |
during the ensuing session of the leg |
islature. Here are the chief points in |
the proposed bill;
l. In any action to recover Ida images |
for personal injury to an employe in |
the course of his employment, or for |
the death resulting from such injury 1t
shall not be a defense
?. That the injury was caused IN
whole or part by the negligence OF u
fellow employee. OF
3. That the employe had assumed the
risk of the injury, or
4. That the injury was caused IN any
degree by the negligence OF such EN-