St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-09-02


American capital to become interest
ed in the extension of the production
of toys for the Christmas trade.
There is already some little business
done in this line in America, but in
| 1913, the United States imported
toys to the value of $7,935,371. OF
which more than six million dollars
worth came from Germany. Last
Tuesday there arrived at Newport
News the last Of the Hamburg Ameri-
can line ships on the high seas. She
is the Arcadia, and she carried a
half-million-dollar cargo of toys
probably the last shipment that will
come to this country before Christ
mas.
/. There is something pathetic in the
thought of war having a direct in
1uence on thousands and thousands
of tots who know nothing at all of
what war is, and who live in a
country so far removed from the seat
of war. There is something terribly
pathetic, too, in the plight OF the toy
makers of Germany, with the prod
ucts of their taste and skill shut out
from the markets of the world. Ger
many is the greatest of toy-producing
countries, and Sonneberg is the cent
er of the industry. This one town
manufactured twenty-four million
dollars worth last year. The outside
market is shut off and it may be
gravely questioned whether there
will be much heart for toys in Ger
man homes this year, or as to that
matter anywhere in central and
western Europe. Everything now in
dicates that it will be a Christmas
nf Wnn CI1Ch Er1r1nn hoe e1o,,
in hundred years, and, when the
numbers affected are considered, has
never seen.-Manchester Union.
Without a Party
Mr.. Prouty has declared emphat-
ically that he is a republican; he has
stated he would not accept the pro-
gressive nomination but would &C
cept the Office of senator if the people
wanted him. To foster this ambition
the friends of Mr.. Prouty formed the
Stoddard-Colby, or CoIby-Stoddard
Non-Partisan club, which just at pres
ent is wrestling with the question of
where Mr.. Prouty will stand, in the
event of an election, politically. On
his present straddle Mr.. Prouty is a
man without a party.
1t is difficult to harmonic Mr..
Prouty's varied statements with his
avowal of purely patriotic principles
in notwithstanding the candidacy.
We have no faith in Mr.. Prouty's
declaration of Serving the people"
as the prime cause for his seeking the
election of senator. The Proutys have
always been connected with big bust
ness" and have always been in it
for what it would bring to Prouty.
This is all fair, all legitimate, and
honorable, we make no adverse criti-
cism of this, indeed, we commend it,
and wish there were more men in
Vermont of the Prouty big business"
standing. We are not, however,
looking for any seIf-effaced, patri-
otto work from Charles A. Prouty,
and his entry into the senatorial issue
has been whitewashed to that limit
where it ''peels' off and through this
one can see that personal ambition
and not public serving, is what
prompts Mr.. Prouty to seek the SEN
atorial toga.
In all of Mr.. Prouty's attitude
thus far, has been expressed that dis
tant feeling that al am better than
my party" ''better than any other
VermOnter. 81 will not stoop to en-
ter the contest on the level with the
average voter, nor dirty my skirts
with a political contest. f'I will ac-
cept the election of senator as the
free-will offering of an obedient pub
lie" 81 will faithfully perform the
duties of this Office, for the benefit
of the people, along lines that my
superior judgment tells me are for the
best and my experience with matters
about which l know show me the
way
Oh, rot! Give us a Simon pure
Vermonter; one who is not above his
people or party; one who dares to
do what he believes his duty and
ready to meet you as any other Yer
monter; who is not afraid of dirtying
his skirts in returning to the old
state and becoming. one with us in
citiZenshin -Gr0fOuS Timoc