Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-17
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS
FACTS AND OPINIONS GATHERED
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
vERMoNTsRs IN OTHER STATES

o vERMoNTsRs IN OTHER STATES
The Free Press has obtained from the
census bureau at Washington figures
showing the amount of persons born in
Vermont but living in other states and
territories at the time of the last census
AS was the case at the last two censuses,
the number exceeds the population of the
State of Vermont; but there is a decrease
of 5000 from the figures of the census of
1890, which figures were about 5000 less
than those for the census of 1880. The
figures by states follow:
Alabama, $50 Alaska, rs; Arizona, 202
Arkansas, 30l California, $3.50 Colorado,
2057: Connecticut, $3.50; Delaware, 81;
District Columbia, GIL; Florida, 1893
Georgia, 253; Hawaii, 43; Idaho, 375
Illinois, 1914; Indiana, 1928; Indian Ter
ritory, GA; Iowa, 6934; Kansas, BIZ
Kentucky, 16l; Louisiana, 155; Maine,
1863; Maryland, 249; Massachusetts,,
40,629; Michigan, 6759; Minnesota, 6273
Mississippi, 76; Missouri, 2209; Mon
tana, 900; Nebraska, 3077; Nevada, 1S5
New Hampshire, 1867; New Jersey,
1852; New Mexico, 1873; New York,
23,502; North Carolina, 1852 /; Dakota, S34 4;
Ohio, 1858; Oklahoma, 1852 Oregon, 1lS0
Pennsylvania, 2709; Rhode Island, 1916 A;
South Carolina, so; South Dakota, 1913 /;
Tennessee, $50: Texas, 54l; Utah BIG;
Virginia, 256; Washington, 1862; West
Virginia, 10; Wisconsin, Coos; Wyom.
Ing, 39S. This is total of 4l7,206, the
population of the state being 3,64l.
OF this total population of the state
24S, 100 were born in the state. The
neghboring states of Massachusetts, New
York and New Hampshire naturally lead
in the number of Vermonters, while the
western states have proven much more
attractive to Vermopters than have the
southern states.-Burlington Free Press.
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STATUS OF THE oLEo FIGHT.
The committee on agriculture of the
house of representatives at Washington,
which has in charge the well-known
| Grout bill taxing oleomargarine, has
outlined its program regarding legisla-
ton on the subject, and 1t is highly
gratifying to the dairymen, farmers and
all Others interested in the protection of
pure butter. The legislation will be
pushed as fast as it can be consistently
and all interests given fair hearing.
Hearings are to be given the dairy in
terests and oleo trust commencing this
week. 1t is not considered necessary
that expert testimony be taken, as eX-
haustive hearings were held two years
ago both in the senate and house CON-
mittees. A large edition of the testi-
mony during these hearings was ordered
printed by congress near the close of the
last session and is available for the use
of the present membership.
There will be two reports from the
committee. The majority report will be
made by Congressman Henry and the
minority by Chairman Wadsworth. 1t
is hoped to present both reports in the
early weeks of the session, so that action
may be had by the house and the bill
sent to the senate in ample time for that
body to pass upon the measure during the
present session. Senator Proctor, chair
man of the senate committee on agricul
ture, has assured Mr.. Henry that he is
sanguine the senate will pass almost any
bill the house will send over. The house
committee this session is so constituted
that good majority of the committee
will favor anti-oleomargarine legislation
Charles Y. Knight, secretary of thu
National Dairy union, who is engaged il
promoting the passage of the GrOut bill
expresses great confidence in the early
passage of the bill. He says that thos,
on the agricultural committee opposed
to it, including Chairman Wadsworth
have notified the committee that, unlike
the last congress, there will be no dila
tory tactics pursued in the cOmmitte,
and that an early report of the measure
according to the wishes of its friend
will not be opposed. The friends of tn,
bill claim for it a certain majority OF
both house and senate agricultural com
mittecs, and Secretary Knight says tina
never in the history of the oleo measure
has he felt so certain of ultimate success
as now.
The strenuous and well-directed worl
put in in the last congress has paved tn
way for the present bright prospects
The people are greatly interested in tn
routing of the powerful cleo trust.-Rut
land News.
CAN NOTHING BE DONE.
Public interest in the Boer war flare
and fades and flares again. But the wa
goes on and is never wholly out of tn
public mind Of civilization.
And from the point of view of herolsI