Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-10-04
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Vermont in Hands of Progressive Re-
publicans.

| splendid constructive program. We
believe the people of Vermont can trust
men like Horace F. Graham and Roger
/ w. Hulburd, candidates for governor
| and lieutenant governor, Secretary OF
State Bailey, State Treasurer Scott,
State Auditor-to-be Benjamin Gates,
Attorney General Barber, and an over
whelmingly progressive Republican
senate and house of representatives TO
carry it out faithfully and we'll. The
young Republicans are now in COM
mand of the ship of state, and it means
genuinely greater Vermont
lington Free Press.
MIR. Fletcher Not Dead One.
Those who figure it out, that the re-
suit of the recent United States sena-
torial campaign has put Hon. Allen NJ
Fletcher out of politics in Vermont,
still have another guess coming Con-
sidering everything, the Cavendish cit
iZen polled a respectable vote, vote
that would please the average citizen
to receive. Mr.. Fletcher has through
out Vermont some right loyal friends
the most genuine are not in the paid
for'' class. Many of these friends,
yes, hundreds of them, were not IN
sympathy with his political move and
frankly told him to keep out OF the
| fight Friends often disagree when 1T
comes to politics and it is not strange
that Mr.. Fletcher turned a cold Shout
der to those who advised him to do
something which was otherwise than
his personal desire. Suggesting to a
man to keep out of politics is like ad-
vising a son not to marry certain girl.
Mr.. Fletcher's recent campaign expert
ence was worth every cent 1t cost MIN.
| Don't think for moment that he is
the man. who will not profit from such
| a combination of circumstances. He
! is much wiser today in the why's and
wherefores of Vermont politics than
ever before, which means that poiltl-
cially he knows better what to do and
epecially what not to in order to poll
a winning vote at some future time.
Just what Mr.. Fletcher's next polltl-
cal move will be no one quite dares to
predict, but all can rest assured that he
is not in the down and out Glass;
Waterbury Record.
The Republican State Convention.
The first Republican state convention
in Vermont under the new primary law,
was held in Burlington Thursday,
showing plainly the progressive spirit
!
this state. The attend ance was very
gratifying, considering those who
were eligible to attend, the convention
being made up of the nominees of the
Republican party for state officers.
county senators and representatives.
The first business to be taken up bv
the convention was the adoption of the
party platform, presented by the COM
mittee on resolutions and read by Rob-
ert w. Simonds of st. Johnsbury. The
platform, adopted without dissenting
voice, calls for measures building up
home agriculture to be strongly sup
ported, extension of highway improve
ment and more good roads, continuance
of present school system, conservation
of forests and water power, repeal of
Perry primary act, extension of Work.
mems compensation, consolidation of
commissioners and pledges to support
the national platform. The principal
speaker was Former y; 5. Attorney
General Wickersham. Other speakers
man of the convention, and Congress-
man F. L Greene. Immediately fol-
lowing the convention there was a
, meeting of the state committee for the
purpose of organization. Officers were
elected as follows: Chairman, Stanley
> C. Wilson of Chelsea; secretary. J.
J Ralph Searles of St, Johnsbury treas
, urer, Morris Dewey of Montpelier
members of the executive committee,
the president, secretary and B. l..
Stafford of Rutland, Chauncey S. Skin
ner of Orleans land A. L. Sherman of
Burlington. It was decided that the
headquarters should be at Montpelier,
and the matter of the coming campaign
was left with the members of the ex-
: ecutive committee.
Where Vermont Farmers Lose.
There is food for much thought in
: the fact published by the government
J that the sale price of Vermont hay is
S4.10 ton less than that eof New
Hampshire, eggs five cents a dozen
less. chickens three cents pound less,
: hogs 81 cents hundred less, cattle
2 81 so hundred, veal 80 cents hun
dred less, and maple sugar one and a
half cents less per pound. Of course
the bulk of New Hampshire's products
, are nearer the Boston markets than
those of Vermont, the big end of New
Hampshire being on the south and
e Vermont's big end on the north But
8 this hardly accounts for the tremen.
, dous difference in price. New Hamp.
= shire has more large cities than Yer
Y mont and about 3d. 900 more population
s on practically the same amount of ter.
n ritory That would help the New
Hampshire products somewhat, but
that we do not believe will account fol-
the difference in prices. The Barton
Monitor asks if the cause of this diff
/ ference in prices is due to monopoly il
/ Vermont, stating there is only one Gus
[ tonnor for smear ard for 1ivastocL< II
the state. We cannot answer this
! query but do not know that New
! Hampshire has more competition thar
| Vermont for it's sugar and livestock
| The Vermont farmers should begir
an investigation of this question ant
learn how much discrimination there i
| against them on freights, whether tn
| quality of their product is right
| Whteher their products bring less in tn,