The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-13
FayOredb Congressman FOs-
fer OF Vermont
THEY SHOULD HAVE $1,000
So He Told the Vermont r. +. D. Men at
Their Convent on--Next Convention
win Be in Rutland--J. n. Car
penter, President.

st. Johnsbury, Aug. ls.--Thc conveu-
tion Of chs Vermont Rural Letter Car
rier9 association closed yesterday after
noon, after most successful gather
ing At the opening of the last days
session, the report OK the debate tie
night before showed tile Affirmative hal
Won on the questions Resolved That
the country roads should be imp owed
before the further building OF trunk
lines"
.. G Carpenter Of Irasburg and B. L.
0sEood Of Gayeyille, were chosen by the
convention to act as delegates to the
Ns.i0nal Rural letter Carriers conven-
ton. which Is to Is held at Little Rock,
Ark, this fall.
The most important feature Of the
day was the address By Congressman
y. T. Foster Of Burlington. He was
introduced 70 the convention by Guy W.
Eil Of St Johnsbury.
In his address Congressman Foster
spoke on several phases OF the rural
litter carrier work. both as II has heen
and al il may become by chances ia
legislative enactment In passing. he
topehed upon the treaty sg<tem Of TIE
fa
United States mail, parcels post. the
postal savings bank and matters Of pen.
sion and salary in the letter carrier
.eryice Fe said that Re hoped that The
a'arv voyld be increased to 81 200 per
year instead Of remaining IL $780, as il
now Is He said that the 81 200 would
he no more adequate than the 5000 was
when 1t was inereascd from 500. This
was due in part to the high cost Of llv-
ing. C0ncres-man Foster said that with
in ten years be expected TO sge the
service carried On III TIE sWrih and
West hy means Of automobiles instead
of horses.
The speaker took the occasion TO as
sgir~ the convention that there was no
nerd Of apprehension IN regard to com
tract or bidding scheme. which Eli
Tor Brown Of the r. r. d. News. has
50 recently heralded in that ofIicia or
san Of the assoeatioH This seeu,ed q
giss Hpsl Nwleoms QAlehaA IN massY
ef TIE aksneIati0ih Vht AAfz h4FH
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tpnata 6onef SnAan Foster iar bis A
stNltEIVe addrbAk
When 4 came 10 the selection Of )
place Of meeting faf the convention next
year there naturally appeared slight
difference in Individual preferences. h.
y. 0spood moved that The next meeting
he held at Rutland. e. s. Robinson
of Morri:gille asked that Burlington d
named. He said that he thought that
Burlington was the most easy Of access
from All parts Of the state of any place
ia Vermont. He urged. moreover that
Brrlin9.on he made the permanent place
Of holding the annual meeting. The vote
for Rutland prevailed and Rutland gets
the honor next year There was sosne
talk, however, that after next year Bur
lington might be adopted as the regu.
lar place Of holding the annual meet
ing.
The afternoon session was taken IN
with the election Of officers as follows:
President. J. VI Carpenter OF st.<Johns
bury; vice president, J. II. Beckwith,
Bethel; secretary. 4. J. Stuart. Morris
VIE; treasurer. Al RI Garvin, Crafts
brry; executive board, H. w. Spoorer.
Verpennes; T. j. Stuart MorrisEipe
T. G. Carpenter st. Johnsbury, and I.
Z. L. Beckwith Paultney.
With the address 81 WI w Sawyer
# Burlington az Inspector Of rural cur
,iers, he also read 4 etter from P. Y
DeGraw, 4th assistant postmaster gen
sral.
The resolution showed but one death
Mrirg the past year, that Of Elhridae
Of HYDE Park.
r, s Robinson read very able paper
IN Errors in Handling Mail. the Cause
ina nemaav."
Dasire the room hour group pirff'F
rss fsl,er Of III the de'erates p fr
g TIE asher after
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y fee ZONES slf spoke eat Il 'ass
al the coed me tlev ise ha.s
Id The success Of the convention in
very respect