The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-20
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1891.
THE success of the United States in

diately afterward disbanded its army,
found employment for all its soldiers
and marines, paid off most of its debt,
given labor and homes to all the unem-
ployed of Europe as fast as they could
arrive within its territory, and still by a
system of taxation 80 indirect as not to
be perceived, much less felt. Because
it is my deliberate judgment that the
prosperity of America is mainly due to
it's system of protective laws, urge that
Germany has now reached that point
where it is necessary to initiate the tariff
system of the United States.-BiS.
mdrck
RUTLAND has new daily called the
Monitor. There is room for two dailies
in Rutland, and if the Monitor is well
managed it will no doubt succeed.
THE statistician of the department of
agriculture says in his report, which is
now in press, that there is large in
crease in price since April of last year
in corn and oats, thirty per cent in
wheat in primitive markets, and some
increase in the price of all cereals and
meats. In corn and wheat there is
prospect of the strongest foreign de-
mand for ten years, and that, too, at re-
munerative prices. These estimates
are certainly encouraging, and every
one will be glad to hear that the west
ern farmers are likely to come out
little better this year than for long
time.
The event of this week in the politi-
cal world is the labor conference at
Cincinnati. 1t is composed of the
Farmers Alliance, the Citizens ALI
ance, the knights of Labor, national
lists and others interested in the cause
of labor rather than that of capital.
Questions of finance, transportation,
labor and land will be discussed and
embodied in some form in a platform,
but no nominations will be made at this
time. The convention is, of course,
important, but its force may be entirely
dissipated by the conflict of opposing
views as to the proper action to take.
1t will require very wise leadership to
carry the convention through without
split.
MOST severe-and just-criticism was
made upon Mr.. Cleveland because,
while president, he went fishing on
Memorial day. The day is sacred to
the memory of the men who died that
this nation might live. With as much
propriety might one make the day of
the death of wise and good parent a
time of high festivity as to devote
Memorial day to pleasure and amuse-
ment. So we hope the baseball game
which, it is announced, will be played
here on Saturday, May 30, will be de-
ferred to more appropriate season.
Devote the day, boys, to recalling and
concentrating the deeds of the
patriotic dead. Memorial day comes
but once a year. Baseball, like the
poor, we have always with US.
MAYOR SHAKESPEARE of New Or
leans has written letter to the gov
ernor of Louisiana, requesting the lat
ter TO ask Secretary Blaine to recall the
exequatur of the Italian consul in that
city. The mayor alleges that Consul
Corte refuses to give to the police de- |
partment information regarding the
criminal acts of Italian residents, and
that his utterances are calculated to in
cite the Italians to riot or sullen defiance
of the laws. If the chief office of the
consul is to protect criminals from the
operation of the law-and that is vir-
tually what the mayor charges-his
presence in this country is certainly no
longer desirable. Yet it will be a Sc
rious matter to send consul away, and |
such an unusual course should not be
taken unless the charge is clearly sus-
tanned. -
THE United States man-of-war
Charleston has been in pursuit of the
Itata, the vessel manned by the CHILEAN
insurgents which slipped out of San
Diego, CAL, against the order of the
marshal, but the prospect is that the
Gillian vessel will get away, at least
for the present. The Charleston was
compelled to put into Acapulco, Mex,
for coal on Sunday, but, from remark
made by an officer of the Esmeralda,
the other Gillian vessel, which also put
into Acapulco, it is believed that the
Itata received coal from the Esmeralda
at sea, and that it is now out of reach.
The commander of the Charleston has
orders to capture the Itata if it can be
done without too much damage to the
Charleston. Having gone as far as to