The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-02
Vermont and the Worlds Fair.

matter OF butter her rank is first class and
II the remaining tests are maintained, for
September and October the premium for
excellence must be awarded to the Green
Mountain state. Two tests have been
made, for the months of June and July
For June the marks all around were higher
than for july in which scaling Vermont
was less conspicuous, although in the fore
ground. The state has as competitors most
of New England New York, PENNSYLVANIA
and all of the states bereabouts. 1t will
readily be seen that for newly-made butter
the states in this vicinity have the advan-
tage in their contests, and especially is this
the case with Illinois. And then, Illinois
has been allowed to store its product in the
commission merchants cold storage on
Water street, and have it examined there
under much more favorable conditions than
at the fair grounds. While the volume of
Vermont butter exhibits has been less, and
in spite of all the disadvantages to which
the state has been subjected, she stands at
the head. There can be no doubt about
this.
OF course, the excellence of the article is
to be determined upon its own merits, but
in order to obtain fair trial it is well to be
judiciously and well represented by the
state official having charge of the same. In
this respect Vermont is fortunate in the se-
lection of Hon II. NJ. Arms of Springfield,
president of the Dairymen's Association,
superintendent of the butter exhibit. He
is a gentleman of good breeding, large agri-
cultural and business experience, has made
extensive acquaintances at the fair, and
stands high among men of his calling.
There is no cheese on exhibition from
Vermont yet, but, probably, this will come
later. The Province of Ontario, Canada,
leads in this respect, with one cheese weigh
ing eleven tons, supplemented with many
smaller samples. 1t is feared that, in any
event, Vermont will not rank equally as
high in cheese as in butter, as the cheese
manufactured there as a rule, is thought
the state can carry off the first prize for but
ter, it will be glory enough for the dairy
men of the state.
Vermont has but few exhibits, compare
lively, in the great volume to be Witnessed
at Jackson Park, among the most conspicu-
Gus being the general exhibit of maple
sugar the marble exhibit of the Vermont
Marble Company of Proctor, the exhibition
of Barre granite, and that made by the
Fairbanks scale company.
The maple sugar exhibit is excellent and
attracts much attention. Some move of
this sort was very desirable as an object
and educational lesson generally. The
people in non-producing maple sugar COM
munities, not having kept pace with the
improvements in the process of its manu-
facture, had come to believe that the old
dark and kettle-make was the only genuine
article. 1t is well, too, that they should be
informed of the heavy penalties prescribed
by Vermont state law against the adulter-
ating OF this product, and learn that the
greatest security would be in purchasing
from first hands. 1t is a curious fact that
every dealer in maple sugar and syrup in
Chicago has branded on his article the
legend, Vermont" Among other things,
this is a universal confession that Vermont
stands conspicuously alone in the excel
lence of the manufacture of these articles
and ought to reap the benefit. The largest
single exhibitor of maple sugar at the
Worlds Fair is Hon. A. b. Beeman of
Fairfax
Very much has been said concerning the
other exhibits from Vermont named but
none too much. 1t is very generally con-
coded that the marble exhibit in charge of
Mr.. Don g. Hawley, ranks among the finest
in manufacturers building 1t is located
near the northwest corner. and the Barre and
Fairbanks exhibits are close by. Much in
terest is being felt in the Morgan horses
from Vermont, and sheep, yet to come.
Vermont has adopted the ruling policy of
the Eastern and Middle states and makes
no general exhibit of her products and
wares in her state buildings in marked
contrast with the states in this section and
so on to the Pacific. The interior of the
buildings of some of the states are made
exceedingly unique and beautiful with dec
orations of corn, wheat, grasses, fruit, etc.
They must all be seen to be appreciated
The frescoing is done with corn in various
colors, and birds and beasts are represented
as natural as life in the same way. On one
side of the walls in large room " model
farm" appears miniatured in its own pro-
ducts-and in the California building there
is a magnificent statue of man and horse,
with trappings made of dried fruits.
The fair in its naturalization is stupen-
dous in every department of the worlds in
hot, t,I
attendance, less than an average of 100, 900
daily. In this latter respect the fair has
been disappointment to its projectors.
But the reasons are not far to seek-dishon-
est local management in Sunday opening
and the financial turmoil following the re-
suit of the last presidential election. There
was clamor here, led on by some of the
daily papers, for Sunday opening, and in
violation of the stipulations entered into
with congress, to which the local manage
ment yielded, the management was led to
believe that the Sunday attendance would
be at least double that of any other day in
the week, when, as the result showed it
was not one-half and was constantly di-
minishing So the end came, the poison
having produced its own antidote. In one
respect Sunday opening has been beneficial
in having settled a question which could
have been settled in no other way, the YER
dict concerning which will be far reaching.
ing its eyes upon the country and limiting its
vision to Chicago. Chicagois naturally pulled
up, but there was no craftsmanship in the
arrangements conclusions. The result has
proven a good local lesson. What Chicago
needs is to cultivate the friendship and to
recognize the power of the moral sentiment
of the country in matters of this sort. But
it should be remembered that Chicago's
opinion is obtained from a heterogeneous
mass, one-thrd American, one-third Ger
man and the other third of other national
tiles Consideration of this foreign element
enters into everything. Said native of
Vermont, after a residence here and here
abouts of thirty or forty years, who was
present at the dedication of the Vermont
building in May, after listening to the adj
dresses of Governor Fuller, Ex-Governor
Dillingham; and Hon. j. l.. Martin; How
refreshing it is to be present at this meet
ing and to meet Vermonters, Not word
has been said concerning the foreign ele-
ment in our midst and with no catering to
any other nationality l say it is refreshing,
and | admire Vermont and her people for
the purity of their Americanism." -
ImDending Revolution in Peru,