St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-11-17
PRESS COMMENT



he is keeping absolutely out of the
canvass for the Republican candidate
for the presidency" and whose good
nature is proverbial, has given his es-
innate of Woodrow Wilson. Be 1T re-
membered what sort of a man Mr..
Taft is when considering his opinion
of the Chief Executive. He has shown
himself a good loser, his mouth is not
full of bitterness against anything or
any man. He is a private citizen,
knows that he is and why he is, and
there is no Interior purpose to be
found in his expressions. Even his
former political enemies pronounce
him a big man in this regard even if
their opinion of his executive abilities
is not f1attering.
And Mr.. Taft says this of Mr.. Will
son: Ct can't talk about the details of
President Wilson'S preparedness pro-
gram because 1 do not know about
them and 1 doubt if he does. He is a
man who never goes clear to the bot
tom of anything. He will have the
credit for whatever constructive leg
'islation the next Congress enacts to
put his preparedness policy into eff
feet but it will be for somebody else
to work out the important details.
Mr.. Wilson is the greatest opportun-
list who ever sat in the president
chair at Washington, and he'll claim
and receive great commentator Tor
his preparedness plan. However, all
this is nothing against military pre-
paredness. 1t is desirable and be-
'lieve in it,
Woodrow Wilson, the greatest OPP
portunist who ever sat in the pres1-
dents chair! No exception of Colonel
Do Tho high hnn0rS go
to Mrs. Cats husband-to-be. 1t isn't
unbelievable, by any means. The
mere say-so. of a man like Mr.. Taft
gives it weight. However, if it is con-
sidered a debatable question, there
isn't so much ground for difference
of opinion in the allegation that Mr..
Wilson never goes clear to the bottom
of anything. Here the President
own record is proof of Mr.. Taft's
statement.
Certainly he never went clear to the
bottom of the La Toilette law which
threatens to sweep the seven seas
clean of the American flag. This has
to be assumed or else one will have
to believe that Mr.. Wilson acted with
elaboration and with a desire to tor
pedo our merchant marine. He never
went clear to the bottom of the Mexi-
ing and filling, his vacillation, his acts
of war and protests of peace. He
never went to the bottom of the tariff
or of the revenue plan, else in the time
of peace and artificial prosperity the
country would not have to be enjoying
the luxuries of war taxes! Not many
men have changed their minds on so
many things as has our present Pres1-
dent, and mind changing within
very short space of time is the Iog1-
cal result of shallow thought. Mr..
Taft's estimate, in brief, while 1t is
severe, seems, in the light of all known
facts to be just and deserved.-St.
Adams Messenger.
Prof Sprague On The War.
Prof. o. M. w. Sprague of Harvard
university, a former st. Johnspury
boy, is one of the most notable au-
thorities on financial matters in this
country. He is a member of the
United States monetary commission
and was one of the trainers OF the
federal reserve act. His high stand
ing gives his opinions great weight
He believes the worst panic In the MS
tory of America would follow victory
by Germany in the present war. he
bases his conclusion on the heavy in
06mnlLY WHICH, SCA AAohJ
>the allies and the probability that
the latter would be forced to repudiate
their American debts. He, however,
makes the prediction that in the end
Germany will be defeated. Professor
Sprague says that he does not believe
that the end of the war will see an IN
f1ux of foreign labor into the united
States: that this country has no neeo
to fear cheap competition abroad, as
in the process of rehabilitation coun-
tries participating in the war VIII
have to use all their available men
and materials at home. He declared
that the war has so disorganized the
GENERATING and clerical forces in the
various manufacturing lines, that bust
ness cannot be conducted on the same
cost or system as before. 1t is pc
cause wages there will have to ad-
vance, and labor will be kept In Eu-
rope. that Professor Sprague 1eels
certain that the United states VIII
not suffer industrially when the war
ends-Brattleboro Reformer.
Stowe Hasn't Any Lawyer.
An item is going the rounds of the
state press that Stowe is the only VII
lage of it's size in the state without q
resident lawyer. Certainly this con-
idition Of affairs is not warranted DS
reason of the size of the town. Stowe
has a population of approximately
1000. 1t may. perhaps, be ascr1oed &c
the fact that the citizens are too busy
to engage in litigation. Thougf
slowed away in the mountains at the
end of an electric railroad which ma
mot proved a bonanza for those who
| invested their money in the enterprise
this is one of the busiest towns II
northern Vermont. 1t should also o.
NOTED that but few towns in the state
can offer similar or equal scenic at
Observation-Disclosures Herald.
This is very true. However, the rae
shouldn't be overlooked that Stowe ma
several citizens who know considerable
about law-that is about nov
to keep out of the law-and THEREFOR
law suits are very rare there. Whel
they do get inveigled in the CLUTCHES
of a law suit. they usually come to al
'amicable settlement before the cas-
gets very old. 1t is this and good CIT
! izenship that makes Stowe the mooe
town it is, and hard picking for res