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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-27

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-27

Because he is Wisconsin resident and is proud of the
strides this state has made in the dairy and cheese indus
trv Mr. ROYAL the circus owner will give splendid
away at the performances Lancaster Cow tickets will
be Free they will not be sold.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-14
The Hope of Vermont.
burlington Free Press.)

One of the visions we conjured in con-
iectiOn with the opening of the present
session of the legislature was a new
age for the development of Vermont
water power and summer homes and en-
larged markets for the products of our
Vermont farms. We know 1t was not
merely a dream. 1t was rather the re-
membrance of things that have been,
turned into the spirit of prophecy on an
enlarged background.
We had seen all this beauty and util-
ity combined in enchanting Lake La
noble with its cluster of summer cot
tages. its little feet of boats, its life lines
running out to neighboring industries,
and propelling the Mansfield electrics.
We are reminded again that our vision
was not a dream by this brief paragraph
in some contemporary:
Constructing a power plant and 4
summer resort at the same time is an I'M
usual combination. but a manufacturing
concern at Rutland which has begun OPP
erationS on a dam, will also provide fish
ermen and pleasure seekers in that vicin-
ity with a lake of 81 acres in q wooded
section of the country. Already cottage
sites are said to be in demand ."-Brat-
tleboro Reformer.l
One of the lulling stage melodies of a
recent day is entitled When Dreams
Come True" Some of our dreams and
" OtA'AN haht III piLt luz W nat
man has done, NermonterS can do. There
are scores of places in Vermont where
streams could be converted into a body
of water, that would combine all the at
fractions and the uses of these artifi-
cial lakes at MOrriSville and Rutland.
We would that Vermont's present leg
~islature might provide a general enabling
act to facilitate such undertakings. We
would have a measure providing that one
town or more towns combining may de-
velOp water power, and may take the
steps necessary To finance the same or
grant exemption for Il certain period to
private capital devoted to this purpose.
We would have towns enabled to call
upon the dean of the college of engineer
ing of the University of Vermont for
expert assistance is spying out the land
where such artificial lakes can be devel-
Oped. Just as towns now call upon the
State Laboratory of Hygiene to a~nalyZe
their water supplies. We would have
a provision to encourage the extension
of electric lines to our farm homes as
well as our villages for varied use and
enjoyment.
Let us stop all his senSelesS fighting
over little selfish community interests
and do something big to make this leg
i~slature stand out as having ushered in
a new day of hope for a Vermont of en-
larged opportunity. No community or
interest or man is bigger than Vermont.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-14
TOday's Anniversaries.

lI82-Ihomas n. Benton, first United
States senator from Missouri. born
in North Carolina. Died in Wash
ngton, ID. G.. April 10. 1858.
b.. Henderson, speaker of
the L. S. house of representatives
1899 1902. born in Scotland. Died
at Dubuque. Iowa. Feb. p. 1906.
l863-Admiral F~arragTt succeeded in
passing the confederate batteries
at Port Hudson.
ls9l-United States steamship Galena
was wrecked near Gay Head light
house.
l894-President Peixoto. of Brazil. ex-
tended executive clemency to the
Rio rebels.
l9O7-Great. floods in Pittsburgh: water
the highest in seventy years.
l9ll-Sir Edward Grey. British foreign
secretary. cordially reciprocated
President Taft's wish for a GEN
eral AnglO-American arbitration
treaty.
l9l2-A band of Virginia mountaineers
"shOt up" the court at HilIsviIle.
Va, and killed the Judge and
other court officials.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-14
In the Days News.

RAYMOND b. Fosdiek. who has hoo,
elected to the board of trustees Of f \
rockefeller Foundation, is of a fin"
cIvicispIrlted family, several of whose
members have won fame during the mast
decade. lie was graduated from Prince
Ton IA 1898, studied law. and in 1868 en-
sci of New York city to GET an insioT+
INTO the legal business of modern uro
pan centers. His proved fitness for tbe
work Of an investigator led to his as,
slgnment, in 1913, to visit Furone and
study methods of organization Of Irhan
police boards, the funds being provided
by one OF the Rockefeller bureaus, In
the presidential campaign of 1916. Mr.,
nance committee of the Democratic ma
tlonal committee. The following wear
he was selected by President Wilson as
mead OF a commission to supervise the
recreational facilities of the United
states army camps and guard the moral
welfare of the enlisted men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-14
MONDAY. MARCH IA, 1921.
THE EDUCATIONAL MIDDLE.

The overwhelming defeat of the teach
ers' college bill by the s~o-caIled popular
branch of the legislature last week leaves
the prospect of any constructive educa-
tional legislation at this session dccid-
eddy remote. And while there seems to
be little doubt that Vermont's schools
are likely to suffer as a result, the hopes
of the Stearns faction also seem TO be
buried in the debris. Mr.. Stearns may
find satisfaction possibly in the defeat
in Burlington but that appears to be
about all the satisfaction he is likely to
get out of the situation. Whatever the
house may decide to do with regard to
his bill looking toward a regeneration
of the. normal school plants at Johnson
and Castleton there is not the remotest
possibility that the senate will approve
it. Hence the achievement of the Stearns
faction promises to be of a purely mega
tive quality.
While little may be gained by consid-
ering the causes which led to the defeat
u tut STATE SulICaI1Oh bodIu - pan -
training teachers there is no doubt that
the bill suffered from lack of effort on
the part of some of those supposed to be
most interested in it's passage. The state
board itself, while admittedly possessed
of education sense, showed slight po-
litical sense in its work, or rather lack
of work, among the lawmakers. Its
organization was a last-minute affair
whose weakness is plainly indicated by
the vote in the house last Thursday. In
deed, Brattleboro's own representative,
who was sponsor for the bill in the house
and made an able defense of it during the
debate preceding fnal action, is not free
from the charge of neglecting the pre-
liminary work which a measure of such
Importance deserved.
The Reformer cannot help feeling that
misrepresentation, deliberately inspired
by the opponents of the teachers college
proposition and but weakly ~combatted
by its advocates, had much to do with
the outcome, which is none the less I'M
fortunate because some of those who
helped to bring it about did so uninten-
t~ionally.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-14
RAILROAD WAGE REDUCTIONS.

The railroad employees, three times in
the last few years, demanded and OBJ
tanned higher wages on the ground that
they needed more money to meet the in
creased cost of living. Now the rail
roads are insisting on lowering wages,
the ground that they need to cut ex-
penses in order to meet the cost of Oper-
1t is the same principle, with its
application inverted. And the railroads
argument seems to be as sound as the
brotherhOods' was last year and the year
before. The lines are losing money.
Many of them, since the business depres-
sion brought a slump in traffic, are not
merely failing to pay dividends-they
are not meeting actual expenses.
This is intolerable and unfair. Even
a public service corporation has a right
to live, as long as it gives service. As
far as the railroads are concerned, they
must live, because the public needs them,
and so they must be allowed a decent
living. If they cannot get it in any
other way, they must do it by reducing
wages. High rates have failed to pro-
vide the necessary funds. Subsidies are
contrary to American policy. The en-
whose wages were evened up
% last years price levels, noY-have the
advantage of lowered cost of living. 1t
S natural for the railroads to argue that
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-14
RELIES

Americans like to believe that they do
things a little better than other peoples.
Yet here is a despatch from Uruguay
voicing a complaint which has been
heard before. 1t states that a number of
merchants in Montevideo have refused
to accept delivery of American goods
because they have come poorly packed.
with many articles broken. When
MontevideO merchants have asked to
have goods packed in boxes the Ameri-
can shipper has disregarded the request
and sent them in bales which have not
afforded sufficient protection. A news
paper in the South American city printed
pictures of a number of these damaged
shipments and then wrote:
Such occurrences lead to strained
commercial relations between the United
production has been augmented, Uru-
guayan merchants have received better
treatment from European manufsctur-
ers, who carefully fill orders. The re
duced price at which these goods are
sold give them a place above American
products"
If Uruguay were the only country
where merchants have complained of
American carelessness it might seem to
be the fault of a few shippers only. But
there have been other complaints in the
past from other parts of South America.
There have also been complaints from
railroads and express companies within
recklessness in packing goods for long
distance transportation. Here is an ex-
%cellent and simple way to improve for
eign trade. To send out American goods
as well packed as they are made is an
act of patriotism. 1t is also good bust
ness.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-14

(Rutland Herald.)

The legislature is now in the situa-
ton of the moving picture company,
when, after nnumerable rehearSals, re
visions, preparations and fixing of APP
paratus, the director is finally ready and
calls for action.
Action, with a business solution of
existing problems, is what the people of
the state expect of their legislature. Are
they prepared to act? Are they ready
TO produce the reSults?
House bill 9S, the Stearns normal
school bill has been before the house
committee six weeks. Hearings We're
held on 1t, oratOry was expended on it,
the committees were deluged with in
formation, and yet they failed to report
it.
Meanwhile senate bill A, the teach
ers' college bill, progressed in an orderly
manner through the senate and in due
time came to the house last week for
conference. Undoubtedly the house COM
mltteeS were opposed TO the teachers
college bill, but they waited for the
drafting of a Compromise" measure,
which has now fallen by the wayside.
Time passes and final adjournment
should be had within the next three
weeks. Why are these school measures
not reported? Why are the decks not
cleared? Why don't the people get ac-
ton after all this preparation?
The same thing applies to highway
measures. House bill ODD, which has
been in committee over four weeks. and
which would take the appointment of
commissioner out of the hands of the
governor, is practically dead. No one
would be rash enough to undertake its
passage at this time. Yet the substi-
tute measure promised last week does
not m~aterialiZe.
What has happened? Who is hold
ing up final solution of this important
problem? What prevents action?
The Herald is Informed that the gov
ernor's plan for a highway board has
been embodied in the form of a bill.
which only awaits introduction in the
house to be considered on its merits.
h is lacking to release the substi-
tute highway bill from its pigeon hole
in the judiciary committee? What is
delaying action?
The necessary business Of the legiS-
lature of 1921 can be accomplished
within the next three weeks if action is
taken on Such matters. What is delay
ing action? The company is ready for
the word. Why not Shoot
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-14
The Durham Bill.
est. Adams Messenger

NSi. HlDdIS messenger
The Messenger agrees with anyone who
says he does not want a Continental sum
day, but it fails to understand by what
reasoning DR.. Martin ID. Kneeland, rep
~resenting the Lords Day League of New
England, can contend, as he did before the
legislature yesterday, that Vermont will
be committing moral suicide if it passes
the Dunbar bill, which simply permits
people to undertake sensible recreation
on Sunday.
Under the Durham bill the Sunday
sports and games canno be commercial
lied. A baseball game at which admission
is charged would be illegal. Under the
which are now lone in many Vermont
communities with the sanction of the
people can be INDUCED in legally. The
Messengers only criticism of the bill is
that it is not quite liberal enough.
But DR.. Kneeland says that there is nc
safety In the non-commercialiZed clause
in the bill because the next step viii be
a demand that admission charges be al.
lowed. That is like arguing that it is
wrong TO let a man of good character get
ON the train at Montpelier to come to St
Adams because it would be possible fol-
70 Montreal where the 18th amendment is
not in force. Because there is a next
step it does not necessarily follow that the
legislature will take il.
The good doctor, whose sincerity is not
to be questioned, said that the bill would
allow the playing of golf. But he didn't
explain just why playing golf on Sunday
would constitute a crime. Sunday auto-
MODELLING for pleasure is legal now. he
cOntended. Well, if it is, why should not
a man who wants to take his pleasure
walking around a golf course have just as
much right to do so as he would to take
his pleasure in a mad auto dash through
the country side. Golf sticks are much
less expensive than automobiles. and they
don't kill as many people.
There isn't anything to worry about il
the Durham bill passes. Most of the
churches in the state favor it. The Mes.
senger feels that Senator Durham made
certain of the attitude of the churches be
fore he introduced his measure. As foI
the bill bringing the Continental Sunday
to the state, it is nothing less than foolish
TO make such an assertion. As The Mes.
senger has said before, the only trouble
with the bin is that it is not liberia
enough. 1t has the virtue, however, oi
being a step toward sane Sunday laws
As such it is worthy of approval.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-14
Astounding BAD Faith.
(Rutland IIerald.)

Representing no woman's organization
and yet, because of that very fact. repre-
senting the great sisterhOod of unOr-
ganiZed women voters of the state, Mrs.
Annette w. parmelee of Enosburg prob
ably expressed their feelings against the
repeal of the primary accurately when
she declared that scores of women feel
that its repeal would be an injustice to
them. The press report of her statement
in yesterdays Herald was garbled by a
typographical error. What She said in
part was this:
"Timid women will shrink from the
corrupt methods of the old caucus SyS-
TEN and they feel that under the order
ly, secret method of the primary. they
can stage their proper part in the bust
ness of the state. It may be that dem
ocracy is on trial, that the people can-
not be trusted. but if this measure is
enacted into law it will constitute n
most astounding exhibition of bad faith"
That is exactly what the Herald has
c0ntended all along and ~justifies the Sus-
piclon that those who var the primary
repealed fear the woman'S vote and APP
preciate that women voters and n lot
of men will virtually be disenfranchised
with its repeal. That is what certain
interests appear to want. The old eau
Gus system plays into the hands of boss"
rule. 1t is next to impossible for any
interests" to deliver a nomination via
the primary.
The vote of the people brought the pri-
mary into being. The present legislature
has no mandate from the people to abol-
ish it. That is what Mrs. Parmelee
means when she says its enactment
would be IAN astounding exhibition of
bad faith"
on AT the lsame time. FafW-o baldwin of
Barton. speaking at the 1900 reunion
in Montpelier on Wednesday night. de-
Tended the old convention system because
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-14
Today Events

The daylight-saving schedule for 100,
VIII be put into effect in France TO-DAY
lhoma r, Marshall, the only LIVING
eN-elce president of the United States
IS o. years old today. SUITES
lnlrty years ago today occurred tho
Mana lynchIngs in New Orleans. which
III Vel . lime threatened a serious rupture
me anhual Southwest American
iahoma city today and cont in, nj
through the remainder of the week
The %retrial of Jules w. Nickvl Am
stem on a charge of bringing stolen so
cufltIes into the District. Of CoInmhia i
scheduled to begin IN Washington todaV
The Mississippi River Scenic Highway
bbfi sG1au from which aim at an improved
meet at st. Louis TODAY for ~; VII
annual convention. II" SlAIl
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-14
4 Happy Compromise.
tRutland Herald

Some of the opposition to the Durham
Sunday bill (S-S0) is no doubt honest
and well-meaning Inc perhaps some OF
1t is due to misunderstanding. but the
man or woman who understands and yet
opposes this liberalizing measure must
nave a strange conception of human lib
erty.
The Herald's own notion is that Sab
bath observance ought to be a matter of
individual conscience, but no mans lib
erty can be allowed to go so far as to
encroach on the liberty of his neighbor,
so a certain standard of Sabbath OBJ
SerYance may be necessary.
1t must be remembered. moreover
that what we call our Sabbath has been
set Tor observance on practically every
DAY or the week by II religious author.
lty or another, so the setting out of Sun
the first day of the week, as proper
Tor sabbath observance is at best an arbi.
tratry rule or law.
The only change the Durham bin
makes IN the present law is to legalize
amateur sports, specifying thereby such
sports as are conducted with out pay.
either directly or indirectly.
mus the amateur ballgame. golf. mo
torlng, hshing, etc, which are now prac-
tIeed contrary to law in practically ev-
cry town of Vermont, would be legal
lzed, hlle the professional ball game.
dance or entertainment, for which com
pensation is taken, directly or indirectly.
o still come under the ban.
All business, except works of neees-
slty or mercy, are forbidden, and pub
lie sentiment, which is surely not back
of the present law. might reasonably be
expected to support the Durham bill if
enacted into law.
Those who oppose such a measure.
Knowing just what it means. are either
mlsInformed or are laboring under a mis-
conception when they oppose what is
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-14
Today's Birthdays.

Maxim Gorky, famous Russian novel
list and reformer. born at Mini Nov
gorod, 50 years ago today.
Charles Evans Hughes Ill, grandson
of the new secretary of state. born in
New York city, 6 years ago today.
Countess of Aberdeen, for many years
president of the International Council
of Women, born 81 years ago today.
Lord Queensborough (Almeric Hugh
Paget,) who came over to attend the
Harding Inauguration, born 60 years ago
today.
Thomas r. Marshall, who has Just re-
tired from the vice-presidency of the
United States. born at North Man
chester, Ind, 81 years G today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-14
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE.

Skinny Martin and Skinny Mullen
neerly had a fife at recess today on ac-
count of Skinny Martin calling Skinny
Mullen q cd bean pole and Skinny Null
len calling Skinny Martin a bubble
iointed clothes prop, and they stood
there sticking their noses into each 9th
ers face like Dutch comediums and dar-
ing each other to start it, and us fellows
got all Ground them and started to
cheer them both. Skinny Martin saying,
Come ON then, Ill fife YOU rite now. the
dickens with waiting till after skool.
Aw go on. do you think ] wunt to be
kepp after sskool and maybe suspended
jest to Oblige you. YOU wait till after
skOol and III show you, sed Skinny Null
len.
After skool nuthing. rite now, ! dub
BILE dare you up and down, Sed SKINNY
Martin.
rs fellows. yelling for them both ncu--
trail. being easy to do OF account of all
we had 70 do was veil. Hit him Skinny,
don't take no back tawk off him. Skinny,
mock his block off Skinny, and they
could both take it personal. Skinny Mar
tin saying. Aw you're afraid TO fife, that's
watts the trubble with Won, YOU got cold
feet. yon got so meny cold feet you cant
count them.
o is that so. we'll jest for that darn If
/ don't fife you rite now. the heck with
after skool, come on, put up you fists,
Sed Skinny Mullen.
Well it took you a heck Of a long vile
TO make up your mind. gosh. we wOn
have time TO finish it now before recess
is over, after you taking all day to de-
about it. I'll fife Won after skoOl if
you wunt to fife. sed Skinny Martin.
You viii like fun. now or never. that's
nv motto, sed Skinny Mullen. And rs
fellows kepp on cheering them neutral.
and nritty soon the bell a and we al
had TO go back to our room, and the Z
SkinnvS made up during joggrify and
the hole ftc was called off.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-14

he believed certain men. subsequently
elected to office undo the primary, would
never nave been nominated under the
caucus system. Because Mr.. Baldwin
does not happen TO like a man nominated
in the primary is scarcely an argument
hat the primary should be abolished.
The will of the majority should rule and
it and a much greater chance of pre-
vailing under the primary than in the
caucus and convention.
Mrs. Parmelee, the Herald believes. is
right in demanding that the bill be sub
mitted to the people in a referendum if
by any chance it should pass the legis-
lature. 1t is hard to conceive that it
will pass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-14
Ever the Same.
burlington Ncws.)


John G.. SAKE. erstwhile student at
s~Iiddlebury. and who once honored Bur
lingtOn by lodging his taxes here, com
posed some famous verses as a toast Ia
his native state. "To Vermont he said.
noted for her men, women, maple sugar
and horses -
THE first are strong. the last are fleet
The second and third remarkably
INC all uncommOnly hard to beat"
These facts are as true now as when
they were written. Present indications
would show that in number of horses and
pounds of sugar Vermont is in danger
Of losing her prestige. Numerically, Yer
mont is losing her pre-eminence as q
horse breeding state. The state has fallen
off readily in the number of horses for
in 1920 there were 1000 fewer than in
the year previous and in the year Pre-
ceding there was a falling off of 1000
more. Where Vermont once stood first
she is now second in the New England
states as regards the number and value
of the animals.
As to maple sugar: This wears crop
promises TO be about half of last year.
due to numerous causes, chief among
which perhaps is the great drop which
has taken place in the price of the
brought something over S3,0O0,OO O to the
state. Present indications are that this
years product will bring in not more
than half of that amount.
In two of the things then. toasted
by tho poet SAKE. Vermont appears to
he losing the place of eminence she once
held. But in the other two, the state still
stands first. Economic, agricultural.
and commercial conditions may 50 adjust
themselves as to work Hnfavorablv for
Vermont. but the staunch manhood and
fine w~omanhood of the state will ever be
the same.