Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-01

Inc south needs ana must nave NOIlueTH
capital and will not permit the arrest Of its
development, which would surely be the re
suit Of the boycotting scheme. 1t is not
claimed that the Lodge bill or the Hoar bill,
or any other bill that may be passed will &c
complish everything but a federal election
law will be a step in the right direction, and
Judge Thurston and everybody else who has
observed without prejudice the trend of
affairs in tho South recognizes the need of
the adoption of some such measure.
Senator Hoar and New England.
Senator Colqutt of Georgia rehashed the
dccadence-of-N Now England story, Commits
soncr Valentines red map and ALL during
the tariff debate in the Senate Saturday.
His reference to the decay alleged to have
taken place under the operation of the
tariff in the farming interests of New Eng
land brought Senator Hoar to his feet, who,
after admitting that the traveller through
the smaller and what are called
the billy towns of New England
would find deserted farm-houses built in the
last generation, or generation which proceed
ed the last, maintained that it was due, not
at ell to the decay of the agricultural indus
try, but to far different causes He said:
Whether our towns were built for protection
against the Indian N Tor other CaU-Cs is not
fairly agreed, but they were built i'll the main
upon the tops OF hills. The valleys were left
unoccupied by the first settlers in the hill
towns, and an abandonment of those valleys
has been OCCasiOncd 10y a migration of their
Inhabitants to the valleys whore the streams
II w upon which the mills and factories stand,
and where the railroads following the iin,s of
the streams are built
BY way Of illustration Mr. lIonr cited
the town Of Millbury, Mass, where, if you
60 over the old road you find square with
a few old houses n place almost deserted,
which was the centre of the old town. but
mile farther you como to a busy village
whore arms, cutlery, wooicn and cotton
fabrics arc manufactured "Take the next
town, and You lind the old town almost
abandoned on thc hill top and half a dozen
villages whose names are known by reason
Of their manufactures throughout the length
and breadth of the land occupied upon the
streams You will find the centre Of the
town OF Mcnlon in the same way abandon
ed. but on of the territory Of that town
have been created three or four great mani
featuring communities two of them almost
ready 10 become cities.
Senator lloar ably defended his position
from other stanlpoint- but his story Of the
Hill towns in particular has stirred up some
Of our mugwump contempor who show
disposition to regard it all as a huge Joke.
| Nevertheless the picture presented is true to
life, and while the withdrawal of tho peo-
pie from the hills to the valleys may not ac-
count for all of the dccadence in the farm
ing districts of New England it accounts
for much Of it, From almost any elevated
point IN the State of Vermont number of
these hill towns, once centres Of busy and
! prosperous populations, now almost desert
ed so far business is concerned, can be
seen. In the valleys at the foot of these
| hills in many instances are to be found the
busy communities and business centres,
rot so numerous or so populous as in Massa
chusetts, but representing the same changes
and sufficiently numerous to verify the
truthfulness of Senator Hoar's statements
Read the Newspapers.
At a time o life when he ought TO be con
! Ccrued only with eternity he tried to pile ul
! treasure ON the banks and shoals OF time. II
a place Offering every facility for piOu, med
! tttluU he walked abroad and looked for three
card monte. II was n dcplurahle example aut
| deserved punishment New York Mail an,
| Express
Thus does the New York Mail and Eek
press piously administer a deserved rebuk
to the aged Alanson See, who was "buu
coed" out Of $1,000 at Asbury Park th
other day. Our contemporary thinks Mr.
See is deserving of no sympathy and tina
had he won money instead of losing it hi
conduct would have been just as reprehen
sible and dishonest. He had no excuse bu
the love of gain, and was indifferent to it
means
All this is very true, but llr. See Ia
been preached to sufficiently and now W
give him this bit of advice-Read the news
papers. No intelligent reader of the news
papers in these days need be buucoed out o
a cent One of the offices of the newspape
is to keep its readers informed regarding al
such matters The tricks of the bunc
steerer have been told over and over again
If Mr.. See had subscribed for, paid for an
read good newspaper during the past te
years of his life it would have boon $4,000 il
his pocket.
\ Nermontcr for Ncbraska's Gov
ernOr