Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-09-13
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Chance to Exploit Vermont as Cattle
State.

Chance to Exploit Vermont as Cattle
State.
Vermont is the Queen Dairy State of
New England, we'll says James P.
Taylor of the Greater Vermont associ-
alton. Vermont is coming to be more
and more a national market for the
best cattle of the several breeds The
Greater Vermont association feels that
it would be great mistake if Vermont
is not strongly represented at the
National Dairy Show at Springfield,
Mass, October IL to 81 by the best
that we have in the way of cattle of
all breeds. The secretary of the asso-
citation made plea along these lines
at the annual meeting of the Vermont
Guernsey Breeders association held
at Bradford recently. What the
Guernsey association plans to do is in.
dictated by the following:
exhibit of Guernsey cattle in October
at the National Dairy Show that will
be worthy of the special notice it will
attract This was determined upon at
the meeting in Bradford of the Yer
mont Guernsey Breeders association
and the details of the plan adopted
we're sent to the officers of the show
in the board of trade. The idea will
have the support of the American
Guernsey Cattle club, whose general
Offices are in Peterboro, N. H.
'In order to make the exhibit repre-
sentative of the many fine herds of the
state the association will select at least
one carload, perhaps two, of the best
animals on different farms and send
them to Springfield in the name of the
association. The rules for the entry
of cattle at the show permit this to be
done, though any animal entered IN
competition for prizes must walk into
the show ring in the name OF its
actual owner.
Gilbert G. Tenny of Brattleboro,
president of the association and Mark
H. Moody of Waterbury, secretary,
have already begun to pick out individ
uals that will be brought here. They
say their chief difficulty is going to be
in making the selections from so large
8 number as is available, every Yer
mont farmer who has few good
Guernseys wants to be represented in
the SHIPMENT
This proposition is of interest to
every Vermonter. Here is an oppor-
tunjty to advertise one of the most
profitable lines of business in Vermont.
It is we'll for the Greater Vermont
association to make an appeal to all
cattle breeders to do all that they can
to make Vermont First as usual" at
the National Dairy Show.-Rutland
News.
The Mobilization.
The Barre Times, in stoutly advocat-
ing the return of the First Vermont
Infantry from Eagle Pass. Texas,
draws attention to one of the many
mysterious steps taken by the Wilson
administration in handling the Mexican
problem. The country accepted the
mobilization of the National Guards
men on the border; it even applauded
the move, because it thought (and was
justified in the thinking) that at last
Mr.. Wilson had decided upon some
definite and purposeful action.
The applause has all died away and
now, from one end of the country to
the other, dissatisfaction is noticed,
members of Congress are making rep
reservations to have the troops from
their states returned, and there is q
general feeling that MIR. Wilson haC
no definite purpose in rushing the
soldiers into an unbearable climate
The whole affair has become as inexpli
cable as the Friendly" warfare al
Vera Cruz.
Certain it is that there is no indica
ton that the military officers in the
} war department counseled any such
moves. cit is safe to say that in Wash
ington the whole affair is considered {
farce-from Mr.. Wilson's end, but mo-
from the standpoint of the militiamen
With them it has been very seriou:
busine IS, has entailed sacrifices not tt
be lightly estimated. If the mobiliza
) ton were a preparedness move or
the part of the President he has made
serious mistake. All the circum
stances attending the call to arms las
June pointed toward war. Probably no
one out of hundred doubted that a
last the United States was going int,
0 Mexico to clean things up and assure
0 peace along ito border.
0 Under these conditions recruiting
for short time, was brisk and man,
men who never would have gone on
on maneuver mobilization took tn
oath. If Mr.. Wilson had no intention
of going to war then hundreds of mel
were induced to join the colors for
period of six years under what ma
be termed false pretences. That en-
!istments dropped off suddenly, practi
cally ceasing, when it became eviden
that active service was not ahead j
O sufficient commentary on this phase O
< the situation.
q But the men already in the Guar
were "hooked" They had droppe
their work, left their families, an
eventually found themselves dom
something entirely different than the