The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-25

| JAMES HARINESS.
Candidate for Governor of Vermont.
State College of Agriculture and eX
pertinent station, so that these lnstl
buttons may increasingly meet tn
needs of the farmers.
There should be an organization o
farmers cooperative associations 10
standardization and marketing of Yer
monts agricultural products, so tina
they may be marketed at the loves
possible expense and to the best advan
tage.
Assistance should be given to tn,
farmer in control of livestock diseases
especially tuberculosis, so that thu
losses may be reduced to the minimum
There should be linking up of The
agricultural and industrial interests
not only to increase the home market
but to make available enormous sums
for highway construction and mainte
nance, for il is the cross roads as wei
as the trunk lines that are essential &c
connect the farm and the market.
The children of the countryside are
| the best timber for the future charac.
ter of Vermont They must have the
best educational and other opportuni-
| ties.
Water power development goes au-
tomatically forward with industrial
development. The many valuable sites
for power plants will be set TO work
to provide light, heat and power for
Vermont. The modern system Of high
( l1,nl
" extending over the state. Power is
now distributed over many towns
where the coal question would other
wise have been more serious.
Reforestration forms a natural part
of the water power development, and
keeps more OF Vermont soil and sun
shine earning for Nermonter,.
Our War Veterans.
From time immemorial the defend.
crs Of the home have been rightly Civ
en- first place in our hearts and esteem.
We were deeply stirred by the heroic
spirit displayed by our men and their
families in responding to the duty to
fight in life and death struggle
against an enemy of unknown strength,
No matter how much we may praise
the worthy worker who produces the
shelter, The clothing and the food for
the protection and subsistence OF the
family, there is something that makes
our hearts swell when we think Of
those who have offered their lives to
the service of defending the country.
We find many of these men who
have been in the war service now re-
turned TO civil life. If we are losing
any of that deep sense of admiration,
Of esteem, of all that is best in hero
in the human heart, there is
something fundamentally wrong with
our scheme of life. The welfare of our
people depends on our continued ex-
preston of regard, protection, interest
in and love for the men who offered
their all in the defense of their homes,
their state, their country and ciyiiza
ton. The protection of our homes by
the fighters must be backed up by true
Americanism in the hearts of us all If |
we are TO fully protect ourselves from |
the insidIous internal enemies of so
riety.
The Workers.
The defenders of our homes must |
rank first, but second only to the de
tenders come the producers of the ne
,essities of life and those who cooper
tie in some essential way with the
producers,
First of these are the mothers who
work in care Of the home, the mothers
Who always bear the hardest part Of
var and peace burdens.
The workers interests are very
many, ranging as they do from activ-
ties in the home; the, store. that
erves useful purpose as distrib
ltor; the actual producer Of food,
lothing and shelter; in our great
transportation systems, and in our in
ustres.
There must be the keenest interest
n the opportunities of the worker.
There is no greater menace to our
utilization than the misunderstanding
hat is altogether too common between
he so-called capitalist and the worker.
ANY plan of progress that fails to
eeognize the workers interest as see
nd only TO the defenders of our home
sure to be fundamentally wrong
This part of the plan is too big TO
tate in this preliminary statement
erhaps my intentions may be judged
ON the fact that. as a manufacturer, ,
have not Joined organizations that !
ere created to combat the labor or.
and have kept in advance ,
t the drift toward shorter hours, lead
u first from 10 hours to nine nearly
D ago, and for a number of years ran I
n the free Saturday afternoon basis J
nd now ON the eight hour basis.
There can be no progress for Yer
Iont that does not fit the workers in 4
rests.
Equal Suffrage
The question of woman's suffrage is
in the public mind at pres
1t. My conviction is that this coun- =
v and this state belong as much TO
he women as to the men; that the
lture OF the state and nation. which
the future Of our sons and daugh-
rs, il of a. much intimate concern to I,
le mothers as 10 the fathers. | be-
I'VE there should be no more distinc-
on Of sex than there is OF creed and d
Iat there should be timely amending a
our federal constitution in this re-
Ird.
Eighteenth Amendment.
The 18th amendment to the federal \
and the enforcement act |