St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24
GEN. CIRCUITS TARIFF SPEECH.
He Shows How Vermont Is Ahead of

nc SHOWS . Vermont H AhcAo VI
Kentucky.
Congressman Grout made an exhaus-
tive speech on the Mills tariff bill on
Tuesday of last week, advocating an
nual appropriations of S1O,OOO,OOO each
for coast d~efences and educating litter
ate citizens. He favored the passage of
the dependentpension bill, the reduction
of the tobacco tax and a revision of the
tariff. By these methods any dangers
from the large surplus would vanish.
In conclusion, Mr.. GrOut cOntrasted
the two states of Vermont and Ken
lucky in a way most favorable to the
Green Mountain state. We will let
the Congressional Record tell the stoi
ry:-
And here, just a word, in reply to
my friend, the gentleman from Ken
lucky, Governor McCreary, who, to
show the good standing of his state,
compared her to the little state which
| have the honor in part to represent.
How SO large a boy as Kentucky could
expect any very great credit by pitch
ing into such a little fellow as Vermont
| could not then understand and shall
have still to leave to the gentleman
from Kentucky to decide for himself.
The point he made was that Vermont
came a little first into the Union, had
been a protection state, and now had
but two members on this floor, while
Kentucky had eleven. And hence, if
kentucky had been a laggard, as the
gentleman from Pennsylvania, Judge
Kelley, charged, Vermont was another,
and a worse one.
To begin with, let me say, as ac-
counting in part for Kentucky's supe-
rior numbers in this body, that it will
be seen that with less than five times
the population of Vermont she has one
more than five times the members.
This is because Vermont has a large
unrepresented remnant, while h rem
nants of Kentucky are all here. The
question raised by the gentleman as to
the comparative standing of these two
states cannot be confined to area and
population alone. If that were all, it
would be disposed of by saying: "Be-
hold Forty thousand square miles is
more than 9,I35 and l,640, $50 pOpula-
ton is Il greater number than 1872 ,260.
This in itself, would carry but little
information. The real question is, &C
cording to her area and population, is
Kentucky more or less of IL state han
Vermont9 Certain figures from the
census are full of instruction on
this point.
From them it appears thai with four
and one-third times the area of Yer
mont, Kentucky has only three and
one-half times us many acres of farm
which are worth only two and
eight-tenths times as much. In other
words, Vermont farm lands are valued
at S33 per acre, while Kentucky farm
ands are valued at only $27 per acre.
1t also appears that Vermont is great
er, not relatively, but actually greater
in grass than this blue grass state of
for in 1880 she cut five
times as many tons of hay, and cOnsid-
ering the great fame of the blue grass
lands of Kentucky, this ought to speak
Not only is Vermont ahead in grass,
but she is a long way ahead in the
production per acre of corn, wheat and
oats.
In passing, let us hastily draw one
two conclusions: Moral No. | is
that Kentucky and every other free
trade state may profit by this better
of farming in a state where the
people believe in protection. Moral
No. 2 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 IL
to be proud of Vermont, and, to
ave her from the reproach of a small
in congress-, should stick by
her and help swell her population.
Aaother noticeable thing is, that
Kentucky has one and a half
times as many milch cows, yet Yer
actually makes the most butter
and cheese-one and a half times as
much butter and twenty-seven times
as much cheese. In Vermont lis
pounds of butter is made from each
in Kentucky 60 pounds. This
shows the difference between a people
who believe in protection and one that
believes in free trade. AS explaining
this in part, the table shows that Ken
lucky has one hundred and ninety-five
dealers in OleOmargarine, while YER
has none.
Mr.. McCreary. Will the gentleman
me whether yon have any pub
lie fund for education in Vermont, and
you have any institution for
the deaf and dumb L assert you have
hone.
Mr.. Grout. 1 cannot yield, but will
Vermont has a school fund 8
MI. McCreary. Or whether you had
IN insane asylum in Vermont until
Mr.. Grout. | do not yield.
Instead of stripping her cows and
making butter and cheese, Kentucky
Eats oleOmargarine and grows eloquent
,ver E-the markets of the wOrld.n
Laughter.
Mr.. McCreary. If the population of
Vermont at the beginning of the CEN
ury was I52 900 and hat of Kentucky
sc, 200, and if now the population of
Vermont is 332 900 and that of Ken
ucky l,648,0 600, do you not concede
hat those figures show greater pro-
,ress in Kentucky than Vermont
Mr.. GrOut. 1t shows, perhaps, that
he people are more prolific in Ken
lucky, though | am hardly willing to
admit that. The true ground, aside
rom area, on which to account for this
Inference in population is that large
of our people go West. We
in fact, a larger population out
ide of Vermont than in Vermont, and
have constituents all Owe the West.
)nly yesterday L was called on by two
uch constituents, one a Vermonter in
illinois, another in Wisconsin, who
not lost their interest in Yer
mont.
Not only do Vermont fields wave
With grass and the cows give down
heir milk in that protection state, but
he sheep also know their friends, and