St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-12-11

interest that boy took In the show
and its exhibits was most impress
sive thing. From the same school
came the winner Of the first prize In
the girls poster contest. 1t is safe
to say that the children Of that school
have an awakened interest in the pos
sibilities of agricultural deevlop-
ment that will mean much to the
and to the community In which they
live.-[ Vermont Journal.
F. III. Brooks on Commission
Governor Fletcher has appointed
the nine members of the commission
Ito inquire into the entire education
al system and condition of this
state" created by a joint resolution,
introduced Friday, November 8, and
embodying the suggestion made in
an executive message of the same
date. The members of the commits
sion, two of whom according to the
terms of the resolution, must be ed
ucators, are as follows:
Judge John II. Watson of the SUI
preme court, chairman; Nicholas
Murray Butler of New York, presi-
dent of Columbia University; Thee
N Vail of LyndonviiIe, president OF
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph company; the Hon. Percival
w. Clement of Rutland; State Audi
tor Horace F. Graham of Craftsbury;
Frank Brooks of St. Johnsbury,
president of the Fairbanks Scale
company; the Hon. Eli H. Porter of
Wilmington, a former state road
commissioner; the Hon. James b. Els
zee, mayor of Montpelier, and A. e
futile of Bellows Falls, president
of the State Teachers association
Nicholas Murray Butler, the only
member who is not a Vermonter,
apart from his prestige as president
of Columbia, has a worldwide re-
nown as an authority on matters of
educational organization. He is said
to have been the moving spirit in
shaping the present systems of New
York and New Jersey.
Cooperation i'm Lyndonville
The employees in the railroad shops
at Lyndonville are up in arms
against the merchants of that town
because of the high cost of living.
They charge that the prices fixed BY
the retailers in groceries, provisions,
clothing and fuel over the wholesale
prices are exorbiant, and through
publication in the local newspaper
and by notice to each of the dealers
they give notice that they will estab
lish cooperative buying wherever
practicable and that they will buy
at wholesale where possible. The
merchants are cOmplacent over the
matter, although they naturally feel
that the workers are rather migrate
full for the favors of the past when
they have carried their accounts
along, in some cases indefinitely. The
time is rather inopportune for the
railroad men to take this action, as
the Vermont Legislature has JUS
passed law exempting wages up to
the amount of $40 from trustee pro-
cess, and the merchants are quite
generally Tightening up on credit &C
counts. Some Of the merchants have
already given notice to their patrons
that only cash business is desired
and that they do not care for credit
accounts. 1t is rather to be expected
that the retail trade will be only
slightly affected by the rise of the
workmen who will soon see the folly
of their efforts to lower the prices in
hat way. 1t is the fellows higher up
that should be gotten after. A very
'arge per cent of the retail dealers
never attain a competency, to say
nothing about getting out of debt
and the chief reason is the too free
use of the credit system of doing
business. [Littleton Courier.
Coming of Parcels Post
The public is expecting good re.
suits from the new parcels pos
which goes into eHect the first OF
next month. 1t has been long, hare
dght to secure the adoption in this
country of a service enjoyed in al
most every other civilized country
Lor a great many years. Opposition
nas come from many quarters the
express companies that have monop-
olized the package carrying business;
the local dealers in commodities who
wanted to keep out competition; the
conservatives who dread any pro-
nounced change; but il has come
Iast. After January LIST, 1913
Uncle Sam will carry your PACKAGE
up to IL pounds in weight and no
over six feet around both WAYS. al
l COST materially lower than the ex
press companies. The charges will be
based on both weigh and distance tc
he carried, the latter according To SO.
-dll0Q zones. II VIII take only a 4
little while to get accustomed 70
these various charges. The saving is
eXl ected to create many changes in |
business methods. For one thing ii
will bring the producer and consumer
nearer together and doubtless affect |
he middlemen and, to some extent,
he distributing classes. On the
Other hand, it may increase the
-rade of local merchants by stimulat- |
ng easy delivery over rural mail
-outes. 1t will work the postal de. |
Dartment much harder, and improved |
facilities will be necessary The vol.
1me and bulk of the parcels handled |
Will make every day seem like
he Christmas period. In the near
future rural carriers will have to |
lrive strong double teams with spec
al delivery carts, instead OF the |
'one-hoss shay" The increased rev.
snues are expected to bear the extra /
outlay involved, which will soon run /
Up into the millions. With the pos