The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-02
Sports, MUSE: and Address
Drawing Attractions at
Intercity Park
MORETOWN WON
TWO BALL GAMES
Rev. j. B. Reardon Believes
Solution Will Be Found J
in Industrial Contest

from BqptstMontpelier and surrounding
towns Il otateT rrk yesterday. The
day was ideal ! .ofarv during the
entire day did the liz, 4 and
neither did the committee - "a it
should. From the opening OF the base
ball game in the morning at 10 until
$3.50 in the afternoon, sports, music and
speechmaking held the attention of all.
In the morning a thinning ball game
was started that continued well into the
afternoon, and was witnessed by large
crowd of fans. A few selections by the
Barre City band heralded the winners.
From temporary speakers stand,
Rev ]. B. Reardon, pastor Of the Uni
versalist church of Barre and staunch
union supporter, delivered in the after
noon splendid address on "The Amer
lean Ideal of Manhood"
Address by Rev. ]. B. Reardon.
Rev. Reardon took this opportunity,
when 50 many people were assembled, to
speak few words in favor of the new
Barre industry, she Peerless knitting
mills He favored the new industry;
for, he disclosed, his experience in the
| past eight months as overseer of the city
| poor has convinced him that this city.
needs a manufacturing plant whose em1
| ployes are of the opposite sex from thosd
needed IN the granite industry. His in
terests We're manifestly for his fellow
men and as he completed his address he
was well applauded.
| The theme of Rev Mr. Reardon's ad-
dress was: "We hold these truths to be
Oil evident: That all men are created
| equal; that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable rights;
that among these are life, liberty and
| the pursuit of happiness" These words
of the American constitution, he dis
closed, mean that each man shall have
an equal chance to make the most of
such powers as he has.
1t is right at this point that all our
present industrial discontentment arises.
! Under the American constitution all men
are granted this right of equality in
theory, but they are largely denied il
| in practice. In the great and continuous
| strife between capital and labor-and it
has been a struggle for long and weary
years. do not say that either side is
always right, but in the course of months
and years the common people are al
most never wrong. And the common
aboring people and the middle classes
and the leaders of thought all over the
land are all but solid band in the con-
viction that just now things are in the
hands of the selfish few, and that the in
stitutions of the country ought to be
democratic for the many
The whole civilized world is now, or
soon viii be, democratic, no matter by
what name its governments NAV be
called. The people are to rule them
selves by their sovereign votes And
yet, never in the history of the world
was there manifested greater unrest or
greater dissatisfaction with the state of
existing conditions National freedom
and political freedom have been achieved.
! The world is now seeking to achieve
| industrial freedom.
The expression, industrial freedom, is
another way of saying that the world
needs to have the democratic idea pre-
vail in all human Notwithstanding
business and industry. The working
class viii never be content with any
form of benevolent feudalism or philan-
thropic plutocracy. They have tasted
the fruits of freedom in some directions
and now desire and demand freedom in
all directions They will never rest, nor
win turmoil and strife cease, until the
democratic principle prevails in industry
as well as in education, religion and
government.
President Wilson evidently appreci-
ates this fact, for in his recent address
before Congress he said, II believe that
the industry and life of our people and
of the world will suffer irreparable dam
age if employers and workmen are to go
on in a perpetual contest, as antago-
nists They must, on one plan or another,
be effectively associated. Have we not
steadiness and self possession and busi-
ness sense enough to work out that re-
suit Undoubtedly we have, and we
shall work it out" The very fact that
our president and Others see that this
conflict in the industrial world must
cease, indicates that solution must and
will be found for its final settlement in
manner which will be satisfactory to
all concerned.
There will always be rich and poor
men, but these need not be organized
into classes; and will not be if govern
ment refuses special privileges, and gives
equal advantage to thrift and enterprise
wherever they may appear. There viii
always be capitalists and laborers, but
these need not become classes arrayed
against each other, and viii not be il
property is so distributed that the labor
er may easily become a property owner,
and the property owner must make own
ership and industry partners If he would
have his ownership safe and profitable.
Society may never be wholly free from
the remains of an undeveoped society,
but it viii be more and more free. /
am optimistic enough TO believe that
this greater justice and freedom equal
ity if you please-wil come, not through
way, even though the present world
peace treaty fails Of adoption; but IL
will come through voluntary action OF
the opposing forces. ! believe with
President Wilson that we have steadi
ness Snd self-possession and business
sense enough to work out that result.
Ii this does not prove to be the CASEY
and the tyranny Of the capitalist-eme
plover prevents justice and love from
becoming the controlling motive in all
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