Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-12-18

officers killed in the battle in row.
galley, rowed over to the British nag
ship and tendery took the body OF Com
modore Downie and those Of the other
British officers. and conveyed them all
! ashore, where, met by the entire country
side they marched to the little cemetery
on the bank of the swift-nowing Saranac |
sri laid them to rest side by side over
the British hcr",s the British iaS ana
over oar boys .tc stars and stripes,-nnd |
! there they res to-day, silent reminders
of the indcscribablc horrors Of war and
the bountifu blessings of peace.
| make the assertion without the slight
est fear of contradiction that Thomas
Macdonough the devout Christian man, |
did more to usher in this glorious loot
years Of peace we are about to celebrate
than any other one man.
1t Is most fitting therefore that the
Tooth anniversary of this great event inI
the worlds history should be celebrated
next September in manner commensu-
rate with its importance
The state of New York has appointed
n commission Of fifteen members to for
mulate plans for this celebration and to
provide also an adequate permanent me-
mortal
Under the plans as now tentatively
ARRANGED we will have n celebration com
mencing Sunday. September 6. 1914. with
sermons and addresses by the most dis
tinguished representatives of all denomi-
nations
Monday September :. Labor day, We
expect a parade Of labor organizations
and addresses by Samuel GomDcrs. John
Mitchell and others.
Tuesday, September 3, has not been set
tied upon, although many good plans
have been suggested
Wednesday, September Q. will be Navy
day, with addresses by Theodore Roose-
Welt Secretary of the Navy Daniels and
possibly Admiral Dewey,-wth possibly
Il naval parade
Thursday, September 10. Army day.
with addresses by William Howard Taft
Secretary of War Garrison and others.
Friday. September H. we hope to have
President and Mrs. Wilson and their
daughters Vice-President Marshall,
Speaker Clark, members Of the cabinet,
foreign ambassadors Premier Borden,
Sir Wllfrld Laurier Of Canada, Sir Lomer
Gouln. Governor Fletcher Governor
Glynn, the senators from Delaware.
where Macdonough was born, Connec-
ticut whore he lies hurled, Vermont,
whore the American 0"ot was built. Que
bee, where the British Gc"t was built
and from New York whore the battle
was fought and where this century Of
peace actually began.
Many Of these DISTINGUISHED citizens
already promised to attend and speak.
II gives promise OF being one of tho
, most notable celebrations eyer held i'm
North America, and IT is needless to say
that it Will give us unparalleled oppor-
tunitics to show to the world the great
importance Of the Champlatn valley as
the coming great watcrWay.-thc only
route for a ship canal,-bctwovu the great
Empire to the North and this great coun-
, try of ours. In peace or in war the
, Champlain valley is and always will be
the great avenue Of communication be-
tween the two great nations Of North
America. 1t win give US a great chance
to bring to the attention of the world
again the wonderful history of this val
ley. its matchlcss scenery, its possibilities
in farming, fruit-growing, mning,-its
waterpowers, its forests and it's quarries
Richard Pattoc. master Of the New
Hampshire state Grange" i'm an address
before the Vermont STATE Grange We'd
nesday AZ Rutland pointed ont In a
masterful way the lines along which We
might well work for we are preparing
now for the second Battle of Lake Cham
, plain,-in fact the hght is on
7 Mr. Pattee said:
in the policy of the country manu-
I, facturers have been favored with the
, result that people have been conferred in
9 large masses where poverty, ignorance
, and crime have been alarm!ngy de-
veloped Situations have been created
that threaten the life of American in
, stitutions. Some Of these afford ques-
tons upon the solution Of which our
perpetuity as a nation depend. To our
5 minds the sure and proper solution is in
q the creation of such conditions as will
t draw the people irto productive rather
. than into secondary occupations; will
scatter to a reasonable degree rather
than concentrate to an unreasonable de-
gree the people Of tho country This
means tremendous, almost revolutionary
measures to place the people on the
land"
One does not have to believe. nor DO
y suppose that NJ Pattoe believes, that the
tarlH Is the only cause tldl mas SoH'
n tributed to bring about this condition of
affairs, But his words are timely and
v they are the truth, and they are inn
Q portant.
f The richest and probably the largest
r iron ore mine In the world Is located at
y Kiruna, Lapland, I'm latitude GS IL north,
= which is about the same as the northern
most boundary of Alaska. The climate is
n somewhat milder than Alaska and these
$ mines are worked the year around About
:, 1000 men are employed, The plant is at
= present operated by steam power steam
d coal being delivered there at about $3.50
+ a ton, about the same price as we now
j. lpay here on Lake Champlain. The cleo
y IRRIGATION of the mines is in progress
e and this power will soon be used exclu-
II sivcly as soon as the new power plant OF
II the State of, Sweden, now under Construc-
r. ton at porjus Falls. is completed, The
n state railway between Kiruna and Mar
J. vik is being electrified and viii be oper-
\, ated from this station. The equipment OF
II these mines is being rapidly increased