St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-31
Obe Californian.
PRESS COMMENTS.
1.-The Fool and His Money Are Soon
Parfen.,,

rounds OF the press are the accounts
of fortunate holders of lottery tick
cts, who by holding lucky numbers
have acquired unexpected fortunes.
No mention is made of the thousands
who parted with their money III the
vain hope of reaping golden results
BY thus casting their bread upon
the waters" Millions in the aggre-
gate are thus distributed for thou
sands received. Lotteries are not
run as charitable institutions Bos-
ton Cultivator.
The Maple Sugar Men ignored.
Vermont'S senators must have
been off their guard when the sugar
bounty amendment to the tariff bill
was adopted, otherwise the maple
orchards would have received equal
favOrs with the sorghum. beet and
cane plantations. Vermont prOduc
cs the best sugar in the world, and
is certainly as much entitled to
bountieS as Kansas or Louisiana
Portland Advertiser.
Wants the Vermont Tobacco Law.
Shall not the small BOYS of this
state be prevented by law from in
dulging i'll the use of tobacco That
question is to be pressed upon the
attention of the Legislature this
winter Ohio prohibits the sale of
the weed to minors under fifteen,
Massachusetts to those under six
teen New York would be doing her
small boys a great kindness and one
which they would deeply appreciate
when they reached years of discre-
ton by passing similar law. The
spectacle of little fellows, only just
out of the nursery, going along the
streets putting ut Il cigar, or more
likely cigarette, is unfortunately
familiar one 1t is high time to APP
ply the brakes, if the coming man is
not to be stuntcd growth, proved
upon by his nerves There is a wide
spread demand for the passage of an
act which will compel the attendance
of children at school. If sound
mind in sound body is Il desirable
association, then such q benevolent
law might well be supplemented with
an anti-tobacco act New York
Tribune.
The Same Old Story.
The periodic caution comes again
against bogus advertising solicitors
\ young chap in Rutland has been
gathering i'll many shekels promising
to give in return advertising space III
a hotel register. The guileless mer-
chants parted with their money and
the young man parted with the truth
for no register was published. Even
if 1t had been, and the fellow had
done just as he agreed it would have
been less profitable to the merchant
than the same amount Of money ex-
pended i'll a local newspaper. 1t is
strange, but true, that a man Will
often spend from So to $40 in bust
ness directories i'll depots, cards in
registers, or some combination circu-
lar which is issued but once, and then
often times not half distributed,
when he would be aghast with won
der that newspaper should charge
the same amount even for ten times
the service. For So the Express and
Standard will print Il business card
of two lines for year; thus bringing
a mans name before an aggregate of
- 900 or $4,000 readers weekly |
The ordinary hotel register may meet |
the eye of 400 or 800 perhaps weekly. |
And if they have time while register
ing, overwhelmed with thoughts of
dinner or getting q train, to glance
at business card they might posi-
bly, think they would call on Jones or
Smith if they ever happened that
way again and needed anything |
The travelling public such as mostly |
O9
value to local dealers, and the ha-
bitual hotel lOafcr, whose chief Occu-
patton is to scan the register. never
has any money to spend any way.
The most successful advertisers pat
rOniZc the newspapers, and JudIc1Ous
is almost without eXcep-
ton successful.-l Newport Express.
Turning Back the Hands of the Clock.
The tariff bill that has passed the
Senate is in no sense n reflection of
the dominant sentiment of the re-
publican party on this subject, and
we are confident that its remarkable
provisions will never be indOrSed by
that party. 1t was born of Il pOliti-
cal eXigencv and never, even in its
earlier and more unObiectiOnable
form, represented the views of any
but small minority of extremists.
It's chief merit was then the evidence
of a determine ton to face the press
ing problem of surplus revenue.
But ii has been so changed in the
process OF meeting the de
mandS of this and that section and
as to be developed into a
monstrosity, and Il
very harmful one at that.
The whole bill is simply representa-
tive of the extreme position into
which the party allowed itself to be
orccd by the presidents message a
year ago. 1t no more stands for the
of the past or the pro-
-ectionism of earlier leaders than the
Chinese wall stands for n Christian
civilization. Mr. Morrill, gravely
assured the Senate that it ''preserv-
ID the symmetry of the republican
-ecord" as to the tariff. Just the OPP
Dosite. 1t destroys that symmetry.
There IS scarcely line or n provision
If it in accord with the republican
ecord. We may well ask, whittier
5 the party drifting on this subject?
5 the final outcome to be the prOhi
,ition of all foreign trade and the es-
of complete national Sc {
fusion? If 20 wears of extreme du-
les imposed during the war have
allied to establish industry on more 1
basis-have operated to 1
make more protection necessity '
what must be expected from the du- |
les proposed by this bill? Our SEN l
tors are moving in circle. They {
re getting back to the starting t
Joint more than two decades away c
The people are facing the other way t