The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-07-28

'VisitOrs make great mistake if they
leave the Worlds fair without going into
the State Buildings. While many of them
are mainly club rooms for places of
meeting and exchanging greetings, regis
| tering and receiving mail, there are sew
eral which are brim full of beauty and
interest" lie then goes on to describe
at length many interesting exhibits to be
seen in the State Buildings, finally clos
| ing with the following: Then there is
the Vermont State building in which
there may be something of interest to be
| seen, but if there is L for one have failed
to see it. Itwould take pages to emu
merate the things of interest a State
with a history like Vermont only can
boast of, might have there. Have they
| any of them there? l will let those who
have been to the building answer this.
And would like to ask them if they
think the building does credit to the
Green Mountain State to the home OF
Ethan Allen, Warner, Baker, Com. Nc
Donough, Gen. Stannard and George f.
| Edmunds. 1t is amusing to sit down in
the building and wait for some Yer
monter to come in after Re has been in
to some of the other buildings, which
are Just teeming with interest, and see
the look on his face and hear his opin-
ion of his own State. 1t has much the
same effect on the Vermonter's pride
to go into the building and look around
that it has on peacock when he looks
at his feet. The Vermont exhibits in
other buildings however are very credi-
table and will be described later on" If
there was any way to do so we would
like to have our Legislature of 1890
roasted" by observations like these.
LAST week we published the Highway
tax table of this country in detail, and
also the aggregate by counties in the
State. This new departure is creating a
good deal of comment. That our read
ers may see how it works in some of the
Central Vermont towns, we copy an item
fl ION the Hardwick Gazette, together
with an editorial opinion, thereon by
Brer. Harris, which will serve by way of
comparison as follows: 1.-THE appor-
tionment of the five per cent. highway
tax is announced by the State Treasurer,
and the figures are about as expected.
The smaller towns receive sums largely
in excess of their a-sessment, while the
larger towns generally taxed heavily be-
You'd the amount received by them. For
instance, Burlington's tax amounts to
pc1OlN,OC nhllO IL OhlJ lOOolhCS pOGA,OO'
Hardwick will receive more than it is
taxed for, the figures being $353,65 paid
out and $4S3,97 received back st. Johns
bury pays 50, 1929 and receives $591, SO.
Craftsbury is in luck paying out in taxes
$259,50 and receiving $4S9,95. Danville
pays S43l,97 takes S776,75. Wolcott
strikes it rich paying $1S4,6 SO for $4O6,3O.
Likewise Woodbury., which is taxed
C11E oyA 10 4ol .,y;El
Marshfield pays $4,000 and takes $780,
OF, while Cabot pays $270,61 and scoops
in S34S, IS. Calais gets there too, with
S279, 20 paid and $597,40 received. The
law in effect saddles the burden of sup
porting the highways of the smaller and
poorer towns on the larger and weather.
ones, and as long as the Legislature is
made up as it is with a large majority of
small towns, the law will very likely
stand. On the whole we consider it an
equitable, just and proper law"