The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-25
JAMES HARTNESS

the state. Power is now distributed over
many towns where the coal question
would otherwise have been more serions
Retorestration forms a natural part of
the water power development and keeps
more OF Vermont soil and sunshine earn
ing for Nermonters.
IRON time immemorial the defenders
OF the home have been rightly given first
place IN our hearts and esteem.
We were deeply stirred by the heoric
spirit displayed by our men and their
families in responding to the duty to
IN life and death struggle against an
enemy Of unknown strength.
No matter how much we nav praise the
worthy worker who produces the shelter.
the clothing and the food for the pro-
lection and subsistence of the family.
there is something that makes oar hearts
swell when we think of those who have
offered their lives to the service Of de-
Tending the country:
We find many Of these men who have
been in the war service now returned to |
civil life. Ii we are losing any OF that /
deep sense Of admiration, Of esteem. oft
all that is best in hero worship in the I
human heart, there is something funda- I
Il elt1it wrong Blth our scheme of life. /
The welfare Of our people depends on our
continued expression Of regard, protection,
interest in and love for the men who
offered their all in the defense Of their
homes, their state, their country aud civ
liHatlon The protection Of our homes by
the fighters must be backed up by true
in he hearts of us all If we
ale to fully protect ourselves from the in
sdious internal enemies of society.
The defenders Of our homes must rank
first, but second only to. the defenders
come the producers Of the necessities Of
lite and those who cooperate in some
essential way with the producers.
FIRST of these are the mothers who
work N care of the home, the mothers
who always bear the hardest part of war
and peace burdens.
The workers interests arc very many.
ranging as they do from activities in the
home; the store, that serves useful
purpose as distributor;-t actual pro-
duccr Of food, clothing, and shelter;-in
our great transportation system, and in
our industries
There must be the keenest interest in
the opportunities of the worker.
There is no greater menace to our civ
lHotion than the misunderstanding that
IS altogether too common between the So
allied capitalist and the worker.
ANY plan Of progress that fails to re-
,ognize the workers interest as second
'nly to the defenders of our home is
sure to be fundamentally wrong
This part of the plan Is too big to state
u this preliminary statement Perhaps
NY intentions may be judged from the
act that, as manufacturer, I have not
oined organizations that were created to
combat the labor organizations. and
rave kent in. advance Of the drift toward
shorter hours, leading first from ten hours
o nine nearly 20 years ago. and for a
,nmbcr Of years ran on the free Satur.-
lay afternoon basis and now on the eight
lour basis
There can be no progress for Vermont
lat docs not ft the workers interests.
The question of woman's suffrage is
prominently in the public mind at pres
mt My conviction is that this country
md this state belong as much to the
women as to the men: that the future of
he state and nation, which is the future
if our sons and daughters, is of as much
concern to the mothers as to
he fathers. | believe there should be no
more distinction of sex than there is of
reed and that there should be timely
mending of our federal constitution in
his regard.
The 18th amendment to the federal
constitution and the enforcement act
'assed by congress are both before the
Jnlted States supreme court.
When this whole matter is cleared IN
will be the time for definite state
nent
1t IS my purpose to use the publicity Of
he campaign for the industrial advance
1ent of Vermont and Nermonters and
hope thereby to eliminate some of the
features of a political cam
align.
The main issue of the welfare of the
eope also embraces every activity.
very influence that is beneficial to the
eople of the state.
With this fact in mind, now let us pro-
eed on plan of progress for Vermont.
.et us make this political campaign some
hing useful, campaign in which will be
tarted an action that will produce far
eaching results-results that will extend
long distance into the future.
The plan for welfare Of the people must
mbrace great opportunities to succeed
4 obtaining those things that bringt