Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-10-11

the printing pres, with us enlarged an
!. c 'uiiuually Increasing powers, all evidence
= Of the poser Of man 10 elevate his menia
AMI social eouditiou. TO 40 age Of luxuri
Gus refinement, still reaching forward INT,
I the dominion Of improvement for pew vie
r. tories.
. The oopcenirativeness Of producing
power. was illustrated in the iron oI
= Piusburg. the carpets Of Lowell, aud the
+ coaches Of Concord. The rapid growth
e Of cities in this country, and the tendency
i. Of population TO drift thiiherward was
alluded 10, the greater wants Of trade aud
commerce being those that occupied the
position Of the apOcryphal angel, with
J one foot on the sea, and one foot on the
= land" He deprecated the fact that a false
education made the country hold out less
inducements to the youth in particular
than the city, where taxable wealth and
untaxed vices concentrate. But cities
: are the great workshops Of the world and
the abode Of the highest order of refine
ment, Notwithstanding their cutters may
contain almost uumberless distinct stenehes
He that is filthy LEI him be filthy still. 4"
as he will be wherever his lot is cast. The
panorama of Cain and Abel, aud the pro-
digal son, is never out Of sight in the
grand summing up Of society.
The Electric Telegraph, as one of the
revoluntionizing wonders of the age. was
Interestingly exhibited, and the small
boy, with one end of wire and a small
battery under his control, was the modern
substitute for the smoke by day and the
fire by night method of transmitting in
telligencc. One hundred and eighty
thousand miles Of telegraph line in Ameri
ca now respond to the instantaneous cleo.
trio shock, that communicates with every
section of our country.
The railroad system of the present day
and its increasing powers was considerably /
dwelt upon. The displacement of the old .
stage coach and the one horse vehicle
with "the dog under the wagon" was
nearly complete in many sections. The
great fish" among railroad corporations
that Swallows up the little fish. " foundam.
pie illustration in the case ofthe Pennsyl-
vania Central, with an original charter
that covered four hundred and one miles
of track. had expanded over nineteen
hundred miles of main line and branches.
Even the monpolizing Jerseyman had
been swallowed up by it for that specified
number Of years, which by liberal trans.
lation means forever. The consequences
that were to result from Decentralization
of railroad power remained to be seen,
but he speaker saw no cause for Immediate
alarm. The ch rters for railroads in our
own State are conditioned with the priv |
iege to lease and be leased. Bat compe- '
ton is a regulator that will secure fair ;
dealing, and railroad officials desire, and
defer to, the good opinion of the public.
Farmers sell dearer and buy cheaper in Q
Of railroads, and as class c
receive the larger share of their benefits. q
Business of every description has been
obliged to adjust itself to the new order
OF things under tolegraphrc and steam
regime The present age has no care for a
the hlndermost IN any race. Business b
centers have olso changed and trade has q
found new channels. The "iour corner :
store" has disappeared, and there are less
middle mer" to absorb profit between q
he producer and the consumer. In cities g
he changes are not less marked. Gus b
omers as we'll as goods now come from I,
far, and the traders who were oncc con. :.
ent with an annual trade of few thous- =
nds, now growl if it does not amount to u
Millions, and their employees are number CT
ID by hundreds instead of dozens. Speak.
ng of labor and the changes which the 70
esults of business wrought in the condi- ;.
ions OF men, making the employee of one It
eneration of bis descendants the alternate lie
mrloyer, he truly said that nowhere on to
arth is labor more highly compensated D;
han IN this country, and we were in =
o danger here from monopoly of land "
nd capital. Emigration operates largely Ia
gainst such condition of things. Abroad tn
My few handle capital, whilst in this m
ountry it is difused among the many, re
'gether with the feeling which each man a.
that he would be glad to handle :" !,
little more. The American people are 81
lgenlous and active. Mr.. Morrill, quot ha
the remark of Frenchman in relation if
} France, who said, 1--WE are clever na. ~
on but do not work, and have been beat ~
by nation that do work and are not :"
ever" tri
That Vermonters are neither proverbi. sta
iy rich nor poor, was regarded as favora- fe,
C to the enterprise and prosperity of in
re Stare. Poverty was the most hope
Il starting point, and oftenest led to
Iccesstu, career. Strikes and labor un. ch
ms were emphatically deprecated and to
His arguments upon these lie;
'ints were sound, logical and forcibe, mr.
ID must have impressed the good sense r
his attentive listeners, atough Yer pa
ont has but little to fear from combina. dis
Ons of such a character. Gel
The growth Of newspapers was cited as "
lie of the most striking features of the g
neteenth century. Two numbered years :,
70 it required struggle to get politics 'h'
to newspaper; now it required as lie
eat struggle to keep it out. The col
)unius letters" opened the way to this or
e OF the press, and now all parties and =.
eeds and nationalities have their "or. ""
MS" Newspapers were divicd into two IL
asses, the leaders and the led the latter VIII
ass being by far the more numerous, drs
ID tho nhnn.,ar4 L. L.. e. e l. Il