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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-05-21
referendum and Recall

The two modern nOstrums for pO-
litical ills, the referendum and the
recall, got something of an expo
sition last week when Prof. Taft of
Yale college treated them in a iec-
ture. He dwelt especially on the
weakness of the recall saying that
it was only a ''hairtrigger form If
government" II is destructive of
all political independence on the
part of the public official as he
could not do what he believed to
be best for the public but would
do only what he thought would be
popular at the moment. Under the
recall a Judge could not decide a
case according to the law and the
facts in the case but acc OrdinS TO
what the people who know neither
the law or the facts might happen
to think about it. This he said was
the form of government of the Athe-
MAN democracy which developed in
to tyranny. 1t is not a new remedy
but one that has been tried and con-
demned long centuries ago. There
fore it is not progression but retro
gression.
Nearly the same thing can be said
of the referendum. 1t would not be
a government by the informed and
responsible servants of the people,
but government of the ignorant
and irresponsible people. To claim
the people have lost their selfishness
or have risen above their Ignorance
would be contrary to what we ali
know to be the facts and to establish
a form of government upon know 1
error would be fatal to representa-
tive government. The American peo-
pie will show wisdom if they refuse
to follow false political gods into the
painless tangles of the Wilderness.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-05-21
Government Inauisition

Now comes Congressman Under
wood Of Alabama and William C.
Redfield, secretary of commerce
saying to all who exclaim "This
tariff cut you propose will ruin my
business" that if they reduce their
wages a complete government in
vestigation will be made of their bus
mess and wages maintained regarG-
less of whether they can be paid and
leave any profit for the man whose
capital is invested in the business or
not. Secretary Redfield in address
ing the National Association of EN-
ployment LithOgraphers at Wash
ington said:-"If 1 grasp the public
mind at all clearly, it holds unfav-
orable views toward reduction of
wages except under the direst nee
essity." He further stated that the
public was hostile to a reduction of
wages for the purpose of maintaining
profits. "The public mind no longer
regards business as a matter chiefly
the concern of him who owns that
business"
There is some truth in what Mr..
Redfield said and some justice in
the opinion the public holds. No one
will defend a cut in wages made for
political effect nor will they claim
the owner of a business should cut
wages for the purpose of making alb
normal profits for himself. The pub
lie is concerned in heaIthful condi-
tions and fair treatment of the en-
ploye and rightly so. But Mr.. Red
fields speech indicated a purpose on
the part of his department to inves-
tigate any plant that feels it nee
essary to curtail operations as a
result of the new tariff. The gov
eminent itself is going to fix the
standards by which the individuals
business is to be conducted and not
allow any reduction of wages unless
those standards are maintained. That
comes pretty near government man
agement of a private firms business
and is a dangerous venture on the
part of the government. 1t is an as
sumption that the government is a
better manager than the individual
Experience disproves such a claim
as government management or own
ership never proves better than pri-
vate management. Here is striking
illustration of the difference between
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-05-21

the legislature in extraordinary ses-
sion may mean a long and costly
STAY at the capitol At the same
time this danger is probably not so
threatening as some may imagine.
Senators and representatives can
not have failed to realize that pub
lie patience was tried almost to the
breaking point By the inordinate
length to which the recent session
was prolonged and by the unpre-
cedented expense it involved. They
are probably wise enough to under
stand that any effort to repeat that
procrastinating performance at the
extra session would bring sure and
swift condemnation. 1t appears rea-
sonably safe to assume, therefore,
that when it is summoned to the
Capitol for the purpose of enacting
legislation that will carry the con-
stitutional amendments into effect,
it will devote itself wholly to that
business and will dispose of it as ex-
peditiously as considerations of
wisdom and thoroughness will per-
NIT.
Speculation as to the time at
which an extra session should be
called may be interesting as a pas
time but it will also be proftless.
Thus far Gov. Fletcher has given
no intimation on the subject, if,
indeed, he has settled the matter in
his own mind. However, the people
will not permit themselves any un-
easiness of mind concerning it. They
have abiding faith in the soundness
of the executives judgment in such
case, and will rest content in the
conviction that he will call the ex-
ira session at such a time as will
insure careful, speedy and efficient
performance of the work that is to
be done.-[Montpelier Journal.
Fire Truck an Economy
The purchase of an automobile
fire truck by st. Johnsbury seems
to have been a move for economy
because it is thought that two of
the towns numerous fire companies
in the outlying districts can be dis
banded and that nineteen 1remen
can be dropped from the list, while
at the same time the efficiency of
the department will not be impair
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-05-21
WEST LUNENBURG

George Wentworth is not as we'll
and has a trained nurse from St.
Johnsbury caring for him.
Henry Dodge was in the place
one day this week on business.
Miss Luna Jewell of Littleton was
home for a few days last week.
Mrs. David Lord fell and hurt
her foot quite badly one day last
week.
Mrs. Myra Dodge who has been
caring for Mrs. Clayton Wright has
returned to her home in Lisbon, N.
H.
Mrs Gertrude Carpenter and Mr..
and Mrs. E. w. Hastings were in
East Concord Friday to attend the
funeral of Ira Grant.
Mrs. Will Sayers of East Concord
visited Mrs. Hosea A1drich last Tues
day.
Miss Lee of North Concord is
working at Lewis Kings.
Mrs. Albert Lane of Bartlett, N.
H, spent the past week with her
brother, H. L. Dodge.
Mrs. Robert Nichols is in Lisbon,
N. H., for few days.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-05-21

Editor George Harvey of Har-
per's Weekly announces the sale
of that publication to Mr.. Hapgood,
late of Golfers. Col. Harvey
frankly says the sale was made be-
cause the Weekly did not pay. Here
is another illustration Of the inab-
ility of an editor to get what his
opinions cost him. There seem to
be only two classes of men who deal
exclusively in opinions able to get
full value for them, doctors and
lawyers. They very often get more
than they are worth but that is
nothing against them, it merely il
Illustrates their ability. The doctors
and lawyers were not successful I'M
til they commenced to get together,
establish a professional code and
agree upon fixed values for
their service. We believe this is
good example for editors and pub
fishers to follow. Let them get a
standard of service and determine a
fair price for the same and we will
get better and more successful men
into the profession.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-05-21

ed In addition to these advantages,
the town has the further benefit Of
having at least one piece of appar-
atus that, barring accidents, can be
on the spot in remarkably fast time
and with the accompanying firemen
fighting the flames before the horse
drawn apparatus arrives. In a case
like st. Johnsbury's it was real eco
nomy of time and money to pur-
chase an automobile, because the
department has a wide territory to
cover, conditions which tax horse
flesh severely.-[ Barre Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-05-21
Church Unity

One of the best articles relating
to reuniting the church that has
recently come to our notice was writ
ten by the Rev. H. E. Fosdick in the
May number of the North American
Review. He points out that the
church as an organization is open
to the influences of democracy and
science. The improved communica-
ton of the present day has broken
up to a large degree the isolation of
communities that has been a strong
factor in the development of de-
nominationalism. Modern civfliza-
ton too is little interested in the
doctrines of the church but rather
in the service the church can render
in the improvement of moral and
social life. Doctrines have been a
strong separating force in church
life until now we have eighteen diff
ferent kinds of Methodists, twelve
kinds of Presbyterians and so on
until we find a total of 143 sectarian
titles in the United States alone.
The people of the world have never
been able to think alike on religious
or other subjects and there is little
likelihood they will. So Mr.. Eos
dick does not expect unity through
common creed but through a COM
mon purpose, that of service. His
concluding sentence contains so
much truth that we repeat it.
"Once let the idea take possession
of the Christian people that they
are not here to distribute passes to
a future Heaven, but to help men be-
gin now the kind of life that it
would be worth while continuing in
Heaven; let them be fully persuad-
ed that they are not here to defend
a speculative creed or to preserve a
time honored polity but to inspire
men with a Transforming faith in
the spiritual meaning of life and
to reconstruct society until it con-
forms with the implication of that
meaning, and at once you will have
at least this much union, that like
the wheels of a watch, though some
creeds go one way and some anoth-
er, all will cooperate on the COM
mon task-to make the hands go
round"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-05-21

Senator Page quickly called the
bluff of Sen. Thomas of Colorado
the other day. The western senator
was making a fire eating denuncia-
ton of an alleged circular sent out
from New York in 1898 to national
banks demanding that they retire a
part of their circulation and call a
large part of their loans with the
object of forcing congress to repeal
the Sherman silver purchase act. Sen.
Page promptly offered to give $3.50
for the name of any Vermont bank
er who received this circular and
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-05-21
WEST BARNET

Mrs. G. p. Blair and Mrs. M. B..
Hale we're guests of Mrs. A. J..
Mackay of Peacham, Tuesday.
Rev. Mr.. Mcneil filed the vacan-
cy in the pulpit last Sunday and will
also preach next Sunday.
William Conant was taken ill
with pneumonia Sunday.
Mrs. Elsie Merrill and Miss Elsie
Choate of Peacham were guests at
G. A. Choate's, Saturday and Sun
day.
Mrs. John Roy will entertain the
Priscilla club Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Woods is spending a short
time with her daughter, Mrs. Dudley
Blaine.
Miss Nellie Rogers and Wallace
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-05-21

In a single day the Massachusetts
senate passed three bills over Gov.
Foss' vetoes. The house, on the
same day, OVERRIDE a fourth veto. 1t
must be great to be a governor and
have the power" of veto. MAN
chester Union.
Evidently this is a case of des-
truction of power by abuse.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-05-21
WATCH FOREST FIRES
State Forester Asks People to Put
Them Out or Notify Wardens

State Forester Asks People to Put
Them Out or Notify Wardens
In a circular calling attention to
the danger of forest fires State For
ester A. F. Halves of Burlington
says
The opinion is all too common
that forest fires do no damage un-
less they burn invaluable softwood
timber. While crown fires do not
occur in hardwood forests, this class
of timber is seriously injured by
ground fires. The wounds caused by
such fires on birch and maple make
an entering place for fungus dis
eases which quickly rot out the CEN
ter of the trees. Often a young
growth of spruce and other trees of
ten or twenty years standing is kill
ed by such fires, and the fertility of
the soil is seriously damaged by the
removal of the humus.
Anyone who discovers a forest fire
should do everything possible to put
it out. If he finds that he cannot
handle it, he should Immediately no
tify the nearest fire warden. The
fire wardens are authorized to arrest
without warrant anyone whom they
find in the act of setting fires; they
may employ men at town expense
to extinguish fires; and in dangerous
times, with the consent of the state
forester, may employ men to patrol
regions of special danger.
Local Fire Wardens
Following is a list of fire ward
ems in this vicinity:
Newark, Wallace P. Hudson; SUIT
ton, H. D. Chapman; Burke, Hermon
D. Webster; Sheffield, F. E. Bick-
ford; Wheelock, L. d. Leavitt; Lyn-
don, c. M. Darling, Charles Bean,
district F. W., A. F. Burlington,
district F. W.; Kirby, e. H. Mitch
EN-; st. Johnsbury, Charles Weeks;
Danville, Freeman E. Allen; Walden,
John B. Goslant; Hardwick, G. A.
Stanford; Cabot, H. F. Morse, S. J.
Norris; Peacham, Leonard Welch,
Barnet; F. G. McGill; S. J. Holmes,
district F. W., A. D. Warden, dds
trict F. W., A. D. Warden, dds
trict F. W.; Groton, Harry M.
Kicker; Ryegate, T. A. Meader;
Waterford, R. w. Remick; Concord,
Allen E. Morse, Wells Oliver (dist-
riot F. W., Will Houston district
F. W.; Victory, Edward Jones.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-05-21

1t may be that the danger of for
est fires is passed but a man should
not start a fire in his neighbours
woodland quicker than he would in
just as sure to burn in many in
his hay NOW. In dry time it is
stances would damage the owner
much more than the destruction of
mis- barn would.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-05-21

declared he was in position to af-
firm that no banker in Vermont had
ever received it. Thus was punctured
another political lie resorted to in an
effort to prove the last democratic
tariff was not harmful to the coun-
try.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-05-21
Commissioners, Notice.


The undersigned, having been appointed
by the Honorable Probate Court for the
District of Caledonia, commissioners, to re-
ceive examine, and adjust the claims and de-
mands of all persons against the estate OF
lanes r. Syn1es. late of Barnet. in said
District deceased, and all claims exhibited
In offset thereto, hereby give notice that we
will meet for the purpose aforesaid, at the
store of VIM. Morrison. in the town Of
Barnet, in said District, on the 22nd day
of Nav and path day Of October next, n ON
/ O'Clock a. IN. until O'Clock p. m, on each
of said days and that six months from the
gath daV Of April, A. ID. 1913, Is the time
limited by said Court for said creditors to
present their claims to AS for examination
Dated at Barnet, this 10th day of April,
A. ID. 1918.
S. J. HOLMES.
VIM. MORRISON,
Commissioners.
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COOPERATION

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DOMAIN.
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Now we do not simply ask
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We make this liberal offer
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Powers were married at Rev. S.
p. Brownell's, Saturday afternoon.
Herbert Roy had one leg badly
crushed and the bone broken while
working in Roy's mill last week
Monday.
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BOatOn-Eagle News Co, 597 Wash
fngton and &c Summer Streets.
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Local notices, wants. for sale, etc.,
2 cents per word first insertion. Legal
notices 10 cents a line three inser-
tions. Probate notices $500 each for
three insertions. Dissolution, liberia
ton and similar notices $3.50 each for
three insertions. Card of thanks, 70
cents. Obituary poetry. 10 cents a line.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-05-21
FARM FOR SALE

One of tie most desirable Farms in
Caledonia County, beautifully situated
in Ryegate, 1sz miles from r. r. Station
is offered for sale by it's owner, w. T. Nc
Lam. Farm contains 165 acres-60
acres in high state of cultivation, the
balance in pasture and woodland. Good
buildings. large house with all modern
improvements. Hot and cold waite
Bath Room, Furnace, Set tubs, etc. 140
foot barn-horse barn connecting-all
conveniently arranged. This place has a
commanding view of the White MIS-,
and also of Ryegate Pond, which beauti-
full sheet of water adjoins the farm.
Abundant spring water in house and
barns. Apple, Pear and Plum trees and.
small. fruits. This farm winters rs head
of stock and is an ideal proposition for
some one. For particulars call on or adj
dress
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Entered at the St. Johnsbury post
ONCE as second-class mail matter.
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This paper is entitled to a place on
the Printers Ink Roll of Honor.
THE CALIFORNIAN co.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY II. 1913
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w. j. BigelOw,
Editor and Publisher.
76 Eastern Avenue, st. Johnsbury, VT
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
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Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-17

Emilio AguinaIdo, the former Philip pine outlaw, aspires to be president of granting autonomy to the Philippines, becomes a law
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-17
"A MOST WICKED PLOT"
 BY NEW YORK POLICE.
Whitman Exposes Their Underhanded
 Methods in Sipp Case.

New York, Jan. 16.-Denouncing as "a most wicked plot the arrest in At lantic City of George A. Sipp the hotel keeper who fled to the New Jersey resort after giving evidence before an aldermanic committee that he had pail for police protection for his resort District Attorney Whitman today de- been a conspiracy to render worthless Sipp's testimony before the grand jury. This conspiracy, according to Sipp's later testimony before the grand jury, involved two attorneys who are al legged to have paid him $70O to leave the jurisdiction of the courts of this county.
 The district attorney declared in his statement that had the plan succeeded of having Sipp indicted by the grand jury for a crime alleged to have been committed four years ago and charged to him by the police, his evidence against Patrolman Fox, later indicted by the grand jury for bribery through the testimony of Sipp and others would have been worthless. After stating that the police charge against Sipp had been disproved before the grand jury, MT. Whitman said:
 The outrageou abuse of legal process by which Sipp was arrested and imprisoned in Atlantic City was re- sorted to not for the purpose of as- sisting the people of the state of New York, but of assisting a police officer accused of bribery.
 After his discharge Sipp came back willingly, asking only to be protected until he could testify before the grand jury from the very people who now back a prisoner so that he could testi- fy"
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-17
RAILROAD BRIDGE MAY
 CROSS WARDS ISLAND
New York Supreme Court Vacates
 Temporary Injunction.

New York, Jan. 16.-A barrier which stood in the way of construction work on the great railroad bridge across the East river, crossing Wards Island and connecting the Pennsylvania rail- was removed by court action today. Justice Mccall in the supreme court vacated a temporary injunction ob- tained by the authorities of the Man haitian state hospital for the insane on Wards Island. who claimed a state law prevented any railroad from cross ing the lands of a state hospital with out permission by special legislation.
 The court held that there was no ground for the complaint as the law pirnitting the building of the bridge was passed two years previous to the act quoted by the hospital authorities who asserted the construction of such bridge would seriously affect the health of the inmates of the insti- tuition
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-17
TO GIVE PUBLIC
 BETTER PICTURES.
Purpose of Organizing the So-CaIIed
 Moving Picture Trust.

New York, Jan. 16.-How and why independent moving picture companies were combined or absorbed to form the alleged moving picture 'trU3t' in De- cember, 1908, was told on the stand today by Henry N. Marvin, president of the American Biograph company and of the Motion Picture Patents company, a witness in the government suit to dissolve the trust"
 MT. Marvin in answer to questions said the general film company was not organized for profit
 '@The company" he testified Twas organized by the manufa cturers to protect the exhibitor and to give the public better pictures. It was not or sanized for profit, and in fact the man ufacturers thought they would lose money by it"
 Before the combination was accom- plished there were 15O independent companies in the United States, said Marvin. Of the only 116 were licensed, the witness conceded, and the others went out of business, after which the nufacturerS organized the General Film company, buying 57 of the 116 licensed exchanges and cancel ing the licenses of many others Many exchanges went out of business after that, testified Marvin. and the General Film company acquired the business of practically all of the original 15O com panieS.