The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-11

to veto the action of the other, and
often jealous and suspicious of each
other. The legislative system of twoli
houses is tremendously expensive and
the experience of other countries has
proved it to be less efficient than sin
gle house system. Such a change would /
obviate the necessity of a new state |
building that viii cost the people of |
Vermont from quarter to half mil |
lion dollars.
To increase the prosperity Of the
state and people / suggest a few things
that seem to me desirable.
G) Agriculture in Vermont should
support fully a hundred thousand peo
pie more than it now supports The
state has the available farm land in the
market at less than actual value. Pro
vide system Of rural credit which
will enable the purchase of this land
on credit terms as favorable as is given
to settlers in the West and Canada.
| This can be done in several ways, one
worthy of careful study being that of
extending power to banks to invest a
| fraction of their surplus in amortiza
| tion farm loans protected by freedom
| from taxation on money so loaned,
while the best and surest method is
| probably through the medium of rural
credit associations chartered by the
state.
i % Make credits easier and extend
business by reducing the state tax on
money loaned by savings banks and
/ savings departments of national banks
at five per cent or less to borrowers III
the state of Vermont. 1t is the Dor
rowers of money who make business,
who furnish employment, enlarge the
market and bring prosperity.
(3) Encourage industrial enterprise
and growth by a systematic study to
keep down the burdens of taxation,
both state and local Give the work
ing men Of Vermont protection against
: dangerous and unhealthful conditions
of employment.
"a Provide a workmen 5 compen-
sation act for the protection Of EN-
ployes. To encourage the industrial
Z growth of Vermont the state should
4 bear a part of the burden brought &c
manufacturers by such compensation
Z act, as is done in the state of Oregon,
No port of the burden, however
should be placed on the employees be
cause they are the ones exposed to in
q jury and loss of earning power an,
4 that is their full share of the burden
e / would, however, encourage all thos,
Y employed in the dangerous trades (,
e carry insurance of their own to rein
Y force the aid they would reliev,
Y through a workmen s compensation
act.
i To promote intelligence and educ1
| ton, to benefit future citizenship an,
to advance the moral welfare of tn,
e state there are some changes neces
], sary:
t ~ The state should profit by tn
$ survey made by the Carnegie foundl
tion and by the findings of the specia
Il educational commission. The elemen
J. tary schools should be improved The,
s should not be mere ruts leading towar,
T. some college but should educate witt
= view to the possibilities and futur
4 Of the individual pupils. | do no
II believe in cutting off the approrpra
o tions to the state colleges though
6 would not, perhaps, continue the specia
II appropriation of 1912. The college
have done too much for the people o
o. Vermont to be suddenly crippled. Stat
t aid should be given intellgently an
hi if withdrawn it should be gradually a
the colleges can become self-support
IT ing. | believe that a special text boo
lei on Vermont resources, business, deve
nj opment and agricultural possibilit
1t should be provided for use in ever
eel school. l have caused a bill for thi
purpose to be introduced at the las
to two sessions Of the legislature but
mi has each time failed of passage.
lyl (2) The state should provide HON
ID for orphan children of the very POO
I'll and the children whose parents throug
NJ crime or misfortune cannot or DO nc
e. properly care for their offspring. 1t
nc a state disgrace that this matter ha
$. not been take care of earlier w
le1 spend millions in restraining and cal
of ing for the criminal, the insane, an
a the mentally and moral deticien
lie but have failed to realize that by cal
esi ing for the children of the unfortl
ne nate we can make useful men an
e. women of many who may otherwise b,
toI come a burden to society.
ri To promote patriotism the stat
till government should be so conducted tina
ut each person within the borders of We
mont vii have full and fair oppo
u tunity to develop the best that is i
re- him without oppression or injustice
p-i During the past three sessions of til
N, legislature ! have been so active j
20 support of cleaner elections, measure