The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-05

or or not Great Britain would recognize
a division of the United States OF Amer
lea they were said 20 be upon the fence
"'rhe organized textile workers OF Ian
cashire. England, and especially IN the
city of Manchester, at that time assem-
bled in mass meeting, as we are to-day,
under the canopy of heaven. and al
though they had been idle Tor eighteen
months for lack OF cotton, although
their wives and sisters and children, like
themselves. were hungry and IN rags,
many OF them emaciated from want OF
nutrition. they resolved that the union
textile workers of England. even though
the British government recognized the
southern Confederacy. would refuse 70
spin bale OF cotton at the price or cost
Of human slavery. The echo of that vote
upon the subject Is said to have been
heard in London by the British cabinet
and they decided not 20 recognize the
southern Confederacy; the southern ships
off the mouth Of the Mersey could not
deliver their cargoes, could not carry
back the British gold they 80 much need
ed, nor could they convey TO the states
in secession the recognition those states
so much desired. Thank God for that kind
Of LOYALTY on the part Of the toilers.
THANK God for a loyalty displayed
during the last few days by President
Austin b. Garretson Of the brotherhood
Of railroad conductors when he said II
put il off. across a fair record OF thirty
wears wonld be written the word, trait
or
"Far more than wear, union clerks
have been locked out here in our city OF
Barre. Had the labor union men OF
Barre been true to their principles OF
| labor unionism they would not have been
locked ont one month, and the merchants
of our city would have been no poorer in
consequence. Labor unionism should be
a great army. at least for defensive pur.
poses. and every labor organization a
regiment in that great army. lnjnre one
Of those members. male or female. and
YOU strike at the very vtals Of the great
army. 1t should be the working rule OF
labor that an injury to one shall become
the just injury OF all. A house divided
against itself cannot stand
Everyone knows what unionism has
| done for the clerks. Rev. DR. Talmage
in 1886 said there were 900 grocery
clerks in Brooklyn who went to business
at 5 o'clock in the morning and continued
| until 10 o'clock at night They were not
| organized. Do not. as you value your
own union. allow the union clerks Of
Barre to be defeated in their struggle,
which in the final analysis il your strug
gle. Men say we have too much organ
ization in Barre, but ! say we have not
enough Of real genuine organization.
! "While it is admitted that in some
cases exceptional employers treat their
employees with the greatest justice and
| liberality. it i held TO be social axiom
that no group of workers can become
free except by combined action, nor can
the mass hope to achieve any material
advance in their condition except by col
lective effort. All who have any knoWl-
edge of the world of industry concede
that without organization the wage
workers are helpless victims Of the in.
dnstrial forces that are seeking their
own self interests The voice OF labor
is not recognized by capital, as prin-
cinle. II is only recognized a. neces-
sjtv and labor, through superior strength.
secures its demands in this trade and
that. Effective collective bargaining can
not exist without effective organization
The labor movement s at bottom a NOR
al one It rust be kept so, and the NOR
Al issue must be made most prominent
before the minds of the people, and the
moral motives must be the chief ineen-
tive of both leaders and followers il this
industrial revolution is to be successful
one. Ny religion seeks the salvation not
only OF individuals, but Of society; whose
end is not only the perfect man, but the
KINGDOM al heaven on earth. ! viii close
with the words of Oliver Goldsmith;
" I'll fares the land to Fastening ills a
prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men de-
cay
The Sports of the Day.
Throughout the afternoon the Barre
Citizens band played AT intervals Inc
efforts of the musicians went a long way
toward reviying spirits that were some