The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-28
DEFINES NEXT PRESIDENT.
E. H. Gary States Some of the Quaiifi
cations Demanded.

New York. May 2s Employers in
America referred to as the capital.
istic group-heretofof have been back
ward in proclaiming their rights and
. insisting upon proper consideration
Ebert H. Gary, chairman OF the Unit
ed States Steel corporation, declared
here to-day in opening the annual
meeting of the American iron and
Steel institute.
Speaking on "The Ship of State,
Mr. Gary said the question of whether
II will be wrecked whether or not the
disease, the unjustified unrest and re
volt" will progress-depends upon the
conduct and efforts of the ships sail
ors, who are all the people Employ
ers. employees and the general public
which includes them owe a duty TO the
nation which must be performed to in
sure stability of government and con
tinuance of the enjoyment of Ameri-
can freedom, he asserted.
The next president of the United
States, the captain of the ship of
state, Mr. Gary said, must be able,
wise and well-informed. of questioned
honesty. morally and intellectually,
eminently fair and impartial, frank
and sincere. broad minded, deeply sym
pathetic, courageous, sturdy and well
balanced, and above everything else,
loyalsto the constitution and the law
of the land"
"The present so-called labor strikes,
involving riot and injury to property
and person. are instigated as a part of
the campaign to disturb and demoral-
ize the social and economic conditions
of the country" said Mr.. Gary.
"In other lands very serious results
have been accomplished by the same
means which have been employed
here"
Mr.. Gary deprecated class legisla-
tion. He declared that there are no
classes in the United States such as
have existed in other countries.
In America, he said, those who are
seeking to establish classes and obtain
discriminating favors are not promi-
nent because of wealth, but are com
posed OF a comparatively small minori-
ty of the population who have adopted
the word "labor" with concealed de-
sign Of forming a class which they
hope finally will attract majority of
the people and thus enable them to OBJ
tain legislation which would ultimate
ly destroy the constitution.
These men have already procured
certain legislation which is wrongfully
discriminating. Mr.. Gary said. Some
of them know what the final conse-
quence OF their designs must be. that
all would be lost in the end. but inn
mediate gain Is to them sufficient jus
tification.
"The safe, efiicacious and natural
remedy for the periods which have
been hnted at are to be found only
in unity OF purpose and effort on the
part OF the whole crew ON board our
ship of state. an individual loyalty TO
the principles Of our constitution and
all the laws which are passed in con
formity TO It,"
We have reason to expect and I
firmly believe, ne concluded. that
now and henceforth. more than ever
before in our history, a spirit Of unity
will pervade and control the minds Of
all the citizens from the president
down. that each one will recognize
personal responsibility 10 his country
and Ia all it, inhabitants; that strict
ct economy in expenditures and man
agement. lowest costs, and proper com
pensstion for faithful performance viii
be the universal sentiment; and that
order. stability. advancement and pros
peritv will surely follow