St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-03-06
VERMONT WASHINGTON
Visitors and Petitioners to Congress
Discussion Of Agricultural Up
lift By Agricultural Committee.
washington, March 4, 1917

washington, March A, 1917
Frosty Friends:
One year from this date-but let
US not borrow trouble. Neverthe-
less, as everybody here is already
politics mad, the thought will in
trude One year from today we will
be inaugurating a president here
regardless Of the weather, but in the
meantime many things may happen.
Miss Georgia Menut of st. Johns
bury has been the guest of Mrs. Wal
ter Husband for few days.
Senator Page has presented pc
titions for citizens of Swanton, East
Highgate and Franklin asking for
a parcels post system. Also from
the central labor union from st.
Johnsbury asking for the enactment
of a law to prevent the unnecessary
use of poisons in watch factories.
Miss Mary Fletcher, daughter of
Hon. ALLEN Fletcher of Cavendish,
is the guest of Miss Louise Swan at
the Morrill, residence on Thomas cir
Gle.
Representative Foster was i'll and
for some time confined to his home
with grip last week, but is now much
better.
Representative Plumley has an in
vitation to address the Mems club of
Westminster at some date to be fixed
by him as early as possible.
One c. H. Thompson, a native of
Brattleboro but now itinerant,
swarmed into town last week and
gave out a brief but hot Roosevelt
interview as to Vermont, represent
ing himself as zone of Senator Dill
lingham's campaign managers.
He Immediately made his escape.
Agricultural UpIift
The house committee on agricul-
ture of which Representative Plum
ley is a member, was collectively
the guest of Representative Nc
Kinley of Illinois last Wednesday
evening at dinner, they being invited
to meet the National Bankers asso-
citation for the discussion of legisla-
ton now before the House as to ag-
riculturaI uplift and Improvement
throughout the country. The speak
ers were chairman Lamb and Messrs.
BealI, Lever, Chandler and Plum
ley of the committee, with president
Chapman of the association and ex-
governor Herrick of Ohio. Thurs
day the association met the agricul-
tural committee at it's rooms, where
a discussion was had covering the
various vocational, educational and
domestic science bills now before the
House, with possible amendments
calculated to increase their eff
cheney.
The central idea is to provide for
do
not pass the seventh or eighth grad
es of the public schools a system of
vocational instruction along the lines
of applied agriculture and domestic
economy which will directly fit
them for the useful and efficient ser
vice in the home Senator Pages
bill to accomplish these ends has
not yet reached the House, though
it's passage through the Senate by a
large majority is now certain when
ever it is reached. Hence his bill
was not included in the above dis
cussion, though it will undoubtedly
figure largely in whatever action the
House may take in the future. The
present sentiment of congress is
overwhelmingly in favor of such
legislation at the earliest possible
moment, and it is now only ques-
ton of agreeing on some measure to
accomplish the purpose.
Would Change the Flag.
That individual Vermonters are
constantly evolving new ideas is at
tested by the fact that amember of
our congressional delegation receiv-
ed a letter last week suggesting very
important changes in the arrange
ment of the United States flag. The
progressive Vermonter would have
the stars arranged in their field in
the shape of a map of the union,
with the largest star for the largest
state in area and from there down.
Texas would thus outrank all others,
while Vermont would scintillate but
dimly and little Rhode Island would
be indistinguishable by the naked
eye. Such a scheme as our friend
suggests would neeessitate a flag
about so by 40 feet in size, in order
to have all the stars plainly repre-
scented.
Yet another Vermonter with I'M
limited faith in the superhuman
knowledge and ability of Uncle Sam
writes that he has heard that the
government has issued book con-
/ tanning d Iull anu Q0ldllSQ
ton of all the vegetables grown in
| the world, and, as spring is now
coming on and must get busy in the
garden, will the representative please
forward him a copy? If such a
volume was humanity possible,
which it isn't, it would have to be
stored in a circus tent and shipped
by freight.
Talking About Adjournment.
The work of congress is fairly
we'll along, considering the multi
tude of matters to vex it, and it is
now thought that final adjournment
may come about the middle of June
just before the Chicago convention
The whole outfit is already crazy
with the political heat, and by that
time things will have become SO
incandescent that it will be wholly
useless to attempt to prolong the
session after that date. Political
advantage is at. the bottom of all