Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-02

the bill giving the bounty. Later it
it said "worked, voted and perhaps
spoke'' in favor of it's repeal. Both
statements are untrue.
The bounty was given by one of
tho provisions of the Mckinley tariff
act of 1890 which was passed before
entered congress. It was repealed by
the Wilson tariff act of 1894. Ivoted
against the Wilson act and so voted
aga inst the repeal of the bounty.
The bounty did not meet the expec-
tations of it's authors nor of the peo
pie of Vermont, for the reason that
the Mckinley act admitted Canada
sugar free. Canada sugar comes into
our market in such quantities that
the price, with the bounty added, fell
below the price before the bounty
was given. [ thereupOn introduced
and supported bill to tax Canada
sugar and thus kept it out of our mar
ket. FL. HENRY POWERS.
POLITICS AND MAPLE SUGAR.
Judge Powers has been charged
with recreancy to the int rests of his
farmer constituents in certain ways
in respect to the maple sugar industry.
Judge Powers considered the matter
of sufficient Importance to write the
Burlington NelUs a letter upon the sub
ject of his course in congress on the
maple sugar legislation in the early
part of this decade. In the course of
his letter the Judge writes:
''The Rutland Neavs is the author of
the suggestion that I misreprented
my constituents on this question. In
it's first reference to the matter it in
timated that I opposed the passage
of the bill giving the bounty. "Later
it said I worked, voted and perhaps
spoke IN favor of it's repeal. Both
statements are untrue.''
The Watchman was taking at the
time an active interest in the matter
of bounty on maple sugar, believing
it would be not only to the pecuniary
advantage of the farmers of Vermont
but that, the bounty being paid only
on sugar of specified degree of pur-
ity, it would have tendency mater
tally to improve the general quality,
and hence the value, of the product.
Judge Powers course was something
of disappointment to Vermont far
mers in general and was at the time
the subject of some criticism in the
newspapers and on the part of maple
sugar producers. In his statements
in the letter to the Burlington NeaUs
he seems to have forgotten what he
said, Or is reported to have said by
the Congressional Record of the fifty
fifth congress, March Is, 1892. The
official report of Mr. Powers words
is this:
In this connection I will say that |
"I have myself" in order to do what |
[ regard a benefit to our own pro-
ducers, introduced bill to restore |
the old duty and to repeal the bounty"
because the difficulty of obtaining the |
bounty, the red tape necessary to be |
resorted to in order to get it, compels |
the producer to lose the early market |
on maple sugar; he must lose more |
than two cents pound if he under
takes to secure the bounty.
The words in quotation marks
would seem to indicate that the Judge
was rash in pronouncing "untrue''
the statements as to his action in the
matter of the bounty. Either he is
or the Congressional Record
is in error. IT have myself introduced !
a bill to repeal this bounty"
This seems to be conclusive of the
whole matter, unless the officialrecord
of proceedings in congress can be i'm
peached. AS this was a matter of
state interest, reference thereto may
possibly be made without Indictment
for interfering in the first district
fight. Watchman.