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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-10-05
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-10-05

We are indebted to the editor OF the
Interstate Journal. an excellent il
Illustrated monthly published at White
River Junction, for the use of this
ST Johnshury view. It is from photo
graph taken by Mrs. J. Nj. Perham and
on the right is corner of the grounds at
"Pinehurst" and on the left the residence
OF Herbert w. Blodgett which was also
the home of his late father, E. D. Blod-
gett, our town clerk for so many years.
The team in the foreground is one of the
rural delivery teams en- route 20 the
neigbboring town of Danville.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-10-05
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American women between 10 and 80
years of age to work as attendants in
the Medfeld Insane Asylum at Med6eld
Junction, Mass, 20 miles from Boston.
Wages increase with length of service. An
opportunity to become a trained nurse.
Address,
DR.. Edward French,
MedfeId Mass.
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ST. J. 81. G. Railroad
SUMNER ARRANGEMENT.
In effect June Fl, 1904.

Trains Easf-bound leave
Swanton. 1920, 1881 a. m, 40, 4.27 p.
m.
East wanton. 1898 a. M. '4.37 p. m.
Cambridge juno, liza a. M, Cos p. m.
Hyde Park, 5.45 a.. M. 1900, 7.16 p. m.
Morrisvil1e, 600 a. M, II. 20, 1882 p. m.
Hardwick, 6.45 a. M, 1885. Sol p. m.
Greensboro, 7.2O a. M, 1.13, SIS p. m.
Danvi1le, SAG a. M, 1. 81 1855 p. m.
st. Johnsbury, arrive, 9.25 a. M, 2.13,
OFT p.
St. Johnsbury, leave, o.42 a.. M, 2.22, 9.27
North Concord, ZIG a. M, 3.O3, 81 p. m.
Lunenburg, 3.35, TAO a.. M, 1928, 6.O-
p. m.
Trains Wesf-bOund leave
Lunenburg, LOS, 7.o5 a. m, 2.34. Cos
p. m.
st. Johnsbury, 700 a. M. 4:Os, 500 p. m.
Danvi1le. 80 a.. M, 4.39, 8. SIS p. m.
Greensboro, sos a. M, SIT. SO p. m.
Hardwick. S.25 a. M, 5.34. 1925 p. m.
MoTrisville, S.57 a. M, 6.1S, ILL., p. m.
Hyde Park. OF a. M, 25, 1122 2. m.
Cambridge Junction, $50 a. M, 6.53 p. m.
East Swanton. 10 AZ a. M. OF p. m.
Swanton, o.45, 1O47, HAT a. M, s.o7
p. m.
HE. FOLSOM, supt.
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Inmates of st. Asaph workhouse, in
Wales, possess pony and phaeton, and
library of over six hundred volumes.
All are provided by generously disposed
persons in the district.
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Time Tables.
Boston & Maine Railroad

00Sl0m & Maine ndllf0dQ
Connecticut and Passumpsfc Division.
SUMNER ARRANGEMENT.
In effect June ~, 1904.
Trains South bouud leave
Sherbrooke, 500, 1000 and 11.35 a. m,
$40, $50 and e.35 p. m.
ITO. 8 .os, 11.25 and 1895 p. m.
Coventry. 7.l6 a. m. and 400 p. m.
Barton Landing. 7.25 and $50 a. m, 4.2O,
Barton. 1907. 1877 and SAG a. m, 1872,
Sutton, 500 a. m. and 500 p m.
West Burke. 1896. SOY and eos a. m,
Lyndonyiile. 1875, 1888, $50 and s.24
a. M. 2.o3. 5.35, Oil and e.45 p. m.
St. Johnsbur, Center. s.1s ' a. F. m n. and $50
St. Johnsbury. 11s. s.54 and s.42 a. M,
East Barnes. 500 a. m. and e1s p. m.
MeIndoes. 81 a. No. e 81 and SrI % pi p p. m.
Ry c;: 20 a x M q and nd e ~ P M
White River Junction. 355, Gas, 1925
and Sostoa arrive 80 AND and & n 49,
4.45, 6.55 and $40 p. m.
Trains North-bound leave
Boston, 900, 1000 and 11.ao a.. M. LOO,
1.15, 7.3O and $50 p. m.
and 500 M. As. 4.s2 and 5.37 p. m.
Wells River. 2.35. 5.35, 2.25 and 9.47 a.
M, 1922, 1856 and z. 10 p. m.
Ryegate, 9.56 a. m. and 3.45 p.
McIndoes, PSI, and 1907 a. m. So and
7.27 p.
7.33 p.
East Barnet, 1920 a. m. and 4.o7 p. m.
Passumpsic, 1920 a. m. and 4 II p. m.
St. Johnsbury. 3.1s. GIL, sos and 1912
a. m, 400. 4.2S and 7.55 pm.
To1o ct,,rx er1ta o,,I A q =
p. M
Lyndon, IL OF a.. M. and 4.47 p. m.
Lyndo nville, $50, 3.4O 6.2S and lilo q.
M, APO, SIS and S.15 p. m.
West Burke, $3.50 and 11.2s a. m, 5.12 and
$50 p.
Sutton, 11.35 a. m. and $50 .. m.
South Barton, 11.51 a. and 5.37 p. m.
Barton, 4.25 and 40 a M, 12 OF, sos,
5.4S and 9.O2 p. m.
Barton Landing, 4.35 and 500 a. M,
1913, 5.12 6 OF and 12 p. m.
Coventry 8.25 and 1925 a. M, 10 p. m.
Newport, $40, 7.26 and $50 a. M, 6.1O
7.O5, 7.35 and 9.34 p.
Sherbrooke, arrive, 500, GAO and 90 a.
M, $40 and Ills p.
D. J. FLANDERS, G. P. & T. A.
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republican party. not only self-sup-
porting but are also large contributors
to the States revenues. For instance, in
1882 the secretary of state turned into
the treasury Office $1,154.00. In 1903 there
was turned into the treasury from fees
and taxes on corporations organized in
this department, including back taxes
collected that year, over $50, 900. In
1882 the treasury secured from the Insur-
ance Department, through fees and taxes
on insurance companies the sum Of ST.
237.59. In 1903 the treasury secured from
this department, from fees and taxes on
Insurance companies and brokers, $780,
960.06. In 1882 the savings bank tax as
sessed on the returns of the bank ex-
aminer amounted to- $206, 469.4S. In 1903
the savings bank tax assessed on his re-
turns amounted to $4S5046.59, to which
must be added taxes assessed on his re-
turns for Trust companies and Building
and Loan Associations to the amount OF
$37 531.77, making total Of $522, 57S36.
The game interests are entirely sup
ported by the licenses of the sportsmen
from other states who come annually to
Maine in large numbers, and put thou
sands of dollars into circulation among
the people Of our State. The Railroad
Commission Is entirely supported by
special tax assessed upon the railroads
Of the State.
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the taxpayers Of Maine. Al q matter q
fact, they have been accomplished witt
an actual decrease of such burdenG
Moreover the last report Of the stat
treasurer shows more than half til
towns Of Maine RECEIVING MORI
MONEY FROM THE STATE TREAS&
URY THAN THEY PAY INTO 1T II
TAXES. notwithstanding the materially
wider scope and efficiency Of the publ
service-a service which has, necessarily
called for some increase in the way d
additional clerk hire, printing. and gens
eral Office expenses. Where has the in
creased revenue come from that ha4
made this public service possible7 Th4
report Of the State treasurer tor 19oG
shows that only 81 per cent. of 1t CAM
from the towns as against "A per cent
contributed by the towns to the support
OF the State government Of 1889. In othes
words the present splendid public SER
vice Is costing the towns of Maine $11A.
S29 "a less than did the smaller and vast
iy less efficient public service Of 1889. 50
much for the record Of the past twenty
one years under republican rule.
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More for Less.

Not only have the people Of Maine en-
joyed this increase of public service but
it has been accompanied with a DE
CREASE IN THE TAX COLLECTED
THE STATE. In 1882 the State tax
rate was AZ mills on the dollar of the
State valuation. In 1903 the state tax
rate had been reduced to "a mills. In
1882 State taxes We're collected from the
towns Of Maine to the amount CT $1,O55,
2S9.62 In 1903, after twenty years of re-
publican rule, the taxes collected from
the towns of the State amounted to only
$g41, 459.6S 1t is evident, therefore, that
this increased public service, this larger
expenditure for public charities and util-
tiles, has put no additional burden upon
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Increased Revenue.

While the items above noted account
for. the majcr part of the increased State
expenditures in the past twenty-four
years, it is also true that Maine is a
progressive State. and the business done
by the state government to-day is vast
ly larger than it was quarter of CEN
fury ago. This increase of business has
grown out OF the public necessities and
has been provided for by the representa-
tives Of the people in accordance with
the expressed wishes of the voters. 1t
has called for the establishment of
number of new State departments, and
the putting of great amount Of addi-
tional work UPON the old departments
1t has. at the same time, been accompa-
MED by notable increase of revenue
coming in large part from great corpor
ate interests. many of which are located
outside of the State. Many of the de
partmentS which formerly were sup
ported entirely, or in large part out Of
the State treasury, are now, as q result
of the wise legislation enacted by the
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Just what connection the above items
have with the Salaries and expenses of
State officers and employees at the State
capitol does not appear to the average
citizen and the political exigency which
leads the democratic managers to include
them under that head must be desperate
indeed. Among the other items of I'm
crease" since 1882 which appear in this
table are "Stenographers to the Justice
of the Supreme Judicial court $12,
The inference is that the justice Of our
supreme court didn't have any stem
ographers in 1882, and that. consequently
this is brand new item Of expense. AS
a matter Of fact these stenographers
were paid by the counties in 1882. In
1908, under the provisions Of law passed
in 1901, they were paid by the State. In
1882 this Item was wholly a charge upon
the taxpayers. In 1903 1t was paid. in
large part. by the railroads, telegraph.
telephone, insurance and express COM
panies. the wild lands, and the great cor
porate interests-most of them located
outside OF the State. which were organ
lied under our general law, and which
contributed more than $3.50, 10000 to the
State revenues in 1903.
There are other items in this remark
able table equally misleading. For IN
stance: inspectors of steamboats,,
$685." Every one who takes the ~trou-
BILE to look the matter up will find that
these expenses are more than covered by
the fees received from steamboat owners.
AS matter of fact the inspectors turned
into the State treasury in 1903 from this
source 1914. or $247.45 more than the cost
Of their department. Another example
Of the same sort will be found in the
item Board of Registration of Medi-
cine, $930S1. AS matter of fact, this
board is supported by the examination
fees which 1t receives, and in 1903 turned
into the State treasury $4,000, net gain
to the State of $14.19 In similar way
the fallacy OF many Of the items of this
table could be shown; but the above will
suffice to indicate its general accuracy
and value. In this connection. however.
it may be we'll to speak of the item Of
$1,931.25 for investigation of fires" This
Is part of an annual fund of $1,000 pro-
vided in 1897 for such Investigations Pri-
or to that time the investigation of fires
had been left wholly to the municipal Of
ficers. The following table of fires in
Maine shows the practical results of this
provision:
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Massachusetts and Rhode Island have
annual sessions of the Legislature, so
that, for purposes of comparison with
Maine the figures given for these states
IN the above table must be doubled.
Rhode Island pays S. per day and
mileage, and Vermont So a day and
mileage, during the session The above
totals are based upon a three months
session. Upon the same basis the pay
of members of the Maine Legislature
amounts to s163 day. The Legislature
Of New Hampshire has AT members,
and the legislative pay roll, including
mileage and pay of employees. is $780,
$50, or $685. GAS more than the pay roll
of the Maine Legislature, including
mileage and pay of employees. And yet
the people of New Hampshire, who
number 2S2,S7s less, and have about
third less taxable property than the
people of Maine, have never looked upon
this as a burden and when proposed
constitutional amendment designed to
relieve them of a large part of this bur-
den by reducing the size Of their
Legislature was recently submitted to
them they voted it down by an over-
whelnling majority. With the small
expense OF our legislative service and
the fact that We only have biennial ses-
sions of the Legislature in Maine where
many states have annual sessions THE
COST OF GOVERNMENT IN MAINE
TODAY IS LOWER THAN IN ALI
MOST ANY OTHER STATE IN THE
UNION.
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Democratic Deception.

In this connection it may be well 70
consider, briefly. some of the mistate
ments and misrepresentation contained
in a table VA hich Mr.. Davis has kept
standing for some months past in his
personal organ and which purports to
show a compar t,on between the years 1882
and 1903 in the amounts paid for salaries
and expenses Of state officers and en-
pioyes at the State capitol. 1t is evident
that he has been lxt to special stress to
pad out his 1903 fgLu'es. for we find the
salary of the reporter. of decisions ($2,500)
given as a separate item, although 1t
is included in the item Of Salaries Of
public officers which he gives as the
second item in his table. Now the av
erage citizen would be satlahed to include
the same item once in the same table,
ana the exigencies of the political situa-
ton must indeed be desperate when our
democratic friends feel called upon to
duplicate the, same items in a table which
processes to give the voters -rock-bot-
tome facts" In this same tatNe also we
find the item of $12.400 charged TO the
railroad commissioners. the inference be-
ing that this amount has been added to
the burdens of the taxpayers Of the
State.
AS q matter Of fact this amount un-
der the provisions of the statutes. is paid
by a special tax upon the railroads, the
provision being as follows
Chapter S-Section 20 of the r. S. Of Maine.
Sec 30 Every railroad company oper-
ating any railroad in the State shall
Day to the treasurer OF the state q tax
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Incendiary. Unknown.

1t will be seen that since the establish
ment OF this fund the percentage of in
cendiary fires in Maine had decreased
from S.46 percent in 1896 to 1.33 percent in
1903, and the percentage of unknown fires
has decreased during the same period
from 1853 percent to POSI- percent The
firebug has been driven out of business
Let the taxpayers of Maine say, in the
face Of the above record. whether or not
this appropriation has indicated itself.
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Legislative Paw.

In the amount paid the members of
the State Legislature, Maine RANKS
THE LOWEST OF ALL THE STATES
OF THE UNION. In this connection a
comparison with other New England
states will be of interest 1t is as fol-
lows
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State Salaries.

An adroit effort has been made by,tho
democratic managers to convey the im-l
preston that salaries have been unduly
advanced in our State. What are the
facts? Mr.. Davis has inveighed In his
organ against the higher prices Of COM.
modities, unmindful OF the fact that
upon these higher prices Of Agricultural
and manufactured products Il based
directly, the present prosperous condi-
ton Of our farmers, and the better pay
and shorter hours Of our wage Worker2
1t is nevertheless true that these
higher prices that have so increased tho
prosperity of the great mass Of our
citizens have, at the same time, added
to the living expenses Of those who are
exclusively consumers Of manufactured
and agricultural products. II, therefore.
the state has advanced the pay Of soune
OF It's employees. it Is no more than has
been done by every business concern
within its borders. The fact is, however,
that the Legislature Of Maine has moved
very slowly in the matter Of salary in
creases Mr.. c. W. Davis, the democratic
candidate for Governor, was a member
Of the committee on salaries during the
last Legislature, and warmly supported
the increase in the salaries Of the judges
OF the Supreme Court from $4,000 to
$4,000 the largest salary increase which
has been made since the close of the
NiVA w diI put one winch was generally
recognized by the people Of the State to
be fully justified, and which still leaves
the able justices Of our Supreme Court
with less remuneration for their services
than is accorded similar positions in
nearly all the other states Of the Union.
AS matter of fact. the salaries paid
officials in Maine are lower than are paid
in most other parts Of the country. The
salaries paid public officials in the New
England States range lower than those
paid in most of the other states-and
THE SALARY LIST IN MAINE IS
LOWER THAN IN ANY OTHER NEW
ENGLAND STATE Let US take the
Governors, for example, and we find the
record as follows
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Business.

The business of the various State de-
partments, as already noted. has in
creased very largely in the past two and
half decades. and nowhere is this in
crease more clearly shown than in the
work of the Legislature itself. The Leg
islature Of 1881 passed 261 bills and 66 re-
solves. The Legislature of 1903 passed
1862 bills and 14S resolves. These meas
ures came directly from the people, were
introduced by the representatives of the
people, publicly heard in committee and
favorably considered. They constituted
only portion Of the immense number Of
bills introduced, very many of which
were killed by adverse committee re-
ports. They indicate, however, very
tivity of our agricultural, commercial.
manufacturing and professional inter-
ests, over the conditions existing in Maine
a quarter Of a century ago-a growth
and development very strikngly shown
in an increase Of $116 ,250,1S in the as
sessed valuation of our State; in a gain
of s51, 034 ,279.59 in its savings bank de-
posits, to which should be added SIS, 1914
01O.63 of deposits in 1903 in trust compa-
MES and $2,932, 206.2S deposited in loan
and building associations established
since 1SS2-giving grand total of $73,-
$50, 496.50 which represents in part, the
savings, though it does not begin 10
measure fully the thrift and prosperity,
of our people; and in an increase of 1875
miles in the steam and electric railroads
that open up and render easily available
the splendid resources of our State.
The increased business done by our
State departments, to-day, over that of
quarter of century ago, is also strik-
reports, as noted, for example in the
following able.
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A striking example of the Increase Of
business now done in the older State de-
partments over what was done in 1882 Is
afforded by the Insurance department.
In 1882 the number of agents licensed by
this department was 900. In 1903 it was
1897. In 1882 the department had under
it's supervision 14S companies. In 1903 it
had 21S companies. There has been
similar increase in the amount of work
done in all the other State departments.
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A VOTE FOR COBB is 4 VOTE FOR ROOSEVELT

IN addition e ail other taxes provided
by lay, which shall be such q sum as
shall be Its proportional part of the
clerks. and expenses Of the board Of
railroad commissioners as provided in
section forty-eight Of chapter ffty-one.
to be determined BY the board Of State state
year according to the gross transporta-
ton receipts OF any such railroad COM
pany ia this state. as returned to the
ending June thirtieth preceding the
levying Of such tax. The board of state
assessors shall report the same to the
Of STATE wao sna yery ra
in this state. and said tax shall be pay
able on the first day Of June next after
Sec. b. Street railroad corporations
and associations are subject to the
eight preceding sections. etc. - -
Some Of the other items in this table
will strike the careful citizen as decid-
eddy far fetched. For instance
Analysis of commercial feed
ing stuffs :....::....:. $1So.oo
Arrest and apprehension OF
criminals ................ 1.1o!VA
Emergency fund for preven-
ton Of forest fires ........ 10.0O0.oo
Enforcement Of pure food
Epidemic emergency fund :. 10000
Improving and protecting dali
~ interests .................. S,oOoW
Preservation OF regtmenta1
rolls observation-disclosures. 1,zzs.20
Sheriffs and coroners ...... 912.04
Superintendence Of towns COM
posing school unions ...... 1.975.0O
TOTAL ...................... $3259s.26
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New Departments.

Not only has the growth of our State
and the great development of its mate
rial resources, largely increased the la
bors of the old State departments and
institutions, but it has led. in response
to popular demand, to the establishment
of number of new ones as follows:
Established
State Board of Medical Regis
lialloH 1888
State Board of Health ............... 1885
Registrar of Vital Statistics ........ 1891
Board of State Assessors ............ 1891
Bureau of Industrial and Labor Sta
tistics 1881
Inspector of Factories and Work
shops 1893
Commissioners of Pharmacy ........ 1887
State Cattle Commissioners 80. go. 1887
State School for Deaf ............... 1895
Eastern Maine Insane Hospital $40. 1895
State Normal School at Presque Isle 1903
All of these departments and institu-
tons were established at the request OF
the people of Maine, by their chosen
representatives, and all of them are do
ing practical work for the public. In
asmuch as the Legislative records show
that each of them had the practically
united support of the democratic mem
bers, it would seem as If that party were
fairly estopped from criticism of the ad-
ditional expense occasioned by them.
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POPULATION. SALARY.

1t will be seen that Maine, which
ranks THIRD among the New England
states In point OF population, ranks
FIFTH in the amount Of salary paid its
chief executive. 1t is true that little
Vermont pays its Governor $500 less
than is paid the Governor Of Maine; but
Vermont has less than half the popula-
ton of Maine and only about one-half
Of its assessed valuation.