Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-04

lent or estimate of the value of the personal
| property owned, or under the control of
the oceupiers.
In the way of objection to Mr.. Wells
plan the case was put to him of three houses
in block, one, the corner, rented for a
bOarding-house at $1,000, by lady, who
should not be taxed for IS, 900 income; the
second rented by a. poor lawyer for $4,000,
who had to mortgage his library to pay
expenses, and who should not be taxed for
$1,000 income; the third rented by rich
man at $500, who should be taxed on
his great income and not on $1,000. Mr..
Wells reply was that if the lady could not
make her boarders pay the extra tax she
should shut up her house the lawyer had
no business to pay more than third of his
income for rent, and the riches of the rich
man, if real estate or bonds, would be taxed
elsewhere.
OF course Mr.. Wells does not maintain
that his, or any possible system of taxation,
would be absolutely perfect in practice.
He only claims that his plan would be far
more eqral, just and effective than any in
use. One thing is certain, there cannot
well be worse system than that in practice
in New York, and in Vermont as well and
any change there or here would be likely
10 be an improvement. We trust 1t will be
tried in New York State, in the hope that
change there, If found to be for the better,
would be followed in due time here.
The Boston Traveller and the Free Press.
lfany of the Boston papers have made
! any statements at all like this THAT the
! Trareiler was the hired advocate OF the par
/ ties who are trying to break down the Cen
| trail management, We have certainly not
seen them, and the FREE Pass will confer
favor on Us by naming the papers, and
telling us what they said, that we may deal
with them. That writers for some of the
daily papers Of Boston have made state
ments Of this character in State street we
have long known.-BoSfon TrareHer.
We do not keep files Of the Boston dailies, |
and have not saved the articles from them, |
to which we have alluded If the TrareHer |
will take the trouble to overhaul the files of |
the papers whose correspondents, it. seems,
have made such statements in other ways,
it will find, we think, that the FREE Press
did not invent the charge it complains of
and denies
And as the FREE Pass names Messrs.
Stearns. Stark and George as instigators.
We take this opportunity to say that none
Of our information came from either one of
them. and that the Trarciier has not sug-
geSted them for the places now held by
Messrs. Smith, Clark and Cheney, as that
paper intimates.-Trareiier.
We said such suggestions had been made
IN The columns Of the Trareller. They were
made by correspondent Or correspondents
Of that paper.
The TrareHer further takes occasion to
ieny, with some particularly, that it is the
special defender and mouth-piece' of Ben
Butler. We shall not quarrel over the use
II terms. No consta' 1t reader the Trarel-
er, We think, will deem those used by Us
cry ill-chosen. Tie Trareler's affection
or Gen. Butler is too obvious to be denied
f it has failed to approve anything he has
aid or done Of u years, we have not hap 4
ened to discover it; while it has some I
lines certainly occupied the position of his !
lmost solitary defender. Even his latest !
ehievement, the salary steal IS was ap- 2
arently not too much for the Trareller. 1t t
as not indeed openly defended that
leasure; but it has printed paragraphs OBJ !,
lousy hitsnded to break the force of the e
uivprSol t,.r...r,- .,., l,,.,,,,,.;.., r a. o.
Tindle' and it Is the only paper in pretty Al
lmerouS list of exchanges in which we h
I've seen anything of the kind. b
hile tending TO the case Of the Trar- W
er We may as well notice its assertion 7
retotc re made, and repeated in the article 81
IN hich We quote above. that the FREE d.
less 90 attempts to defend GOV. Smiths q
ma cement, and is has special defender ia
d '-nouth-piece. " That Is not the fact
". Smith has never asked Ms to say word
is behalf, and he knows, if the Trareller CO
IS not, that our position towards the %
sntral, has always been, and Is. one Of en- Je'
q independence. We are glad to praise Oh
management when we find occasion. and u'
ee to blame when we must That there 6"
we been serious errors in its management. VI"
strongest friends cannot deny. For in an
lnce, this delay of the Trustees to settle s'o
err accounts for five or six years past. D ,.
ms to Us wholly inexcusable. There u'e
We been immense complications and hin -"
inces, no doubt; but with effort enough. Ho'
'se accounts, doubtless, could have been p''
4 should have been settled from year to S"'
IT; and if they had been, the food for ON
ch OF the clamor against the Trustees VII
uld have been wanting. We are free to VT
?, too, that we do not like these parasite s.l'
accompanies, making handsome diyi- oni
IDS over roads which pay no dividends. iac'
know the arguments for them that they UNI
ply needed capital and rolling stock Sun
they greatly increase the business: and l'o'
the managers and employees of the 7
j. may aS well make what is to Rol
made out Of them, as other WI
ties, who would perhaps manage Son
less for the benefit of the roads. We II,
W that such companies are much in 4 thru
&c ." olher lines But none Of these vest
alterations can make it seem proper. as rbi
neral rule, that trustees and managers rect
lie property Of others, should be con- ior- 3
tors with themselves in other capaei h. II
Such arrangements may be all right duet
they are always open to suspicion. shut
hile fully able to see things such as high
which We could wish otherwise. we their
not been willing to sit silent and see waga
who have hitherto stood high in the quiry
'et and confidence Of our people. de- more
eed' without proof, as swindlers and that
es- We have not been willing to see the ?
Dads they manage Will such uniform the v
d for the interests of the travelling
yn into tho bon5. = eO r' - li'i'S' Unde
nr for Vermontor. -. -T W VIM .'ie last
ana IN their present contest. there are
liant reasons rs - soons :. 80 ~. a. claim
ustees sbould haze o,,. l.. -. ruary
count
Vi NJ MS Point Cadet for this widow
prrIrrvE Exorx,r,o> ~ ,,r on--- person
learn from Ion. George ". Hendee. ness a
that he ba hoo, LII - - much
ary of Wa, n norino+o la. lay thu
pontmen as Cadet to the United 'ne tr'
Milita1- Acodern,, o. ". - soldier
he matter will he dota-r,;,,o5 -. the flu
atiye ez animation. The board, time 1vno
ace of examination will be announced 80
,arly day. tains ;,
The clformation of those who desire Spo
pe'e Tor the nomination, We may say United
are admitted only between cate fol
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