Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-02-21
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Prohibition and Canada.

triumph of prohibition. The wave
which has now become overwhelming
started in 1915, when in Saskatchewan
( the bars were closed and the govern
ment took over the wholesale dispen-
saries, reducing their number. The
dispensaries themselves have since
been voted out. Alberta has now been
| dry for more than six months. Mani
toba first repealed the liquor license
system and then went dry. British
Columbia is dry, the saloons went out
of business in Newfoundland with the
new year, and the liquor traffic has
been voted out of Halifax. But the
greatest triumph was in Ontario, the
most populous of the provinces, where
it had long been thought that centers
like Toronto, Hamilton and Ottawa
would never consider the abolition of
the saloon. Last spring, with not a
dissenting vote, the legislature passed
an act closing every bar and liquor
shop, and it went into effect Septem-
Der 16. "There is little evidence yet
of the illicit selling of liquor" states
one writer, "and the police in the
cities seem to be remarkably alert"
Quebec has meantime adopted the
Gothenburg plan. The close of the
war will see the question presented
again in many places, but for the
present the attitude of Canada is I'M
takable.-Brattlebor Phoenix.
Why No Free Advertising.
In the face of constantly increasing
cost newspapers must watch for every
little leak and nip it in the bud, if
they are to stick in the game. Our
columns are all we have to sell. They
represent our wares just as the goods
!, oyt' bn1 ONT
We can no more give freely to this
one and that one than merchant can.
If we do ignominious failure is the
obvious end, to be followed by the
sheriff's tat, tat on the big front door.
1t costs us money each week to pro-
duce those columns just as it cost the
merchant for the goods on his
shelves. But people do not realize that
the columns of a newspaper cost mon
ey just as canned corn or dress goods
or cough drops do, hence they are in
clined to think an editor a stingy
crouch oftentimes when he tries to
get money enough for his pay roll by
charging for notices which are, be-
cause of their nature, nothing what
ever but advertising.
The Vermont Press were unanimous
in the opinion that the papers of this
state should and must make a charge
for notices such as extended obitu-
aries, cards of thanks and notices of
any events whatever concerning af-
fairs from which money is to be re-
ceived. The press association is cor
rect in its belief. The sooner that the
editors and the public come to a clear
understanding in regard to what
should be legitimately charged for,
the more fairly the public will be used
and the nearer the editor will come to
paying his bills and being the proud
Dossessor Of tin whizz wagon
Swanton Courier.
The Farmers Opportunity.
To thoughtful persons the prices
brought at the public auction sales of
cattle in Brattleboro by the Purebred
Live Stock Sales company consti-
tutes a striking demonstration of the
advantage Of tying up to registered
stock. Whens123 animals can be got
ten together from all directions and
sold for $50, 100, Or an average of over
$317, as was done at the Vernon
street pavilion this week, it is time
FOR the farmers who are spending
their time and energy on scrub stock
TO look about with view to deternlin-
ing whether they are doing as well as
they might.
Not every farmer or dairyman can
afford to pay $500 for cow, as F. H.
Metcalf of Holyoke did, or even 81 ,OGO
as was done in three instances in this
sale, but that isn't necessary. By CO.
operating with each other the farmers
in any community could secure val
liable sire without entailing heavy ex-
pense upon any individual, and by be-
ginning in a small way they could
build up herds which soon would yield
large dividends. The cream of the
registered cattle business goes to
comparatively small proportion of the
dairymen of the country because the
rest are content to let them gather it
and are not alive to the possibilities
within their reach. And this applies
not to the farmers in some far-off sec
ton of the country but to many of |
those right in this locality
Thus far the auction sales locally |
nave been limited to animals of the |
Holstein breed, but it is understood |
that that is because owners of other
breeds have not been quite ready to
grasp the opportunity that has been
offered them. It is probable that a
sale of some other breed will take !
place as soon as a degree of interest |
sufficient to warrant it is awakened.-I
Drattleboro Phoenix
Cooperative Creameries.
However much this cooperative |
creamery business now being agitated |
nay appeal to the average farmer,
whatever conditions and influences
nave been held up to make it look
Use and profitable, we would advise
sveryone Interested to look beyond |
he roseate hue Of the picture before |
e ng caught il TIE gilt of the frame |
Is have seen cooperative stores and |
.reanler;es, Or those OF a similar or
'er before. Their monuments can be |
.raced in nearly every town. They all !
r.gisated through the sane idea that |
aey would save or bring to the farm
: more 1ao !ey. Why did not these |
15t TT ons succeed? Because there |
; Limit in price and ratio of profit |