The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-10-31

annual conventions for discussion and in
struction. the meetings always being open
and free to the public. The expense has
been borne by the members chiefly, though
some state aid has occasionally been OBJ
tanned towards defraying the cost of pub
fishing the reports The association now
needs sufficient aid from the state to secure
the presence at the annual meetings of the
best instructors in dairy matters, and the
publication of the reports in such numbers
that all the dsirymen of the state can have
access to them. The people of Canada well
understand the value of public instruction
in industrial pursuits and parliament has
for years made liberal appropriations for
the encouragement of the dairy industry of
their province, and the people are already
reaping the benefit. Vermont farms are
low, but If the young men of the state knew
the possibilities of dairying as do some of
those who have made a success in that line
there would be ready buyer for every farm
offered for sale. Any appropriation by the
legislature that will increase the value OF
the farms of the state by increasing the
knowledge or skill of the occupants will be
money well invested. Vermont dairymen
and farmers, do not let 1t be said that
project of this kind was allowed to fail for
the want of the sympathy of the farmers
themselves. If you are united and reason
able in your demands the legislature will
grant whatever you ask"
The Joint committee on corporations held
a hearing on the Nicaragua Canal bill in
the senate chamber on Tuesday. Senator
Bates explained the plans of the company
and their reasons for applying for charter.
He stated that General Grout informed him
that no reason against its passage had been
urged in the United States congress and
that 1t seemed to be a practical measure of
national importance. He showed the great
saving of distance which would be accom-
plshed by the projected canal. He could
see no reason against granting the act of in
corporation and thought it would be no dis
credit to Vermont to charter the company.
Her own citizens are engaged in the enter
prise and their character is such as to give
the scheme presumption of good faith and
also of vitality and success. Mr.. Hazen,
by whom the bill was introduced in the
house, said that the parties interested
brought it to the Legislature by the advice
of Senator Edmunds, who said that a
charter from Vermont would be Just as
good as one from the United States and
would save time Colonel Joyce of Rut-
land spoke at length on the measure and adj
vised the committee to go slow. He thought
ii would be rather strange thing for the Yer
mont legislature to grant this charter. 1t
was not certain because the United States
senate passed it, that Vermont should.
There was a great dispute about the best
means of getting across this isthmus and a
variety of schemes had been proposed. Was
the Legislature to select this route as the
Dtsl. Ht COlOHtl ull uOJ IuueTSldUu WHY
the company should ask a charter of YER
mont The territory in which the corpora
ton was to operate belonged to a foreign
power and only few of the members were
citizens of this state. 1t had also occurred
to him that there might be something under
the surface, connected with the scheme,
which had not yet come to light. The leg
| islature was assembled to act for the benefit
of the people of Vermont, and in this
project he could see nothing that would
benefit the state. He considered that it
would be bad precedent to establish, for
the assembly to engage in outside legisla-
ton. The assembly should not legislate on
the advice or say-so of any particular man,
and in this matter he thought the committee
should hesitate and investigate it thor
oughly. The chairman thought the COM
mittee ought to hear from some of the par
ties directly interested in the corporation
before taking action, and accordingly Thurs
| day evening, November 8, was fixed as
date for another hearing, when some of the
directors could be present and speak for the
measure,