Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-07-03
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
1t Will Stick.

get rid OF the Huns as OF the prOhlDl-
ton. National prohibition once start
ed will stick.-Burlington News.
Patrons of Illegal Dealers Guilty.
The local illegal dealers in spirit
uous goods who were tried at the
county seat last week, paid over to
the state bunch of money in fines as
will be noted in another column, but
it was no more than they might ex-
pect. The business was done so
openly that being caught was only
matter of time and the inclination of
prosecuting officials. Most of them
had the money to pay the fines, and
we have no sympathy for them, but
while the burden of guilt falls on
| them altogether in the matter of law,
the patrons of these places should
not altogether be absolved from their
part in the transaction. They ask
the illicit dealer to break the law
Hardwick Gazette.
Sizes Up Darling.
Strong opposition to the candidacy
of Charles H. Darling of Burlington
for governor seems to be developing
in pretty much all quarters of the
state. There is decided opinion
that he lacks the proper mental per-
spective to qualify for an executive
position of this kind. There is no
question about Judge Darling's abll1-
ty as an analytical lawyer and
thorough student of history and cur
rent affairs but he lacks the broad
vision of constructive executive and
is devoid of public spirit. AS per
sonal character he is sauve and atfa-
BILE but has never shown his interest
,4c. If Iy7d
There is no warmth Of feeling for his
candidacy even in his horne city
Burlington Clipper.
Good Business To Help Farm.
1t is nothing but good business
common sense which dictates to the
western store keepers, office manag-
ers, and other employers of labor, to
release their employees for short
time to assist the farmers in the har-
vesting of the crops. Agriculture is
the backbone Of the nation, and as
agriculture fourishes or declines, so
is business good or bad. The farmer
buyer is a big factor in the success
or failure of the merchants right here
in Vermont. Their business reflects
the financial condition of the farmer.
St. Adams knows this. Now it is bet
forego the labor of an employee in
his own store for a few days by re-
leasing him to the farmer, than it
is to permit the purchasing power of
the farmer to be diminished by ina !
bility to harvest his money crops. |
This is putting it on selfish basis. |
There is also the necessity of giving |
the farmer his needed labor predicat-
ed on the war needs of the govern
ment.-St. Adams Messenger.
Baldwin Apple Trees Dead.
Something strange and as yet un-
explained happened to the Baldwin
apple trees in New England last Win
ter. Trees of other varieties came |
through the severe weather all right |
but the good old staple Baldwins were
killed in immense numbers. A Maine
authority 1dn is quoted as saying that
100000 Baldwin apple trees in that
Franklin and Kennebec counties alone
is put at 100000 trees each. Similar
conditions are reported in various ,
parts Of Vermont and in Western
Massachusetts, and Western Connect
icut. The growers are facing a seri- |
Gus problem. If they replace the
trees they do not know whether it
will be safe to set out Baldwins, or
whether some other variety should
be planted, but in any event the loss
cannot be made good for years. If all |
the arple trees had shared a common
fate it would have been natural to
say that the severe weather was the
cause, but with the Baldwins dead I
and the Mcintosh living it seems
hardly safe to say that the severe
cold was the cause Of the trouble
Brattleboro Phoenix.
Page Did It.
We take from the Kansas City
(Mo.) Periscope of June 13 the fol-
lowing relative to Senator Page and
the Vocational Educational bill:
cit is to the credit Of Senator Car
roll S. Page of Vermont that the gov
eminent has at hand the machinery
for starting the re-educati ton of Grip
pied soldiers who return from France.
Ever since he has been member of
the senate, Mr.. Page has made a spe-
cial study of the subject, vocational
education and largely as a result of
his labors the Federal Board for Vo-
cational Education was organized and
is now doing valuable work along
that line. When the relief bill for the
WOuIucu SOlOlcIS llIldlly UcCOIlcS law, |
as it probably will in the near future.
the activities it contemplates will
have been anticipated by the bureau
now in existence, and the delays that
always attend the formation of a new
organization will be avoided. Repub-
licans and Democrats alike acknowl-
edge that to Senator Page belongs
the credit for having put federal vo-
cational education on sound basis,
and created a system available for
prompt use in the present emergen-
cy"
The views expressed above are gen.
orally understood in WASHINGTON to
the facts touching Senator
Pages labors in behalf of Vocational
Education.-Hyde Park News and
Citizen.