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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19
Military Criticism.

We are not surprised to learn that
Sena tor Wadswo"th OF New York
has given public expression to the
troubles inevitable to all new and
inevitable to the establishment and
equipment of the army environments
that are caring for and training
some three quarter million Of men.
The senator docs not criticize to en-
barrass the Government, but he
wants to see if something more can
not be done to remedy admitted de-
ficiencies.
The differences between a German
racy were never so noticeable as they
are today. Germanys chief business
is war, her brightest minds study
war the largest output of books on
a serious subject have to do with
war. America on the other hand,
thinks not in terms of war but of
peace. We are not studying how
we can swoop down on some unsus-
pecting country and fitch territory.
cation, construction not destruction,
making the heterogeneous mass that
como to our shores from abroad q
homogeneous whole. When, there
fore, war comes Germany is ready
even to the required number of nails
and shoes for the horses of the cav
airy. But it is otherwise with
America We have to plan, legislate
gather materials and men for this
be called to the colors for the de-
tense of the flag. but cantonments
have to be built, officers trained,
guns and ammunition manufactured.
blankets. uniforms, shoes and the
thousand and one things absolutely
necessary for the equipment of our
suddenly determined.
1t is therefore not surprising that
much has yet to be done for the
comfort and efficiency. of our new
army. The surprising thing is, when
you begin to grasp the tremendous
problem demanding moreover imnlc-
date action. that we haze done SO
well. in cauipping. gathering to-
aether. and transporting on land and
sea The largeat forces known in our
history.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19

paper CONES s5rt'i st <Afjriltticaliyo the
same time each day alnd7that i'they
pay 80 much Il copy or SO much u
year for the finished product. leurth-
ci, than that they have no interest,
apparently. They simply want IKE"
paper and they Mint, ition. tinneoaD
Perhaps if. they knew whit gues Oh
inside tho wallis OF a printing of'.cc
on rush days they might be Il little
more tolerant of the nnintentional
mistakes, of the incomplete news
(8OnlctilncS), Of the gtaldw appearance
Of the paper on the street and of tho
many other evidences of hastil&4con
stt-uctcd work. They might lIsppW
that q dozen or more of advertisers
were dilatory in bringing intheir
cops- for. change of advertisements;
that some essential part of the mech
anical equipment had broken down;
shat the electric power was shut off
from the machines FOR a considerable
stretch of time; that important coSs
in the administrative force we're
temporarily absent from some cause
or other. thus throwing added burden
on those who remained. that the
telegraph or telephone service, bad pc
come crippled. ADDING its bit o,luT lthc
nerve. strain of those whose business
it is to get the paper out in. the best
possible shape and in time to cltch
the 230 p. m. train, the stage over
the mountain, or some other. medium
of conveyance; that a thousand. ,fand
one lesser perplexities had arisen AIM
expectedly to handicap the aailM5Srind
of turning out q newspaper But thc
public knows nothing of these things
So it sometimes is impatient over she
shortcomings of the newspapers.
Therefore, we feel like, secondilg the
sentiment briefly expressed byJoul'sst
Johnsbury contemporary y q f'isa1aut
from public view and publicia know
ledge, they made almost a superhnnian
effort to produce the large and inter-
esting edition Barre ATineS,Yl
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19
PRESS COMMENT. I,
Sheep and Dogs Again.

An article appeared in these col
unlnS recently concerning the revival
OF the sheep growing industry III
Vermont. in which issue WIS taken
With q so-called expert sent out by
the government at Washington, said
cNpret being quoted as saying that
the dog menace was more mythical
than. ACTUAL" Extracts from GOV
crnment bulletins and, news items
rom Vermont papers were given to
how that the dog was Responsible
II large measure for so few sheep in
Vermont today Now comes another
Government bulletin, No IA, COM
piled by the trade and technical sec
ton, public information division, L.
). Food Administration Bureau,
which says:
The greatest obstacle to Woolgrow-
ing in this country has been the
roaming eur, protected by the hu-
name sentiment OF city people who
believe that in reasonable restrictive
avs for the safe guarding of sheep
ionle injury is done to the dog as
hey know him. The kind Of dog
hat works damage to a flock OF
heep is the common underfed eur.
Y dog breeder, writing to the Breed
RS Gazette, urges that a heavy tax
e put on mongrel dogs, especially
.urS kept by farmers themselves,
Who underfeed them, give them no
raining, and allow them to roam at
arge. This breeder believes that
hc situation calls for an improve
nent< in dogs. If people buy Well
red dogs, paying good prices there
Or, they viii take better care of
them. and the roaming, sheep-k killing
'everybody's dog" the common cur
hat does most of the damage. will
20 out of fashion. In every section
where sheep are grown fucks are
constantly being destroyed by dogs
such news should be gathered and
published for the encouragement of
woolgrowing industry.
We cheerfully adopt the suggestion
Of the bureau, and give this para
graph such publicity as is possible.
in the hope that it will be read and
~emembered by possible members of
he Vermont Legislature of the ses-
ion of 1919.
This. from the Textile World
Journal, is also worth remembering:
Look after the dogs and the sheep
viii take care of thcmselyes.-En
erpliSe and Ncrmonter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19
A Newspaper Success.

The Evening Banner today
begins it's fifteenth year. It has
had some hard times, but so has
every other country newspaper,
and takes, this birthday oppor-
tunity of thanking the people of
Bennington and vicinity for the
cordial support they have given
In these modest words Editor F
E. Howe refers to one of the con-
spieuous successes in the newspaper
field of Vermont. Fifteen years age
the possibility of publishing a daily
newspaper in town the size of Ben
nington was very questionable ant
But Mr.. Howe under
took it despite the fact his town was
we'll supplied with metropolitan
newspapers From the first he ha:
given the people of that vicinity q;
good a newspaper as they would pay
for and the people have been paying
more and enabling the paper to i'm
prove until it has become not bnl.
successful financially. but a paper o
influence aud usefulness. Edito
Hove is to he congratulated on tbs
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19
Getting Out the Paper.

Commenting on the issuing of a
special Christmas. edition OF his pa
pers, the editor of the st. Johnsbury
taledonian takes the opportunity to
speak highly of the work contributed
by the mechanical force Of that news
paper, saying: Shut from public
view and public knowledge. they
made almost supeThuman efforts to
produce the large ana interesting edt-
tion.o
We doubt not that the credit was
as Well deserved as it was wcIl con-
fesred. 1t is also in every newspaper
office and in all departments Of The
work. The public knows little. Or
almost nothing, Of what II going on il
he griny interior Of the printsilop.
III that the people know II that the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19
ST yonsDury CaedonzAs- Wednesday, December 10, 1917

out again with al outiawry OF the
past as soon as it has the strength
to 30 il. Therefore we should not
be t:tught mapping again No better
policy for avoiding another outbreak
Of var is to be ready for it, and the
best preparation will be the universal
trairing Of our young men for mill
tary duty. It viii be q good lesson
in discipline that will prepare them
for greater usefulness in civil life.
Seer etary of War Baker has shown
himself incompetent and untitled TO
deal with present day conditions. He
appears to be IN American Trotsky.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19
WHITMAN CLOSES NEW
ROCHELLE SALOONS

New York. Dec. 14.4Goverhi' whit
man of New York today wired MAY
or Griffin of New Rochelle forbid
ding the sale of liquor in the City
during the period Of the war. hisisty-
three places in New Rochelle 'wherc
liquor was sold were closed tonight.
Dance halls were raTded receatlyiIbJ
the federal authorities. a",-'jsi oii3
Governor Whitmaps action fol-
lowed after he received notice that
5000 recruits. were bflletediff the
city as Fort Sloc6m- was' over
crowded.
Camp Albert Mills, Long TslandE is
to be abandoned, as it is said to he
only suitable for summer use. QUAR-
terInaster Sharp denied tho report
tbat oregon troops were isint 9Hto
camp Mills without blankets ffss.
Five more soldiers died today ut
f,amD Shelby Of Pneumonia. --c-~@-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19
themselves

Every one rejoices over the fall
of Jerusalem into the hands of the
English and hopes it means the enc
of Moslem rule in that historic city
forever. For more than 1900 years
the Holy City has been in the pos
session of the Moslems, the bitterest
enemies of the Christians, but now
their rule is over Of little strategic
value this city has probably suffered
more from war than any other spot
in the world. 1t is said that half
the races of the world have at some
time possessed it after the most bit
ter fighting. We hope that its cap
t1rc now means the opening of cen
turics of peace and the restoration of
many of the historic places Of the
early Christian era.
Another serious drain OF American
manhood is coming when the 1000
ships contracted for arc manned by
Americans only When this is
done America viii be an important
factor on the sea even after the war
is over.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19
eIfsHF,iGSl A; SJj1A iit1iid ~ so
READ. xeM AZ OLD PRICES

Ttresl, lois Gust receivcd) ~ Foley s
Honey ard Tar ere selling al before
the-wa prices. This puts. q , yell
known cough; medicine, ready 10 Use.
i'm homes 1T less titaD il tsrsts; Los buy
.lnd mir tie ingredients. yourself. and
SAVES bpthers and nliISs, - Mrs. Mary
KisI'y. 2a33 Princeton Ave~s Spnkaue.
Wash writes. q was sick in bed with
lagFipne.asi caughed very badly. !
.toak FnIevs Honey and Tar. II ston-
l,ed my cench and | got tetier-i, SO
row ! ~ s'annd the hoaige AGAIN "
CHA ARIES a gE,-ARLE.E & CO
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19

There were sent to the stock yards
of the country 802,173 more cattle
during the first eleven months of
1917 than during the same period
in 1916, 1885, 02 fewer hogs and 1922
925 fewer sheep. These figures in
dictate that there will be a shortage
ton in the number of hogs and sheep
mark cted is probably due to the re-
ducton Of the stock of breeding
animals in 1916.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19

Quite as pleasing as the downfall
Of Jerusalem is the news that the
Aust:o German drive against the
Italians is practically spent, with the
itali N strongholds safe in the hands
Of the Italians. Rapidly have
events forced the decision of the
war to the western front where it is
repeated the Germans are massing
for desperate drive On to Cam
brai and Verdunt must be the cry of
America that we may have an hon
orable part in crushing the German
world menace.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19

The fact that during the past II
NOR tbs there has, been four million
tons; more anthracite coal produced
than during the whole of last year
and 1,4SO,O61 tons more than in any
previous year gives little comfort to
ST. Johnsbury people watching a fire
less stove But it should give hope
that the shortage may be partially
relieved.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19

W. shall all anXiously await the
result of today's election in Canada
When that country will declare itself
for or against universal conscription
Eaci, side claims victory and the re-
are counted We hope that Canada
will maintain the glorious record its
volunteers has made and vote to
continue in full support of the war
20 the end.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19
The host of friends Of Mr.. and Mrs


The host of friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Elisha May will congratulate them
on reaching the 45th anniversary of
their wedding. Mr. May was IS years
old on the same day and is the Oldest
practicing attorney in Caledonia
county. if not in Vermont He has
built up a very clean and desirable
practice and has kept more people
from expensive litigation than he has
dra.wa into it for the purpose of Sc
curing fat fees. That he may enjoy
many more years of usefulness and
happiness is the wish of all his ac-
quaintances
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19

1t is rather displeasing evidence
that has been brought out at the
congressional inquiry that there is
/ .323,O0O tons more of sugar avail
able this year than last and that
such a shortage of sugar exists.
Claus Spreckles of the Federal
Sugar Refining Company is authority
fer that statement and the further
statement the food administration
would not allow them to pay above
. certain price for raw sugar While
other countries would pay more and
got the sugar. Cuban sugar is go
ing right through the United States
to Canada because Canada pays the
price. This goes to show the folly
of trying to force outside sugar con-
Germs to sell to the United States for
less money than they can get else
where. While reduced consump-
ton of sugar undoubtedly would be
beneficial to the average person, they
will not be satisfied to have sugar go
by their door to people paying no
more than they are willing to pay
themselves
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19

The production of $21, 900, 100000
worth of farm products the past sea-
son is a record for this country, but
it car and must be surpassed next
season. 1t will be if every village
gardener will use the experience gain
ed the past seas pm for more success
full work the coming season Don't
give up beaten by one round with q
little patch of dirt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19
Wood and Coal.

People CT st. Joiansbury are literal
Is grasping at a straw ip an effort to
get fu.sl. Tney want coal but being un
able 70 get it are willing to take wooa.
That IS fully as scarce as coal and
much raore expensive. Here is a
statement from the Rutland Herald
On the comparative value OF wood
and coal 1t says:
For practical purposes, the
following is roughly true:
To replace one ton of coal, cut
one cord of hickory, oak, hard
maple, beech, ash birch or apple.
To replace three-fourths of Il
toa of coal, cut one cord of bass
wood, soft maple, chestnut, elm,
gray birch or poplar.
To replace onc-half ton of coal
cut one cord of pine, hemlock,
cedar, spruce, balsam or any of
the soft woods.
Four hundred and eight pounds of
Coll tiCilN SI toCdS COolc p-.to VI a.
the rate of s1120 a ton. solid cord
of hard wood delivered costs from S14
to SIS So it will be seen that coal
costs only IS per cent as much as
good wood
Green wood is even more expensive
Green wood has only 65 per cent
fuel value, seasoned three months IS
per cent value, six months, 80 pei
cent, nine months 95 per cent, taking
full II months, according to the
figures of the American Forestry AS
ISOLATION, before it reaches 100 per
cent of it's natural fuel value.
In cutting off the coal supply OF
New England the fuel administration
is imposing on the people great in
crease in the cost OF living. The local
commission is doing everything in its
power to get coal for st. Jchnsbury
We hope they will have the effective
CO. operation of the federal authorities
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19

Prison labor has been employed
the past season to do several thou
sand dollars worth of work in the
state forests, on highways and at the
STAT School for Feeble Minded dur
ing The past season. We have not
heard that a single prisoner proved
false to the honor placed upon him.
and 1t looks as though the outside
employment of prison labor had been
VERY successful in this state.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19

America stands firmly With Prem
Ter LLOYD George in the belief that
despite some untowart. occuranec.s'
peace o'ertures to Prussia at the mo-
ment when her military spirit was
drunk with boastfulness would be u
betrayal Of his trust. We earnestly
hope that enough American soldiers
are on the fighting lines to prevent
further "untoward occurrences but
IL there are rot, we must fight and
push our men across the water until
victory is assured. Our mistakes
will be costly but we must not al
low them to be fatal to our cause
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19

"a seaman" rescued Commander
Bagley of he destroyer Jacob Jones
rom the sea and suffered such eS-
posture that he died. The news dis
patches says that he was buried at
sea-" Here was a real hero but ever
his name is not given to the world.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19

sf-F't that although lie has l,aii some
hard tines he has overcome the
dia,euitics and stands today as one
Of The strong and successful news
paper mon of Vermont.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19

Three pounds of sugar month
per person is less than half of what
we have been consuming but it is
three times what civilized people
once consumed The American PEG
pie can well afford to make this de-
NAL ito win the war"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19

Now that three per cent beer has
been reduced to two and three.
fourths per cent Editor Johnson will
have to revise his trite statement
that three per cent beer means the
old topper will get full but not drunk.
He probably Will get full and disap-
pointed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19

People in this section who knew
Mr.. Willard when he was an engin-
Ger on the Passumpsic Division feel
especial interest in him and his sue
cess. Nermontcrs, too, will endorse
The transcripts idea of having Il
man of similar ability take charge
of the transport system of this counr
trv Hundreds of Vermonters have
been safely transported across the
Atlantic, but there arc hundreds
more, to go and we feel that every
safe and efficient method Tor the con-
duct of this work should be adopted
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19
Daniel Wizards Service

the Boston Transcript calls for TIL,
OF 4 .nan of tlle c;,hhr,
'f Daniel Willard in the railroa,
world to take charge OF the transpor
service between this country AN,
europe. The Transcript pays his]
tribute to Mr.. Willard in the fol
lowing:
ME- Willard and the members
" nus star, who include tho
hcads OF every railroad in file
country. have made a remark
able record in the transportatio,
81 troops from every part OF the
.5hted States to the Atlantic sea
board. We have the testimony
not only Of our own army, but OF
the representatives of the armies
OF our Allies, that the system
evolved and maintained by Mr..
Willard leaves little to he desir
ed. From the minute that a
troop train starts from a concen
tratlon camp. adjoining an en-
pafkatlon base, until it arrives.
the machinery moves like clock
work. troop train is given the
right of way over every train in
the country. 1t is scheduled to
arrive at certain time and it
arrives on the dot. The orders
are that from the time troops
begin to assemble at their sta
ton for entertainment until thew
arrive at their Concentration
camp, neither officers nor men
shall have any communication
with the outside world These
orders are obeyed to the letter.
The troop trains are properly
supplied and the troops travel in
comfort. The government de-
serves the heartiest commenda-
ton for it's foresight in putting
man of Mr.. Wizards experience
and eXpertness in charge of land
transportation of troops. No
fault can be found with his work
and the work of his associates
1T is a chapter of the record to
but credit on the administration.
Too much praise cannot be given
the President for the appoint
ment of Mr. willard, or the
Secretary of War for his support
of Mr.. Willard, or the War De-
partment for its cooperation
with Mr.. Willard.
What Mr. Willard has done for
land transportation of troops can
be done for the transportation of
troops overseas by his double in
the shipping world. MIR. Will
lard was picked for his job be-
cause he knew the railroad bust
ness from top to bottom. When
q man is picked to take charge
of the transport service because
he knows the shipping business
from top to bottom we shall
have the same cause to be proud
of the record of that appointee
that we have to be proud OF MT.
Wizards record.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19

Home made" greetings ought t
10 this Christmas.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-19

Entered at the st. Johnsbury post
office as second class mail matter
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-06-16

Coming to the office the other day
friend told me at was hard for him
to meet his grocery BILL" Instantly /
envied him, because l have no such
trouble. My grocery bill meets me
every day.
Grocery bills have been a bothera-
tion ever since merchants were in
vented. The first merchant dealt in
foodstuffs. For thousands of years
food was the first and main considera-
tion of human beings. The customers
of the first merchants used no dry
goods, no drugs, no house furnishings,
or hardware, except handmade and
homemade articles. But they used
food. The first merchants dealt in
wild meat and fresh fish, also nuts
and haws. From the latter commodity
came the term haw-eater, sometimes
used today in derision of unshorn poll
ticians fresh from the bifurcation of
the brook. From the day when the
first merchant opened his store in the
big woods, with stock of catfish to
exchange for arrow heads, the grocery
business has been getting the goat of
man.
Grocery bills will worry every fam
lily which buys from store every
mouthful it consumes. The only way
to keep the grocery bill from devour-
ing the income, blood raw, is to cut
out all waste, all extravaganza, all pre-
tense, all desire to make a show, and
to get down to fundamentals. Either
that or raise your own groceries on
your own ground.
This is the year when the amateur
gardener can make good-which is to
say, be of some real use to the country
and to himself and family-if he will
not be too fanciful about what he
plants, and make an honest and not
a mere bluff effort, as the man with
the hoe. Backyard farming is not