The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-07-05
account of the proceedings will be give,
next week.

the proceedings of the Democratic CoeD,'
Convention in old Addison, and first ,n;.
ticket too have our friends put 10 nomin,
ton for Senator's. The able and intelliOsD,
letters Of Mr.. Jewett on the subject Of H.
tariff as il relates TO the agricultural ip,a,
ests of Vermont entitle him 10 the cor5,,
support of every farmer in the county. F
qually happy are they also in the selec,io,
Of P. c. Tucker, Esq. an able and efficien,
advocate Of popular rights. With such
representation in the Senate The good D.o,
pie of that County may feel sure their il.
ierests will be duly protected" and ''defep,
ded." A glorious watchword! lie, ii ring
in the ears of those who have been CHAINED
into sleep BY the syren song Of treacherou,
demagogues till they wake from their dream
of security. TO a knowledge Of their rval
friends and their true interests. Go ahead
old Addison. There is vital germ ofyrue
democracy there yet; and where the sur.
rounding elements are beginning to shO=
Sims of decomposition as at present, i, a..
ours well for your growth. The old Dy.
nasty is crumbling--let the people flee from
it. We shall look for some fruits there We.
The people are tired of being cheated.-
They want less professions and more pra:,
lice, and if they are true TO themselves hi,
fall they will elect the true Democratic Gun.
didates, and so get it.
We clip the above from the miscOllei
True Democrat, rabid locofoco paper re-
Gently established in Burlington, and pas
sed upon the people of Addison Couaiy Is
if suca wholesale black guardism would NEE
with the approval of the decent portic-a'
the democratic party in this region. T.
show the deceptive character of This oyer
organ of the loco managers Of this vicin..y,a
comes out with lie upon its front as 1s,
ing issued in Middlebury. This can't rave
even the semblance Of truth otherwise ia,
being deposited in certain establishing.
in this town, and hawked through the street,
and perhaps through the county BY lie ba.
sy bodies Of the party.
The fulsome laudations which the soma
silly body editor of the Democrat besioss
upon on. loco candidates for the Senate can
add nothing to the knowledge which lh,
people ofthis county alreadyposses, of lheir
genuine merits. Nor should we have ID.
ver,ed to this '.frst rate ticket" which, &C.
cording too our subimaiing editor, so clear.
ly evinces that there is vital germ of pure
democracy yet remaining, and sprInging.'
may be like so many dragons &c, tn, "inlO
vitality frUm the rotten decomposition OF
the wing party in Addison county," he'd
he not exhibited the W9ybridge Farmer IN
the light of an able and intelligent defender
of the agricultural interest of Vermohi.-
Now we cannot understand how Mr.. Jew
ell can be regarded as the defender Of the
agricultural interest OF Vermont, or other.
wise than iis bitterest foe for labor;ng 50
eagerly 10 bring the present tariff into di,
repuie.
Whatever clomo- may be raised against
it, it is not 10 be disputed that the present
Tariff is altogether preferable in its proiec.
tive features to thn. which preceded. Il
was adopted after the mos, mature and pat.
riolic consideration and the most careful
comparison o. facts, and we are bold to de.
clare that with very few exceptions, as it
was intended, il affords the most ample pro-
lection TO all the great industrial Interests
of the country; and could its pprmancncy
be ensured, the country would gradually ap-
proach an elevated prosperity under its op.
erafion. Even now, under the mos, de-.
pressing and embarrassing circumstances,
and threatened With T, peal,irs saluiary effects ,
are slowly but surely developing themselSe,
in the increased hum Of business and sd> +
vancement in prices. Our prophecy that
wool would this season reach from % 10 81
cents. which gave such fearful impetus 10
the literary efforts of our cousin Jeweil, We
trust will be nearly realized. Even in re'a-
tion to course wool, the burden Of his com
plant, the present tariff has proved lisrG
vastly moro efficient than any previously
enacted The results of lis adoption have
been vast reduction in the impor'ation'
of coarse wool. In 1910 previous 10 is
IA millions of all sorts Of
low priced wool were imported, and after
in IS4l but 10 millions. From the fOIlos,
ing statement from the Massachuse s Spy
previous published in this paper, it appears
hat The importations of low priced WOO. in
Boston for the last six months has fallen G.
more than four fifths in amount and So
lights in value. From Sept. Isi ls4I -
March 3lst 1912, there was imporie; :.
352, 020 lbs. valued at Sl97.lI0. Ff7p
Sept. 1st 1912 10 March 31st 1S4s, ,lcr5
was imported 533,445 lbs. valued at s25,.