Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-12-02
ORLEANS COUNTY MONITOR. WEDNESDAY. EMBER2 1914

onstrated the possibility of curing this
dread disease, when it is taken in time.
as well as of greatly relieving those
in the more advanced stages thereof.
How to aid sufferers from advanced
tuberculosis, and especially those who
are unable to procure assistance
through their own means, is the prob
lem which now confronts this common
wealth. This is work of patriotism
and of philanthropy as well as of con-
servation of the public health, and the
splendid example set our people by
the late Senator Redfield Proctor and
various members of his family should
stimulate this state to the supplement-
ing Of the great work so auspiciousiy
begun. Free Press
History of the Ports of Entry.
The consolidation Of Vermont into
one customs district is a display of
common sense on the part of the treas
ury department. H. C. Comings Ct
Richford was appointed collector of the
Burlington district sometime ago and
J. G. Ullery of Brattleboro was the
leading candidate for appointment as
collector of the district of Memphre-
msgog. with headquarters at Newport.
When Comings's app ointment was made
and that of Ullery, which had been ex-
pected at the same time, was held up,
there were rumors that consolidation
was in the minds of the officials at
ting districts and eliminating all those
possible has been followed some time
in other parts of the country. Yer
mont was formerly one district, but
when the late Senator Redfeld Proctor
was in the heyday of his, power Olln
Merrill, who had been chairman of
the state Republican committee in the
campaign in which the record breaking
majority was rolled up, and Zophar
Mansur of Island Pond. a Civil war
veteran who had served in the legisla.
ture and as lieutenant governor, were
candidates for the same office, Senator
Proctor and his colleagues in a spirit
OF harmoniZing all interests, succeeded
inhaving Vermont divided into two Gus
toms districts. and Merrill was made
collector at Burlington and Mansur at
Newport. At that time these offices
yielded large revenue in the way OF
fees, and the holders could garner
$4,000 to $4,000, or perhaps more.
each year. Merrill and Mansur waxed
fat financially for eight years, and
then they were asked to take their feet
out Of the trough and Charles H. Oar.
| ling of Bennington was appointed tt
| the berth at Burlington and Curtis
! Emery to the one at Newport. Darling
was not supported by politicians. but
had been in Washington as assistant
secretary of the navy and Theodore
Roosevelt. then president. realizing
that Darling needed money, gave him
the softest snap open to any Vernon
ter. Since then the fees which made
the offices lucrative have been elimi
mated, and recently each collector has
been on something like a $4,000 pei
annum basis. Another importan,
change is in making st. Adams the
department headquarters instead OF
Burlington. St. Adams is much near
er the border than the Queen City, anc
is on the main line of the Central Yer
mont railroad. but there is already g
costly customs house at Burlington
and this naturally will be abandoned
If. however, the work can be conduct
ed more efficiently from st. Alban.
than from Burlington. it is only sensi
BILE to make the change. regardless O.
the Office equipment now existing. :
Brattleboro Reformer.