The Press., 1892-06-23

ture, because city folk would profit by 1t more than country folk. The suggestion Is so droll that one can hardly believe the writer was in earnest. What do you care how much the city people patronize better roads, so long as they bring both profit and pleasure to yourselves? And how long since did it become disadvantage to country life to make the loadways gay with bicycles and handsome equipages These are questions which answer them selves. If profit were wholly out of the question, good roads would pay simply in the enhanced ease of neighborly inter- course. The bill which the state board of trade has prepared is in the main a good one, but it should provide for the pay ment of some part of the expense by the towns benefited. This will check favor itism In the section of roads to be im- proved, and induce healthy local criti- cism of all the expenditure for that pur- pose. By all means let the improvement of the highways begin at once.
 If any farmer is spelling for scrim- mage with the city folk he can profitably have it out with them on the question of taxation. At present real estate beals far more than it's fair share of the taxes. This has been admirably set before you in a paper by William A. King. The only justification attempted for the pres ent inequality is that it is difficult to col lect from the owner of personal property, because he can hide it, and because an at tempt to collect is 8 provocation to lying on the part of the owner. This is a branch of the old doctrine of l0isses faare, the rationale of which is that mems sell fishness will, in the long run, if allowed full sway, bring about the most desirable fafn of xx1hi io in economical sense. It is doctrine which is contradicted by every word of the con- mon law and by every line of the statute. !"
 Mir. Simonds also gave considerable at tention to question concerning the $25,- 900 allowed by the United States for ag- ricultural education, and now used ex- clusively for Sheffield Scientific School, part of which which it is claimed should go to Storrs. He clearly demonstrated that it was wiong to argue that no part of the money could be taken from Yale because of existing perpetual contract. The contract was not forever binding on Yale. ssIf then the university may stop action under the contract, and neither that contract nor the state law contains words of perpetuity. how can the contract be irrevocably binding upon the State 2. Common sense is adequate to the aEisWer- ing of that question; no deep knoRledge of the law is requisite" :$s:
 We do not learn that there are to be any changes in the faculty for the next year. Prof. Rooms, who has been. prin- eipal since the school was established, seems most eminently fitted for Sthat place. Next to him in line of service is Prof. Chamberlin, whose duties asssfarm superintendent and instructor have re- gently obliged him to give up all school. room work. Profs. Peebles and. Phelps are great acquisitions to the school, and we trust may be long found in it's list of instructors. Miss Nettleton most indefa- tiguably Carries jhniors classes through the intricacies of mathematics, English, physical geography, and book keeping. During the past year few young ladies living in the vicinity have been permitted to attend the school.
 An examinatiop of pupils for. entranee1 to the school it the ialE term, beginning Sept. seths yillsbe hddat room 50, eapi- tol, Hartford Son satprday of thissweek, at 10 8. m.