The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-03


for these ghosts that have come down to
us from stages of the earlier develop.
ment Of peoples, then some progress shall
have been attained even though the
method be cruel, stupid and laundering
Twentieth century nations must
adopt as a principle of government that
peace ia basis of all civilization. Peace
Is not a by-product Of other conditions
but it is condition that can be secured
by agents and institutions designed to
maintain it. Peace is the fundamental
necessity for all government and prog
ress--industrial, intellectual, social and
humanitarian. Without peace all these
are as nothing. One of the main pur-
poses Of governments then, must be the
maintenance of international peace.
"The nations of Europe have professed
to desire peace, but their methods of Sc
curing it have been wrong. They have
declared that they must be armed for
peace. They have erected Notifications
along their frontiers--for peace. The
seas and their coastlines have been pa
trolled by fieets--for peace, They have
constructed air fleets to infest the air.
for peace Their inventive skill has been
used to perfect diabolical instruments for
destroying human life-for peace.
"Truly strange peace they hunted
with these warlike manners and means.
~
"a worker cannot be part human and
part thing; part free and part unfree, If
he il free human being that which is
inseparable from his personality, which
is part of his flesh and blood and nerve
force, cannot be classified as property.
Employers may own plows, machines,
shovels, hammers, but they do not own
the labor Of any free man, Labor is the
creative force, the highest expression of
individuality.
"The Clayton antitrust bill that has
been passed by the House Of Representa-
tives and the Senate, declared as a legal
principle of the law Of our land the dec
laration; The labor power of human
being is not a commodity or an article
of commerce. That is the reason for de-
claring that labor organizations do not
come under the provisions of trust legis-
lation and that their legitimate activities
cannot be restrained or forbidden. This
principle is the basis upon which all in
dustrial liberty depends. II Is the magma
eharta of Americas workers. The labor
provisions Of this measure embody the
highest, fullest conception Of industrial
freedom ever enacted into law. The dec
laration contained In section 7 of the
Clayton antitrust bill is of the greatest
significance deals with the fundamen-
tails Of industrial freedom.
1.-THE workers of America may, on La
l. l.. ~, s,,+ fa 80 Aku{ Ia
Senate and the House of Representatives
have adopted the greatest measure of hui
manitarian legislation Of the worlds his
tory. We stand foremost in the ranks Of
all nations. This measure will insure
greater industrial justice and peace. 1t
opens up an era of tremendous POSSIBLE
tiles and undertakings for good
'Dther features Of the Clayton bill
limit and regulate the issuance of the
writ OF injunction which has been 50
grossly perverted by judicial abuse TO de.
feat The workers in their struggle for
more and Just wages. Their progress
and welfare mean national progress and
welfare. The hope and welfare Of all
nations ia bound up with the destiny OF
America the first great republic and
now the country tov. I'd which the ma
tions in distress are farming for help in
their overwhelming need
america with free institutions and
opportunity for those of all walks of life
has been an ideal and an inspiration to
many millions. Now secure in her isola-
ton and her maintenance Of justice and
freedom, apart, undeafened by the roar
of musketry, unblinded by the smoke of
battle, mistaken by the passion of the
battlefelds, she stood ready to hear the
cries for mercy and fairness, ready to
give her good Offices for the establish
ment of peace, This is the America that
holds our thought with peculiar power.
Great opportunity is now within her
grasp. We desire for her wisdom that
she may cleaye to the part of great
people and may spurn the lesser things
Of selfish gain and passion.
america has in her hands well-nigh
limitless wealth She controls resources
not yet realized. Her citizens, gathered
from all of the nations Of the earth, are
true and able and honorable. Hers is the
responsibility Of using these, all these,
for humanity humanity that recognizes
neither race nor nationality.
America is to become the clearing
house for all international intercourse.
She has the opportunity to become the
worlds banker She now becomes the
worlds greatest breadmaker Her in.
dustries and manufactures alone remain
undsturhed, She may become the
worlds great carrier of commerce. Her
future depends upon how she uses this
opportunity.
"Her great power and influence are
moral. Whether that power and infiu-
ence shall be used as BELTS great and a
free people will determine her future
greatness. May she prove to the world
that there is such thing as international
morality, and may she help the warning
nations back to plane of peace and
Justice is the earnest desire OF America 3
workers and all her citizens. Our hope
filled western skies are portentous with
the bigness of freedom and the hope of
humanity"
The Soldier Guests.
Washington county boys numbered 80
in the contingent Of 100 mechanics who
came down from Burlington to do their
part in making Barre's celebration a sue.
cess. Originally it was planned to bring
most Of the Barre boys in the contingent
back home for the holiday, but quar-
antine regulation made Imperative by
the discovery of mumps in one section Of
the camp interfered with the first ar.
rangements, and at the last only II local
men were able to make the trip. The alb.
sence of familiar faces did not lessen the
enthusiasm with which people here greet,
ed the soldiers Several auto trucks
brought the contingent to Barre at 1850