St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-01-17


should be expended where it will
benefit the greatest proportion of
automobiles rather than towns. We
offer this suggestion as a solution of
the road problem created by the
Federal Aid Road Act
F. Wellman~ Barnard of Springfield
gave some good dope for the farmers
in discussing the sheep industry when
he said:
1.-The farmer is no longer willing to
demands the right to name the cost
price Of his output, in common with
other manufacturers of specialized
products. He is also entitled to fair
margin of profit over the cost price.
If the present movement for asso-
Citations among farmers for a CON-
they will no longer pull chestnuts for
the other fellow, or carry him On
their backs. So I opine that the av-
erage Vermont farmer or dairyman
will have to be shown before he
launches into the wool producing in
dustry. The climate is here, the high
grazing ground and all that goes to
make the best fine wool fiber produced
on earth. Only sure lasting remuner-
ative prices are lacking to again COW
er our hills with fiocks, for five cent
milk means bankruptcy. Sheep dogs
and billy goats will take off the dog
problem and hard cash outlay will
finally overcome the fence problem.
On Monday last Sen. Lodge pre-
scented in the United State senate
resolutions adopted by mass meet
ing held in Faneuil Hall, Boston, that
congress place upon. the distribution
Of food stuffs in this country condi-
tons that will prevent the restriction
of production and distribution by
trusts and monopolies and to insure
the people Of this country sufficient
foods at living prices. This may
sound like "a voice crying in the
wilderness" but it is voicing the de-
sire of a large proportion Of the peo-
pie Of this country. The manipula-
tors of prices may laugh at this little
Der that it is comparatively few
years. ago that the railroads of this
country were ignoring similar de-
| mands much to their present sorrow.
| There is no question that the con-
tinued mulcting of the public on the
necessities of life will lead to drastic
regulations that will damage them
much more than reasonable prices
today. - -: s..s@ T., - .. .
The usual crop of bills ITO Appro-
pirate a Sum of Money to Aid the
roWn of So-and-So 'in Liquidating
Its School Cor some other Debt" is
appearing in the legislature. We
would suggest that this condition be
|
FORM it's function as a town give UP
It's town charter and the state take
control of it's territory The state
should" not be called upon to support
town government that is unable tc
/ support itself.
The fish and game men Of Vermont
will not want to see Fish and Game
Commissioner Titcomb lost to The
| state simply because he is not gettins
sufficient salary. The work of the
fish and game department has in
creased tremendously in recent year:
and there are very few men in The
state capable of conducting it to ad
vantage and the state can not afford
to lose Mr.. Titcomb at present.
Thomas Lawson and Harry Thav
still hold front page positions in In
newspapers and they must be enjoy
ing life immensely. We wish the.
might secure a position in an Ameli
can 1nunition plant and the German
spies could do the rest.
The Manchester Union sums up th
Mexican situation pretty well when i
says: I'VE have put s200,O00,000 in
TO the experiment and have learne
how not to do it." There is no indi
cation that We have learned anythin
about how to do it,
The removal OF postal clerks frol
the south and north bound Air Lin
trains and the consequent loss of ma
/. service on these trains will not be al
| preciated by the public There is
, good opportunity for the congress
men from Vermont and New Hamf
shire 10 visit the post office depart
: nlent and do their constituents a fei
service i'll getting this service re
! estl biigIaed