The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-20

General EuttOT'
T. II. HoSKINS, NJ. Newport, Vt,
Agricultural Editor.
THE venerable DR.. Morgan, whose
sad death is recorded elsewhere in this
issue, was twenty years secretary OF
the Vermont Conference, twice presid-
ing elder and twice member of the
General Conference. He was man to
command the love and veneration of all
with whom he came in contact.
THE ways and means committee has
been hearing the representatives. of the
various industries on the subject of the
tariff. The reports of these hearings
make mighty interesting reading. tits
only when an importer who, like GER
tain New York importer of window
glass who appeared before the COM
mittee last week, frankly declaring that
he did not care for the American
manufacturer, that he hated him, that
he would like to see him out of bust
ness,-it is only when an anti-protec-
ZIONIST of this stamp appears before the
committee that the democratic free
traders of that body derive any salts.
faction. In every branch of industry
the demand is invariably for the con-
tinuance of protective duty. Manu-
facturers who might be benefited by
placing raw materials on the free list
oppose even this advance toward free
trade. The advocates of protective
duties who have appeared before the
committee are not all republicans.
The democrats are largely represented
among these protectionsts. Very in
terestiug incidents are of almost daily
occurrence. Tom Reed is invariably
on hand, and his pungent interroga-
tories do not contribute to the ease and
comfort of democrats or TO the advo-
Gates of free trade who appear before
the committee.
WE published last week Senator
Proctor's exceedingly clever remarks
upon Senator Wolcotts resolution di-
recting the secretary of the treasury to
inform the senate as to what sums
have been paid or are due as bounties
on maple sugar under the law of Octo-
Der ID, 1891. We find from the Con-
qresSional Record what did not appear
in the newspaper report of the SEN
ator's speech, that Senator Proctor had
anticipated the Colorado senator in fur
nishing the information called for. In
letter addressed to Senator Proctor,
in response to the latter's verbal in
quiry, the acting commissioner of in
ternal revenue reports that the amount
of bounty paid on maple sugar for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1893, was
$50, 1892. This sum was paid to
2,S12 producers, of whom 1895 or
more than e-half-were in Vermont.
For the previous fiscal year there had
been paid 50, 465.74 to 103 producers,
chiefly in New York and Ohio, but
none from Vermont, These figures
cover the amount of bounty paid on
maple sugar for the product of the first
year under the act of 1891. There was
paid during the month of July, 1898,
on the crop of the current year.
S9,993. 93 to 376 producers; during the
month of August, S16,503.9O to 657
producers. Ohio, New York and New
Hampshire received the bulk of this
total of S26, 497.63 for the months of
July and August. The returns from
Vermont seem to have been delayed,
as none appear in the reports of pay
ments made during the months named
A large number of claims were still on
file awaiting consideration, and more
were being forwarded for allowance
and payment. Vermont will be heard
from later. -
THE Brattleboro Reformer was lux,
uriating in misery last week over the
failure of this state to improve a great
opportunity which, to our lachrymose
contemporaries vision, existed in Eyer
mont day" at the Worlds Fair. A
great chance TO boom Vermont was
thus lost. ''Of distinctive Vernon
show there is none," according to thu
Retormer, "simply because the legisla
ture while squaudering money in every
other direction would not provide TO
one." In the Vermont building there
is only an Estey Cottage organ. Their
is no exhibition of Vermont grain, veg
etables, fruit, ETC., indeed there is NJ
nothing, all because the fuss and feath
ers of parade day were wisely giver
up. The abandonment of the plan TO
Vermont day at the fair was one o
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