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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02

absolutely dependent upon the welfare
OF its middle class of people. Each for
all and all for each must be the rule
here in Vermont if the state is to grow
and prosper.
In view of all this, the Republicans OF
Vermont in the approaching guberna-
torial campaign have in Allen M. Fetch
er of Cayendish, man representative
Of the people and their interests and
is in cordial relations with all that
concerns the welfare of the humblest
resident of the state, but no more so
in this day of his candidacy than years
ago. The people of his home town and
county have, with party unanimity, CIV
en- him every political honor it was in
their power to bestow. In his service
in both the upper and lower branches
OF the legislature all Vermont looked
to him as leader in matters of leg
islation, for there has ever been state
wide recognition of his fidelity integ
rity and Observation-Disclosures. Emphatical-
ly is he man of the people, approach
able to all, and that because of the
sincerity of his nature, and true democ-
racy is always sincere and true. Be
cause he is democratic by nature he
10 a broad gauge man, and one who
peiceives the needs and necessities of
the people of Vermont. No man who
knows Allen NJ. Fletcher will honestly
say that there is in his nature the
slightest tinge of sham or Of artiefcial-
ity, for they are utterly foreign to
his nature. White River Junction Land
mark
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02
GUESS WORK IN WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES,

1t seems that the Rutland coal dealer
who was fined for short weights this
week was in the habit OF selling coal in
bags, which We're supposed to carry one
hundred pounds, without weighing the
coal, simply gauging the amount by the
size of the bags. 1t was a careless
habit to get into, because on one occasion
it was found that load of fifteen bags
was below standard weight and the con
sumers were being deprived of the full
quantity they paid for. This custom of
weighing by size is scarcely reliable.
Moreover, it must go, now that Vermont
has weights and measures law with
some force behind it. Coal dealers and
all others who deal in products, whose
price depends on weight or measure,
would do well to take notice of this
prosecution in Rutland. They may not
be Intentionally dishonest, but they are
not dealing fairly with themselves or
their customers by any such guess work
as prevailed in the Rutland case.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02
WHY THE HASTE7
In Selecting an Automobile Fire Truck
for Barre Fire Department, Asks
"Tax Payer"

Barre, VT, Feb. /, 1912.
Editor of the Barre Daily Times,
Dear Sir: Your account of the coun-
ell meeting of Tuesday evening and the
controversy over the auto fire truck was
very interesting reading. When | had
read the whole account and heard the
matter discussed by others, / made up
my mind that there were many things
that /, as a plain citizen and taxpayer,
did not understand, so | take the liberty
of asking few questions for enlighten-
ment
First Why are some members of
the city council, and other city officials,
so anxious to purchase this fire truck
at once, without getting the opinions of
the citizens as body?
Second. Why do they not leave the
purchase of the truck to the incoming
council, which will have to pay the bill?
"Third. Why wasn't general invi-
tation to the select dinner at the City
hotel issued to all the citizensf
Fourth. Why can't we have more
publicity on the purchasing end of our
ANY information viii be appreciated.
"Yours truly,
Taxpayer"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02
WINTER SPORTS IN VERMONT.

The extent to which winter sports are
being revived in the larger communities
of Vermont is very encouraging, not
alone from the standpoint of better
health for the people, but from the
standpoint of attractiveness of Vermont
to people in outside states. Vermont
has been held up as state which goes
into tight winter quarters for six months
of the year for so long a time that
our friends are half inclined to believe
it; and they have shivered when they
thought of coming among us in any
month except the balmy months of mid
summer. Let them get the idea knocked
out of their heads and let it be substi-
tuted by thesconviction that Vermont is
just as good in winter as in summer;
and then the vacationist business will
boom. Therefore, the more that our
people. go into tobogganing, snowshoeing.
skating, and coasting pleasures, the
greater will be the magnet for those
dwellers in the cities who do not see
snow except as it swirls through the
air and is carted off as soon as il
falls. The winter sports clubs in Bur-
lington and other places will do good
part in advertising these attractions of
Vermont winter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02
Three Tariff Triumphs for Labor.

| William Mckinley has been approving
| IL quoted in the House Of Representa-
tives within week: ut must be con-
coded that the protective system has
dignified and elevated labor. We OBJ
serve its triumphs on every hand"
The industries having most attention
from the high tariff policy are steel,
wool and cotton manufacturing. The
history of these tariff schedules will
make up two-thirds of American tariff
history. And we observe their triumphs
in Identifying and elevating labor on
every hand.
The triumphs are to be seen in Law
renee under the high cotton and wool
en- tariff. where whole regiments of SOL
diers are needed to keep order in a
strike of operatives whose wages for
adult men average so per week, and
less than So when women and children
are counted in.
The triumphs are to be seen under
The high steel tariff, where nearly half
the workers of the steel trust are COM
PEELED to labor seyenty-two hours week,
as against less than fifty-six hours in
the same industry of free-trade Eng
land.
The triumphs are to be seen in the
countrywide agitation over the employ
ment of children, whose dwarfng and
stunning labor finds its great market
in high tariff industry.
Can the great non-protected indus
tries show such "triumphs" for the eleva-
tion of labor-the railroad industry, or
the building or the printing trades
It is for the Nevada statesman. Mr..
Roberts, the quoter of Mckinley, to find
the answer.--New York World.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02
An Argument and a Fable.

John Jones has fish market on one
side of the street. One or two friends
90 intop artnership with him in the
business after its success has been estab-
ished. BY and by John Doe wants to
start a fish market across the street,
without any special favoritism, bear iii
mind, but on the same terms that John
Jones started on originally. But the
legislature is asked to consider that if
John Doe has an opportunity to go into
business, it may injure the shares of
the people that came into the game aft
err John Jones made success OF his
market. So the public, that must profit
by a reasonable extension of transporta
tion facilities so that there shall be no
monopoly, is asked to pay the bills for
the support of monopoly still because
the advent of competitor will disturb
the monopoly's dividends.
That's the only argument that is put
up by the New Haven road and the saw
ings bank holders Of securities against
the entry of the Grand Trunk railway
to Boston. Clever men may disguise
the argument as they will, but it all
sugars off in the dog in the manger
fable.
And an argument that is only fa-
BILE, ought not to be accepted in evidence
by any men with sense of justice.-St.
Alhans Messenger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02
FRANKLYN-HIATT co.
Given High Praise for It's Excellent Per-
Torrance In Waterbury, Conn.

OF the performance of the Franklin
Hiatt company, which will appear during
the coming week in the opera house, the
Waterbury, Conn.,, News of Nov. l6
said:
"The Franklyn-Hiatt company opened
to a big house last night, presenting
Kentucky Sue Miss Franklin in the
title role, gave very pleasing rendi-
tior of the part and received frequent
applause and from indications, became
an immediate favorite with the audi
ence. The supporting cast was excel
lent and each member seemed suited
to their respective parts. The entire
performance went with snap and go
that was exhilirating, there being no
waits between the acts. Three vaude-
vile acts were presented, all of which
were of high order.
"Franklyn and Hiatt, known as the
Midnight Sons were a big hit and re-
ceived well-merited applause, responding
to several encores.
willard Price, talking and singing
comedian, caught on at once with orig
inal sayings and catchy songs.
Harris and Nelson kept the audience
in continuous laughter. They are
black-face team of unusual merit.
The performance, taken as a whole,
was particularly good and should be
vel! patronized."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02

Judging by the statement of the Grot-
on Times, Groton is now supplied with
an electric power plant capable of fur
nishing more electricity than the indus
tries of the place can use at the present
time, much in contrast to the situation
in Barre, where the industries are clam
oring for power which is denied them.
Groton being thus favorably equipped
10 in position to demand new business,
as the Groton Times, that indefatigable
booster of its town, sets forth in u
recent issue. If the people of the com
munity have the same faith and per-
sistence as the lively contemporary over
there, or if they are able to acquire some
of it, the town OF Groton ought to have
a banner year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02
"The Iunket Folly.o

The high school junket TO Washington
is up for discussion in Rutland. Now
the Marble city is not the only place in
Vermont that caught the junketing few
err There are dozens that have had it
and still have it. Not all the people in
the Marble city are opposed to it but
that may be because the majority know
little about it and care less. The trip
has but little if any educational value
for that side of it was long ago lost
sight of 1t simply makes a pleasant
outing for a number of young people
for which the town has come to be
levied upon to the foot the bills. This
much can be truthfully said for it: 1t
gives a lot of young people a chance
to see part of their own country that
is certainly well worth seeing Made
as the trip should be made, the young
sters properly ehaperoned, it should be
one of the most delightful of excursions
and remain all through life, one of the
pleasantest of memories. We had
thought it might wear itself out by
wearing out the patience and generosity
of those who make it possible but this
has not yet happened in Fair Haven
and apparently has not yet happened in
Rutland and may not for some time to
come but discussions such as the one
started at Rutland win not we are
afraid be helpful to the enterprise as
they are likely to throw so much light
upon it that the people will conclude
TO have no more of it and another bit
of folly will have been relegated to
the background, perhaps for no other
purpose than to give another and
different bit of folly a chance to sprout,
to blossom and to grow.-Fair Haven
Era.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02
Groton's Opportunity.

Turning on the electric current from
the new power plant of the Groton Elec-
trio company marks a notable step in
Groton's progress. We must not be con-
tent to stop here. There is much more
important work to be done and we
should take hold of this with new cour-
age, new energy and determination TO
leave no obstacle in the way of future
progress. We have electric power for a
large business and it is up to our people
to induce new business to locate here,
and add to the lines already in opera
ton.
The great need at the present time
is to open up the granite business. We
have large quantities of excellent gran
ite, and what is needed is to get the
quarries to working. In this work Grot-
on needs and demands the united earnest
effort of every citizen. We can all be
boosters if we try, and in helping along
common cause We are helping our
selves
Opportunity never knocked more in
sstently to open the door of progress
than it is now hammering at the indus
trial gateway of Groton. There are
some who can help more than Others
in this work, but there is plenty for
every one to do. Nature has been gen.
erous in the giving of her riches to this
place. and we are indeed blind if We fail
to see az grasp this opportunity of
making 1912 an epoch in the industrial
progress of Groton.
We owe it to ourselves; to the age
in which we live; to generations that are
to come, to take hold of this opportunity
and build for bigger and better Groton.
Do it now. Be a booster-Groton
Times.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02
CURRENT COMMENT
A vermonter Who Made Good.

William Lochren, formerly for twelve
years judge of the United States district
court in Minnesota, who has died at his
home in Minneapolis, was perhaps best
known to the public as commissioner OF
pensions during President Cleveland's
administration. He served through the
Civil war, returning at its close to the
practice of law in Minneapolis. Though
Il Democrat, he was appointed to a CIR
cult judgeship by Republican governor
and several times reelected. He served
three years as pension commissioner and
was then appointed by President Cleve.
land to the federal district bench. lie
served one term in the Minnesota Sen
ate-lS69-70. He was born in Vermont
so years ago.-Springfield Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02
The Wet Blanket Legion.

Whenas for fishing | am fain
And avid of the rod and reel,
take me to lake in Maine
And hearken to the woods appeal
Daily fling my futile line,
Employing all mine Art and Reason;
"You should" they say, when ! repine
Have tried earlier in the season"
Whenas | take an ocean trip,
The waves are ninety cubits high;
The vessel does the Mortal Dip,
And |, afrighted, yearn to die.
Some storm, en- what ?" | gasp, as who
Should say, "That statement is finfic."
Says one, why, this storm is nothing to
A storm / saw on the Pacific"
| make journey in July
Through faery forests lined in green;
Above me is. the summer sky
A wondrous day, a perfect scene.
praise the picture, ooh, tut, tut"
Replies my friend, the village printer,
'The woods is nice in summer, but
Ye oughter see 'em in the winter"
And thus it is where'er / go; a
/ fail to find the Perfect State,
Whether my step be swift or slow,
| 90 too soon or come too late.
These random rhymes, own, may be
A piece of pleasant versifying.
But bless my soul, you ought to see
What | can do when / am trying.
metropolitan Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02
Fletcher As He Appears to Friend.

Vermont is a state of farmers, a
state of plain people, and most emphati-
eally estate of the great middle class
upon whom falls the labor and ex-
pense of maintaining town, county, and
state government. There il is but
the part of wisdom that the governor
of the state should be a man thorough
" and every whit representative Of the
people and of those conditions that OBJ
tain in the state. He should be man
who recognizes the fact that the pros
perity OF the state and the advance
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02
FOURTH SOCIALIST LECTURE.
Next Speaker OF Lyceum Course to Be
John w. Slayton of Newcastle, Pa.

As the fourth number of the Social
ist lyceum course, John w. Slayton of
Newcastle, Pa, win speak on "The Trust
Busters" at the Universalist church next
Tuesday evening at s o'clock.
The history of John w. Slayton's
early years could be substituted with
few changes for that of many of Amer
ica's greatest men. Born in a log cab
in among the Virginia hills, he was
unable to read or write until thirteen
years old, and his total experience with
schools was confined to some months in
the typical backwoods Institution. As
a boy he worked on the farm and in
saw mill, later becoming carpenter
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02
A Great Deal Might Be Cut OFF.

The Barre Times gets after Governor
Mead with a sharp stick for his habit OF
appointing delegates right and left to
this or that congress, conference or con-
vention, held anywhere in the country,
whose expenses, it appears, are borne by
the state treasury. Upwards of one hun
bred such delegates We're named last
year, and some of the delegations have
passed in quite sizeable bills-one OF
them amounting to $l,4l4.79. An oc-
casional gathering of this kind is worthy
Of notice by Vermont and perhaps worth
the expense incurred, but many of them
arc mere junkets, pleasing enough to
the delegates, whom the governor is
able to pay in this way for personal
OF political favors. A good deal of it
should be cut out, we agree, with The
Times Randolph Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02
A Remarkable Record.

For seventeen consecutive years, ma
pie syrup and sugar, made with Grimm
evaporators. received 9S per cent. OF
first and second premiums, conferred by
the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers asso-
citation. The scoring ranged from 9s per
cent. to 991s per cent. ON syrup and
sugar.
What the Grimm evaporator has done
for Others, it will do for you. Fast
and shallow boiling, and the siphon,
which clarifies the liquid, makes quality.
The largest display usually ordinary
trashl does not count for merit with
any product.
The associations report will tell you
the whole story.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02

and following this occupation for TWEEN
ty-three years. During this period he
was active in work for better conditions
in his trade and was often delegate
to the American Federation of Labor.
In 1897 he became Socialist and
has since that time been active in the
movement. He was the first Socialist
member of a city council in Pennsyl-
vania (Neweastlel and was twice the
party's candidate for governor, receiv-
ing at the last election nearly 10000
votes. Mr.. Slayton has Travelled extern
sively as lecturer and debater on So
ciahsm, visiting some thirty-eight states.
and is the author of well-known books
on Socialism and allied subjects.
His tour las. year under the man
agement of the Socialist lyceum bureau
was an unbroken series of successes, the
audience being delighted and instruct
ed wherever he went. A man of fine
physical and mental endowments, COM
handing presence and a superb voice.
he is one who can entertain, convince
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02
The Ticket Didn't Tick.

Moore-My sense of hearing is the
keenest ever. Do you know ] can hear
your watch ticking although you are
six feet away.
Poore-Then you're a wonder Ny
watch is at the pawnbroker's six blocks
away,--Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02
Ballot Reform.

Uncle Gabriel, are you in favor of
votes for women?"
Does you-all mean, sub, dat me an
you could bof voter"
yes"
"Ah suah does fava it, den Dat would
be fob dollahs. st. Louis Post-Dis-
pa tch.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02

If the United States cavalry is re-
moved from Fort Ethan Allen, then Bur
lington will be deprived of one of its
stock attractions in parades. A clatter-
ing squad of graceful-riding cavalrymen
il much of drawingcard to us Yer
monters; and Burlington has capitalized
that desire very often on occasions when
It wished to draw a crowd.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02
A Schemer.

al guess my kid can take care of him
self"
But only last week you were lament
ing that every kid on the block could
lick him."
But since then he has sgitated among
the kids for universal peace and organ
ized a society with himself at its head"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02

Where two or three are gathered to-
gether in Boston, there you will see
Mayor Fitzgerald's face. The frequency
with which the mayors smiling coun-
tenance appears in the newspaper cuts
arouses natural wonder if he is ever
absent when the photographer is around.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02
JINGLES md JESTS
Another Form Of Expression.

Tommy Pop, what do the dramatic
critics mean by spontaneous applausef
Tommy's Pop-It is merely another
way of saying the ushers are earning
their salaries, my son.-Philadelphia
Record.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02

There are thirteen fewer newspapers
ir the United States than a year ago,
which condition ought to enable those
surviving to give better service to the
public.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02

"a boom for Alton B. Parker is said
to be perceptble in Delaware" Then
Il must be set to slow music something
like this bo-o.o-o.m, with tired inflec-
ton on the end.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02

We wonder if Colonel Henry Waiter
SON of Louisville doesn't take himself
too seriously.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02

IT'S the short month-in more ways
than length of days.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02

Messrs. La Toilette, Cummins 4 Co.
are playing to small houses also, it
would appear.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02

Who is to be Judge Halls successor,
Gov. MeadH
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02
A Tallow Candle

is a bright light compared with total
darkness, and small insurance will IL
illuminate a large gloom. National Life
ms. Co, of Vt. /Nlutual) s. S Bal
lard, general agent, Lawrence building,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02
$3.50

copies. the largest circulation of any daily
paper in Vermont outside of Burlington
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-02

The average daily circulation of the
Barre Daily Times for the week ending
last Saturday was
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1912-09-26
Our Schools and Our Obligations

At the risk of being "too pre-
vious" in the judgment of some of
your readers, / am asking space in
the interest OF our educational in
stitutions. Few communities are
SO highly favored as to have two
schools of high grade in their
midst, such as Chamberlain Hunt
Academy and the Port Gibson Fe-
male College. Like most things of
long acquaintance, their familiarity
inclines US to under estimate their
value. While it might be altogeth
er possible to compute the savings
of these institutions to the COM
munity in giving advantages that
could not be had without greater
outlay to those desiring higher
courses, who dares undertake to
estimate the returns in refinement
and character that they have
stamped upon our citizen ship7
The very atmosphere that goes
out from their presence so perme-
ates our homes and affects our
people that others call us fortunate.
Viewed from this standpoint of ad-
vantage, whether these seats of
learning and refinement ever turn
a dollar into the current of our
mercantile life, should never enter
into our estimate of their great
value to our homes and city. If
this contention be true then does it
not follow as an obligation, grow
ing out of value received, that in
every way we seek to strengthen
the hands of those who are giving
their best thoughts and energies to
their maintenance5 This is our
appeal to the citizens of Port Glib
son and based as we believe upon
the most selfish of all considera-
tions.
Another obligation confronts US
in the nature of doing unto others
as you would have them do unto
you-that Golden Rule which SO
often is adopted by some as their
highest standard of obligation to
God-and that is in consideration
of those ambitious, loving parents