Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-31
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
If a Direct State Tax.

If Direct State Tax.
1t is wholly unfair to blame the
present legislature if it has to assess
direct state tax. The growing appro-
priations of the past ten years have
brought to this legislature burden of
expense that it can meet only by levy
ing direct state tax Or by direct
inheritance tax.-Bennington Banner.
State and Colleges.
We formerly appropriated lump
sum for the Vermont colleges. Under
the measure for scholarships now
pending in the legislature, the colleges
will receive the money provided SER
vice is rendered; otherwise not. That
would seem TO be fairer proposition
than the for ner for all concerned. =
Burlington Free Press.
Not Quite Logical
"As the members of the Kansas
legis allure are paid only for session
of 81 laws, and the time has expired,
they are working for nothing, The
logical result has followed in that as
much work is now being done in day
as previously in a week. "-Springfeld
Republican.
And yet the Vermont legislature
USCIdI0S IL CdIlilOb ne blillteu W w
days, to Is days, to 80 days, or even to
a flat salary. And presumably intelli-
gent publicists say the members are
right! This simply argues that Yer
mOnterS are not so smart as KanSans?
Rutland Herald.
Keep 1t in the Open.
The proposition to transfer detective
work from the jurisdiction Of the
Encouragement to that of the individ-
uaI states attorneys. is simply dodge
to conceal such expenditures in some
other account. where they will not
be visible to the naked eye Of the
public Acknowledgement Barber has
set a splendid pace in cutting down
, this unnecessary expenditure and we
believe he will save the taxpayers
S25. 900 every year Make whatever
: restrictions may be deemed advisable,
t but keep one man responsible to the
taxpayers, if you would fix accounta-
bility. and reap the fruit of economy
born of recent developments.-Bu
ton Free Press.
Punishment Should Fit the Crime.
One of the most satisfying things
in life S the knowledge that person
guilty of perjury or subornation OF
perjury has been given his just deserts
Y in court of justice whose efforts he
+ previously had tried to defeat by false
testimony directly given or procured
S for the purpose of thwarting fail
: trial of a case. There is nothing
f which strikes so hard blow at organ
lied society as the efforts of miserable
. creatures who resort to such low prac
= tees, whether those persons be in the
e legal profession or outside of that pro
+ fession. Every time one of them il
caught at his game it helps to rit
society of baneful influence and a
the same time it teaches powerful
l lesson that justice not to be tamperet
y with Barre Times.
In Interest of Good Roads.
= The Newport Board of Trade ha
shown what can be done by co-operat
ing with the good roads men. At tn
banquet given by the Board of Trad
to road commissioners on March 19
:, the attendance was $50 as compare
- with 200 last year, the county bein,
) we'll represented and great enthusiasm
for road improvement in Orleans count
e was shown The Greater Vernon
r association is doing all in it's power t
L
secure similar increase all over thu
:. state The Rutland Business Men
70 association is preparing booster get
= together luncheon on March 81, coinc
dent with the county conference @
r. State Highway Commissioner StoC
o dard B. Bates with the county super
5. visors, selectmen and town road com
missioners Rutland should be Their
to welcome Vermont's new head G
~ road work with an attendance an
~ enthusiasm second to none in tn
IS state-Rutland News.
" The Motion Picture Show.
At The human mind is one of the mos
% mysterious contrivances that enter int
the work of the world. What appal
j. the human mind today, seems
ar delight it tomorrow. The changeabil
re ty of the human mind is seen in til
at attitude shown today by patrons of til
moving picture show. When the play
on the screen were first eXhibite
lie there were a lot Of protests raise
IN from some sources. One argumer
le was that it put bad notions into tt
!. heads of young people. Another crow
> of critics said that many people wou
s. squander so much in patronizing pi
i'll ture shows that the butcher. the bake
O. and the candlestick maker, would NJ
n. get prompt payment of their bills.
Mt But now that everyone, more Or les
err has come to enjoy the scenes on tt
IN screen. there are no more protest
1t shows that the human mind is {
unsafe thing at times to bet your la
at carr on. The picture show has becon
eI great instructor to people who
co means of observation and travel hav
Irt bean liuited If crows mora nooul.
IN every day, too, with those who a
re better circumstance. Windsor Jou