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

his plans to build upon the topmost
rocks of the peak itself where the
house may shout it's presence to the
world at large.
1t is safe to say that Chocorua is to-
day the most loved peak of all the
Granite hills, admired by every be-
holder for the unique and striking
beauty of it's form. and delighted in by
old and young who enjoy the mildly
adventurous mountaineering that its
crags afford. Notwithstanding all
their harshness, the elements in all
the ages have never marred the beau
ty of the mountain, but man, In spite
of good intentions, has in a few years
time brought devastation to it's for
ests. and all but squalor to it's most
sacred places. And now the chief
tain's curse bids fair to become some
thing far less poetic and more tangible
than a browning legend.-Boston
Transcript.
A Canadian View.
In order to prove their absolute i'm
partially the United States might ar
range to fight Germany on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, and Great
Britain on Tuesdays. Thursdays and
Saturdays For variety they might
take on Mexico on Sundays, if the
churchgoing vote would sanction such
Sabbath violation.-Montreal Star.
Burton Would Accept.
After some coyness, former Senator
Burton of Ohio has finally admitted
that if the next convention of his
party should plead with him to be its
nominee for President, he would not
say nay Mr.. Burton is more than a
mere favorite son. Well located geo
graphically in the region which con-
rributed to the Presidency Hayes, Gar
field and Mckinley, he is man OF
clean antecedents, studious, serious,
unusually well informed as to the In
ner workings and economies of gov
ernment-a worthy type OF the old-
fashioned statesman" Though close
ly identified with the Hanna regime,
he came out of it unsullied and may
fairly be classified, not as reaction
ary but as a conservative liberal, who
surrenders to a new idea only after
he has been shown. If the opposition
to Wilson next year shall be content
with a standard bearer who is safe,
sane. able and honest, but neither
magnetic brilliant nor audac1ouS,
Burton seems as well fitted for the
role as any Republican yet named AT
all events, his is serious entry'
around which much of what used to
be called the Hanna dynasty may be
expected to assemble earnestly II not
noisiIy. 1t would be prudent to keep
an eve on Burton.-Boston Record.
Vermont Crops.
A pretty good sho wing for Vermont
farm interests is made in the just
published summary of preliminary es-
Inmates of crop production and prices,
complied by the Bureau of Crop Es-
Inmates (and transmitted through the
Weather Bureau), U. S. Department
of Agriculture. According to this
summary. the estimate on corn this
year is 2,26O,OO0 bushels as compared
with final estimate last year 2,115,-
900; price November 1 to producers
SO cents per bushel, year ago 80 cents.
On oats. this years estimate is g..
4S3,OOO bushels. final estimate last
year 3.358.OOO; price November l to
producers 81 cents per pushel' year
ago "a cents.
Potatoes are a very much smaller
crop than last season and the price is
proportionately higher. The estimate
this year is 2.59O.000 bushels. final es-
innate last year 100000; price No
vember 1 to producers "a cents per
bushel. year ago 40 cents.
Apples are less than a third of last
years crop. The estimate this year is
324 600 barrels. final estimate last year
I os7 900. price October Is to produc-
ers $3.50 per barrel year ago $1.65.
BY way of comparison, the estimate
on corn for the whole country is Tor
this year 3.09O.000,O00 bushels. f1nal
estimate last year 2.67S.0Oo.OOO; NO
vernber 1 price 61.9 cents, year ago
70.6 cents.
potatoes. estimate this year S5s.-
600, 900 bushels. final estimate Iast
year 405.921. 900; November prlce
sos cents, year ago 52.8 cents.
Apples. estimate this year 76,9OO,-
600 barrels, final estimate last year
S4.4OO.OOO barrels; price October 10
TO producers $2.14 per barrel. year
ago s1.79.-Burlington Daily News.
Says Root Is No Tory.
In an article in Golfers Weekly
Frederick M. Davenport, Progressive
candidate for governor of New YORK
in the last State election, vouches ful-
Iy for Elihu Roots liberalism. He de-
clares that Mr.. Root is very far from
being a tory; that on the other hand
ne believes thoroughly in popular rule.
Rut when Mr. Davenport says that
Mr.. Root "has plenty of faith in the
capacity of the people to govern them
selves and in the ultimate capacity OF
the people to govern themselves well
but knows that men in the mass in any
country differ from men as individuals
and are in danger of being swayed by
feeling and prejudice to greater ex-
tent than men as individuals" he at
least differentiates Mr.. Root widely
from the true radical. Once admit
that men may be wise as individuals
but foolish as a whole, and you GO
! back to the principle of the now dis
credited fathers who devised the
system of checks in our Constitu-
ton in order to keep the foolish mass
under the control Of wise individuals
The fathers principle is in reality
/ true enough for men in the mass are
not wise except in those great crises
when the waters of prejudice and pas
sion are parted as by a sudden miracle
| and whole peoples walk through dry
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