Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-09-05
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Conditions Must Be Bettered.

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Social conditions in the vicinity Of
tie army post at Fort Ethan Allen
are such that the officials at Burling-
ton have been given to understand by
army doctors that IL something isn't
done to bring about an improvement
it is not unlikely that the post viii be
moved The problem is of course a
difficult one, but the people OF Bur
lington ought to meet it decisively. To
have the army post moved for any
such reason as this would be a dis
grace from which Burlington In par
ticular and Vermont in general would
not soon recover.-Brattlebor Re
former.
Vermont Gettysburg Memorial Dam
age.
Col. John P. Nicholson, chairman of
the Gettysburg national park COM
mission, has forwarded reports of the
damages done to the Wells-First Yer
mont cavalry memorial on the field
of Gettysburg by some vandal. The
survivors of the First Vermont cav
airy and other public-spirited citizens
of Vermont, whose money to the
amount of $4,000 went into this beau
tiful memorial, erected by the state
in 1913, are naturally indignant over
this outrage. 1t transpires that two
of the troopers horses in bold relief
have been mutilated by breaking off
one front leg of each of the number
near the knee The national park
commission has announced its deter
mination to make every effort to pun
ish this act of vandalism. 1t is be-
| heved the bronze plate can be repair
ed successfully, as a host of Vermont
ers will be glad to knoW.-Burlingto
Free Press.
Where the Public Gets the Benefit.
The public will be skeptical about
the price-fxing power of the govern
ment until the consumer sees the eff
feet. The fixing of the price to be
paid the wheat grower for his bushel
of wheat means nothing to the citizen
of Bennington. 1t is only when it is
translated into the price of flour by
the sack or barrel that it can be read
and understood. Naming the price of
coal at the mine sounds well in the
scare heads of the newspapers, but
when the coal is delivered into the eel
lar or shed at Bennington at fair
price the enthusiasm is likely to be
more intense and continued. There
have been attempts at price-fXing be-
fore in this country, but they didn't
amount to anything. Last winter the
i federal trade commission fixed the
price of white paper and few days
later the paper manufacturers jumped
the price go cents a hundred above the
trade commission's figures just to show
their contempt for the powers of the
government. In other words the peo-
pie will believe that the government
can fix the prices of articles of neces-
sity when the public gets the benefit
of the reduced price-not when it is
advertised in dispatches from Wash
ington.-Benningto Banner.
Write to the Soldiers.
The Bennington Banner gives most
excellent advice to those who have
relatives or friends in the Vermont
regiment when it urges them to find
out at once the names of the new or
CARNATIONS to which the men were
assigned, following the breaking up
of the regiment. The postal regula-
tions are that unless letters are adj
dressed so as to show the regiment
and company they cannot be forward
ed. In all probability these men will
be on the water in a very short time
Landing in Europe they will eagerly
await news from home. There is
nothing that a soldier appreciates
more LQdQ 1oLJ0T from nOn0-u110SS
it is two letters. It means much to
the fighting man to be remembered;
a letter hghtens the load immensely.
Friends as well as relatives should
bear this in mind. Those of US who
remain at home would be doing good
service if we made it a point to drop
a line to some friend or relative at
the front whenever a spare moment
presented itself. The result will be
all out of proportion to the effort. But
tn first thing to do is to get the adj
dress of the men by regiment and
company The military authorities
should cooperate in this There can
be no objection to the publishing of
such details in the home paper. But
lists can't be published unless the
military authorities furnish them,
and failing such publication, relatives
and friends should at once take the
steps necessary to secure the infor-
mation.-St. Adams Messenger.
Grand List of State Increases.
The commissioner Of taxes has COM
pleted and transmitted to the secre-