Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-04-28

ter of Vermont They must have the
best educational and other opportuni-
ties.
Water power development goes au-
tomaticaily 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 tension power Transmission is
gradually extending over the state.
Power is now distributed over many
towns where the coal question would
otherwise 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 vermonters
Our War Veterans.
From time immemorial the defend
ers OF the home have been rightly
gwen first place in our hearts and es-
TEEN.
We were deeply stirred by the he
roic spirit displayed by our men and
their families in responding to the
DUTY TO fight in a life and death
struggle against an enemy of unknown
strength.
NO matter how much we NAV nraisa
the worthy worker who produces the
shelter, the clothing and the food for
the protection and subsistence of the
iamliy, there is something that makes
our hearts swell when we think of
lnoSe VINO have offered their lives tn
the service OF defending the country
we find many of these men who
nave been in the war service now ro-
turned to civil life. If we are LOSING
any OF that deep sense of admiration
OF esteem, Of all that is best in hero
worship in the human heart there is
something fundamentally wrong with
our scheme of life. The welfare of
our people depends on our continued
expression or regard, protection, in
Tered their all in the defense of that
homes, their state, their country and
CIVILIZATION The protection of onr
homes by the fighters must be hacked
up Dy true Americanism in the hearts
or us all if we are to fully nrotect
ourselves from the insidious internal
enemies of society.
The Workers.
The defenders of our home. nou.t
rank hrst, but second only to the A.
.enoers come the producers of the ne
cessItIes OF life and those who CO.
operate in some essential wav vit.
the producers.
FIRST OF these are the mothers who
ers who always bear the bardest NJ.
OF war and peace burdens.
The workers interests ara 49,
many, ranging as they do from .ct;n;
ties in the home; the store. that serva.
useiul purpose as a distributor. the
actual producer OF food, clothing and
sneiler' In our great TRANSPORTATION
system, and in our industries.
There must be the keenest interas.
III tne opportunities Of the worker
There is no greater menace 70 -.
clViiization than the misunderstand-
ing that is altogether too common h.
worker anu the
any plan OF progress that faiIa r..
recognize the workers Interest -.
secoho only to the defenders Of orr
wrong. eahy
ms part OF the plan is too big r..
S.aLe IN this preliminary statement
reThaps my intentions NAV he j,,deaa
rom the fact that, as rnanufacfurer
nave not joined organizations tha:
we're created to combat the labor or
gahlzations. and ] have kept in adj
sance OF the drift toward shorter
noars, reading first from ten hours to
nsa'ty twenty years ago and for
saturday afternoon basis ard now on
The eight hour basis. o'i
there can be no progress for Yer
mont that does not Or the w9,Lars.
interests. "iAc.s