The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-02
committee is likely to be confronted
within the next year or two.

WY NAV yea VI bHO- /
In the opinion of The Meddlerl
Judge Martin s successor should be a
man of wide business experience and
acknowledged executive ability = one
who is used to forming opinions of his
own and accepting responsibility for
them. The argument advanced in some
quarters that a lawyer is needed does
not seem to The Meddler well founded |
IN view of the fact that the commit |
tee regularly employs legal counsel
and would probably continue to do so
III any event. Of more Importance
than legal training would seem to be
sound judgment in matters of inan-
cial policy and general business meth
DDS. Judge Martin possessed these
qualities to marked degree
qualities, by the way, which are as
rare among lawyers as among the mem
bers of any other profession. The
best kind of a man TO put on the
business has schooled him in doing his
own thinking and whose experience
has taught him to think. quickly and
accurately. In outlining these re-
quirements The Meddler is thinking
less of any particular individual who
measures up to them than of several
who do not.
While on the subject of schools The
Meddler feels like bringing up again
the idea of abolishing the incorporated
school district. Perhaps it would not
be feasible to make such radical
change at once, but it seems likely to
come as soon as the taxpayers of the
district realize that it would be money
in their pockets to do so. 1t is fact
that residents of the outlying districts
can send their children to the incorpo-
rated district schools at a less cost
per pupil than chose within the dis
trict, and while it may be argued that
the expense of running the schools of
the Incorporated district would be lit
| tie if any less provided no tuition pu-
pills were accommodated this does not
affect the soundness of the contention
| that the cost of maintaining an educa-
tional plant for the whole town should
be borne equally by the taxpayers of
the whole town. Abolition of incorpo
rated districts was one of the recon-
mendations of the Carnegie Founda-
ton experts who made a survey of the
state educational system two years
ago, and as yet no sound argument
against this recommendation has been
advanced
Although no definite statement has
been made by the village authorities
| as to this years observance of the
Fourth it is understood that safety and
sanity will be expected from all cele-
orators. When asked as to his attitude
relative to the sale of firecraekers and
other explosives by local dealers,
States Attorney Hughes said there
seemed to be no need of any statement
from him since section 5000 of the Yer
mont statutes expressly prohibits such
4 Sdle- HIS IHtdIS, no dbutFls lltsAI dGti-
crs who see fit to violate this law run
the risk of prosecution under it. As u
matter of fact, however, there is little
likelihood of trouble in this direction
since practically all the local merchants
who formerly handled explosives have
come to realize the wisdom of the ban
upon their sale and have given up buy
ing them for the holiday. The fact
that the Fourth comes on Sunday is
likely to temper this year s celebra-
ton somewhat
The new sidewalk along the south
side of Elliot street between the police
station and the entrance to the Carpen-
ter organ factory is just enough high
er than the old one to make the iron
railing at that point too low to furnish
adequate protection.
Members of the local association of
seamstresses, needlewomen and shop
girls ought to make it point to attend
the annual meeting in the rest room
this evening. 1t is true that the bene-
Ifciaries specified by the maker of the
Thompson fund seem to have been ig-