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.Tur s,rAFr rs IN YOUR OWN HANDS"

We beg the particular attention of every rea-
der to the folswing affidavit. Here is an officer
of the government, travcrsing the county under
pretence of taking the census, but in reality for
for the purpose of'preachng politics, urging the
manufacturers to carry out the Sub-treasury
plan by cutting dozen the prices Of labor and the
raw material. "The Staff is in your own hands,
why don't you use t." says Mr.. Lowry, "you
are doing ,crong" in paying remunerating
price to the farmer and the laborer! Bring things
down to the hard money standard, and then you
the manufacturers-will make something
But how will it do with the farmer and the labor
or! Let the people themselves answer.
About the middle of July last the Marshal of this
State called at a small woollcn factory in Milton,
which we are carrying on, in order to obtain some
statistics in relation to it, After we had answered his
questions he remarked that we must be making money
as provisions and abour were cheaper than formerly
10 which we replied that gave about the same
prices for those articles as had been given the year be-
fore. lie thercupon said we were doing wrong; you
have the staff in your own hands and why don't you
use itl One of us remarked that we did not wish 10
see this sub-Treasury bill 20 into operation, II the
effect oft was TO reduce wages low as in England
He then said is true that the effect OF that bill VIII
be to reduce the price labor but It will also reduce
you will be better off as you will then have hard
money currency. Whereupon we informed him we
did not own the factory or machiney, but that we had
always been and were still laboring men, and depen-
dent on wages for our living and the support of our
families. We asked him if that Bill would reduce the
price of Coffee and Tea and articles Of foreign manu-
facturc to which he replied 90 to the merchants for
information but do not lay to Ne goI pEARI
Milton VT, Aug 25, 1870. Ro b LYON.
STATE OF VERMONT, Milton, 25th Aug. A. p.
DISTRICT OF cHiTrENDEN, IS. lSl0 Then personally
appeared Zimri A. Pearl and Robert Lyon, whose
MINES are above subscribed and made solemn oatl,
that the foregoing affidavit contains the whole truth
and nothing but the truth
Before nc, PHELPS SMITH, Justice Peace.
"Go to the merchants for information, but
don't lay it to the government" How perfectly
In character. After the practical common sense
of plain honest man had detected him in his
sopnistry, the Marshal must then turn about and
abuse him! "Dont lay it to the government,
says he. o no lay nothing to the government
If there is anything wrong, task the merchants
or the wings they are the rascas that do al
the mischief!
Thus it is, willie the administration presse:
are denying the only legitimate doctrine of the
sub-treasury Scheme, the employed missiona
ries of the government are traversing the coun
try, urging the manufacturers to carry it out il
practice. "The staff is in your own hands,
says the Marshal, sand you are to blame if you
don't use it," This is practical unaduteratet
Van Burenism. Could not the farmers afford t.
pay Mr. Lowry an extra salary for his efforts il
their behalf. Let them take this subject int
consideration at the ballot box on Tuesday. Th
staff wiN then be in THEIR hands.
n B. This same Mr. Lowry is one of tn
very sincere friends of domestic industry, VIII
passed strong tariff resolution at Willston o
the 18th June, and then expunged it from tn
published proceedings