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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28
Jones Has BOlted.

Lieutenant-Governor Jones has at
last stated point blank that he will
vote the republican ticket in the COM
ing election in New York. This de-
cision, coming on the eve of the cleo
ton, will be likely to have perceptible
effect on the vote. The letter in which
he announces his intention is frank,
and, what is worse for the democracy, its
statements are literally true. 1t ought
to be read by every voter in New York,
and the people of the whole country
will find in it food for reflection. Hav-
ing stated that he is democrat, he
adds that he is one from principle
Alone" and his faith in democratic
principle does not compel him to vote
for the men who are using the party
machinery for "the advancement of
personal ambition and organized greed"
Then the acknowledgements says:
"The democratic party of the state of
New York is to-day under the undisputed
in the annals OF crime; men who few years
ago were literally begging their bread, or
obtaining precarious existence by far less
honorable means, but who now possess
large wealth. From whence did it come?
Not from honest labor or legitimate sources.
Still, they are rich to-day beyond the dreams
of most men. Their ill-gotten gains, which
they f1aunt in the faces of the people, SEEM
ingly asking, What are you going to do
about it?' have been stolen from the tax
payers of the city of New York. And now,
to satisfy their rapidly-increasng numbers,
fresh fields and pastures new are re-
quired, and they are striving to acquire the
same unrestrained control of the affairs of
the state and nation, that they may plumber
the people in the same manner as they have
the city of New York. The question at
issue in our state election in relation to the
taxpayer is not one of national politics. but
of individual self-preservation. Should
these men succeed in their aims they will
have pursued the same course which led to
the destruction of ancient republics. Cen
turtles have not changed human nature, and
why should we not expect like results from
the same cause? There is not an honest
person who will not say these men should
be stopped. But when? And how? My
reply is, now! And by the only means in
our power! We must defeat the Tammany
ticket by voting for men whose politics are
opposed to ours, repugnant as it is"
Did any republican ever arraign the
democratic party of NV York more
severely than does this democratic
ieutenant-governor of that state?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28

skill in determining the character of
this work; but to the eye it seems to be
eminently satisfactory, and thank you
for this evidence that new industry
has been established in the United
States. cannot quite understand how
any American can doubt that we have the
mechanical skill and business sagacity
to establish successfully here the manu-
facture of tin-plate. No other country,
certainly, surpasses VA in inventive
genius of its citizens or in the business
sagacity of its capitalists. 1t is surpris-
ing to me that any patriotic American
should approach this question with a
desire to see this great and interesting
experiment fail, or with an unwilling.
ness to accept the evidences of its sue
cess. 1t will be a great step in The di-
rection of commercial independence
when we produce our own tin-plate. 1t
seems to me that nothing, unless it be
lack of faith in the maintenance of the
present law, can thwart this desirable
achievement. l can understand how
our success should be doubted and our
failure accepted with satisfaction in
Wales, but l cannot understand how
any American can take that view of the
question, or why he should always APP
proach every evidence of the successful
establishment of this industry in this
country with disposition to discredit
aud reject it. If the great experiment
is to fail, our own people should not
add to the modification of failure the
crime of rejoicing in it,"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28

dian exports of agricultural products
to the states, which have either to pay
the enhanced toll at the frontier or
seek second-best market in Britain,
the situation all round is one which de-
mands careful consideration. We are
being thrust outside the commercial
pale of the continent to which we be-
long and left to trade with market
three thousand miles distant, where the
Americans have equal privileges with
ourselves and where only the cheapest
survive" Such is the dubious outlook
for the Dominion. Is it any wonder
that the talk in favor of political annex a-
ton is growing more animated and
general? TO the Canadians business
prostration seems inevitable. Great
Britain not only does not help them,
but it actually increases their burdens
by forcing them into positions hostile
to business prosperity. Their lot is in
deed a sad one. On the other hand
our own place among the industrial and
commercial nations of the world is be-
coming constantly more secure. The
Mckinley law protects industries which
are already thriving and offers encour-
agement to those which our resources
and geographical situation make pos
sible. Our surplus products we provide
for by intelligent negotiations with
those countries which need them. We
admit-or are going to admit when the
policy is perfected-those products of
foreign countries which we need, only in
consideration of some equivalent. We
are now competing in the worlds
market as a nation, instead of as indi-
viduals or corporations. The result
can hardly be a matter of doubt; our
manufactures are certain to increase
rapidly, and with them will go increased
agricultural production and commerce.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28

private business mans Office and ask about
his transactions. These look upon any
knowledge communicated to the public in
regard to their official duties as a sort OF
sacrilege and they can never be pursuaded
that the public, and those who seek news
for It., are not impudent to the last degree,
when they ask to be informed in regard to
public affairs While this Is a very cunsid-
cradle class both in legislative and execu-
tive circles, 1t is fair to say that IL seldom
includes those in chief charge of the public
business, or those who originate and shape
it.. 1t is rather confined to those who sell
dom have any other opportunity to make
known to such as approach them that they
are revolving on the wheel of the govern
ment machine"
The true office of the press, as may
be inferred from these quotations, is
perfectly understood by its better rep
resentatives, who without question
endeavor conscientiously to fulfill it.
1t is not to simply give the news-all
the news-on every subject. 1t is to
give the news which is due the public,
and in determining what that is con-
slant reference to the Fundamental
principles of ethics is necessary. But
the news of public use must be given
unfailingly, and with it must go edito-
rial discussion which will make it EN-
tirely plain TO readers, or the function
of the press is not properly exercised
The paper which does just that car
have the satisfaction of knowing that il
is doing its duty, but it will be certain
to tread on good many tender toes.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28
The Tin-Plate Industry.

Facts speak volumes, aud there is
little use in denying this one-that the
tin-plate industry is being gradually
established in the United States. A
box of plate made at Demmler, Penn.
was recently sent to President Harri-
son, who acknowledged it through the
following letter to the manufacturers:
" l have your letter of October Is, and
also box of bright tin-plate, which you
send as specimen of the product being
turned out by the United States Iron
and Tin-plate Company. l have no
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28

A FACT IGNORED BY FREE-TRA-
DERs.-Mr. Brock, the chief of the
Bureau of Statistics, points out that
the customs revenues have been re-
duced by the Mckinley bill from 49, so
to 50 SO per capita. That is to say, in
so far as the tariff is tax the people
pay less taxes by 2S.45 per cent under
the new republican law than under the
old one. We do not happen to have
seen this fact in the columns of any OF
our free.trade contemporaries. -Ne,o
York Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28
The Canadians Alarmed.

Our neighbors across the line are
showing signs of anxiety as to their
industrial and commercial future and it
is all on account of the Mckinley law,
with its reciprocity clause. In recent
number of the Toronto Globe we find
some figures to prove very clearly that
there is good reason for this anxiety.
The Globe says that after July, of next
year, when the reciprocity treaty with
Spain in behalf of the Spanish West
Indies goes into effect, the Dominion
is likely to lose at once an export and
import trade of nearly $4,000, 900. the
total of imports and exports from those
islands in 1890 being S2,945 900.
Nearly all the exports, amounting in
that year to S1,200,000, came from
Nova Scotia, and consisted of fish, lum-
Der and farm products. The trade with
Brazil in 1890 was 81, JIG, 900, and that
is as good as lost through the reciproc-
ity treaty with the United States. Here
is loss of at least 81 ,O61 900 as certain
as any expectation of the future can be.
But this is not all. If the loss of
trade with Spanish speaking countries
were the sum total of Canada's misfor-
tune, she doubtless would accept that
decree of fate with degree of grace.
But it is extremely probable that her
q Rrit oh I'D
British Guiana will also be lost in ex-
actly the same way. This will be a
blow, not merely to the financial pros
perity of the Dominion, but to the race
sentiment which assumes that large
part of the commerce of a British prov
ince should go to either the mother
country or another British province.
Canada does not view with complacency
the prospect of transfer of her COM
merce with the British West Indies and
British Guiana to the United States,
yet that event is almost certain to hap
pen. If Jamaica, for instance, does
not negotiate treaty with the United
States before January l, duties on her
sugar and coffee will be imposed, and it
will cost that island some $3.50, 900 yearly
to get at our market. While we ad-
nit sugar free from the great producers
like Cuba and Brazil, the amount that
Jamaica produces would be too small
comparatively to affect the price. That
province, and the others of like nature,
will be compelled to pay out just so
much hard cash for the privilege of en-
tering our markets, unless the treaty is
negotiated. AS the United States at
present buys three times as much of
Jamaica's sugar as do England and
Canada together, it will be seen at once
that there will be nothing else to do
but to enter into the treaty. The trade
of Canada with the British West Indies
was so, no. 900 in 1890, and with Brit
ish Guiana $405,0 900. The total of
$3,115,000 will in all probability be
snatched from Canada within year.
The effect of the high duties imposed
by the Mckinley law on many articles
produced in Canada is prOhibitive, as it
should be. 1t is folly to open our doors
to the products of Canadian farms
when our own farms produce more of
the same products than the home
market calls for. The testimony of the
Globe is conclusive that the law is
working just as it was hoped it would.
1t says: "Taking into account the eff
feet of the Mckinley bill upon Cana
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28
RUNS Champion.

The Northfeld Neus has these just
and pertinent remarks upon some re-
cent matters of local and general in
terest:
&c Editor Atkins has been purple in the
face with anger for two weeks because
Brother Ropes of the WATcHMAN accused
him of renting portion of his block at
Montpelier for liquor saloon. Morally
considered, is it worse for a man to rent
accommodations to law-breakers than to
justify and defend them through ones
newspaper? Mr.. Atkins is known the state
over as champion of those who defy the
law against rum-selling and a greater foe to
restricting the sale of liquor than the worst
saloon-keeper. Everyone has right to his
opinion of the prohibitory law and to ex-
press the same, but public opinion will not
sustain any man who justifies those in open
rebellion against what has been constitu-
tionally placed upon the statute books be-
cause he does not favor such law. The
place to fight such legislation is at the polls,
not in the courts"
In the eyes of Editor Atkins the
real offenders in proceedings to enforce
the liquor law are not those who have
been selling liquor in defiance of law,
but those citizens and officials who
have been seeking to secure obedience
to the laws; not the rumseller who ex-
hausts his ingenuity in contriving means
to conceal his wiful violations of a law
every line of which he knows, and with
whose pains and penalties he is well
acquainted-not him, but law. abiding
people and the officers of the law come
in for this mans condemnation. These
he follows with every form of personal
abuse and every species of vile detrac-
ton. On the night of July 3, mob
bombarded the houses of certain citi-
zens of Montpelier who had performed
simple act of good citizenship. 1t
was a dastardly outrage and most
heinous infraction of law. Mr.. Atkins
suppressed any reference to the affair
in the Argus and Patriot, and that pa
per has never contained one word of
condemnation of this high affront to
law and order. 1t is in open and evi.
dent sympathy with the act aud the ac-
tors, and the guilty power behind the
actors. And yet the editor pirates of
his devotion to law in general and of
his desire to see the liquor law in par
ticular rigidly enforced. Every one
knows that his professions are all ar
rant hypocrisy from the word go; that
from the day when he first set foot on
Vermont soil he has been precisely
what the News says he is, "the cham
pion of those who defy the law against
rumselling, and greater foe to re-
stricting the sale of liquor than the
worst saloon-keeper," not to mention
his championship of rebellion and other
evil things. Bat the cause of temper
ance and law and order is greater than
Hiram Atkins. 1t is not worth the
while to pay too great attention or at
tribute too great importance to his
" barbaric yawp." Timid souls may
be disturbed by it or frightened from a
good purpose; the resolute will continue
straight along the plain line of public
duty, and in the end they will have
their Appomattox. Copperheadsm in
this cause may delay, it cannot prevent,
the contamination good citizens de-
voutly hope for.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28

as secretary of state, but they at the
same time as heartily endorse President
Harrison's administration and are at
tracted by bis personal qualities. While
either President Harrison or Mr.. Blaine,
if nominated for the next presidency,
would receive the solid Republican vote
of the state, we doubt If any considera-
BILE number Of voters would wish to
have the present status changed. With
Harrison for president and Blaine as
his chief adviser, all is well. With
Blaine for president and a man of less
ability for secretary of state, the coun-
try, and the party which they so ably
represent, will surely be losers"
HOMER N. HIBBARD, president of
the Chicago Electric Service Company
and trustee of the Art Institute of
Chicago, writes to Hon. William Chaplin
of Middlesex: "Some one has very
kindly sent to me The Resources and
Attractions of Vermont and, seeing
your name printed at the bottom Of the
introduction to the book, write you to
beg leave to thank you very heartily for
the pleasure 1 have had in reading the
little book. 1t did not surprise me, as
it has some of my friends who have
heard that Vermont was dying OUT
as have visited Vermont more than
one-half of the forty years have lived
in Illinois," This work of the Board
of Agriculture is received with the
highest favor. 1t will do much towards
counteracting the impression that had
gone abroad in certain directions that
"Vermont is dying out" Its effect
will be entirely wholesome, and if
judiciously and persistently followed
up, good results will surely come.
Judicious and persistent advertising
pays" states as we'll as individuals.
While other states had been scattering
advertising matter broadcast over the
world, this state had practically admit-
ted The truth of the libel that Yer
mont is good state to emigrate FROM"
She is now looking to her laurels and
her material interests. Persevere in
the search, and the next census will be
more fattering to Vermont.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28

THE officers of the Vermont Dairy
mems Association are arranging for
the winter meeting, which will be held
at Brattleboro. There is some pros
pect, we understand, that Chauncey M.
Depew may be one of the speakers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28
dNattbman 4 Journal.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2s, 1891.
Notice..

Divers and sundry bills have recently
been sent to subscribers. We have not in
Cured the expense of sending out these
bills as a sort of autumn diversion. So do
not lay them away to repose till an attor-
ney's sharp summons arouses them from
their slumber, and enlarges the amount by
adding legal costs. We want the money
and we want it now. THE PUBLISHERS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28

CHARLES j. MURPHY, a special agent
of the agricultural department, is at
Berlin for the purpose of presenting to
the German people the claims of Indian
corn as an article of food. If Secretary
Rusk is responsible for this move, he
should be given due credit.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28
Bric-a-Brac.

OUR next door neighbor calls his
baby Macbeth, because it murders
sleep Tenas SVtingS.
elbow will you have your horse fed,
sir?" asked the tavern keeper of the
traveller. "Table d'oat. "-The Epoch.
"WHAT is the meaning of the word
lukewarm?" asked the teacher. "John-
ny Cumso, you may answer" "Water
is lukewarm when it looks warm and
isn't. "-Harper'S Bazar.
REPARTEE AT THE KITCHEN Door,
"Get out o. this, you nasty tramp, or
I'll set the dog on YOU" "Set away,
ma'am. He'll never hatch nothin'.
Pm bad ."-Ne,o York Sun.
DAsHAwAY: "Just look at Miss
Jasper. She has dress for every day
mischief can her father afford it?'
Dashaway: "Easy enough. It's the
same dress. "-Cloak Review.
JUDGE: Guilty or not guity?"
Prisoner (dazed): 81 thought l was
guilty, your honor; but my lawyer says
| amt, and he's proved it, and be-
lieve it; and, when you hear him talk,
your honor, you'll believe it, too"
"AH, play little before you go,
professor" "I would like to, Miss
Emma, but it's rather late, and l might
disturb the neighbors. go, bother
about the neighbors. Besides they
poisoned our dog last week. File
gende Blatter.
EDITOR (wildly): lam ruined-teeto-
tally ruinedl Foreman: What's the mat.
TOW EAitnr. NVhxy in ,,nt,oa Nf
Colonel Jones' marriage / plainly wrote:
"The ready and waiting bride advanced
to the altar hung with lilies and rose
leaves" and, confound you! here's the
way it reads in the paper: "The
wretched and weary bride danced to
to the halter, hung with liars and horse
thieves" Go off in the woods and
hang yourself. 1 don't want to waste
buckshot on you.-Atlanta Constitution.
BREvITY THE SOUL OF WIT.-For
brevity, a Georgia editor is entitled to
the highest prize. He writes up trag-
edy as follows:
Horse;
Thief;
Search
Brief.
Rope
Sprung;
Thief
Hung
E. @. WHITE, a man about town,
well known, well liked by the ladies',
and fairly popular in the male set, was
missed from his former corner in the
club, and rumor said that he had been
married in Chicago or Cincinnati.
After a week or ten days he appeared
in the office of the st. Charles in New
Orleans, approached the register with
the ve.been-here- before " air and.
taking up the pen, he Endorsed, in
style never before equaled, the follow
ing: E. G. Wife & White, Califor-
mia. Detroit Free Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28

The Vergennes Vermonter comments
with good sense on what Colonel Hooker
is reported to have said to a reporter of
the Ne,o York Times: "What Colonel
Hooker said in his recent interview
with reporter for the New York Times
is doubtless true in the main. The Re-
publicans Of Vermont are enthusiastic
admirers of Mr.. Blaine and his record
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28

WITH sincere pleasure DR.. w. A.
Jones' friends will learn of his hopeful
improvement in health. He now goes
to his store and is attending in a
prudent way TO bis business affairs.
This is pleasant tidings to his fellow
citizens in Washington county and the
friends he has made throughout the
state
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28

THE attention of subscribers to the
WATCHMAN is called to the advertise
ment of the Boston Journal for 1892,
which will be found on the first page.
The Journal has itself disclosed to
every reader all that is set forth in the
advertisement. To those who have not
taken the paper our advice is, subscribe
now. Price to annual subscribers to
WATCHMAN, forty-five cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28

The senior class at Harvard has
voted TO graduate in caps and gowns,
which is English through and through.
1t is pleasant to notice that an alumnus
of that university makes vigorous
protest in Boston paper aginst this
caste movement. Young men at our
educational institutions should aim to
keep in touch with the life about them
as much as possible, rather than to
separate themselves from it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28

THE fall elections take place on
Tuesday next, and, so far as one can
judge, the republican party has every
reason to expect success in the i'm
portant states of Massachusetts, New
York, Ohio and Iowa. AS the prelude
of the presidential election the result
will be watched with unusual interest
The closing days of the campaign in
these states are filled with hard and
exciting work by both parties
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-23
Nav Davenport Line.

This company has assumed control of the
Davenport, Iowa & Dakota railway, and
has commenced operating same for pas
senger business by running pass snger
train to Iowa City and Davenport, leav.
ing Cedar Rapids al 7:30 q. M, arriving
at Iowa City at $40 a. m, leaving Iowa
City at 8 3. m, and arriving in Daven-
port at 11:40 8. M, connecting with q
passenger train ON the c. R. L & P. rail-
way, arriving in Chicago at 7:25 p. m.
Returning. the train will leave Daven-
port at 4 p. m, connecting with train on
the G. R. /. & P. railway, Ceaving Chi
cago at Tbs q. m.) arriving at Iowa City
at 6:45 p. m connecting with the G. s.
N. w. railway west bound, train leaving
Cedar Rapids at S:35 p m. THIS gives
an additional through train between Ce>
dar Rapids and Iowa City and Iowa City
and Davenport. at favorable hours and
should be literally patronized. For full
information call on any ticket agent of
this company.
J. E. HANNEeAN,
Gen'l TIKI s. Pass. Agt.