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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-02
Hotels are. Investments.
(Rutland Herald.)

One of the odd occurrences of last
weeks legislative transactions was a live
ly debate over reviving a dead bill, the
object OF which was to permit the hotel
in Barre to be exempted from taxation
for another term of years
There is very serious question as to
whether the legislature should be asked
to pass this sort of legislation. There is
surely enough OF such special-exemption
law on our books today, and the more
any legislature does in that way, the more
succeeding legislatures may be asked TO
do.
Mr.. Wilson of Rutland city called at
tention TO an indubitable fact when he
said that hotels were paying Investments
for a community whether their books
showed a profit or otherwise Specifical,
" the hotel in Barre, although admitted
ly not paying proposition for the stock
holders directly, is one OF the best assets
the city has and plays very important
part in the attractiveness of the city
from business and sojourning stand
| point.
| The same situation appears in st. Al
| bans, where the Tavern, one of the very
| best hostelries in Vermont, probably new
er pays as a direct investment, but, as
| a permanent asset Of the community, pays
i very well indeed
Both OF these houses are operated or
the same plan-to give the city com
Portable, modern hotel, attractive alike tc
| tourists, the summer vacation folks anC
| the usual transient commercial trade thai
comes and goes regularly and is just "a
| necessary to the business activities o
the community as the shops, the trans
portation lines or the various emporium
of trade
Such hotels are investments in the bes
sense OF the word and do not need t
show a profit on their books in order t.
be profitable investments, so that whei
| they come to the legislature and ask 10
special legislation it is well to remembe
that they are not benevolent or eleemos
ynary institutions but permanent asset
of the community even though they ma.
be operated at loss.
As for special legislation, there is n
particular objection to S l0l, which a
lows municipalities to exempt hotels iron
taxation for periods of FIVE years at
); time, but it is just another bit OF specia
1 legislation-the like of which forms sue
a very large proportion of the bills whic
choke legislative files and constitute tn
/. bulk of material which keeps legislature
in session 30 to 100 days which is enoug
to do the necessary business of bier
MUM
Furthermore, good hotels are profitabl
{ community investments whether they pa
dividends or not. They are not object
, of charity but commercial assets of til
most permanent and valuable type.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-02
I odays' Events

Ten years ago today Fort Worth was
devastated by a fire which destroyed
property to the value of s5,o00,00o.
The annual convention of the Florida
Sunday School association will be en-
tcrtained at Orlando during the three
days beginning today.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Council of the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, will begin its annual
meeting today at Memphis.
\ notable gathering of WOMEN will
assemble iii Louisville today for the
national convention of the United
Daughters of the Confederaey.
The completion of Indiana S first
year under statewide prohibition will
be celebrated in Indianapolis today
with an all-day program under the aus
nices of the Indiann Dry Federation and
kindred organizations.
The effects of the unusually mild win
ter on the supply and price of ice will
be considered by the Massachusetts lee
Dealers association meeting in annual
convention today in Boston.
Bankers from many Of tho leading
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-02
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE
By LEE PAPE

Ny sister Gladdis had he'd axe yes
tidday, setting in the setting room with
her hand up to her he'd making faces, and
| sed. Watts the matter, Gladdis-got a
he'd AXE?
Wieh Gladdis jest kepp ON making ia
ces to herself, and ] sed, Hay, Gladdis,
cant you anser a polite question?
Stop that jabbering, for hevvins sakes,
sed Gladdis putting both hands up to her
he'd, and | sed, Who's Jabbering cant
you, tell a polite question frum jabberingy
Ii was jabbering I'd be going, Jabber
wabber blabber jabber, blibber blabber
iabber-thats the way Id be going if
was jabbering.
Do you wunt to drive me krazy? sed
Gladdis looking as if she would OF put
another hand up to her head if she had
eny more,5 and | sed, No, | ony wunt to
know if you got he'd ake-have you,
Gladdis?
If | get up after you, you'll rue this
day, sed Gladdis, and | scd, Well gosh,
G, this is free country, amt it, and
got rite to ask a free question and wait
for free anser, amt /! Watts the mat
ter, Gladdis, have you got a he'd ake2 All
you got to do is anser
You'll drive me to merder, that's wat
you'll do, dident | Jest tell you to stop
that chattering? sed Gladdis, and | sed
No, you told ne to stop jabbering, and
enyhow, | amt chattering either, do you
wunt me to show you how Id be going
if | was chattcring.
Wich Gladdis jest made her eyes loos
wild, and l sed, If l was ehattering I'd
be going, Chatter batter elatter halter
datter chatter chatter Do you wunt ms
to show you the diffrents between that
and iabbering?
Wich Gladdis jumped up as if she was
going to chase me, and / quick ran oui
and slammed the door. and nuthing hap
pened, aud | sed thru the key hole, II
amt my fanlt il you amt polite enuff tt
anser, is it?-now jest for that l dom
give a darn weather you got hed-alse sel
not And slidd down the banisters ant
went out
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-02
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1919.
HIGHER TELEGRAPH RATES.

Postmaster General Burleson ; in
crease of 90 per cent in domestic tel
egraph rates went into effect yesterday.
The government control and operation
of wires is not departing from the prec-
edent established by government con
troll and operation of railroads Post
master General Burleson offers in rates
the increased cost of operation occa-
stoned by higher wages that have been
paid during the past year. This is as
it may be, but Postmaster General Bur
Lesson knew about such conditions when
he induced the President to exercise
the authority granted him by congress
to put the telephone and telegraph COM
panies under government control At
that time, Postmaster General Burle-
son III a series of optimistic state
ments was trying to make the public
believe that government control of the
wires had so many advantages over
private operation, that it would not on
| ~ bring about better service, but that
! il would reduce its cost. That the con
| trary has taken place both with ref
erence to the character of the service,
and with reference to the cost of that
service does not come as a startling
surprise to the public, which had had
convincing demonstrations that if there
was anything about government opera
ton of enterprises which recommended
it to public favor, it could not be rec
commended on account of its lower cost
to those who were dependent upon The
particular service it rendered.
The point about the increase in do
nestle telegraph rates is not that i
has grievously disappointed high ex
pectations aroused by Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson's enthusiastic statement
of the benefits that were to accrue, aft
er he had assumed the office of direct
or-general of the telegraph and tcle
phone companies. The public had III
high expectations of this sort. If til
public is surprised at all, its surpris
consists in the nature of the excus
| offered by Postmaster General Burleso
for ordering this ADVANCE in TELEGRAPH
| rates. To excuse is, to accuse. In OK
| cusng himself for this action, Post
master General Burleson lays himsel
| open to the accusation of doing thing
/ which he had represented previousl
/ would not be done, He may have bee
II mistaken in his calculations about dc
creased cost of operation, but under a
the circumstances, it is legitimate to a
sumo that Postmaster General Burleso
II was not SO ignorant of the effects c
III government control as he seemed 6
II the time he was recommending its Al
j plication TO the telegraph and telephor
: companies.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-02

On account of the high price Of
clover, many people will look for sub
stitute as a soil improver.
CANADA FIELD PEAS, at one
seventh the cost of clover, are one of
the best known hgumes that take Nj
trogen from the air and deposit it in the
soil and can either be used for hay or
turned under for a green manure. The
Canadian Field Pea does not thrive in
extremely hot weather but if sown
early will produce good and bountiful
crop wherever the conditions are also
favorable for the growing of oats.
Field Pies, either sown alone or with
oats, have long been recognized as one
of the best feeding and fattening for
age crops for young stock and hogs, to
carry them during the midsummer and
droughty period of July and August.
When sown alone they should be han
died the same as any small grain crop
and drilled at the rate of two and one
half bushels per acre. When mixed
with oats one-half the quantity, name
", one and one-quarter bushels per acre
10 the same quantity of oats is suf
ficient. The time of sowing corresponds
with that of oat seeding. AS peas are
naturally hardy and not endangered by
late frosts, the earlier the crop can bC
gotten into the ground the better.
Early seeding brings the crop into
maturity and ready for feeding before
the hot days of July and August. A pc;
crop, if sown as soon in spring as thu
ground is ready to pow, may be ready
for feeding as early as the goth to 25tl
of June. Usually, however it is avail
able the first half of July.
Samples and prices furnished on ap
phcatiOn. Can offer in any quantity.
small order will receive just as careful
attention as larger one. Would b
pleased to be favored with your in
quiries, which will meet with courteou
and prompt consideration.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-02
ABOLISH THE NORMAL SCHOOLS.

A hill now before the legislature
would prolong the life of the states
two normal schools for 20 years. 1t
should be killed by an overwhelming
vote. These normal schools have COM
pletely outlived their usefulness as the
following statistics will show. For the
past six years the school at Castleton
has cost the state $l37, 90S.S5 and the
school at johnson $11S,517.4S, a total
of 6,426.33. The biennial reports
of the department of education do not
show the number of graduates during
this period, but available figures show
that Castleton graduated IL in 1911,
seven in 1912, nine in 1913 and eight
in 1911, while johnson graduated sew
en- in 1911. seven in 1912, nine in 1913
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-02
First and Second vetoes.
[Rntland Herald.

Lieut. Gov. Mason S. Stone showed
ballot on the barge terminal measure,
He certainly was not taking steps to pro-
tect his political future. Montpelier AR
gus
There might very properly be said to
be question as to whether Mr.. Stone
advanced or injured his political pros
peetsN by not exercising the right Of veto
thus unexpectedly thrust upon him.
For that particular occasion he had more
power than any man in the state OF Yer
mont SO far as the barge terminal was
concerned. BY saying mo he could have
defeated the bill then and there and pre-
vented the state from embarking on q
doubtful 500, 900 business venture. pre-
sumably for the benefit of Burlington By
saying yes he passed the buck to
Gov. Clement. who must either sign it
veto it or permit it to become law with
out his approval.
The lieutenant governor will be ap
plauded by Is senator's and their constit
uents and blamed by 10 senator's and theil
constituents. A mental calculation might
have shown that the weight OF the voting
population lay in the direction of yes
but The Herald hardly thinks the urban'
and tactful president of the senate wa
able to make such lightning calculation
Even if he did, it is doubtful If h.
guessed right" as the statement was free
| ~ made after the bill passed that il i
had ever been submitted to the people
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-02

and seven in 1914. This is a total of
65 graduates for both schools in four
years, or an average of slightly over
l6 year. Thus every graduate has
cost the state approximately $2,632!
That this price is ridiculously excessive
must be apparent to ALL
At the johnson normal school there
are now 10 teachers and only % pupils
in attendance! The showing at Castle
ton is slightly better The state can
not afford to maintain these schools on
any such basis, and they have been cs-
tablished long enough so that there is
no reason to expect they will ever do
any better. The normal schools have
been superseded by the teacher train
ing courses in the high schools and
academies. During the past six years
the state has spent $l49,942.02 fol-
training teachers in these courses and
has turned out three or four times as
many as the normal schools.
1t is the obvious duty of the legisla
ture to kill H 80, which would extend
the life of the CastIeton and johnson
schools until 1910. Any other actor
will show that our lawmakers are un
willing to effect economy when they
have the most justifable opportunity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-02
Tin the Days News"

DIR. Alexander Wekerle, who is re-
ported to have been the first person i'm
prisoned by the new Hungarian Com
munistic government, is former pre-
mier and finance minister of Hungary.
He is now nearly seventy five years of
age. All through his career he has been
identified with political and ecclesiasti-
cal reforms. He entered the depart
ment of finance in 1870, and came into
prominence during Count Tisza s pre-
miership, when he set in order the Aus
trian finances, drained by the oecupa-
tion of Bosnia Herzegovina On be
coming prime minister, in 1906, DR.
Wekerle began vast work of political
reform. At that time he became widely
popular in Hungary for his efforts to
settle the question of mixed marriages
It had been the practice of the Catho
lie church in Hungary to register ant
baptize all children of mixed marriages
as Catholics. As result of DR.. Wicker
IS activity a law was passed allowing
Protestants greater voice in decidin.
their children s faith.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-02
Couldn't Trust Vermont.
(St. Albans Messeneer.


If you have followed the matter at
all closely you will remember that the
city of Burlington is allowed a refer
endum on whether or not it will bond
itself for $4,000 to aid the state in
the construction of the barge terminal
You viii also remember that the effort
TO allow the rest of the people outside
of Burlington to have a referendum
on their 100000 quota did not survive
in the senate. A Franklin county sem
ator informs this paper that Chitten-
den county senator, on the floor of the
senate, said that the referendum should
not be had because it was unsafe 10
trust the question to the people He
was not, of course, adverse to trusting
the people of Burlington, but when it
came to the rest of us on the outside
of the charmed circle, we were unsafe,
and not to be trusted. The senator
was absolutely correct from his point
of view, for the people of Vermont
were not to be trusted. They would
have killed the proposition ON a refer
endum as nothing has ever been killed
IN this state before. But how do the
people of the state like this superior
senatorial attitude? Are they in fact
less able TO pass on their own business
than are the people of Burlington
What does Governor Clement think OF
! this proposition? Here are grounds suf
! ficient for veto. Nothing more is
needed. But of course there is much
more on which veto could, and should
be based, and if he does what the PEG
pie expect him to do the governor viii
use all these things in sending III a mes
sage of diSapprobation that will be
crushing to the Burlington prctentions
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-02
Importance of Margarine.
CRutland News.)

The Brattleboro Reformcr hints, in
an editorial reprinted in The Rutland
News Monday, at only part of the inn
portance of margarine. The butter
made from vegetable oils is here
to stay and to increase still further in
domestic use. Indeed, III most of the
better class hotels and restaurants,
patrons today are being served nut
margarine instead of dairy or creamery
butter made from COW $ milk. And in
variably. especially when they do not
know what they are eating, they are
impressed with its sweetness and pal
atability. One convert to nut margarine
was made in this wise: Cutting into
a pound cake of one of the most select
brands of creamery butter made, two
defunct flies were encountered We
have yet to hear of single case where
the consumer of margarine has encoun
tered evidences of death.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-02

A 1I
cities are to meet in Chicago today to
make definite arrangements for the as
sanitation by the United States of vast
amounts of foreign securities as the
only commodity the allied aud neutral
nations will be able 10 sell in the near
future.
Methodist Episcopal conferences
meeting Today:
Northwest Kansas, at Lindsborg
Kan
Baltimore conference, at Baltimore
Lexington conference, at Lexington
Ky.
New York east conference, at Brook
lyn. N Y.
Northern New York conference, al
Athol, Mass.
Vermont conference, at ST. Adams
| VT.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-02

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-02
Today's Anniversaries.

1S40-Emile lola. famous novelist, born
in Paris. Died there, Sept. 90,
1902.
1s44-Peter s. Duponceau, president of
the American Philosophical soci-
ETY., died in Philadelphia. Born
in France, June 8. 1850.
lS65-Richard Golden, the great apos-
tie of free trade. died in London.
Bern June 5, 1904.
ls69-Discovery of plot to assassi-
nate the viceroys of Egypt
l894-Patrick Walsh was appointed
United States senator from Geor.
gia.
l909-Fort Worth, Texas, was devastat-
ed by a $5,000,000 fire.
l910-British airmen bombed the Ger
man submarine base and naval
station at Zeebrugge.
19l6-Second Zeppelin raid on Eng
land and Scotland killed 16 and
injured 100 persons.
l9l7-President Wilson asked congress
to declare n state fof war witt
Germany.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-02
DADDY,jEVEN|NGU
FAIRY TALE Il
6y Nary Graham 6o inner Aa
PETER GNoME'S PARTY.

give always loved the snow and
the slush which we get at this time
of the year." said Peter Gnome.
That's true, you always have" said
Billie Brownie.
And then they both Rugged each
other, as they always did, and rolled
over in a slushy snow bank.
"Of course" said Peter, 81 mean that
we must have a party when begin
talking in this way
81 thought So" said Billie Brownie.
81 thought we might have a fancy
dress party" said Peter. $50 let's send
out the invitations as soon as possible.
We must have our party while we
have this nice mild weather which Is
making the snow very slushy and soft
and squashy and Wet
"All right" said Billie Brownie.
let's get our friends, the Breeze
Brothers, to send out the invitations
"Come hither, Breeze Brothers, sail
Peter Gnome, and Peter Brownie
called out: eve have messages for
you to deliver"
So the Breeze Brothers took around
the messages to the fairies and the
elves and the rest of the brownies and
gnomes, so that all of Peters friends
would come to the party.
The messages told them to wear
fancy costumes and to come that very
afternoon to Gnomeland at the edge
of the woods.
All the guests arrived on time. The
fairies wore lovely costumes Of some
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-02
The Fairy Queen Did d Beautiful
Dance.

sort of wonderful soft silky material
which kept changing colors.
First it was purple, then, blue, then
lavender, and then pink. And the
fairy queen wore silver costume
which dropped stars of silver as she
moved about. So that the whole
ground was covered with silver stars
which shone up from the snow and
looked very lovely.
The brownies wore costumes made
of little crocus flowers OF all colors
And how much they did look like the
very early spring. The crocus flow
ers came up one day when the snow
had melted and then some more snow
had fallen upon them.
The gnomes wore costumes made
of evergreen branches, and the elves
wore little circus suits ESQ they called
them) which were of pink and green
One side of each suit was Of pink and
the other side of green, so when they
turned one way they looked as though
they were wearing pink costumes, and
when they turned the other way they
looked as though they were wearing
green suits. And some of the time
it looked quite funny, for some were
standing one way and some the other,
Peter Gnome was dressed in suit
of dark purple with a very tall pur-
pie hat which had handsome purple
tassel on the end.
Old Mr.. Giant wore a costume made
out of newspapers and on his chese
in huge letters was written: big
| Party in Gnomeland, Everybody
! Happy" And on his tall hat We're
these words: weather Today Per-
feet for the Slush Party"
/ They all walked through Peter
| Gnome's slush castle, which was VERY
handsome, and which had been made
out of the soft snow. At the end of
/ the castle Witty Witch sat in round
room and gave every guest a pres
ent.
And then as they all followed Witty
Witch, after all the presents had been
given. to a great courtyard with walls
made of slush, they beheid the most
/ beautiful of fountains.
+ The water fell over q statue made
to look like the fairy queen. and in
the water danced many eolored little
lights. First all the lights were green
and then they all changed TO purple,
& and then to golden, and then to silver
4 All the guests cried with joy when
they saw it, and the fairy queen did
q beautiful dance as her thanks for
the compliment which Peter Gnome
had paid her.
And then they all danced while the
, many lights in the fountain played
They were of one color at time, but
they changed so fast that it seemed as
though the fountain had many. many
/, different colors in it at the same time.
And they all cheered Peter Gnome
!. for his beautiful party, his slush cas-.
tie. the beautiful presents and his
fairyland fountain. for they had all
had marvellous party. full of sur
4 prises.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-02
would have been defeated 10 to one.

Il would have been defeated 10 to one.
The reason for voting yes or mo"
on a tie vote is usually intuitive, and
Mr. Stone probably knew that by voting
yes he would please the senator's from
Chittenden and Washington counties, for
example, and if he temporarily displeased
those from Rutland and Bennington coun-
ties, they would soon recover under the
spell Of his judicious geniality.
REWRITING to the merits of the question,
The Herald is not prepared to deny that
such terminal might be of some benefit
to Burlington, but business men and prac-
teal shippers know there is no more
chance of getting joint rate, by way OF
rail to Burlington thence by water to
New York or elsewhere, than there is OF
running a through line of barges from
New York to ST. Adams.