Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-14


state Government. II should be mate |
rally increased.
Authority should Inc given the commits !
sionor of apriculture TO make and enforce |
such regulations as may be necessary to |
protcct the state from invasion of insect |
life and plant disease; to enforce reason |
able and sanitary regulations. and to con- /
troll the standard of the various agrlcul- /.
tural products of the state How can the |
of agriculture without nee /
essarv funds establish a bureau In Bos- !
ron ny Now York through which our far
uers without n7iddlemen can reach their
market? How can the commissioner of
helm the farmer by bringing
IMMIGRANT labor into the State, unless
the state furnish him the means to estab-
llsh a hureau for that purpose? In other
words how can no materially advance
the interests of tho state from n business
standnoin+ without the necessary re-
sources?
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tempt 10 eApioi' 'h' ota'eS creui' III Suen
manner as 10 result arsciE J." 'he u'''-
hH'e oeileHt OIL certain priVa'e or cor
pora'e interests such as '"at ou'."e' III
we pan u i'!- - LULU 'ne So ~
1rte,v dofeatod sucb = scheme should
have M n.r, IN our General state noIicv
recommend IN Won the adontion of such
LEGISLATION as will compeI cornorations or
ganized under the laws of other States to
agree, before being allowed to do business
in the state or Vermont, to comply with
all the laws of the state of Vermont ana
be subject to the public service commas
sion control. Within the last two years,
or since the adoption of the general policy
have referred to, you have seen trans
mission lines for high pressure connected
up all through the state to different
plants. upon the general theory, so FAR
as the public understood 1t, of betterment
OF conditions but the legislation suggest
is to control those better conditions so
that We do not awake to md ourselves
in the hands of corporations organized
under the laws OF the state of Massachu-
sets, Maine and other States, and the
interest of Interstate commerce present
ing itself, we will have perhaps if We are
not careful that proposition of whether
we nave any 'o"tiol "Hd'cNer oEei ou'
natural resources Inns suoJect is worthy
Vi your serious "tteHtloh'
TREASURER'S BOND.
Third To the bond of the State treas
urer which is now 10000: II should be
Increased to 500, 900 The present bond is
wholly inadeulate for the purpose.
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aPpo'i!'eu ny 'he "oNerhor ana re-
spo'ls'"'e 10 hhh'' ihere sho"'u De no
uNisloh III authority as no" oNiS's uh-
uc' 'he present Id" Whi'h pr"N'u's LOT
TWO insurance commissioners one the
0ta'c 'reasur''' co''s'i'u'iohd' o'icer'
ana 'he o'i'' ''e secretary Oh STATE
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ing wv" OFFICES 'he one oons,'tu'lohal
ana thc o'h'r statutory Inc o'a'e
should 40 'eeiSla'e as 10 prevent ci'her
the eNstehce' OF the suspicion OF cN-
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possib,litv of such conditions a gain aris-
ing as recently surrounded the State
treasurer's bond which make II nossihle
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li'h SLATE lhEAoo hfi'
Now at the time that bond was pre-
scented to the executive by the State
treasurer, and as well insurance COM