Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-12

| taken up by President Suitor In his re-
port and concluded as follows:
The past year has been a busy one for
! your secretary; to the lay mind it
would hardly seem possible the hundred
ana one things one has to do in Office In
( constant touch with all the State fedora
! tons government bureaus, universities.
labor press. etc, who are always asking
about matters pertinent to tho labor
question. one finds but few duh mo-
ments. still, in return one receives many
| works. ESSAYS and bulletins which arc
very instructive and cnlightcning and
/ fully repays one for the time and labor
! spent. Coming back home II has been
! n real pleasure to cooperate with our
! president and secretarN-trcasure i'm the
year just drawn to a close and | feel as
surcd that we have done the best that is
/ in us for the continued success of our
/ federation. our organizer and vice.
presidents have all contributed to the
good work going on and / have found
each and every one of them at all
times willing to comply with all rea-
sonahle requests made of them go now
as i'm the past, I thank all for the help
and advice given ana trust that in
the days to come the Vermont state
| Federation of Labor will continue to
grow and 20 on and on in the great
humanzinE and uplifting work that
| lies before us. Life does not mean
| constant drudgery to exist If that
We're all the working class might Just
as we'll perish right away. Life
must inevitably mean share in all
that goes to make life worth living
a nd NJ I,.t b,,
workers receiving fun reward for the
products of their toll Life must
mean to all of us much more than can
be measured in cold cash We are
not merely to propagate our species
and pass on, life must mean much
more than this. Let there be through
out our grand old labor movement an
inspiration and aspiration for all the
J better things of life. We may not all
be money makers as the saying goes
/ but we have one satisfaction at least
and that is in the knowledge that our
efforts have Frightened and made hap
! pier homes for the wage earners Of
/ Vermont and when that is said and
done, we are sure there is something
taking place which makes for the bet
ter life and the hopes or a bright 60
( morrow.
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Inc report OF 'ho committee on ieslsia-
/ 'oh was presented nN James 'ru!ch-
SH"''N' cha'r"'ah IL '"I'""S IN part
! LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE 5 RE
PORT.
: The first matters considered we're bills
relative to worItn1er's connensatiou
mothers pensions. false advertising for
, help during strikes or lockuuts minimum
! wage rate for women. providing seats
! for women engaged in mercantile and
! mechanical occupations wherever possible.
/ amendments to child labor and factory
I inspection laws.
our bills were approved and every as
/ sistanCe promised us Your committee
then had several conferences with the
executive committee of the Granite
| Manufacturers and Quarry Owners as
sociations relative to Worknen's COM
pensation. They intimated they were
agreeable TO stand and work for the
passage of measure along the lines of
, that which we had mutually agreed on
/ two years previously We contended that
the experience Eain~l by the operation
ot similar laws in other States and the
sentiment being expressed in Vermont,
warranted us in asking for a somew ha t
more comprehensive and progressive
measure than what was known two