Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-16

INC importance vi cig government
increases. The fact is due to The con.
slant tendency OF population to scgrega.
tion. The academic dicussih>n of The
comparative advantage OF city and eoun.
try residence has lone on at least since
tho days Of Phtarch. In New England
nearly sixty per cent, and in the whole
country nearly thirty per cent of the peo-
pie now dwell in cities. In earlier
Zines people gathered themst Ives into
walled communities largely for military
protection. To-day they gather for
social benefits. 10 certain extent the
burdens OF these benefits are lightened
by Capitalization, Ennius declared that
ones own loren would burn none the less
bright because by it ano,lrrr lighted mis-
But the cos. of the original torch would
seem trivial when apportioned among
many. The education obtained in our
public schools now is more liberal than
a prince could once obtain, although
none of those who share its burdens are
the posseSsors of prncely fortunes. \
fifty cent annual tax from an educa!iona
Dirthright once was in a palace. An
education does moi require II fortune,
it Is Il fortune to ali. In other
respect, the benefits derived from the
city are equally remarkable. The es-
tilnation in which they ar, held has
changed and is changing. The convep-
fences Of yesterday are lhe necessities
OF today: and the convcniences of to-
day will he Il Necessity tomorrow. but
a generation ago, the city of Cincinnati
furnished Charles Dickens nothing bet
ter than perforated lin lantern for her
streets ut nights, and the pedestrian OF
his own city of London but little while
before picked his way through its foggy
darkness by the tllckering light of
pine torch. The tin lantern and pine
torch are now relics in the modern "Old
Curiosity Shop" called museum Of
ancient things. The electricity that
once only lit the pathway of tho thun-
derbolt lights the feet of the wayfarer
of the city or hamlet. The waterfall, i,
whose power was only sound. wears
n harness of wire to accommodate every
door step.
But the variety OF the benefits. VI
which we have only given illustrations,
is necessarily accompanied with vari-
ety of taxes. They are not the free
gift of nature, like air, but the products
of labor, demanding remuneration; and
while no one OF them by itself appears
burdensome, the aggregate is so unless
confined 10 a limit prop"rtionate with
the resources If the community. lh's
limit is not a physical object OF three
dimensions capable of definite demarka-
ton. You cannot apply the surveyors
instruments and mark il with granite
posts AS YOU can house lot. 1t is
iaryely matter of judgment. Orin-
ions about it differ. Like watches,
"none 90 just alike. yet each believes
his own" But the sun, whether timed
by watches or not, rises and sets with
its own distinctive regularity. 1t Is not
opera,ed by spring of steel, needing
to bs daily adjusted. The morning Will
find it shining in upon the sleeper a.
though the dial may fail to marx It's
progress.
The benefits, of which we are speak
inc. are Il certain and constant uralh
upou municipal treasury. although or
6cials and people may misjudge the
cost, If you enjoy them you must pay
for them, and if you pay for them you
must be taxed. Because your creo't
ia good is no reason for its eStr'
,.isc Its exercise may make 1t poor
If is All instrument that does not improve
with use. A benefit obtained oy o'o,
!. of,en a curse,-a curse, too, that Will
run with the blood through coming
generations. You can not change me
nature of things by self deception; ny y
taking thought, you may ,nlnN ,i,.. 'n", H.. q
nefore your thinking has ended, a pay
dnv has dnwned upon an empty 'Ie"s-
urv. In history, we ascrioo va 'o"'
causes to social disturbances ana up
hoav.Is We are often misl"d ny sur
f'ce appearances. More often than We
ara ;,cinea to admit, the underlying
.,us,. Of trouble Is debt Gladstone
,tat.smanshp rests upon his o"ose''