Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-01-19
Agricultural.


Trade---TranspOrtatio
f. W. Thurber, produce dealer in an ad-
dress before the New York state dairymen's .
association calls the attention of cheese max |
ors to the production Of now varieties or /
kinds Of cheese, or those which are now to us, |
though many OF these fancy kinds have a |
largo consumption abroad and considerable |
quantities of them are imported and sold |
mostly to adopted citizens. Some years ago !
he called attention to the large quantities Of
Swiss cheese brought to this country, and nd
vised its manufacture here. Since that time
this has been successfully done, and consid-
cradle quantities Of this variety of cheese arc
now made in the United States, Of a quality
so satisfactory as to diminish to great ex-
tent tho importation of the original Swiss
cheese.
Other kinds of cheese which are now made
abroad and sometimes used in this country
are the English "Stilton the Dutch "Edam"
the French "Roquefort" and "Camombcrt,"
and the Italian "Gorgonzola'-th latter be-
ing quite similar to rich and well ripened
Stilton. He knows of no reason why all of
these varieties, except the Roquefort, cannot
be made successfully in this country, and he
had no doubt that the universal Yankee ma
tion can accomplish this if thoy will but try
and he believes that there will be a gradually
increasing demand for these oheescs, and that
they will prove far moro re munerative TO the
manufacturer than the staple kinds. The
Roquefort cheese, however, being made from
sleeps milk-a particular variety of sheep at
that--aud also in some degree being depend
ent for their riponing and treatment upon
extensive natural caverns in the locality
where they are produced, could not probably
be produced to advantage in this country.
Being an extensive dealer in dairy products,
his opinion in regard to the trade should be
OF value. OF butter he saws:
One thing the dairymen of this country
must look upon as a settled fact and That is
the taste of consumers has greatly changed
and they now prefer n fresh made article to
even the best of the old fashioned diaries.
Butter is essentially perishable product and
it is extremely difficult to preserve for any
length of time the fresh, delightful aroma
for which consumers arc willing to pay.
With carefully made, fresh marketed butter
the dairymen of the United States need not
fear competition in any form.
Our agricultural resources are enormous
and our dairying interest is developing rap
idly, the number of mich cows according to
the census of 1870 being s, 93j. 1872, while in
1880 they had increased to - 443, j93 or
nearly 80 per cent in ten years There is no
way IN which the farmer can get the produce
of his farm to market in so compact and val
liable = form as III the products of the dairy.
In this form the farmer pays smaller tax IN
the shape of transportation charges than in
almost any other, and this is an clement
which is being strongly forced upon the at
tentiou OF the agricultural classes by the
abuses which have attended the development
of our railroad system. The Hepburn com.
mttee reported that INSTRUMENTATION deyel
oped the fact that abuses existed $50 glariup
i'll their proportions as to SAVIOR of Gc,oi
rather than Of actual history and tni- /.
again attcsted by the fabulous fortunes wa ell
our railway magnHtei have Suddenly accumu.
lated. A single fact will illustrate how i'm
porlaut to every citizen is this question aud
what a machinery Of taxation the p-opl,
have placed in the hands OF the men whI
control our steam highways. In 1865 the
Vanderbilt management watered the stooi; OF
the New York Central railroad St7, Coz
and have maintained rates for transportation
which have yielded regular per cent diyi
dends upon their ontire capitalization. Eacl
year -. 100000 dividends have been takci
out of the pockets Of the people for diyi
aud these dividends upon that water, Will
interest compounded annually, have alroad
amounted i'll - Yeas to over S75, 900, OOO
and this is but single illustration of prac
ticu which mas generally obtained over tn
length and breadth Of this great land. Is
any wonder that few men grow rich beyon
the dream of avarice while tramps and beg
gars increase? To perpetuate these abuse
our railroad magnates have expended POI
of thGir IN,
ing our elections aud legislatures. They hav
gone into politics and their attorneys ar
found in every nominating convention pusl
ing tho names of candidates in the intores
Of monopoles, until they have generally
throughout the United States, obtained
dominant power in the legislative, judcil
and executive departments of our govern
mont. Until the auti-monopoy movemel
began the railroads in New York had ever,
ching pretty much their own way. The
elected enough mon to the legislature to col
troll legislation, and no bill could pass tn
Legislature of New York that was not sat il
factory to Mr. Vanderbilt. Sitting in his o
flee at the Grand Central depot he positiy,
ly exercised a more potent veto power tina
the governor of the state, for a bill coul
pass the governors veto by q constitution
majority but there was no power availab
which could pass a bill over the veto of NJ
NdilhclbAlN 10 Adhb lGB loldluIo WAS tue Ut
in many years that dared pass a bill to whic
the railroad magnates objected. For six COZ
secutive years bill providing railroad con
mission was introduced aud defeated, but la
year the anti-monopoly sentiment lad cry
taiizad into sufficient political strength
elect enough good and true men who WEI
sufficiently independent of corporate inf
ences to pass a railroad commission bill. Ii
experience both as a farmer and as me
1.s.rH rt.N
getting produce to market is almost as in
portaut as producing it. The possession
land is worth but little, if any man or ella
of men possess the power to tax its produc
at will, either in the shape of transportatiC
charges or any other FORM and the farm
should therefore pay some attention to his d
ties as a citizen as well as to his farm dute
The interests of the agricultural classes ha'
not been sufficiently consulted ia the legisl
ton of the present age. The compact for
of corporate organization acting upon the lie
islation of the day has .resulted in its BEN
largely in the interest of capital aud corpc
atoms, while the agricultural interest vast
extent but widely scattered, has had but f.
representatives in our legislative councils al
that interest has suffered accordingly.
some extent too, this remark is applicable
the commercial classes, and there is ann
room for both merchants and farmers to il
prove III Inc ulteclloh Oh interesting tnel
selves in public affairs and seeing that t
great interests with which they are connect
are properly represented in our legislati
halls. Let each remember that he is a citiz
of this great country and do his duty TO pl
serve the principles of liberty and equal
which our fOrefathers embodied in the &C
stitution of the United States
"
More Favorable to Ducks.
Duck breeding, when properly conductC
is eniinently remunerative, much more
than ordinary poultry, and there are but f.