The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-07-12
VERM0NTERS
GATHERED IN
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IpI rnhfNctfF ana morality NhlcN u i
truth the only sure and safe Foundation
on which % raise material prosperity
when the people of the state hav
reached the period where these ideals ar
built into It's fibre then only may follow
safely and successfully their efforts q
build up and maintain q material pros
perity involving the widest development
OF its resources, the broadcast expansion
Of its industries, and the highest uplif
OF its institutions.
Now, the first essential of success II
the organization OF community is 9
basis OF taxation that is fair and sane
Let me call your attention to a feature
OF our system of taxation for state rev
enue that has seemed 10 me TO carry tho
elements OF unfairness and has projected
the state upon road full OF trouble, a
feature which ought 10 be corrected and
changed, not only in the interest Of those
Immediately affected, but for the good
name and best interests OF the state IT,
self. Until 1850 the burden Of support
ing the state was then borne ratably by
all the citizens of the state; but about
that time a different policy was adopted
and the state departed from its long
time system Of levying a general prop
erty tax and inaugurated new system
of making one portion of the members Of
society bear the burden OF the balance
OF the members Certain Of the corpora
tons were thereafter taxed to pay ex-
penses; expenses have gradually in
creased and the practice OF making one
branch OF society carry the expense Of
/ . he % ,taat 10, fF,t oil - mo
bers is precisely tantamount TO the prop
osition OF living on other peoples money.
Living on other peoples money inevi-
tably leads TO extravaganza and extrava-
gance inevitably leads to waste"
The speaker, referring to the increased
expenditures Of the state, said the
changed condition is really traceable to
the fact that the state has departed
from right principle and adopted a
wrong one The legislature under the
new order of affairs was given the power
to put the hand OF the state into the
treasury OF four classes OF its citizens
and draw therefrom whatever the state
wanted to spend
President Smith gave statistics show
ing that the population Of the state has
not increased rapidly enough to warrant
the increased expenses. The fault does
not lie al the doors Of the state officials,
whose strict integrity and honesty Is not
in question but solely with the system.
Not until the legislature finds its way
back to the broad and ancient highway
OF fair dealing viii the gates OF a greater
Vermont ever open for its people to walk
therein The matter of savings bank
deposits being used to develop the re
sources in the state was also touched
upon, instead Of their being invested in
western mortgages.
President Smith turned from his dis
cussion of political economy to touch
upon politics, saying he believed high
offices in Vermont should be kept for
Vermonters. This doctrine ought to be a
principle Of state policy at all times |
Vermont should be governed at all times |
by true Nermonters. The speaker mp |
held the tradition Of the mountain rule J
and urged the people not to abandon it. |
To the mountain line, more than to any |
other factor Is due the gorions record |
of this state in the affairs OF the nation |
John Barrett's Address.
Speaking from bis standpoint as an
officer and head OF the Pan
American union, the official organization
of the American republics, devoted TO the
development of commerce. friendship and
peace among them, Director-General Bar
rett laid special stress upon the present
situation, especially with
reference to Mexico, as it concerns Yer
mont, which has always, through its rep
resentation in Congress and the intelli-
gence Of its people, taken deep interest
in the position OF the United States
among the nations of the world
He emphasized that the European war
and the Mexican revolution had done
more than any other international intlu
euccs since the declaration of the Monroe
doctrine in 1923, to develop a common
sympathy, a common purpose and
common interest among the American
republics. He pointed out that the whole
future of Pan American commerce and
Pan American friendship would be de-
pendent upon a successful solution of the
Mexican problem. and that if peace and
order could be re-estabished in Mexico
without armed Intervention, or war be-
,ween the United States and Mexico, the
greatest step in history would thereby be !
AIKEN for the advance of real Pan-Amer
can solidarity and the development of
great Pan American commerce.
Mr. Barrett also took advantage of Y
he occasion to make some special sug '
yestions about the utilization and de- 5
relopment of the potentalities of Yer |
mont and the neighboring sections of Ia
New Hampshire and Massachusetts. "
Among other things, he said: I
"Basing my opinion upon my travels, v
which have taken me to practically every
country of the world and re- :
,eat edlv to every state of the United
states, I cannot help drawing the CON
lusions that Vermont and that section
# New England with similar character
sites and a similar population have po-
entialities for far greater development
han generally supposed.
"What l might term a Greater Yer :,
mont and a Greater New England,
lever Vermont and a newer New Eng
and are heing appreciated throughout
he country as never before. Wherever
visit in the central or far West, or in
he South, | hear more talk about Yer
mont and New England and their resi-
entail. agricultural and industrial pos
Utilities than / ever heard before. The
ev era Of progress which has come with
he practical uses of automobiles, tele
homes. electrically operated transpoTta- .