Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-11-01

SHOULD CONTENT HER PEOPLE.
| shall bring TO view only small porto
of the subject, and that not for the chanC
to caver the State with tidal gush
LOYALTY. nor for love-feast OF mutual az
miration, but because feel psng OF res
grief when learn that any part OF ou
people yield obedience to the oosolei
G-eeleU mandate to 60 West.
You will, however, permit me at th
start to bore you with few words NOR
directly related to the business of you
ASSOCIATION. consccrated as it is TO the i'm
proyement of the State. as well as to you
own. and certainly not an association whiel
ought to breed anv discomfort. Little o
this will be expected from me, as the learn
ing of your business must be mainly &C
ouired in your daily lie, and only smatter
ing, Thin sown with profit or delight, l
to be found among those whose time ha
been chiefly devoted to other labor. Th'
most distinct scientific rules imprinted II
boyhood upon my memory IN relation 10 th'
dairy were from my mother, who would IN
sist that should do the churnlng. IN SUM
mer. in ccol place, and in Winter, in q
warm place; while sometimes wished the
venerable wooden churn dashed into still
warmer place, and often insisted that it Tas
time for me to be away to school, but,
owing to that best OF mothers, ! had to
fetch the butter Ever since, have found
that whatever task is in hand, it Is well to
stick to it until it is finished.
The dairy business has been assuming 40
much importance as TO attract not only
| considerable share of the capital OF the Sta te
| hut something Uf the science and skill
always necessary to make any business
prosperous and permanent The great dairy
belt, or the fixed abode OF the grasses re-
auired for the production Of the highest
grades of butter and cheese, has been found
in Vermont equal to, II not surprising. Its
notable extension through the northern
harder. of New York and Ohio. ard is quite
as valuable as any cotton or tobacco belt oil
EQUAL acreage. 1t is the home OF nutritious
and delicately favored food for milk-giving
kline, exempt from garlic or other weeds
! elsew here obtrusive. and which are not
oply offensive to taste but perpetual
NUISANCE to clean hustandry. We thus
have the foremost requirement Tor the
growth and maintenance OF the dairy TX
periepce, il il has not done SO already, will
soon point out the best breeds of stock, as
well as develop the practical skill necessary
to the highest success. Judge Paine. OF
WilliamstOwn, when asked at the table to
what part of the turkey be would be helped.
used to say (: Any piece Will do.-the
slle-DODe j. EOJu tnouSu loi hS' ~ WIN
me, for family use, any mixers will do,-
the Alderneys are good enough Tor me.
From 1850 to 1870 the number CT cows
in Vermont increased about % per cent,
but the quantity OF cheese fell ct
nearly one-half, although the quality, DO
longer loosely recommended for carwheels,
had so much improved as to more than
double its value. As yet We make no
cheese which brings the high prices obtain
ed for the fancy varieties made abroad. nor
have We much of known standard charac-
ter, good as it often is, which from year to
year may be safely ordered without the
primary test OF touch and taste. The d.
minished product of cheese has also been
over balanced by the large addition to the
butter product which has usually brought
more remunerative prices.
In southern Europe butter is kept and
sold as q medicine, and its place as an ele-
ment Of food is supplied by vegetable oils
Not many years ago the bulk OF the butter
sent to market from Vermont vas decided
ly inferior, or mainly what was called store
Jutter have seen a good many tons OF
this sort sold, but not as a medicine, very
small quantity of which think, you, Mr..
President, would now regard as sufficient
dOse.
1t is rather gratifying now to note that
in our largest markets the prices of the
choice dairy butter from Vermont rule at
the top Of the list, and the exports OF cheese
from the United States are much greater
than the imports. Contented as many may
be with this achievement, there is a possi-
bili,y of doing better, or, with greater care
and skill, Of supplying the rare quality of
butter that easily brings from fifty to seven
ty-fye cents per pound, and is never sent to
market, but which, like marriageable girls,
somebody comes after, and is absolutely
immaculate. With no more stock, or raw
mater ials, the returns should be, can be,
largely augmented.
The depression of business interests COM
planned of here since 1873, and from which
the members of your Association have not
wholly escaped, is less severe than that
which has visited Europe or even our near
est neighbor, Canada. Everywhere both |
capital and labor appear to hsve been |
smitten with symptoms Of Paralysis, and
everywhere, save in the United States,
Government revenues have fallen below ex-
pendltures, leaving annual deficits to be
provided for by an increase Of debts.
In England more failures are occurring |
than with us. In Canada they have had |
more than equal business woes, and have |
Just turned out one ministry to put in |
anotber more favorable to the protection Of |
their greatly distressed home Industries. |
and more eager for a treaty OF so-called |
reciprocity" that IL to say, eager to offer
TO Us their market which ace cannot use,
fol ours which Mev can and must use.
The causes of this widespread depression
are not wholly dissimilar, and have some
kinshp but, II it were otherwise, the pull
sations Of commerce reach round the world,
and the prosperity or adyersty OF one ma
tion is soon felt by all. In our country We
have been recently taxed to build. somewhat
prematurely, almost rs many miles OF rail-
roads a. exist in the whole world elsewhere
They will ultimately be OF great advantage,
but to the original investors they turn out
to be great fnancial losses. and only a lew
earn dividends or are able to meet the in
terest due upon their debts This has
brought great strain upon capital, and Ia
Dor has been largely shut off from any
fresh enterprises. But the general railroad
traffic now seems to be steadily improving,
both in amount and profits, sustained a. 1t
is by the eIuberance o. agricultural pro-
duets. everywhere seeking market.
Personal expenditures for five long years
have been sparipg and par-imonious. The
sales OF MERCHANTS have grown shorter and
their credits longer. Goats and hats endure,
and have had that respect shown by Spar
tans to the presence of age the young ones
rise up-in price. A. fashions have chang
ed. dresses have been, like some politicians,
made over The old pillow has turned up
new furrOw. Our mills and manufactures,
finding only losing market. curtailed their
productions. The production and con-
sumption of coal and iron, where not who'll
ly stopped, were greatly reduced. Work
men got out OF employment, ,'and. being idle,
temporarily enlisted under that grin-yis
aged potentate who finds work for idle
hands to do. But all this is improving. and
already on the face Of the clouds which have
long hovered over our workshops, the silver
lining is appearing.
Again, the losses Of nations in war and
in preparation for war, and especially our
own losses in q war of more colossal proper
tions than has been witnessed for centuries.
have absolutely aBnihllsted not only much
of the productive forces Of human power,
but immense amounts Of the working capt
tai Of nations Governmental treasures are
all poor, and many men of wealth have
shrivelled up. Here we had heavy taxes to
impose, as had our foes. and. beyond this.
had TO borrow almost fabulous sums, hav-
ing expended in one year over thousand
million dollars. Since the DAYS Of Pcricles,
armies have had to he pad, and borrowing
is the chief mode Cf supporting
war in modern times. The famous
msxim of Napoleon the First vas, how
ever, that she would make war support
war;" and be dc, having added less than
forty millions to the public debt during tho
Consulate and the Empire; but in France.
from 1914 to 1869, there were dtfclt1 Of
revenue nearly every year and the yet nn-
diminished debt OF France. borne by less
number of people and by labor which com
mands about one-third of the wages paid
here, is now nearly four thousand seven
hundred million dollars, while our interest
6edring debt, rapidly diminishing, IL Only
about one-third as much. and would have
been good many millions less II the blum
der had not been committed OF an excessive
issue OF deprecated money which should