Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-06-01

In passing let us hastily draw one or two
conclusions from these figures Moral No.
is that Kentucky and every other free
trade state may profit 10y this better style
Of farming in a state where the people be
ieve in protection. Moral No > is that
Vermont farmers should understand that
they are doing better than is done in states
the fame Of which is far greater that they
have right to be proud Of Vermont, and
to save her from the reproach of IA small
delegation in congress, should stick 10y her
and help swell her population.
Mr. McCreary will the gentleman in
form me whether you have any public fund
for education in Vermont and whether
you have any institution for the deaf and
dumb | assert that you have none
Mr. Grout-'I cannot yield but will say
Vermont has a school fund, but needs no
institution for the deaf and dumb. Her
people all talk and frequently hear more
than they want to-
Mr.. McCreary -"Or whether you had
an insane asylum in Vermont until 1896 -
Mr. Grout There is no better asylum
for the insane anywhere in the United
States than at Bratteboro, Vt 1t has
patrons from all over the country, and
persume some are there from Kentucky. 1t
would be a good place for free traders
Mr.. McCreary.-'l want to ask the gen
tleman from Vermont one more ques-
ton
Mr. Grout Very well yield for
single question
Mr.. McCreary If the population of
Vermont at the beginning of the century
was ll2 600 and that of Kentucky los, ,000
and if now the population Of Vermont is
3i2, 900 and that of Kentucky is ,64S 900,
1 Al. Al.
greater progress in Kentucky than in Yer
mont -
Mr. Grout-"l shows, perhops, that
the people are more prolific in Kentucky,
though am hardly willing to admit that
The true ground aside from the area, ON
which to account for this difference i'm pop
uation is that large numbers of our people
20 west. We have in fact, larger popu-
lation outside of Vermont than in it, and
| have constituents all over the west On
ly yesterday ! was called on by two gentle
men, one Nermonter in Illinois, another
in Wisconsin, who though strangers to me,
have not lost their interest in Vermont"
Mr. McCreary ~ want TO ask the gen
tleman from Vermont a very short ques-
ton, 1t is this Does not protection
reach Kentucky as well as Vermont =
Here the hammer fell
The Chairman THE time of the gen
tleman from Vermont has expired
Mr.. Grout.-''l only want few minutes
more and then will answer any question
Mr. McCreary ask that the gentle
man have additional time"
There was no objection
Mr.. McCreary Now if the gentleman
will permit me to repeat my question, | ask
him if that protection he speaks of, and
which he says has done so much for Yer
mont, does not prevail in Kentucky and all
over the United States -
Mr. Grout. - Certainly. only you do
not believe in it do not improve your OPP
portunities But | am only giving you
facts and figures, and ON your own ground,
too, for you said Vermont had all the time
been a protection state, but was behind
| All have to say is that these figures show
what people who believe in protection
and practice its economy can do
Mr.. McCreary. But we believe we
have prospered so well with protection
| that without the robbery which protection
| brings, we would he more prosperous. But
/ ! deny that your figures and comparisons
| are correct
Mr.. Grout. THE figures are taken from
| the tenth census Those relating to the
relative corn, wheat and oat crop came
]
| those relating To the late war from the
war department. There is no escape from
| the figures.
Another noticeable thing in the table be
| low is, that though Kentucky has instead
of one aud a half times as many say almost
! twice as many milch cows, vet Vermont
actually makes the most butter and cheese
one and half times as much butter
and % times as much cheese. In Vermont
/ l15 pounds of butter is made from each
/ COW, in Kentucky 60 pounds This shows
the difference between people who believe
/ in protection and one that believes in free
trade. As explaining this in part, the TIA
ble shows that Kentucky has 1913 dealers in
oleomargarine, while Vermont has none.
Instead of stripping her cows, and max
ing butter and cheese, Kentucky eats oleo
margarine, and grows eloquent over "the
markets Of the world Laughter.
Not only do Vermont fields wave with
grass and grain aud the cows give down
their milk in that protection state, but the
sheep also know their friends, and yield
- pounds per head of wool in Vermont, but
only four pounds in Kentucky, whose
statesmen think the place for wool is ON
the free list. Thus far Vermont is ahead,
but candor compels me to admit that there
are three things in which Kentucky takes
the lead, namely illiterates, saloons, mules
aud asses. Laughter.
Nermont's per cent of illiterates is S.GS /;
Kentucky's, 3G79, In Vermont there is
one saloon for every 6G1 population in
Kentucky one for every 445. Vermont
has 2S3 mules and asses; Kentucky, ll6, 1873
Laughter and applause.
These figures also show that with one
fifth the population Vermont has more than
one half the capital in manufactures And
yet she is am inland, mountain state, with
neither coal nor iron. Give her the one
hundreth part of the coal'and iron of Ken
tucky and she would show what could he
done with it, Think Of it Ten thousand
square miles in one coal field A larger
area than all Vermont, aud 4 900 in anoth-
er This ought to make Kentucky mistress
of the Southwest, Some one has said that
coal is empire, and ON this formula, that
coal is heat, heat is power, and power is
empire. Let but Kentucky set herself
about the development Of her iron and coal
aud the creation Of home markets for the
sale of her agricultural products, and a
more than regal crown awaits her in the