Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-04-02
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY
Smashing High Hopes.

nation. as seems likely, some OF Lhe
folks down in this corner Of the state
doubtless will remember that II was
his vote that put over the Burlington
barge terminal bill with its approprl-
alton of $780, 900 on state already
overburdened with eXpense.-Brattle-
boro Reformer.
George Harvey for President.
The League of Nations question
NAV be so strongly agitated IN the
United States that Il VIII become
marty issue, the Democrats tavOrlng
the nlan and { orge Harvey and the
Republicans opposing. Should such
a condition e%lst this will make Mr..
Harvey the Io~ical Republican candi-
date Big mea of Mr.. Harvey's
stamp have been known to change
their - tics We are Just little
uncertain how -. 4-arve s-a1-5 CT
the tariff. These native Nermonters
are ant to be a little ''sOt" on some
of their democratic notions. We are
under the impression that Hon. VIII
Havs rather likes this man Harvey.
Waterbury Record.
Women Voters. Post Yourselves.
Women who want to vote in Yer
mont next year will have to pay poll
tax and must file their intention 10
paw such tax with the listers not later
than April 20. 1t doesn't matter
whether or not they are taxpayers
on other property. Even II woman
is taxed on a million dollars worth OF
real estate she cannot vote in town
and village meetings next year unless
she files her certificate as poll tax
vn~n
who would like to be voters should
take notice of the provisions of the
new poll tax law. AS far as voting IN
town. village and school district aft
fairs it treats them as it does the men.
If they are q years old and want
vote they can have it by the polltax
road The women get one great ad-
vantage over the men, however, as
they are not compelled to pay the poll
tax except to vote while the men have
to pay anyway.-Bennington Banner.
Has Vermont Any Jurisdiction.
Vermont is fairly and squarely in
conflict with the federal government,
/ or rather with Mr.. BurlesOn's idea of
+ federal government, by the order is
sued from the public service commits
sion. which not only takes jurisdiction
of the telephone situation in St. Johns
bury and Caledonia county, but issues
definite orders therein.
This is even a better case than the
Kansas case, because the Vermont
public service commission takes cog
nizance of a purely local situation, up
on petition of local users of what the
commission properly calls a social and
. business necessity.
rr-D471l aly,onc+ ualE evident
that the telephone users of St. Johns
bury and vicinity have right to some
recourse, and that recourse, by virtue
of Mr.. Burleson's autocratic methods
. is denied them. Hence the order OF
/ the commission, which may become {
rather important factor in the deter
mination of just how far Mr.. Burle
son may be permitted to go in raising
rates, curtailing srvice and then curt
~ denying any remedy.
Without any reference to the merit!
of the order issued by the commission
which has to do with the arbitrary
discontinuance of four-party lines ant
the withdrawal of the free-call priv
lege within a certain local zone, Yer
mOnters who believe in the right o.
the state to regulate its own affair
and prescribe its own local remedies
will be interested in how the court
view the proposal of the commission
to enforce its rulings.
1t is certainly high time for the va
rious states to find out whether the,
have any rights reserved which tn
federal government Is bound to re
spect.-Rutland Herald.
Truck VS. Railroad.
= The announcement that a larg
manufacturing concern in BetheI
discouraged by the poor freight ser
, vice has purchased a tive-ton motto
! truck with which It will deliver It
finished product in Boston has NOR
than passing interest. If it shout
be demonstrated that such a system
of transportation can be conducte
prohtably, we may see a great de
ve.Opment along this line.
= A motor-truck can easily make tn
trip from almost any point in easter
Vermont to Boston in two days Wher
time is essential it can beat the or
binary steam railway freight servic
! as at present conducted by a wild
margin. 1t can take products from tn
receiving station of the distributing
agency, doing away with truckint
charges and delays at both ends. /
would permit the successful operation
Of producing plants at distances re
mote from railway lines. which i
. now almost necessary, enabling then
to be constructed wherever convenien
! otherwise-which might be a boon Z
, Vermont, where railways are scare
. and do not reach all of the producint
points. Return trips need not b
made empty, To- freight is AWAY
, available In this connection. Their
Is motor truck service in the Ma,
River valley that pays well, we IN
: derstand, delivering products of tina
: valley al Montpelier and carrvin,
BACK merchandise for the countr-
stores.
We may be working back in a wa
toward the old methods of pionee
DAYS IN Vermont when stages az,
freight teams carried everything an,
everybody that came or went TO Bos
ton, only with the swift moto
ear Or truck suppIantine tn
: horse drawn vehicles OF those DAYS