Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-01
WHAT The PAPERS SAY.
The "Know How" Needed

What an inspiration was afforded by
our New Year cover! Its illustrated
article emphasized what rural COM
munities are going to have In future
a cooperative produce exchange. laun-
dry, credit bank, woman's exchange,
cooperative creamery, consolidated
schools and motor post coach, as we'll
as better farming.
1t need MT cost much to get some
or all of these advantages. Simply
make use of your school plant. How
foolish to have so much money invest
ed in schoolhouses that are used only
from a. m. to D. m. during part
of the year. Use this plant for public
lectures and entertainments. evening
recreation centers, for social gather
ings. organized athletics, games, folk
dancing and other indoor sports.
Vacation and evening schols should
furnish instruction to old and young
III the sciences pertaining to the farm
and home. or to the industries of the
vicinity. The school yard should be
made popular playground, as we'll
as being enlarged to provide for
school garden, an agriculture expert
ment station and village park. arm
and Home.
Squandering the States Money.
Four dollars a day through the en-
tire session and mileage at ten cents
mile three times for boy pages and
floor sweepers at the statehouse
looks pretty good to the few recipients
but not SO good to the mass of tax
payers. Even the girl telephone OPP
orator, employed and presumably paid
by the company that installS the serv-
ice at the StatehOuSe for the free
use of members in their private as
we'll as public affairs during the ses-
sion. comes in for the same generous
slice. And that, too. with the GER
tainty of direct state tax to meet
expenditures. What wonder that
there are hundreds of applicants for
these statehOuSe sinecures every SEES
sion, whose pay is out Of all proper
tiOn to service, when compared with
the ordinary scale. Why should the
state submit to such eXtortion? Would
the members vote away their own
money so careIessIy? 1t is q small
thing" perhaps, but in the aggregate
costs several thousand dollars more
than it need to or would with or iinary
business prudence. And it is merely
one example of many of the way the
lie
dolph Herald.
Vail an Exception.
We are told that the day Of high
and extravagant salaries Is passing.
The new head of the United States
Steel corporation is receiving $50, 900.
His predecessor received $500, 600.
Paul Morton, as head Of the Eqult-
able Life Assurance Society, received
$4,000, but it is said his successor
will get only $780, r. A. McCur-
DIV, president of the Mutual Life got
$3.50, 900, but the present president is
receiving $50, 1000. Investigation and
agitation has brought vigorous pro-
tests from stockholders and others in
terested and treasures are not now
as easily looted as formerly. It is
said that outside Of New York there
are few salaries at the $4,000 marx.
With the possible exception of one OF
two bank presidents in Chicago, nc
bank official in the west is now known
to command more than $50, coo year
Some of the industrial corporations dt
better than that AS result of th'
consultations Of the past few years
but since the many mergers of l9OO
1901, there has been decided readjust
ment in salaries as an issue of the gen
eral demand from stockholders ant
bondholders everywhere tor NOR
economical management. Our owl
Theodore n. Vail, head of the tele
graph and telephone system, is an eX
ception. 1t is said he receives 500,
900 or more. Bellows Falls Times.