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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-08-02
Question of Political Methods.

In the editorial announcing thar
The Caledonian would support Gov. c.
W. Gates for the United States sem
atorship we said: He really is the
representative Of the newer and bet
ter political element in Vermont, the
people who believe the Office should
seek the man." That there are at least
two political methods being followed IN
all. Sen. c. S. Page after nearly
eight years of service in the United
States Senate seeks a reelection. He
has made a personal appeal by circu-
lar letters to very large number Of
Vermont voters and is advertising his
accomplishments and qualifications
through the newspapers. His work in
the Senate has not been of a char
acter that makes him sufficiently well
known to the voters of the state, and
he is obliged to resort to a campaign
Of personal publicity to insure pub
lie knowledge of his accomplish
ments.
Ex-Gov. Fletcher desires the seat
Sen. Page occupies and he, too, is re-
sorting to a personal publicity cam
paign. Each of these men is spend
ing quite large amounts of money
promoting their personal interests in
this political campaign. Each is fol
lowing the old political methods of
securing workers" in each commun-
ity to agitate the matter and make
votes for himself. How much money
each spends the public probably will
never know, but the fact that the
Fletcher organization at Mortified
paid S1,7OO for postage in one week
is an indication it is used in large
quantities. If either of these men
win the nomination it will be a vic,
tory for money in politics; it will
practically debar any man without
money, no matter what his qualifica-
tions, from political office. This, we
believe, is one method-the old
method.
Gov c. w. Gates stands for an
entirely different method. He will
not spend a single dollar advertising
his qualifications. He will simply
stand upon the record he has made
as the builder of the Vermont high
way policy and as governor of the
state. He will make no personal at
tacks upon the other candidates in
average voters to decide for them.
selves which man they will vote for
He stands for a distinctly new policy
of entering politics without the use o.
large sums of money. This to oul
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-08-02
EAST CABOT.

(Mrs. VIM. d. Barr, Correspondent
News has been received here of
the birth of nine and one-half
pound son July %, to Mr.. and Mrs.
George H. Read at Daytona, Fla, and
grandson of Mr.. and Mrs. Ira D.
Read of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Drew, George
Durette and Merton Briggs were re-
cent business visitors at st. Johns
bury.
An auto party of five from New
York pitched their tent at Carl Dur
gan's and camped over night Thurs
day.
Miss Esther PeIow of st. Johnsbury
is at her grandmother, Mrs. Eta
Davenport's, for several weeks stay.
George Durette of Marshfield is
working for George Drew.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Durgan were at
West Danville Tuesday evening to
attend the reception given Mr.. and
Mrs. George Goslant at the Berry
Hall Point Comfort"
Mrs. Henry Smith is working at p.
H. McDonald's in Danville.
Mrs. George Durette and sons of
Marshfield were guests of her mother,
Mrs. G. A. Drew, one day last week.
Fred Houghton of Danville was at
r. S. Bars four days last week.
Miss Geneva Smith is with her
aunt, Mrs. Orville Smith, in Dan
vile for an indefinite stay.
Mrs. Frank Morse of st. Adams is
at George Morse's for visit.
Mrs. Alvin Dunn went to Plattsburg
on the excursion Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Houghton of
xryIa ctr fV,e
with friends here, spent Saturday at
Barre, where Mr.. Houghton found
| employment in a garage. Mr.. and
Mrs. Houghton went to Barre Sunday
night so as to begin work Monday
morning.
Carl Durgan and Fred Hill have
each finished haying. Now they are
helping their neighbors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orlando Heath of
Cabot spent Sunday at I. c. Peck's.
Miss Mary Kelley of East Mont
pelier visited her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs William Kelley, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Payson Walbridge of
Cabot were callers at Gilbert Hill's
Sunday Bert Goodrich brought
them in his car.
Mrs. John Chandler of Peacham
was a recent guest at Frank Pecks
E. E. Hall visited his mother, Mrs
Fannie Osgood, at Cabot Center Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Bundy and Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Hovey and daugh-
ter, Irene, of Sutton were in this place
| Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Drew were
guests of friends at Marshfield the
first of the week.
Mrs. Eva Paquin of Lower Cabot
was at her father, E. e. Halls, re-
| Gently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Hunt of Bill
lerica, Mass, are stopping with his
nephew, Harry Young, for a few days
Ed. Stanton, Walter Jordon and
Clarence Pinkham of North Danville
were guests of Samuel Chandler Sun
| day.
Harry Daniels of East Montpelier
was a recent business visitor here.
Frank Peck was home over Sun.
day from his work at Peacham.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-08-02

that leased milk cars upon the New
England railroads are illegal and can
not be continued. The news dis
patches said it would mean a loss
in revenue to the Boston & Maine
railroad of $500, 900 per year, and that
the leased car user could ship milk
500 miles at a '1ower per quart charge
than IS paid by the less than car
load shipment whose milk is pro-
duced at a point 100 miles from Bos-
ton. The result is, Nof course, that a
dairy farm in northern New Hamp-
shire, Maine or Vermont, or even in
Canada, is substantially as valuable
for supplying milk to Boston as a
similar farm one-third the distance
therefrom."
We conclude from the above that
the adjustment of the leased car will
greatly increase the cost of trans
porting Vermont milk to Boston.
Therefore we do not see how it will
mean any cheaper milk to Boston
consumers. The middleman is not
likely to reduce his profits of handl-
ing the milk. Therefore we do not
see any thing but a lower price to the
Vermont farmer for his milk if he
continues to sell it for the Boston
market.
The only advantage we can see is
the farmer will be enabled to ship
milk in his own name on exactly the
same terms as the large dealer, but
this is something he viii not be in a
position to do because he cannot ar
range for the distribution of his milk
in Boston. The new order may al
low competition between middlemen
for the milk of any section, but if they
have to pay more transportation costs
we do not see how they can pay the
farmer more for his milk.
We fail to see any advantage to
Vermonters in the new order, nor any
relief to city consumers or the large
milk dealers. It looks to us as
though it is against the law to con-
! duct the milk business at the lowest
cost and for the greatest benefit to
all concerned with it. We may have
a wrong idea of the situation, and
await the developments with consid-
| cradle interest
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-08-02
This Country Was Attacked.

The terrific explosion on Black
Tom Island in New York Bay early
Sunday morning which destroyed
SIS, 100000 worth of property, killed
two or more people and injured
scores of others undoubtedly was an
open attack on this country in behalf
of the German cause. We are not
prepared to say it was an attack by
the Germans. 1t may have been by
an American citizen who is sym
pathizer with the German cause.
That it was a deliberate attack
upon a store of munitions intended
for the allies is indicated by the moor
ing of a barge beside the railroad
company's dock expressly against or
ders, and the subsequent starting of
the fire which did the damage aboard
the barge. There can be no question
that the barge was placed there for
the purpose of destroying the NUM-
tons and it was planned to sacrifice
the barge to carry out the scheme.
1t is equally evident that the barge
was engaged by someone for this
work and there must have been some
compensation for the barge.
These conditions make it a duty of
the government to investigate fully
to learn whose property the barge
was, how it happened to be sent to
that position at that time and who
was in charge of the vessel when it
can decide whether or not it was a
deliberate attack upon American
property stored upon American ter
ritory. 1t looks to US as though it
was and if it was this country has a
very serious situation before it.
In this issue will be found a po-
litical advertisement by Sen. G. S.
Page explaining his vote on the rural
credits bill. Mr.. Page mentions a
: feature of the bill, the exemption of
rural bank notes or bonds from tax
| alton, that was not generally known in
Vermont. 1t is probably true that
the rural credits law will not allow
! the farmers of Vermont to secure
money any cheaper than today, and
if it should remove considerable Yer
mont capital from taxation it would
increase the rate of taxation upon all
other real property. In that case
it would be a detriment to Vermont
ers. It looks as though Sen. Page
had caught Mr.. Fletcher on this
matter Either Mr.. Fletcher was
ignorant of the exemption feature OF
else he favors the exemption of money
from taxation and the placing of the
tax burden on other property. 1t is
Mr.. Fletcher's move now to tell the
people whether he was ignorant OIL
stands for increased taxation of Yer
mont property.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-08-02

mind is the second and new policy.
Now. Mr.. Voter. the direct primary
gives you the power to say as much as
any other man at the polls about who
States senator. and which policy you
prefer in Vermont politics. You can
give decision on the ballot you mark
in the secrecy Of the voting booth.
We cannot direct how you shall vote
but when we vote it will be for the
newer and. we believe, better political
methods for Vermont, the political
methods of Gov. Charles w. Gates.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-08-02
WEST BURKE.

(Mrs. H. L. Walter, Correspondent
DIR. and Mrs. A II. Jenkins are re-
joicing over the arrival of a fine baby
girl on July q. Rebeccah Edith.
Mrs. Lila Walter is caring for Mrs.
DR.. Jenkins and little daughter.
Miss Carrie Marshall returned
home Sunday from visit to Guild
hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Fl. Marshall took a
carriage trip to Burlington last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. hurry Circuit and
son of Newport were weekend Wis
itors at Adna Abar's.
Harrison Circuit is gaining and is
able to be up around.
Mrs. Anna burlington and two sons
were Sunday visitors at Herman
Moulton's.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Cheney visited
her brother in Lyndonville Sunday.
Dennis Fox has been in Newark
haying for the past two weeks
Mrs. Susie Smith has returned
home from a two weeks visit in Bos-
ton.
Raymond and Dick Wallis visited
their sister, Mrs. Julia Sherrer, at
Lyndonville part of last week.
Leon Jenkins is spending a few
days with Mr.. and Mrs. Eber Watson
in Sutton.
The Laurel Trio concert will be
given at the Gem theater Friday
evening, Aug. A, under the auspices
of the Woman's Club.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-08-02

business done on Sunday, compelling
many men to work, thereby robblng
them of their rest day. Therefore
any tendency to increase this output
should be opposed. The blessings OF
Sunday cannot be too highly valued.
Already the pendulum has swung too
far the other way.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-08-02

Clyde Davenport has a new motor
cycle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Kidder Of
Marshheld were callers at q. d.
Morse's the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ozias Cheever and
sons, Talford and Elton, Of Mont
pelier were recent visitors Of his sister,
Mrs. Eta Davenport.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-08-02

The tariff commission bill passed by
the House seems to be pretty well
shaped to give former congressman
out Of a job a place where they can
work for the same wages. Perhaps
the Senate will restore the salary to
its original amount and restore the
clause making former congressman
ineligible to appointment on the COM
mission.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-08-02

The office of lieutenant governor is
not one that arouses a great deal of
popular sentiment. 1t has been so
long since a governor died in office
that Vermonters have little thought
of the kind of a governor a man serv-
ing as lieutenant governor would
make and give little attention to the
aspirants for that office. This year
however there is an opportunity for
every republican voter to do a neat
and satisfying piece of justice in cast
ing his vote for candidate for lieuten-
ant governor. A vote for Roger w.
Hulburd of Hyde Park would be a
vote for one of the strong men of the
state, a man specially well fitted to
preside in the senate chamber. If
who during all his active life has sub
ordinanted his political ambitions to
promote those of others. He has been
obliged to rest in the shade because
another in his town wanted all of the
political sunlight Now that Mr.. Hull
burd is a candidate for the nomina-
ton for lieutenant governor we do not
know of a fairer or more appropriate
thing for the average voter to do than
cast his vote for him and aid a man
who has done so much serving others.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-08-02
Where Road Money Goes.

The $5,OOO,0OO available this year
for the construction of good roads
in the United States, provided in the
appropriation of $85,OOO,OO0 recent
ly made by congress, has been ap-
portioned to the different states. AS
previously told in these columns the
basis of apportionment among the
states is one-third in the ratio of
area, one-third in ratio of population
and one-third in ratio of the mileage
of rural delivery routes and star
routes. Under the apportionment
just made Vermont will receive $22,.
500 this year. Texas, the largest state
in the Union, will receive S291,927,
and Delaware, the smallest state, will
receive $S,1S4.
Now let us compare what two Sec
tons of the country receive. New
England will receive. from the fed
cut, $4,000; Maine, $4S,4OO; Massa-
chusetts. $73,851; New Hampshire
$21, 600; Rhode Island, $11,6OO; Yer
mont, $22,SOO; total, $2OS,651.
The South Atlantic and Gulf States
will receive as follows: Alabama
s1O4,14S; Florida, $55,976; Georgia
$134, 329; Louisiana, $67,474; Mary
land, $44,047; Mississippi, $S6,9O5t
North Carolina, $114,SS1; South Caro-
lima, ST.. SO7; Texas. 1921, s27; total
S1,O7O,654.
New England contributes much
more to the support of the govern
ment under the income and corpora
ton taxes than the southern states
named. But the South is in the sad
die just now and naturally voted for
a measure that would give her such
a large proportion of aid.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-08-02
visited

Conn, and Mrs. 1. d. Esemis spent Sat
urday at William Brockway's.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Jock visited
friends in Wheelock Sunday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-08-02

The Milk Transportation Middle.
We have been trying to figure out
the effect of the recent decision of
the interstate commerce commission
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Entered at the st. Johnsbury post
s@e@ an second class mail matter.
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TERMS OF THE CALIFORNIAN
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SIX months $4,000 'sSS
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-30
STOGIES DEPART
FOR S~0LDIERVILLE
After Disastrous Series Here. the
Smokes Took 20 the War Path
VIII Play Twice at Dayton
Today.

After dropping two games TO Day
ton, the Stogies gathered their war
material together last evening and
departed for Dayton With them went
the tribe led by johnny Nee and known
a. the Soldiers" Vets" or some
other title hat BELTS a tribe Of that
KIND However. YOU must hand n
TO thcm for either having 4 mighty
good ball team or a mighty luckey
one. a. present they are winning
everything in sight. but somebody ~
sure 10 take "A fall' out Of them
soon and who knows but ~ may be-
the StOEies today.
Just after the game yesterday after.
noon. somebody wished Manager
smith better luck on the road we
viii have ONE fun on this trim. We
are not going 20 loose all tho time
and we once ret started we'll mako
b. warm for somebody" he replied.
The PLAYERS making tho trim are
Lear. Callahan. Reilly. Cleveland.
blackwell Altenburg. King. Shceren.
smith. Wetzel, Soibold. Braycncr.
Douglas.