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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14
GAINED WEALTH IN VERMONT.

The Ludlow Tribune accounts for one
means of increasing wealth right here in
the Green Mountain State in the follow
ing interesting and significant man
ner:
The retiring proprietor Of the Pavil-
ion, at Montpelier, had thirty thousand
dollars when he started in at the capital
city, and is credited with closing out his
interests at about five hundred thousand.
But then he has been in the electric light
business, and. besides, has taken "ses-
sion boarders," which accounts for his in
creased wealth.
This illustrates anew a fact which has
been emphasized over ard over again
in all parts of the state that it Is not
necessary for men and women to leave
Vermont in order to prosper or even to
accumulate a considerable degree of
wealth If we can succeed in drumming
this truth into our people and at the
same time attract other inhabitants to
our State on the scale that ought to
prevail, the Green Mountain state win
flourish as never before.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14

the acknowledgements bill introduced by
which is a unit in it's favor. OF the two
hundred members who have not given
positive pledges it is said with appar-
ont authority that not more than fifty
be had now. Mr.. Harvey adds the Gus
tom Of British governments forbids the
consideration of franchise questions until
final session, on the ground that if the
electorate be enlarged, Parliament must
dissolve forthwith in order to give the
new constituency immediate voice. If,
as seems likely, the present Parliament
shall run its full course, six years will
clapse before the bill can he passed. but
the sentiment Is now so nearly unani-
nous that only an extraordinary change
in public opinion. az well as In the dis
position Of the members, can prevent it's
ultimate enactment 1t is by no means
clear that the recent energetic action of
the agitators. followed by their ar
rest and Imprisonment. has resulted in
the damage to the cause anticipated by
many who feared tho possible effect of
rdicule. The famous novelist, George
Meredith, was convinced from the be-
ginning that demonstration to the verge
Of violence afforded the only way to
arouse the English mind, and he wrote
bluntly.
If Great Britain were to extend the
right Of suffrage to women, It requires
no argument to show that this step
would have an important bearing on the
movement for the extension OF the suf-
frage to the fair sex in the United
States. There is no denying the fact
that women are coming to take their
proper place in many OF the vocatlons
and while many would prefer to soc
woman remain on the pedestal where
chivalry and gallantry OF nan has placed
her. we have nevertheless always insist
ed that when minority Of the women of
this country manifested q desire for the
right 10 participate in the scramble and
turmoil Of elections she would be given
that right.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14
WAR ON THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

1T has long been popular thing in
not a few circles to dccry the British
House of Lords as a useless body. and
indeed as an obstacle in the path Of
English progress. This cry has been
sent up in Parliament itself at times.
hibitcl by Winston Churchill a member
of the House of Commons, in his recent
speech in opposition to the coordinate
branch of the British Parliament. Wins
ton Churchill is a son of the late fiery
Lord Randolph Churchill, and Judging
from the reports of his remarks sent
across the Atlantic the son promises to
fully maintain the reputation Of his sire
Cor rash moves in English politics as
well precipi,ate utterances.
Present indications are that the COM
ing campaign in Great Britain wifi turn
in no small degree upon the issue of the
House of Lords. and Young Churchill
in this connection. In the course of his
speech in the Commons. he said that So
ciety was vitlated by many features of
wasteful folly and unfairnoss, none of
which was more obvious than the twin
evils connected with the House Of Lords
and the land. In his estimation the
peers had deliberately provoked a con-
stitutonal struggle and the House of
Commons in the heyday of strength
would take up the challenge unhesitat-
ngly. 1t was the business of liberal
clements to come to an understanding
Immediately with these lordiy persons
and to show at once without delay that
it was the House of Commons that would
be the master.
1t follows as a matter of course that
the general election will be Il pronounced
struggle, but it is difficult to believe that
the people of England will be able to
administer any rebuff to the upper
branch OF Parliament. The average
Britisher probably as dearly loves a
lord as ever, and the chances are that
when he is confronted by the alterna-
tive he will discover some means of see
ing it to be his duty to support this re-
lie of an effete monarchy, even if the
wise leaders OF both his political parties
do not discover some means of enabling
him to avoid the necessity Of voting on
this issue altogether. British politics is
a queer field, and it is never safe TO
predict what its evolutions may turn
up next
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14

featuring property to be s205, 3s5, OPS, ss-
sesscd at 81 per cent of that value. The
taxes levied were 0.51 per cent.-one-halt
of per cent.--of that value, as against
LA per cent. on farms. They were 03i6
per cent-about one-thlrd OF per cent
on the gross product OF manufactures, as
against 6.S6 per cent of that OF the farms,
and were POI per cent. OF the net product
of the shops. as against 9sS per cent. for
the farms This says the commission,
constitutes a most telling exhibit OF the
Inequalities of our tax system"
The same table contains some other in
teresting percentages relating to this inc
quality of burden bearing. The land oc-
cupied by manufacturers is but 1879 per
per cent. of the farm capital. Their
buildings are il per cent. OF the capital,
while those of the farm are % per cent.
of their capital. Machinery and implc-
ments form 30.4 per cent. OF the capital
Of manufacturers. and but ~ per cent. Of
that Of the farmers. The gross product
of the shops is IA per cent. of the capital,
while that of the farms is 1875 per cent.
The commission then makes the COM
parison on the basis of income. Taking
the census returns for that state it finds
that the 145.So1 persons engaged in agrcul-
ture earned an average in 1899 of 1893 90
The 49, jj persons engaged in manu-
featuring earned an average of $50. ut
would seem, then" says the commission,
that from the per capita earnings manu-
facturers could afford to pay nearly q
per cent. more taxes than could the farm
ers. AS a matter Of fact. however, tho
| farmers pay 10 per cent of their net earn
ings and manufacturers only , per cent
of their net earnings. Persons engaged in
agriculture pay on the average $50 per
capita each year in taxes out Of an aver
engaged IN manufacturing pay on ths
average $40 per capita a year out OF an
average annual income of $50
While economic conditions in Vermont
and California are not wholly parallel, it
is to be taken for granted that approx
ma tcly similar conditions as regards the
inequalities Of taxation Will be found c
exist in the Green Mountain State. II
| follows as matter of course that the
farmers of Vermont are particularly in
terested in the investigation of existing
condition in this state and the dcvisins
Of means to remedy the situation. Undoi
these circumstances It is fortunate thai
the Vermont tax commission includes il
its membership two we'll known and aIc
farmers. one the head of the State Grange
in tho person of Mr.. George w. Pierre
and the other long time member of The
state board of agriculture in the person
Of Mr. Ernest Hitchcock.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14
PAPERS AND PRESIDENTIAL POLL

II is interesting to note the attitude of
some Of the newspapers with reference
to the possible nomination of different
available candidates for the presidency
of the United States, particularly those
of the metropolis which pose as indie
pendent The New York Post blows
now hot and now cold whenever the
possibility of the denomination Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt is suggested. The New
York Sun does not take kindly to in
tense warfare on corporations, and yet
1t finds little comfort in the contempla-
ton of the possibility Of the election Of
some of those who are now prominently
mentioned in connection with the ropub-
iican nomination.
The Sun now notes with some glee that
number OF prominent republicans of
Indiana have set a backfire for the Fair
banks boom. The list includes Harry s.
New. the acting chairman of the repub-
lican national committee, and former
Governor Winfield r. Durbn. The latter
has been in Washington, according to
the Sun, and he has given out an inter-
view in the course of which he says
that the people of Indiana ARE not in
favor of Fairbanks as a whole but want
10 see President Roosevelt rcnominated.
He goes so far as to say that the Hoosier
State will send a divided delegation to
the next republican national conven-
tion.
The Sun expresses the opinion that
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon will enter
the presidential race, and in this direc-
ton 1t sees trouble for Senator llcmen-
way of Indiana. Mr., IIcmcnway is said
TO owe his election to tho Senate to Vice
President Fairbanks. while he Is indebt-
I'd to Speaker Cannon for the prominence
which he gained as a member of the
House, prominence that attracted at
tention to him as a man possession good
senatorial timber, 1t Will be Interesting
now to see which way the sun will Jump
when the time comes to indicate presl-
Dental preferences.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14
ASTOUNDING TAXATION DISCOy.
ERIES.

The commission recently appointed by
Governor Proctor for the Investigation of
the problem of double taxation. is author
lied by the act which created It to gain
access to a variety OF data, and it is safe
to say that the results of this inquiry Will
be intensely interesting if not valuable
as a means to the relief of inequalities
in the bearing OF the burden of govern
mcnt and public improvements. 1t is safe
TO say, however, that it will be difficult
or the Vermont commission to make dis
coveries more startling than those re-
corded in California.
The Golden State created a tax commits
sion consisting Of the governor, two sena-
tors and two assemblymen to investigate
the matter of State taxation and report
such changes as it found would make it
possible for taxes to be laid more justly
than under the existing law. There IS
much IN the report that is instructive n
the Green Mountain State, and it contains
some points that may be helped to the
Vermont commission in suggesting var-
Gus lines of inquiry.
The commission ascertaned the true
value of farms and farm property in Cali
fornia to be s726 $50 G53, which is assessed
at Go per cent of that amount. The taxes
on it were LII per cent. of the true value;
$50 per cent. of the gross income of the
farms, and 9.SS per cent. of the net in
come. including compensation for the Ia
Dor Of the farmer and his family. In
other words. California farmers paid the
equivalent of an income tax Of nearly 10
per cent For comparison with other
classes Of tax bearers it ascertained the
equivalent figures relating to manufac-
lures. 1t found the true value Of manu-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14
A Sudden CUANGE.

At certain school entertainment the
teacher made this announcement; Il am
very sorry to say, children, that Miss
Willett has been taken with rather
sudden hoarseness ard will be unable &c
sing, She is willing, however, to recite
u noem instead, If you wish DO you?
Disappointment flew into each little ones
face at this charge; and for n moment
no one spoke, Then. several hoyish heads
in the rear of the room became grouped
as ii in earnest conversations Suddenly
they parted, and Johnnie Marvin, q
freckled- faced, deep-yoiced scholar, stood
up. Teacher" he declared, ''if Miss
Willett don't mind, we'd rather have her
git up an try TO sing. an If her throats
too sore { make a noise she kin make
her funny faces, anyway, while the
pianer plays the tune."-Woman's Home
Companion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14
SUMMER HOTELS IN VERMONT.



For the past two years and possibly
longer tho literary contingent all over
the state hay" been advertising Vermont
as summer resort, both by views and
description. We now have two state
magazines which are filling praise
worthy niche In the manner in which they
are depicting the history and natural ar
chitecture of the state. Every news
paper has more or less to say from time
10 tim" about the fitness OF the country
Wher" 1t is located. for the reception and
entertainment of tourists during the sum-
mcr months. Yet there is not enough Of
fort put forth by enternrisng citizens
to care for these travellers when once
they get within the confines of the state,
at least. not as much is given them as
OUGHT to be considering the vast amount
of word painting that is shoWcred upon
the reading public by the State press.
1t is high time that some other crafts
men outside the province of Journalism
take a hand in the matter Of entertain-
ing tourists after they have been won
by tn" descriptions that writer's have
taken the trouble to distribute.
Souvenir books and cards Of Lake Mem
phremagog have been printed in the last
two years in great quantity. These pro-
ductions Of the natural wonders Of the
lake have touched the observation Of
people from every state in the Union and
done an nC1lculahlc amount Of healthy
advertising. but in other respects the
status of affairs is little different than
II was when the press first began shout
ing the praises Of Normont's lakes and
hills
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14
FEWER LOBsTERs.
No Probability That They VIII Again
He as Plenty ny Formerly.

Maine lobster fishermen are hardly
making a living at catching this she'll
fish this winter. They report Holsters
scarcer than ever before since they have
been engaged in this business, says the
kennebec Journal IN years past the
hardy men who brave the frgid weather
have been able to make their living and
something besides, but the past winter
Holsters have been scarcer than ever be-
fore, with the result that they have been
unable to make more than both ends
meet The terrific cold weather of the
past week put a stop to the business al
together along the coast: in fact some
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN GREAT
BRITAIN.

While only a few of the States in this
country have granted the right of suf-
frage to the fair sex, every indication
points to the early participation of wo-
men in elections in Great Britain. George
Harvey in discussing the outlook in the
North American Review calls attention
to the fact that the leaders of the two
great parties Sir Henry Campbell Ban
more than four hundred of the six hund-
red and seventy members of Parliament,
loAa dAflnIialV ,lalRad tbair a,nnnnrt of
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14
THE LINCOLN FARM.
(From Golfers for February Q.

(From Golfers for February Q, l9o-)
Lincoln's farm will I've dedicated to the
public in. 1909, Those acres on which the
child Abraham first sa " day will be turn
ed over to the nation Just one hundred
years from the time when he was born.
The preparation OF this tract for its
memorial purpose might have been accom-
plished by a few men or one, who hap
pened to have wealth. 1t is far more
..tting that it should he accomplished by
the mon and women and children of all
our States, and We irNite especially the
participation of those from whom a quar-
ter of one dollar is Il mighty gift And
let these silver pieces come from Maine
and California from South Carolina and
from Louisiana.
May one who fought in honor for the
South
Uncovered stand and sing by Lincoln's
grave?"
He was of the South as much as of tho
North; of the East as of the West; OF
today as of the period Of which his body
lived. His childhood home, tended and
visited by his people, will be an expression
of our affection and monument forever
to the services which he was permitted
In sorrow and devotion to perform
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14
THE STAGE DOG.
CFrom the London Globe }

new epoch is dawning in French
drama. 1t may be summarized as the
advent Of the stage dog. The pres
cnce OF the new artist ION four is now
signalizrd at no fewer than three OF
the leading theatres Of Paris, and I'm
each case he cuts no mean figure. And
there can he no question about the ar
tstlc temperament of the newcomer, be-
cause he drinks In popular applause
with all the intoxcat!on of spoiled
prima donna, Apparently, too, he has
come to stay We all know that there
are In play certain things which twere
well the audience know, and which Yet
cannot be worked off in dialogue. The
heroines distressing doubts and fears
the hero's flights of imagination. are of
this order. They have to be talked at
somebody, who is usually super,
disguised as silent contidant OF
duenna, or there is a solloquy. At least,
these used to be the old legitimate de-
vices. but the new world of Paris has
at last cast them aside with other worn
ont survivals, The stage dos answers
the purpose of n lay hsure Infinitely
better. and the dramatists have perma-
nently adopted him
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14
HOIST WITH HIS OWN PETARD.
(From the Randolph Heraldl


That suit of the minority stockholders
Of The Rutland Herald against F. w.
Clement to force an accounting promises
to stir the drv bones. II has not been
generally known that all these years dur
Ing which The Herald, as MI. Clement ;
personal organ. has been driving it hard
into the Proctors. Senator Proctor has
held quite block of Herald stock, taken
many years ago and that Clement owned
a bare 81 per cent, or merely control
ling interest. But Whatever may b"
thought or said of the proprietes under
such conditions, the charges now brought
against the Clement management, affect
ing the pecuniary interests of the share
holders. are OF a different nature. Pre-
Judgment Is unwarranted, but II 1t should
be proven that Clement has cirflated
thousands of Herads to promote his po-
litical prospects without making adequate
payment therefor to the company and
has used office quarters paid ny the as
ISOLATION for purposes othe" thah th"he
Of the concern. how does such conduct
comport with the disciple IT anti-graft
that the state has heard from 40 much
And how does the refusal to let the
stockholders see the books Of the assoc
citation become him who pried III" lock-
off tho state auditors door so that the
humblest individual taxpayer might at
will examine the accounts and vouchers
of the State?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14
HOW SPIDERS SPIN.
(From Harper Magazine.)

The spider is able to secrete at least
three colors Of silk stuff-the white,
which forms the web. and the en-
swarthement Of captives and the egg
cocoon; the brown mass that fills the
cocoon Interior; and the hossy yellow
between that and the inside OF the sac.
The glands end in minute ducts which
empty into spnning-spoous regularly
arranged along the sides and upon the
tips of the six spinnerets. or "spinning-
mammillac" or spinning fingers" which
are placed just beneath the apex of the
abdomen. The spinnerets are movable
ard can be flung wide apart, or pushed
closely together, and the spinning-spool
can be managed in the same way.
The silk glands are embodied in muscu-
lar tissue, pressure upon which, at tho
will of the spider. forces the liquid silk
through the duct, into the spool whence
It issues rs a minute nlamcnt, since 1t
hardcns upon contact with the air One
thread as seen in a web may be made up
Of number Of llaments, and is formed
by putting the tips Of the spool together
as the liquid Jets are forced out of the
ducts. When the spinnorets are joined
and number OF the spools are emptie !
at once their contents merge, and the
sheets or ribbons are formed which one
sees in the enswarthment of a captive ur
the making of Arg,opes central shield.
/ This delicate machinery the owner oper-
ates with utmost skill, bringing into play
now one part and now another, and again
the whole. with unfailing dizziness and
q mastery complete
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14

Many persons have been inclined to
9u1nulatng wealth in the tremendous
proportion sometimes ascribed to him.
but his gifts to the cause of education,
how supplemented by the enormous dona-
hll doubt in this direction. The act was
indeed generous as well as highly com
mendable.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14

According to advices from different
sre being carried on with marked success
~ Vermont and the chances are that the
harvest will far exceed that OF last year,
Estimated at 5o,oOo0oO to 100000 feet.
Lumber is a source of large income to the
>eople of the Green Mountain State.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14
WANTED.

When you want anything. advertise
in the new special column of this paper.
Some bargains are offered there this
week which It will pay you TO read
about. See page two. Tais pape has
about. See page two. This paper has
and one cent word will reacn
them all.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14
HUMAN IN THEIR FALLlBlLlTY.
HFrOm the Rutland NeWs)

Burlington man is cheering the Goa
men and the ice men by reporting tina
the remainder of the Writer is evidently
to be very cold, as tho woodchucks, musk
rats and hogs in that vicinity have beer
hurrying preparations to keep warm Blu
wild animals have never heretofore pre-
dicted the weather with any marked de
gree of accuracy. and the general opinion
will be that they are as likely to eri
as the average weather observer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14
AN UNCOMFORTABLE CROWN,
CFrom Reynolds's Newspaper)

Describing the coronation of the Shah'
correspondent says that when he re-
moved his astrakhan hat and the Nizier
placed upon his head the tiara, the Vlzler
mstook the back of the crown for the
front, and had TO readtust 1t. The weight
of the diadem was so great that the
Shah had to support it with both hands,
and judging from the expression of the
royal countenance he did not find it COM
Portable.