The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-02-17
Editorial NOtings.

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ONE of the most interesting events
at the recent meeting of our dairymen
was the introduction and passage of
resolution, proposed by Victor l. Spear,
Esq, of Braintree, expressing the warm
sympathy of Vermont farmers with the
efforts of the Pennsylvania farmers
against the illegal sale of that stupen-
dous fraud upon the people known as
oleomargarine. 1t is pleasant to know
that these exertions are being crowned
with unusual success, because the law
is very strong one. A second reso-
luton expressed in plain and positive
terms the hope that our members of
congress in both house and senate will
use their utmost efforts to secure the
passage of national law relative to the
sale of oleomargarine similar in form
and effect to the so-called Hiscock bill
which failed to become a law in the
last congress. =
If farmers everywhere would urge
these things, which so deeply interest
them upon our public men and let
them know in the only practical way,
which is by their votes, that no weak,
emasculated legislation will be accepted
at their hands, they could easily get
whatever, in reason, they might de-
mand; but if they are not going to fol-
low up these demands at the polls, what
can they expect? They must follow
them up not only at the ballot-box on
election day, but they must be on hand
in force at the caucuses and nominal
ing conventions. 1t is there that num-
bers will count to the best advantage,
and that earnest determination will most
impress itself upon would-be legislators.
THE most hopeless outlook in this
country is seen in the venality of the
city press and the timidity of the coun-
try press. The strong papers are
bought up, and the weak papers are
terrorized, until this Palladium of our
Liberties" is becoming worse than
useless, so far as that function is con-
cerned. In this the farmers are the
worst sufferers among all the people.
They are betrayed by their old political
leaders, the lawyers, and sold out by
the press. That this is not baseless
charge is confessed openly. We find in
the New York Voice speech which is
reported as being made by New York
journalist at dinner recently given to
the members of the press in that city.
His subject was: An Independent
Press" He said:
"There is no such thing in America as an
independent press, unless it is out in the
country towns. You are all slaves. You
know it, and l know it. There is not one
of you who dare express an honest opinion.
IL you express it, you know beforehand that
it will not appear in print. / am paid $3.50
per week for keeping honest opinions out of
the papers l am connected with. Others OF
you are paid similar salaries for doing SINH
lar things. II / should allow honest opin.
ions to be printed in one issue Of my paper,
like Othello my occupation would be gone.
The business of leading journalist is to
distort the truth, to lie outright, to pervert,
10 Willy, to fawn at the feet of mammon,
and to sell his country and his race for daily
bread, or for what is about the same, his
salary. You know this, and / know it, and
what foolery to be toasting an Independent
press. We are the tools and vassals of rich
men behind the scenes. We are jumping
jacks They pull the string, and we dance
Our time, our talent, our possibilities are all
the property OF other men. We are intel
lectual prostitutes"
NOT long since we spoke here of the
Ayrshire cow as the best cheese COW
for the very reason which lessons her
value as butter cow,-the cream
globules of her milk are comparatively
small, and rise to the surface more
slowly than those of the typical butter
COW. In a recent issue of the st. AL
bans Messenger, Mr.. Towle, the agri
cultural editor, observes: "This is ar
old, well.established breed, possessing
some excellent characteristics, which
are capable of being transmitted to oul
common stock. Coming from northern
climate, they are hardy, active, of me-
dunn size, uniform, good-looking ant
excellent mixers. The milk is of tn,
best as an article of consumption, bear