Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-07-28
From the Boston Weekly Bulletin Of Leather and Shoe Ne~
CARROLL S. PAGE A CANDIDATEuHF0R
REELECTION TO The UNITED
STATES SENATE.

Mr.. Page became early in life
actively identified with the Repub-
lican party. In 1872 he was placed
upon the State Committee, a posi-
ton he retained until he resigned in
1889 when he ran for Governor.
From 1885 to 1889 he was its chair
man, and it was under his admins
tration of affairs that the State gave
the largest Republican majority ever
given up to that time.
Elected United States Senator
In 1908 Mr.. Page was elected to
the United States Senate. Within
a few months after he entered the
Senate he became an acknowledged
authority on matters pertaining to
hides and leather. His speech in
June, 1909, is looked upon as an
authoritative statement on that in
dustry, and Was circulated in large
numbers throughout the country.
His Work for the Cause of
Education
1t is, however, to the cause of
education that Mr.. Page has devot-
ed his time and energies during the
past six years. The so-called Page
Vocational Education Bill is the
only bill relating to vocational edu-
cation that ever passed either House
of Congress. This bill passed the
Senate January 28, 1918, but was
defeated by a Democratic House.
In 1918 that part of the bill which
pertains to college extension work,
and is now doing such an immense
amount of good to the agricultural
interests of the country. was passed.
The balance of the bill is now before
Congress in both Houses, and is
known as the Smith Hughes Bill.
Senator Smith, in speaking in the
Senate recently, practically said that
while the bill bore his name the
public were indebted to Senator
Page for it.
Started with less than $500
The people of Vermont have just
been celebrating the 125th anniver-
sary of Vermont's admission to the
Union, under the auspices of the
Greater Vermont Association. Yer
mont is anxious to convince the
world that the Green Mountain
State is a good place in which tc
achieve success. If she wishes tc
prove the fact by living example,
she need go no further than to her il.
lustrious son who is so highly thought
of by the hide and leather trade OF
the country, Carroll s. Page.
Here is man who started with
less than $500 cash capital, but with
a supply of courage, persistency and
enterprise which enabled him tC
overcome the handicap of his loca
ton in a country village. He has
achieved a success 50 notable in the
raw calfskin trade that the father
of the late Governor Guild said that
he was as we'll known in Europe a!
in America as an important factor
in the hide trade.
His Success as a Banker
He has made a success in banking
almost equally notable. After -four
years service as bank examiner, hi
established in his little home village
of only 423 population bank which
has today more than $4,000, 900 as
sets, and is said to be the larges
bank in the world in any countr!
village.
1t is most remarkable that on,
man in a location remote from
large trade centers with an environ
ment so unfavorable, could hav
achieved success so phenomenal il
. two such widely different fields o
business activity.
, Vermont Proud of Page
Vermont is proud of her distin
! guished son, but not more so tina
| the hide and leather fraternity, VIII
2 feel that today Senator Page com
, bines that ability and enterpris
| which easily places him in the from
D rank of those connected with tn
great hide and leather business @
e that country.
= That Vermont fails to recogniz
: the standing of Senator Page in tn
n business world we do not believe
n That she will fail to appreciate tn
II fact that no man stands higher i
y the halls of the National Senate {
l. an able, honorable, high-minde
d worker than Carroll S. Page is
i our judgment entirely improbable