The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-05-19


success in the business world and
a fair degree of success in his
political ambitions, having serv-
ed in the state legislature g num-
Der of terms and being governor
of the state. He gave the state
a business administration while
he was chief executive, inaugu-
rating several changes and econ
omies. He was fearless and de-
termined when he had settled on
a policy and his term was char
acterized by more or less I'M
easiness in political circles and
by a general shake-up in the de-
partments. Naturally he was
the target for much criticism
and during his lifetime he did
not receive credit for the good
he accomplished. He was a
strong man of sound judgment,
with definite ideas about the
ways of government and of the
place which politics should hold
in governmental affairs. Crit
cism had little deterrent effect
on his course and in public
matters my spear knows no
brothers" seemed to be his rule
of conduct. In returning to the
state of his ancestors, he gave to
Vermont his best, which was no
mean service.
And now out of the Genoa con-
ference comes one of those Il
didn't-you did" scraps so fami-
liar to school boys. The trouble
is between Lloyd George and M
Barthou and editor Stead. Stead
says that Lloyd George told M
Barthou that since France would
support Belgium, England would
consider the entente at an end.
Lloyd George denies that he
made any such statement and M
Barthou backs him up. With all
the complications, it will be a
wonder if the Conference ends
with anything better than the
You're another of the school
boys vocabulary. On the side,
the Vatican, that master school
of diplomats, in time, may bring
together the rent of the Latin
and Greek churches, of some
twelve hundred years standing.
The Soviet government, if re-
ports are true, has granted the
Roman church in Russia religious
liberty and the right to say mass
in public. Meantime the public
is marking time watching the at
tenpts to unravel the tangle
which this Conference presents
"a Veritahle cebweb of European
conflicting interests,
George H Harris, president of
the Exposition Cotton Mills OF
Atlanta, Ga, says the South IS
forging ahead because of labor
conditions, accessibility of raw
materials and the absence OF
discomfort. He pictures a con-
dition among labor somewhat
similar to New England mills of
the middle fifties when the labor
came from the farms, American
stock. They were known and
knew each other and the man.
agement so that there was
working sympathy between
them. The old days are gone in
New England which has been
and to a large extent still is
"union-ridden" to the detrment
of both labor and capital. With
all our troubles, we seem to be
gaining something and 1t looks
as if in time, the open shop will
be the rule. This does not mean
that there will not be abuses to
guard against and problems to
meet on both sides, but it clears
the field for right action.
The world is back on a peace
footing for the Passion Play at
Oberammergau, with Anton Lang
as the Cristus, is once more
bringing its crowds to the little
Tyrollean village. Much has hap.
pened to the world since the
peaceful days of 1910.
So they have sailed away to
salvage the Titania. What mem
cries this little news item brings
whether the expedition returns
with anvthino more, material or