The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-04-02
An Hour With Our Exchange S


to the sugar makers OF Vermont
They will know what to do with it.
The Tariff Is A Tax
N. Y. Press:
The average price of our imports
of tin in 1888 was 2S cents a pound.
Harrison was elected, the develop
ment of American tin resources as
sured and the average import price
for lS90was 20 cents pound
Prefers Page.
st. Johnsbury Republican:
For our own part we would PREFER
if it were possible, the denomination
of Gov. Page in 1892; first because
he has made good Governor and
second because it would abolish the
ridiculous and harmful 'mountain
rule" which so belittles our politics,
degrades our State polity, and brings
all sorts of cheap men to the front
from their native obscurity.
Ominious Clouds.
Hardwick Gazette:
To-day no man in Vermont with
any reputation for intellect would ven-
ture the faintest prediction as to who
the next governor of Vermont will
be. There are one or two small
clouds on the horizon which may make
existing parties and machines very
weary before the next batch of state |
officers are maugurated. Be aisey.
A New Enemy.
Randolph Herald:
The farmers of Vermont will have
new enemy to contend with soon,
and that is, the "polariscope." AL
most everything has come within the
scope of their observation even to the
kaleidoscope of the Free Press. This
has appeared along with the McKin-
ley bill, and will doubtless add new
horror to it in the case of those who
fail to get the bounty on their sugar.
We presume this new instrument will
prove as good to test character as to
test sugar.
The Grim Warrior.
The following from the staid old
Vermont journal:
"There is growing impression that
the next governor of Vermont will be
a farmer. This naturally bars out
the grim warrior, Colonel Fuller of
Brattleboro, and may discomfort some
of the cherished plans of the politi-
clans, but leaves the field open to in
dustrious. thrifty Farmer Hooker"
1t would seem that the Journal
favors Col. Fletcher, forit continues
"Suppose, however, the farmers
should actually take the matter into
their own hands. Could they present
more reliable, consistent, thorough
going republican and farmer than our
present acknowledgements
1t is probably true that Speak
er Grout and Colonel Fuller are in
active training for the prize, but there
is no valid reason why the sturdy, in
dependent and intelligent farmers of
Vermont should not fill the guberna-
torial chair with one of their own
number. And who more thoroughly
equipped for the place than Lieuten-
aut-Governor Fletcher p
Rebulxing The Tariff Liars.
N. Y. Press:
"Tin plate lars as free trade
!, epithet, is coming home to roost with
papers like the Times and Post, which
sedulousl y affirmed that no tin plate
could or would be.made in this coun-
try under protective duty. In The
Press office window we have for sew
eral days displayed samples of the
tin plates aad cups on which guests
, at the Chattanooga banquet were
served with one course. They are of
American manufacture. There was
added to the collection yesterday a
menu of the banquet incased in covers
of enameled plate, one of tin and one
of rolled steel without timing.
i Another addition to the exhibition
is a box of American tin plate, which
fastens the phrase, ''tin plate lars
on the mendacious free trade organs
who originated it. 1t is roofing tin Of
the best steel, full coated, made by
Z. II. Laufman & Co., at their works
at Apollo, Pa. The materials are en-
tirely American, except small por-
ton of the pig tin used in the coating,
which comes from the Dutch East
Indies, as does that used in foreign
tin plates. II. r. De Milt & Co. in-
form The Press that the Apollo
works are turning out 100 boxes per
day at the present time, and increas-
ing their facilities to make larger
quantities. One hundred boxes per
day, at the ruling price of tin plate,
is product aggregating $780, 900 an
nually, and the Apollo plant is only
one of round dozen now making tin
plate in this country.
Object lessons like these are calcu-
lated to confound, demoralize and