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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23
The South in Control.
{ bennington Banner.)

The reelection of President Wilson
Will mean that the lawmaking of the
country will be controlled by the
Democratic congressional caucus and
this caucus is absolutely controlled by
the senators and representatives from
small group of southern states. A
vote for Wilson is a vote for govern
ment by faction and chiefly in the
interest of one section of the country.
1t is hard to understand how any son
OF New England can vote to place the
affairs of the nation in the hands of
group of men who have disliked
New England ever since the Civil war.
We are not merely choosing between
Woodrow Wilson and Charles +.
Hughes on November 7. We are de-
cldlng whether to trust the affairs of
government to the Democratic party
for the benefit of the solid south or
to the Republican party in the interest
of the nation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23

Farm and Preside makes point
usually overlooked to the effect that
the farmer automatically lodges the
income tax when people equally well
to do in town must pay it, A large part
of the production of the farm is con
sumed without ever being turned into
cash, or otherwise made accountable
in a balance sheet. 4 man in town with
$4,000 income gets it in money. and
must pay an income tax for getting
it. A farmer in like circumstances
would get his rent, meat, flour, vcge-
tables, fruit, misunderstanding, etc,
without turning over any cash, and
therefore without having to list these
items in his showing of income. He
enjoys the income, but, not seeing it
in cash form, doesn t have to pay on
it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23
The Babbling Suffragists.

We presidential candidates,
We promise to deliver
-Four million women from orr State,
Sex-solid; all a culver
To vote for him who boosts orr cause
But woe to him who fouts it:
perfect avalanche of laws
Shall bury him who doubts it.
Too long have we been ruled by man
Abused by man s transgression;
We shall, by preconcerted plan,
Attend each congress session.
We re out to win the world today, =
We never dream of stopping.
stone, it's said, is worn awav
Because of constant dropping.
We chatter, chatter as we 90
That men may come to heed us:
Poor helpless ones they little know
How terribly they need us.
fe presidential nominees
1e both are in our power.
That time has passed, by some degrees
Since Knighthood Was in Flower.
Who makes the most attractive bid
Shall win the next election,
Because the women all will skid
Wholesale in his direction.
million dollars have we pledged
That congress be our quarry;
The senate also, which has hedged
Must knuckle or be sorry.
The universe is ours to know,
Surrender freedom? Never!
For men may come and men may 90
But we go on forever.
Florence Golf Schwarz in the Wo
mans Protest.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23

Charles NJ. Cox, writing from ST. AL
bans to the Burlington Free Press,
urges the farmers of New England to
specialize. He points out that thou
sands of farmers of this section of the
country are getting along and earning
living, but that the men who are
making from $4,000 to $4,000 wear
net out of the soil are the ones who
devote their energies to one crop. who
study that one question so thoroughly
that they are able to overcome obsta-
cles to the extent that in the, course of
time there ceases to be an element of
doubt about securing crop in any
one year. The onion and tobacco
growers of the Connecticut river val
ley, the men in Wrentham, Mass, who
raise over $4,000 Pelin ducks in a
year, and the owners of big poultry
farms who have thousands of LAYING
fowls of one variety, producing So
called fancy eggs for the city market,
are making bigger success financially
than many of the manufacturers and
merchants. And they unquestionably
enjoy life more than the men who are
tied down to the routine of office af-
fairs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23
OUR MEAT SUPPLY.
Secretary Houston Believes It Can Be
Greatly Increased

Secretary Houston of the depart
ment of agriculture said recently that
the nation is losing hundreds OF mil
lions of dollars through animal dis
eases which can be controlled or Grad
icated and he added that under better
conditions the meat supply of the ma
ton can be greatly increased with rea-
sonable profits to producers and dis
tributors. He estimated that while III
the last ID years the United States has
gained 100000 people, the number
of beef animals has decreased 5000
900, sheep 100000 and hogs have
increased only ii 100000. The average
cultivated farm in the United States
is - acres and in some sections only
80 acres
Il am optimistic, continued Mr..
Houston, "'about the future of Amer
lean agriculture. We still have vast
undeveloped resources. Our farmers
are the most alert and capable in the
world. They do not produce more per
acre than any other farmers in the
world-it would be foolish for them to
undertake to do So-but they do pro-
duee from two to six times more per
man per unit Of labor and capital. They
use more and better machinery. They
have the assistance of more powerful
practical and scientific agencies. No
other three nations in the world con-
blned have as powerful forces al ling
the farmers as this nation has. The
land grant colleges and experiment
stations are without parallel They
are g. in number, have a total valua-
ton of endowment, plant and equip
ment of 100000, an income of
more than $26,000.00O. with 1900
teachers, a resident student body of
over $4,000 and a vast number recciy-
ing extension instruction. Their great
ally, the department of agriculture. is
unquestionably the greatest practical
and scientific agricultural organizat ion
III the world with a total annual bud
get of $50, $4,000, having increased
IN three years by 30 per cent. It has
staff of more than 10000 people. MANY
OF them highly trained experts, and
all of them of consequence. with three
exceptions. in the classified service.
The farmers have the benefit now of
ia number of long needed and highly
bcneficent legislative enactments The
nation is committed to an expendi-
ture of millions for the direct educa-
ton of the farmers, and of $3.50. 600
900 from federal and state co-opera
tive funds for good roads over a period
OF i've years, with many additional
millions annually arising from local
sources. Great numbers of farmers and
Of farmers organizations are alert. in
telllgent, and acting vigorously for the
betterment of the life of the nation.
NO other people have such enormous
expenditures for general education.
Other countries arc depending upon us
more and more for foodstuffs, and in
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23

straw and string and sticks, they
Hoped about and seemed very angry.
But it is the Climbing Perch Fam
lily | am going to tell you about this
evening. They were all there in the
Aquarium, but they had had many
adventures before they came to this
Land, or this Water!
Ear, far away in Africa they lived
in a River, and were a very happy
Family. But one day the River
seemed to be drying up so fast that
they couldn't find enough Water to
live in. They had noticed it getting
worse and worse every day for some
time, and they had been hoping for
Rain. But this day it was so bad that
they knew something would have to
be done.
"'Well, even if the River dries up,
it won't bother u.s. said Granddaddy
Climbing Perch, mot in the very least
And he gave a huge spatter-spatter
with his Tail.
"All the other Fishes looked very
much worried and their Fins trembled
with fear.
Why, Granddaddy Climbing
Perch, said the old Mother Climbing
Perch, do you want all the Children
to dieY
81 should say not replied Grand
daddy Climbing Perch angrily. The
very idea of your saying such a thing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23

The success of the national dairy
show is gratifying to all New England
ers, and particularly to the enterpris-
ing men Of Springfield, Mass, who bore
the brunt of the burden in getting the
great and meritorious exposition to-
gether, for the first time in the East
The attendance in 10 days was almost
100000, and despite the great expense
involved the show made money. The
Eastern States Exposition association
has provided the accommodations for
many more big gatherings, and it is to
be hoped that they will land the dairy
show as their leading attraction next
year. And when the show is next given
in Springfield we hope that the agricul-
tural and dairying interests of Yer
mont will be adequately represented.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23
An Honest Revision.
est. Adams Messenger

Vermont newspapers which con
tinue to write editorials about giving
the direct primary a fair trial are bor-
rowing touble. Some politicians will
lambast the law verbally when sur
rounded by their own kind, but don t
dare to try to kill the law. The men
who 90 to the next legislature ought to
be on their guard, however, against at
tempts to change the law. The changes
should be made simply with the idea of
bringing the primary closer to the
people, and not with any design to
make the law repugnant or unworkable
-Brattleboro Reformer.
If the direct primary law is to be re
tanned and tinkered up by amendments,
then the amending should be honest.
The Messenger has absolutely no sym
pathy with political dishonesty of the
kind limited at by The Reformer.
But The Reformer ought not to think
that all the political honesty is on the
side of those who declare in favor of
| the primary. This law is something of
a sacred cow in Vermont politics at the
present time.
Beyond doubt there are politicians of
rank in Vermont today who do not be-
lieve in the system, but who lack the
courage to come out in the open and
say so because they are not yet certain
that the people are prepared for a
| change.
| 1t may be that in the amending of
the primary statute, changes of the ma
| ture suggested by the contemporary
will be made by those who dislike the
law in private but favor it in public
instead of those who are openly OBJ.
! posed to it. There would be more rea-
son for the first named class to resort
| TO questionable tactics than there
would be for those of the second class
to do so. If it is necessary to find a
niger in the wood2ile, why not look
| for real one?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23
Not Representative of Vermont.
Barre Times. J

1t is rather unfortunate that Vermont
dairy interests were not adequately
represented at the national dairy show
IN Springfield, Mass. The Brattleboro
keformer IS authority for the statement
that the exhibits were "mediocre in
quality, that their arrangement was
poor and that the decorations in con
nectlon with the display were ''cheap
and tawdry." The Brattleboro contem-
porary also adds that Vermont was not
fairly represented as to its dairy prod
ucts. For state which does so much
III the dairying industry and which was
so largely represented by people at the
national show there ought to have been
a good exhibit or none at all.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23
THE TABLE HOTE DINNER

The table 'hote dinner is a success
full method of saving money at the ex-
pense of the appetite.
The regulation table d 'hote dinner
consists of three courses with one guess.
The patron is allowed to. look at
long, serpentine bill of fare which
seems to present untold possibilities
for fifty cents, but after reading it all
the way through and deciding to order
everything in sight he stumbles onto
few lines of brusque fine print which
eliminates everything but the roast
beef and iced tea. This explains why
so many patrons rise up from table
d 'hote dinner wearing a wan and crest
fallen look.
The table 'hote dinner was invented
for the benefit Of people who are never
hungry when it is their turn to buy.
1t is favored by hotels and restaurants
because it has been demonstrated that
almost everybody chooses the wrong
Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23

| am surprised-ycs, surprised. ard
very much annoyed Granddaddy
Climbing Perch's Fins wiggled with
temper
I'm sorry said old Mother Climb
ing Perch meekly, but didn't Just I'M
derstand what you said such thing
for, and why you don't seem to be wor-
ried that the River is drying up. You
always used to love the Children and
tell them stories
- do still love them, and | shall
tell them true story now of an adj
venture which will happen to us.
Come around me, Children!' And
Granddaddy Climbing Perch Topped
his tail very hard.
"All the Fishes Swan over by
Granddaddy Climbing Perch and
looked at him out of their queer, shiny
eyes.
Now, Children he began. Years
and years and years ago, our great,
great, greatgrandfathers were caught
just like this in River which had
dried up. They decided that the only
thing for them to do was to try to
make up their minds to die, when the
FAIRY Queen happened along.
"1 will name you the Climbing
Perch" she said, land you will be able
to go from Pond to Pond in the dry
seasons-and live while you are Trav-
cling around here for your Family I'M
less you can get from one Pond or
River to another-so from now on you
will be called the Climbing Perch and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23

the wears to come Europe in particular
Us likely to ask our service. There never
has been any real substantial compete
ton with the American farmer, it is
not threatening today, and | am not
in the slightest degree apprchensive
about the future, and one does not
compliment the intelligence of the
American farmer who attempts to
alarm him. Ny plea is that business
men enlist for more active duty in the
struggle for rural Improvement The
call for unselfish service is insistent
and | am confident it will not fall upon
deaf ears
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23

meat or vegetable and is stricken with
total paralysis of the appetite. 1t is
estimated that the American hotel
makes more money off the table d 'hote
victim than it does off the 6x9 sample
room with a north pole temperature.
The main idea back of the table
d hote dinner, however, is to drive the
patron into the open jaws of the a la
carte service. This is a merciless sys-
tenn by which two strips of bacon and
plate of buttered toast are made to
cost more than week s board at the
home of an esteemed relative. 1t re-
qulres more fortitude to sit down and
look into the threatening countenance
of an la carte menu without auailing
than 1t does to wear the legless union
suit all winter
The table d 'hote dinner is doubtless
all right for city folks, but out in the
country, where people know how to
live, It Will never be adopted as sub
stitute for food.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23

now knew the meaning of their Fam
lily name, and off they started, led by
Granddaddy Climbing Perch. They
got to the next Pond where there was
water-but they hadn't been there for
more than a week when that Pond
dried up, too, and they had to be off
again.
Would you believe it-but they
had to change Ponds five times before
they could stay and make real
Home! And they are the ones / saw
today. Of all the Fishes in the Aqua
rum they are the proudest because
they had had such travelled lives
and they are very happy. Then, too,
after all their hard work, they are
glad to be in big Tank which looks
as If it would never go dryr'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23
FarrneTS.

We h ave arranged
with the Crop Improve
ment Committees head
quarters in Chicago to
mail 100 copies of "The
County Agent" to 100
farmers in Brattleboro
and vicinity.
Now, this is a valu-
able periodical of scien-
tific information; in
fact, it's probably the
only farm paper along
these lines. We propose
to furnish the first 100
farmers who apply a
copy of this paper free
for one year. We are
not trying to place any
gold bricks or green
goods, so drop us a line
or telephone.
{. Crosby & Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23
MONDAY, OCTOBER %, 1916.

The men who hoped that Allen NJ.
Fletcher was buried politically beyond
the hope of resurrection will be panied
to note that the ex-governor is still on
deck and is not displaying any of the
qualities of sorehead. Mr.. Fletcher
is booked to speak Nov. ! and ? in
Middlebury and Poultney respectively
with Senator Dillingham;.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23
l4DDY,S EVENING
E4[RY HE % WARY |
&C. T7|yI @ sasSea |
CLIM BING PERCH.

did you ever hear of a Fish TAX
ing a trip on Laud?"
Never" cried both Children.
How could any Fish breathe out of
Water?"
Yesterday" continued Daddy. 81
went to an Aquarium-which, as I've
told you before, is a Home for Fishes
Just as Zoo is Home for Animals.
There | saw all sorts of wonderful
Fishes-the Butterfly Fish, all kinds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23

of Gold + / S h,
and still more in
teresting W ere
some Fish that
had been brought
f r o m far, far
away, called the
Guppi Fish. They
b uild Nests of
air bubbles which
float on top of the
w q t er. T h e Y
think they are
the best Home
Builders in t h e
World-and when
l tried to tell
them about Birds
and t h e n e S t $
they build out of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23
Advertised Letters.

Men-George R. Clark, Arthur
Champion, Cyrus W Dearborn, A. De
puts, Murray F. Hall, j. F. Holeman,
John H. Maddox, Herbert c. Palmer,
Dick Quinn, Leslie Thompson
Women-Mrs. Hattie Cummings,
Mrs. Minnie E. Hadley, Miss Hazel L.
Hunt, Mrs. Maynard
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

il Is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service In the delivery
of the paper each night, and it soicits
the cooperation of subscribers to that
end. Prompt reports should be given of
each failure to receive the paper on the
morning following the omission. in per-
son, by telephone or postal card, thus
enabling the cause of the error to be
promptly and accurately discovered and
the proper remedy Immediately applied
II is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23

you will be able
to vel on
Land. See if it is
not sol" She
waved her Wand
and disappeared
and sure enough
all t h e + u III i | Y
Climbed out of the
Riyer-which was
dry - and with
their ellis, which
are like S a w S,
they scrambled to
the next Pond,
where there was
Water. We will
do the same
All the Climb
snn Da~ab Eo,;J
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23

A play is, dramatically, more effee-
tive when it consists not merely of ac-
ton but also contains sentiment, pas
sion and hought-Ulrici.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23

You may not like cold weather, but
remember that it compels the shutting
IN OF the sounds from neighbors graph
ophones.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23

For its buildings all over the country, its
warships, army posts and lighthouses the
United States government every year buys
enough coal to make pile a mile square
and ten feet high.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23

The Grange fairs and the small town
fairs fill an important place in rural
life. The big fairs with their varied
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23
COMFORTING WORDS.
Many a Brattleboro Household Will
Find Thorn So.hA "a,

To have the pains and aches of
bad back removed-to be entirely free
from annoying, dangerous urinary dis
oEders, is enough to make any kidney
sufferer grateful The following ad-
vice of one who has suffered will
prove comforting words to hundreds
of Brattleboro readers.
Harry n. Holland, sc Canal ST.,
Brattleboro, says: "For some time
my kidneys were disordered and when
ever I caught cold, my back began to
ache. The trouble became so bad that
| could not rest we'll Learning of
Doan s Kidney Pills. procured sup
ply at the Brattleboro Drug Co. Three
boxes removed every symptom of the
trouble
A Permanent Cure.
OVER FIVE YEARS LATER, Mr..
Holland said: Kidney trouble has
never returned to me and | give
Doan s Kidney Pills the credit for my
permanent cure
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan s Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Holland has twice. publicly recon-
menled Foster -MiIburn Co., Props,
Buffalo, n. Y.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23

Poverty is adequate protection
against blackmail, but so is right liv-
ing, even for the wealthy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23

one estate of the ear s covers 100,-
uoo,ooo acres, three times the size Of
England.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23
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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-12-18
A CHRISTMAS CAROL

In the stiffness of the midnight,
In the silence of the Star
In the slumber OF the white lambs,
On the hillsides, near and far,
Game the Christ Child to his mother;
To the humble oxen's stall;
He, the Babe OF Paradise, sweet;
Lord OF Christmas. King Of all
Hush. let not q word DO spoken
OF his sacrifice for men.
STOPPING from his world OF glory.
To be woman-born; a pen
or sweet straw 20 be his cradle
He IL ours, just ours. today,
Mark that mortal smile, that shining
OF the halo In the hay!
While the palm trees rustic softly.
While his lullaby. the breeze,
Croons amid the angels anthem
Which the star-lit heaven cleaves.
We will claim him ours, our treasure,
Christmas Babe and Babe divine.
Hail. thrice hail, o mystic stranger.
Nesting in thy straw-filled shrinel
Helen Chase. In Brooklyn Eagle.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-12-18

make glad, for the little children to
whom Christmas brings so much joy.
Also we pray thee for those bereft Of
loved ones on Christmas day to whom
this season brings painful remem-
brance. Console all that mourn the
loss of loved ones. Comfort us, o
Lord, with a heavenly vision and pre-
pare us to meet them in the holy
city. Give grace to the dying, cheer
to the sick and lonely, encourage the
unfortunate and disheartened. Take
all bitterness and hatred from our
hearts and plant within us a true
brotherhood. Give food to the hun
cry and raiment to the poorly clad.
Help us all to find thee as our Brother
and Friend, our Comforter and Sa-
vior, and the giver of life everlasting.
We ask 1t all in thy holy name.
AMEN.