The Vermont watchman. [volume], July 21, 1910, Page 4, Image 4

About The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911

Image provided by: University of Vermont

                
Vl&WbY.T WAICHMAN & STATE J0UR7JA.L, THURSDA"V, JfULY 2. tt,iu
THE DEJUOCKATIC PLATFORM.
It ls interestlng to comparo tho
plntform adopted by the Domocratlc ,
Statc Convcntlon with tho Republi
cTrse HdS
dcclaratlons of prtnclples rcgardlng
Stato Iesucs,
The Itepubllcan tarlff pollcy 1s con
demncd and the Payne-Aldrlch act 1s
attacked, as might bo expccted. It Is
natural, however, that the voters
flhould recall tho fact that the only
Ume in the pa&t half century whcn tho
Domocratlc party had control of both
Ibranches of Congress, and a Demo-
cratlc President was in the White
House, glving the party power to pass tho Increaslng cost of llvlng. By re
any kind of a tarlff blll it desired, it'duclng the , cost of transportatlon it
made up a blll in the old bargain and S0UI S?0,", TS
, , , .... , , , his produce at a lower price and at a
dlcker style, pei-mttllng favored cor- karger proflt at tho same tlme. It
poratlons to write schedules, and ' would bring comnuinlties closer to-
passed a measure inuch less satlsfac
tory than the cxistlng law, an act so
bnd that Grover Cleveland permltted
It to becoine a law wltliout his slgna
ture. Cannon and Cannonlsm aro con
demned ln good round phrases, nl
hough thc Speaker and his rules
were saved from overthrow early ln
Uie last sesslon by tho votes of Con
gresman Fitzgerald of New York and
several of his Demorjrutic colleagues.
The ratlilcation by tlie Vermont
Degislature of the income tax am
cndment to the Unlted States Constl
tutlon is demanded. Tho Ropubliean
platform was silent on the suhject, so
that the next Legislature, if lt ap-
proves the measure will follow Dem
ocratic leadership, although
that
party has always been supposnd to bo
to be a great stlckler for the doctrine
of State Rights.
Double taxation is condemned, but
curiously enough, our Democratlc two Kreiltest forces for ti'le advance
friends do not outline a successful ,ment of civllizatlon are the school-
plan by which this evil may be rem
cdied. The platform goes further
than the Republican pollcy of caucus
refonn in calling for a direct primary
system. It Is probable that an attenipt
will be made by Republlcans ln thc
next Legislature to secure the pass
age of such a law. It ia not certain,
however, that public opinion has
crystalized sufficiently yet to secure
the c'nactment of such a law. lt is
pretty certain, though, that a bill will
bc passed providlng for publicity of
campaign expenses.
Polnted reference is made to in
tended control of legislative action
by the railroads of Vermont. The
Journal does not believe that such
control is possible, although the act
Ivity of certain prominent rallroad
attorneys in polltics this year has
gone beyond the llmlts of prudence,
and has created much unfavorablo
comment. If leglslators attempt to
eecuro the rcpeal of any of the es
Ecntial features of the laws con
tjolling the corporations of the
State, passed during the admlnistra
tions of Governors Proctor and
Prouty, they are pretty likely to
hear somethitig from the folks at
kome. The Journal does not bqlieve
that Governor Alead will give his
consent that any backward movement
betaken'by his administration regard
ing the control of rallroad or other
corporations. The Democrats, Hke
tho Republlcans, favor an employers'
Ha'billty aot and exemptlon of wages
from trustee process, although the
Democrats put the llmit at $25 while
the Republlcans favor aa amount not
less than $10. The Democrats advo
cate the establishment of a State
Board of Arbitration for the settle
anent of labor disputes. Although this
pollcy was not embodied in the Re
publican platform the candidate for
Oovernor, in his speech of accept
ance, advocated tho appointment of
such a board followlng the general
llnes of the Canadlan act.
The good roads plank of the Dem
ocratlc platform is distinctly weaker
and more vague than the Republican
plank. The local option law, made
possible (by a Republican Legislature,
ia praised, and the Republican llquor
plank is condemned, as inslncere, a
charge which needs moro speclflc evi
dcnce of bad faith than a mere asser
tion of that sort. The approval of the
proposed amendments to the Ver
mont constitution Is a gratifying step,
as both Republlcans and Democrats
aro now on record in favor of the
changes suggasted This ought to in
sure prompt and unanimous action by
the Legislature in ratlfylng the am
endments. Tho General Assembly of 1908 is
condemned, raong otheer things, for
its "salary graft." A referenco to tho
House Journal for the sesslon of
1908 shows that on the llnal passago
of the blll in tho House only flvo
Domocratlc mombers voted agalnst it,
while 19 of tho 39 Domocratlc mem
Ibors voted for tho blll and 15 Demo
cratlc mem'bors wero absent or dld
not vote. Tho only Domocratlc Sena
tor, ou a roll call, voted for the thlrd
reading of this salary bill. It would
appear, therefore, that so far as
"salary graft" is concerncd Vermont
Democrats had better dp a little home
missionary work beforo they taJk
'about Republican corruption.
a TOinparison or tne two platfonns
will show no reason why any Ropub
lican should abandon his party prln
ciples for those offered by tho Demo
crats. The party of progress, tho
party of achlevoment, is tho Ropubli
can party, and tho Vermpnt Statutcs
will provo this Btatement.
A GOOD ROADS CONGRESS.
The thlrd Kntional Good noads
Congress will be hcld at Nlagara
FallB, N. Y., July 28-30 nnd offlciuls
of every clty, county anad State aro j
invltcd to send delegates. Agricul-
ttiral, autonioblle, commercial, edu-Jhns
atlonal, good ronds, industrial, la-
ganlzatlons aro urgcd to een'd rop-
T0 fttif n M vo nlita M1 nrl I i rr c Vi sm 1 1 1 li r 1
Vnt mW
The Republican Stato platform
plalnly declaros lts bellef that "Ver
mont has no more urgent materlal
necd than the development of a sys-.
tcm of flrst class inter-urban high
ways." In a recent speeoh ln Congress,
Hon. Willlam Sulzer, of New York,
said:
"The estnbllshment of good roads
would ln a great nieasure solve tho
',,iimtlnn nf h hlirh nrlcn nf fnnil nml
igether and in touch with the centers
of population, thereby facllitating thc
commercc of ideas as well as of ma
'terial products.
"When tho agrlcultural productlon
alono of the United States for the
past elevcn years totals $70,000,000,
1 yeais loiais u,uuu,uuu,-
000, a sum to stagger thc imaglnation, i
and it cost more to take this product
from the farm to thc railway statlon
than from such station to tho Ameri
.ean and European markcts, and
whcn tho savlng in cost of niovlng this
product o agriculture over good
hlghways instead of bad would havc
bullt n milllon mllcs of good roads,
tho lncalculablo wasto of bad roads
in this country Is shown to be of such
cnormous proportlons as to demand
lmmediato rcformation and the wisL
est and best statesmanship; but grcat
as is tihe loss to transportatlon, mer-
l.cantllo, industrlal, and farmlng lnter-
esis, lncompurnuiy greaier is ine iiia
terlal loss to tho women and children
and the social Hfe, a matter as 1m
portant as civllizatlon ltself. The
ijfuth o declaratlon of Charlcs
master and good roads,' is emphasized
by the oxperlcnce of tho intervenlng
years and polnts to tho wisdoni of a
inion of the educatlonal, commer
clal, transportatlon, and industrlal
,-interests of our country ln aggresslvo
action for perinanent good roads."
This presentatlon of facts is very
impressive as it poiuts out what bad
roads are costing tho Amerlcan peo
ple. We are incllnefl to look at the
immediato outlay which the construc
tlon of permanent highw.iys would
necessltatc and tell oarselves wo
cannot afford the outlay. Wo do not
look ahead to see the great savlng
whioh we would effect by .means of
good roads.
It is said that Hon. James A. Eni
erson plans to introduce at tho next
session of the New York Legislature
a bill approprlating tho sum of $1,
000,000 which shall be used for the
bulldlng of stretches of State road be
tween Mechanlcvllle and Round Lake,
the Adirondacks and thcir foothills.
The whole when completed will con
stitute a flne macadam automobile
trunk Hne, extending through a coun
try rare in scenic beauty. Senator
Emerson says there are only throe
prlnclpal stretches of road to be
bullt to completo this magnificent Ad
irondack highway. Coming from Al
bany the flrst such stretch encoun
tcred is that of about six miles be
tween Mechanlcvllle and Round Lake,
North of that there is another bad
stretch about eightecn miles between
Lake Georgo village and Chester
town. The principal amount of work
to be done under Senator Emerson's
plan is upon tho thlrd stretch of poor
road extending through thc moun
talns a distanco of sixty-four miles
from Schroon Lake to Ausable Forks.
At Ausablo Forks connection' would
be made with the flne State road ex
tending north to Mooers, wlthin a few
miles of the Canadlan llne.
It ought not to bo considercd lm
possible for Vermont to bulld a trunk
llno on each slde of thc Green Moun
talns, with three or four connectlng
llnks. Wo need such roads, and need
them now.
It Is to be hoped that our law
makers this fall will give very care
ful attentlon to tho subject of good
roads.
TIIE COUSTY T1CKET.
The Republican County Conventlon
nomlnated a strong tlcket on Satur
day In record time, the buslness belng
expedlted by the cholce of that Bkillful
and experlenced presldlng offlcer, Hon.
W. A. Lord, of this clty. There was
nothing but harmony in sight, the only
contest of tho day dcveloplng no bit
terriess. Probably no county in the State will
surpass Washington in the cholce of
Senators well quallfled to take an ac
tlve part In the work of legislatlon.
Mr. Gordon, of Barre, is a forccful
speaker and ranks among tho ablest
lawyers ln the State. Both Judge Ly
ford and Mr, Danlels bavo had legis
lative cxporienco that equlp them well
for tholr dutles and both arc strong
and forceful men.
Mr. Clapp of Barre, and Mr. Dale,
of Waterbury, as Asslstant Judges,
will perform tho dutles of their offlce
with dlgnity and with falthfulness. Mr.
Carver, the candidate for State'a At
torney is a young lawyer, of Barre,
who has won an excellent reputation
in that city and who brlngs to tho im
portaht dutles of his offico those qual
Itles that may be expected to mako n
capable and offlcient public servant.
Tho convcntlon dld no moro pralsc
worthy thlng than the renomlnation
of Sheriff Frank H. Tracy. Wlthout
lntendlng to. mako any invldlous com
parlsons, the Journal belloves hlm to
be, all things consldcred, tbe most ef
ficient Sheriff in Vermont, and tbe
county ought to keep hlm In the office
ns long as he ifr wllllng to servo In
that capnoifcy.
n tho Bhoi't tlmc that hc lias served
ns -Judfio of Probate, Frank J. Martin
mado n good rccord, nnd his rc-
nonllnntlon for a positlon )n whlcli
'chnngcs should bc niadc only at lang
intervals was well deservcd. The du-
11 ttli. tiI1Im l . . .
t Bhould becomo neccssary to
lllc, Mr. Batcheldcr, of Plainfield, niay
be expected to be equal to the emcr
gency. Por brcvlty of expression, couplcd
with comprehenslve breadth of party
doctrine tho platform is a model of
succirict statement. Altogcther lt wbb
a good day's work, well and qulckly
donc.
DISL'OSAL OF GUAMTE WASTE.
Thc Journal prlnts today an a
count of the dlfficulties which the
granite producers ind tho grm'.te
manufacturers are faclng in the dis-
posltion of the large amount oi
waste, or grout, whi'ih accumulates
very rapidly at the ouarries and at
the cutting sn'eds. Aa buslness in
crcases the problem naturally b
comes moro serious, and availabla
ln,wl f ,1,,,ni --- i,,
" .0
more remote and more expcnslvc,
ln many modcrn Industnos thc
question of proflt and loss depends in
no inconslderable degree upon the
utllzation of the by-products. It Is a
famillar remark ln the blg pork paok
ing establlshments that every iiart
of the hog is put to some useful pur
pose with the cxception of the squeal
How to reduce buslness wasto to a
mlnlmum Is the task of the modern
industrlal cxpert. Washington county
is the great center of tho high grado
granite buslness of America. There
!s an excellent demand for the stono
and buslness Is boomlng. Much mon
ey could be saved, however, and an
added Impetus glven to tho trade lf
some satisfactory method of handllng
tho waste could be devisi'd. As these
grcat plles of grout mount hlgher,
the co3t of dlsposal naturally in
creases. More land must, be purchaS'
ed, often at hlgh prlces, and tho n
croased dlstance It must be trans
ported ndds much to tho general ex
penses of operatlon.
Newspapers are not well quallfled
to solve this difficult problem, but
condltlons are economlcally wrong,
spoaking purely from a theore'lcal
point of view, when so much granite
has to be wasted, and it costs so much
to throw lt. away. Of courso the ele
ment of transportatlon is a'vital fac
tor. The grout cannot be sold for
much and if it is to be carried lonj;
distances the cost of shipment makes
such movement unprofltable. lc
secms reasonable that there should be
some way of using this waste granitfi
to a greater extent in tho buildi.g
of good roads. Vermont needs better
roads, hundreds of miles of them, and
the granite producers need to get rrl
of the grout. If there. is any pract!
cable way of using this waste iu the
bulldlng of trunk line highways it
ought to be worked out by those vi
tally intrusted.
Probably no people have been nnre
successful than the Americans J:i
solvlng difficult industrlal probiems
Some bright man, or men, ougnt to
bo able to devlse a method of using
this vast amount of waste granite for
some useful purpose in a manner that
will change this heavy item of luss
to the proflt column of the ledger
Such a solntion would be worJi many
thousands of dollars to tbe granite
lndustry .nd it ought to be worth
while for many capable men to give
thelr aitention to solvlng this lniport
ant industrlal problem.
HEAUTil'm'G THE RAILROADS
A resjnt artlcle in the Tolodo
Blade rosarding the beautlfytni; of a
New Kogland rai'road Is of p.ot
than j..&slng interest. -The ariiclc
says:
"In New iingiana .vhere else one
of the most efficient and businesslike
of railroads has planted about 1,500
rose bushes along a strip of its track
to test their value in abating tho dust
nulsance. This curious expcriment
is belng made on the Shore line of
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford syslpnt. a short dlstance south
or Frovjuence, Jl. 1. It nuts the lln
Jshing touch on the rock ballasting of
ine roau.
"The roso bushes are of the rambler
variety, qulck-growlng, hardy and
stout-rooted. The soll where they are
palntrd is sandy, and it Is hoped that
their roots will blnd the loosc carth
together, while their foliage shields
tne surraco of the ground from the
suction or tne trains rushing by.
"Incldentally, of coursc, ir the ex
periment works well, summcr plea
sure-sceKers and tourlsts will enjoy
uiu uuvei sensation or ridlng 011 a
rose-bordered railway. They will
1011 uieir iriends at homc, and the
rame or tne New York, New Haven
and Hartford llnes will Rnrp.nl fnr
and wlde.
"The roses will bo a 1ov to tim ovn
and a luro to the imaglnation. Trav-
oiers wno rlde on a rose-hedgcd rail
way will bo led to other parts of the
pamo system for vacatlon tours. They
will be glven a hlgh opinion bf its
progressiveness anu its regnrd for
tho flner phnsea of Hfe.
"For two or threo wceks tho roso
bordercd railway will be a show place
and all tho rest of tho year lt will be
talked about. Perhaps tho rambler
bushes will flourish so that other va
rloties will bo tried. The rugosa
roso has thicker and moro tioautlful
foliage. Its blossoms como from May
iiu uciooer anu its oig red or reddlsh
yellow false frult aro nearly as hand
somo In autumn as its flowers nre ln
Bummer. Moreover, it looks liko a
Biorined wlld rose. and honce especl
ally appropriato in hedging tho tracks
of a rallroad ln tbe onen countrv.
"It would be easy to mako Jest of
this rosy outcroppinf? of New England
culturo. Fancy mlght sport with tho
esineuc npuu oi rose-Eiiarded ralls
101 irumps maKing weary way over
the tles. It raight be asked whether
the appeal of the rallroad roses mllwe
of pos'ies for all the countryslde to en
joy, would softcn mral scntlment to-
ward the common-carrylng corpora
tions.
"But thc cxperlmcnt in Rhodo Is
land mcrlts a moro scrlous consldera
tlon. lt Is of a plece with the beauti-
fylng or rallroad statlon yards. It
harmonizes with the artlstlc ndorn
ment of rallroad depots. The growth
of Amerlcan civllizatlon in the direc-
tlpn of brauty ar.d chnr.n is shown In
the uee which has been made of the
1,500 rose bushes, evcn if the cxperl
ment shall provo a fallure.
"Gradually, In this land of Greek
sunshlne, more than half the year,
and Greek summer warmth and glow
and Eparklc ln thc alr, Americans nre
coming to have a Greek fceling for
beauty. They aro growlng, ns a peo
ple, toward art and grace and the flt
ness of things In tho esthrtlc sense.
"This change will gather headway
as It wldens and dcepens. Art builds
upon art, and beauty multlpllcs its
lovers where lt is made wclcome.
Amerlcan eagerncss in the pursult of
materlal galns has scarred tho hlll
sldes and valleys of half a contincnt.
Perhaps the next generatlon will set
ltself with increaslng dlllgence to
tho task of hldlng many of these
marks of war and conquost.
"Man liad to hew his way into na
turc's forcst fastnesses nnd lay rough
hands upon nature's Ilowery valleys
and glades to make room for hlmself
ln the New World. Now he Is more
Incllned than cver to cherlsh nature
as a benefactor rlch In glfts and guard
what he was oncc prone to destroy.
lt Is a change bearlng frult in many
ways, and nll for .the increaslng
wholesomencss and joy of Hfe."
To many readers this experiment
of bcautifylng a rallroad will bc of
interest and lt ought to arousc a more
widespread actlvity. in the beautlfy
ing of our highways and the grounds
about our homes. It Is always a do
llght to lake a railway journey or a
carrlage drvo when the frult trees
aro ln hlossom. The sight of a neat
and attractlvo rallroad statlon sur
rounded by a well kept lawn and
llowerheds Is a pleasure to the travel
er.
Culture is not a plant of rapld
growth. The ploneer must provide
flrst of all food and shelter and safety
for his famlly. As coramunltle3 be
como well established more opportu
nity is found for developing the
graces of Hfe. Fortunately We are
reaching a point ln America where
more thought is belng glven than ovjr
beforo to sai'sfylng the deslre for
things beautlful. What dn improve-
ment then it would be if flowers could
be cultlvated in' some degree along
our railroads, If more trees could be
planted along our lughways, lf more
attentlon could be giv.en, both ln city
and country, to the surrounding of
our homes with well kept lawns and
attractive flowers.
The hunger for the beautlful May
not be as Insistent as the hunger for
food, but it is just as natural. We pay
too little heed to the demand. With
small expense it might be easy to
make Vermont eve more beautlful
than Nature left it at creation. By
a little forethought and cooperation
n the planting of shrubs and flTVors
we might add to our own pleasure
and to the dellght of travelers.
Every attempt to make the woild
more beautlful is a step upward in
the march of civllizatlon and deserve3
the hearty encouragement of all who
would aid in establishlng blgher
standards of reflnement than those of
a purely commercial age.
A CENTURY OF PEACE.
The greater part of. our hlstorlcal
centennial celebrations ln America
have been held to observe the anni
versaries of battles, but in 1914 lt Is
proposed to celebrate tho completion
of a century of peace with Great Brlt-
aln, the Treaty of Ghent, which for
mally termlnated thc War of 1S12,
having been slgned Dec. 24, 1814. 0v
ing to the lack of swift communica
tlon at that time, however, the battlo
bf New Orleans, in which General
Jackson admlnistered a declsive de
feat to the Brltlsh was fought Jan.
8, 1815, after the treaty above men-
tioncd had been concluded.
Although relatlons have been se
verely strained at tlmes, notably so
at the tlme of the seizure of the Con-
fedorate envoys, Mason and SHdell,
at the tlme tho Confcderate prlvateer
Alabama was constructcd ln an Eng-
lish shlpyard, and over the Venezuela
episode during tho second Cleveland
administration, yet no open hostili
tles have occurred between tbe two
natlons for almost a hundred years.
It Is difficult to imaglne any situa
tlon that ever agaln will call for an
armed conlllct between the two great
Engllsh speaklng natlons. Such r.
war would be a monstrous crlme un
der almost any concelvablo clrcum
stanccB and a centennial celebratlon of
peace would tend etlll further to
strengthen the tles of lnternatlotyil
frlendshlp.
In dlscusslng tho approachlng an
nlversary the .Boston Transcrlpt
says:
"Tho most remarkablo rcsult fol
lowlng tho concluslon of peace in f814
was tho provision for the dlsarma
mcnt of tho Canadlan frontler which
for tho century, preclsely because
unguardod, has been tho safest fron
tler Iu tho world."
It then quotes ns follows from nd-
vanco pages of Raymond L. Brldg
mnn's forthcomlng "Flrst Book of
World Law:"
"Tho great preceaent for dlsanna
mcnt Is the agreement of 1817 be
tween the Unlted States and Great
Biitain not to arm ou tho Grcat
Lakcs. James Morton Callahan,
wrltlng ln tho Johns Hopklns sories,
says: 'Tho flrst suggestlon of the
ldea of making the lake reglon neti
tral Kppeais to have orlglnated dur
ing the ndmlnlstratlon ot President
Washington ,and with tho President
hlmself, as a meaiiB of preservlng the
peaco at home.' On May C, 1794, Ed
jnund Randolph, Sccretary of State,
wroto to John Jay, Ministcr to, Grcat
Brltaln, that lt would be well to con
slder whothor In tlme of peaco no
troops should be kept wlthln a IJm
Ited dlstance ot the lakes."
The Transcrlpt contlnues:
"Aiter tho oecond war betwen tbo
RAILROADJTRIKE ON
(Contlnued from pago 1.)
to appolnt a board of arbitration un
der tho Mulock act. This act preccd
ed the Lemleux act, under which sat
the bonrd of conclllation whose award
the men'rcfused to accept although
it was slgned by their representative
on the board. The 'Mulock act does'
not, however, go as far as the Lem
leux act, lnasmuch as it lmposes no
penaltles Whatever but simply pro
vldes for an Inquiry to be made into
the matters at issue, provision belng
made for the appointment of an arbl-
trator should one of the partles re
fuso to name one. The Grand Trunk
made appllcatlon to thc minister of
labor for the appointment of a board
of arbitration under this act but the
minister considcring the referenco un
der the Lemleux act sufflclent. Under
the Mulock a munlclpallty affected
may make appllcatlon for the ap
pointment of arbitrators and the in
tentlon Is to make the clty councll,
lf possible repeal the demand which
tho minister of labor has already re
fused in the appllcatlon of the rail
way company. The report of a sec
ond board of arbitration could not
nffect the company's positlon and
might strengthen lt.
Tho only passensc; trains sched
uled to leave Bomiventure depot aft
er the strlke otder went into effect,
the Toronto express and a local pull
ed out without any dclay due to the
strlke. The express was manned by
a crew of Frcnch Canadlans, old em
ploye.s of the company, not members
of tho Brotherhood. A number of
strlkers watchcd lts departure but
there was no dotnonBtration of any
kind.
United States and Great Britain, tho
record says that Lord Castlereagh
wanted to prevont a contest for na
val ascendancy. He proposed free
commercial navigatlon of thc lakes,
lf Jthe lUnted Stfttves Govenimo(iit
would not ipreserve or construct any
fortiflcatlons wlthln a Hmltcd dlstance
of the shores, or maintaln or con
struct any armed vessel in the course
of the rlverB emptying into them.
The flrst definlte proposal to dlsarm
came from Albert Gallatln, Sept. C,
1814. For several years tbe proposl
tlon was pendlng. Each of the com
batants ln the war just closcd was
suspiclous of the other ,and It seemed
at times as if the project was wholly
chimercial. Yet each natlon saw its
seir-lnterest, and on April 28, 1S17, a
flnal agreement was reached between
Charles Bagot, the Ministcr of Great
Britain to the Unlted States, and
Richard Rush, the Secretary of State
of thc United States. The agreement
made by these two men was as fol
lows:
"1. The navai torces henceforth to
be maintalned upon the Great Lakes
shall be conflned to the followlng ves
sels on each slde:
"2. On Lake Ontario one vessel, not
to exceed one hundred tons burden
carrying not more than twenty men
and one 18-nound cannon.
"3. On the Upper lakes two vessels
of thc same burden and armed In a
Hke way.
"4. On Lake Champlain ono ves
sel of like slze and armament.
"5. All other armed vessels to be
at onco dismantled ,and no other ves
sel of war shall be bullt or armed
along the St. Lawrence River or the
Great Lakes.
"Both sides kept this agreement in
cood faith. and the dismantllng of
the war vessels followed promptly al
ter tho agiment was reached. Suc
cess may be attained ln other cases If
it could be in this. Here the the two
nationw had just been at war with
each other. Susniclon would have
been plauslble. Very naturally each
sfde might have falled to carry out
its acreement on the grounu tnat
tho other could not be trusted. If the
nesslmlstlc view of the conduct of
nations to each other under such clr
cumstances is the sound one, then
any disarmament is hopeless, no mat
ter what agreements are reacneci.
But the accomnllshed fact provcd
that natlons will act honorably under
such condltlons and that it is safe to
rlv unon the natlonal honor. If
Great Britain and the Unlted States
could trust each other and dlsarm
under those condltlons, other natlons
certainlv. when they have not been at
war for a long tlme, can follow the
precedent. In 1812 the United States
had forty-six forts along Its Canadi
an frontler and Canada had about as
many. Each natlon had a conslder
ahle naval armament on thc lakcs,
The fores were destroyed. The sh'.ps
were dismantled, and nelther fort nor
warshlp has ever been bullt slnce to
vex the frontler on elther slde and
the ncace has been kept absolutely
The rights of the two nations have
been nreserved. Nelther has sunereu
the sllghtest encroachmcnt upon its
natlonal honor, and nn example has
been set to all the world. It Is a
reasonable predlctlon thnt that ex
amplo will yet be abundantly frultful
ln the relatlons ot tne nauons to eacn
other."
These facta are lnt.'rcstlng on
broad general prlnclples and more
pnrtlcularly because Lake Champlain
formed a part of the lnternatlonal wa
ters lncluded ln these iiegotlations.
In 1914 will occur the centenary of
the Battlo of Plattsburc tho last of
tho many battles fought on and about
Lake Champlain.
The argument In favor of dlsarma
nieiit is a powcrful one, and lt ls to
bo hoped that long beforo another
century has elapsed the great na
tlons of the carth will have dlsband
ed thelr nrmles nnd navles with the
exceptlon of small forces for pollce
protcctlon, nnd will havo adopted the.
great prlnclples of arbitration for
the settlement of all lnternatlonal
quarrels.
Y. M. C. A. EDUCATIO.VAL WOUK.
Tho rc'Hglous nnd tho athletlo
work ot tho Young Men's Chrlstlan
Associatlon are well known but the
educatlonal work conductcd by that
organlzatlon is not ns famillar to the
general public as lt should bc. An
exchango has this to relatc of it:
"Last summer a young Swiss ar
rived ln St. Louls with only nbout
enougH money to carry hlm to his
dostlnatibn, which was Kansaa Clty.
When ho left tie steamer at New
Yorlc he was handed a letter from
his unclo ln Kansas Clty saylng the
famlly nad gone away for a tlme. Thc
letter was brlcf and unsatisfactory,
and lt troubled hlm greatly. His
tlcket, which had been purchased inl
Europe, was only to St. Louis, and he
mentloned this fact to the man ,he met
at tho train. The man thought the
sltuation over, and said:
"'111 tell you what to do. When
you get to St. Louls you go up to
the North Sldo Branch of the Y. M.
C. A. They speak German up there,
and maybe tttey can get you a Job
1111 your unclo comes back.'
"The young man spoke German and
French, but not a word of Engllsh,
and IiIb case looked rather hopeless.
It so happcned that only a few days
before his arrlval ln the clty a manu-
facturer had told tho secretary of
the North Sldo Branch to be on the
lookout for a capable younc man
who could speak German and French.
Before evening the youth from the
mountalns of Swltzerland had been
set to work, and had secured a board
Ing place In a German famlly. After
somo threo months his uncle wrote
for hlm and he went to Kansas Clty:
but his positlon was held open for
hlm and he found nothing that suited
him so well even with his uncle's
influence to help hlm. Then a prom-
ise or a sunstantiai "raiso" settled
the matter, and he came back to St.
Louls.
"There ,was a youth who held a po
sitlon just above that of offlce boy,
His edUcatlon was Hmltcd and he felt
hlmself unable to command moro than
the meagro salary he was recelving
Tho secretary of the Y. M. C. A.
with whom he came into personal
contact ,urged hlm to enter the nlght
school and prcpare nlmself for some'
thlng better. At once his ambitlon
"was fired, and in a little over a year
ho had a far more congenial place
at doublo his former salary. Two of
bCs frlends, who took nlght coursfs
in telcgraphy and typewrltlng, hav(
secured good rail'oad posltions w'th-
in tho past month.
"The classes In mechanlcal draw
ing aro araong the most popular in the
Y. m. u. A. nlght school. leadlng th
way to excellent sltuations for a great
number of enrnest young mpn One
of these was a bundle wraun-f In one
of the dcpartment Btces and it was
utterly impossible for hlm to give up
carning money long enough to flt
nimseir ror more 'emuntratro em
ployment. Three years a&o he beni
for the flrst tlne oer a drawirg
board and today he Is employed In o.ie
of the largest contracting flrm-t ln
the clty at an excellent sala-y and
has added to his lnqome by deslgnlng
and erecting a number of buildlngs
as a prlvate enterprise. One of his
classmates ln the nlght school was a
young forto Rlcan who Knew prac-
tically no Engllsh. He wanted to be
an archltect, and there was no school
he could enter, because of his need
for personal instruction in both
draughtsmanship and Engllsh. He
was told that the Young Men's Ch-ls-ian
Associatlon had the right sort of
school for such a case as his. eo he
was enrolled as a student, and he
proved a most dillgent one. He novv
speaks the language with scarcolv a
trace of foreign accent, and ls em
ployed as a draughtsman ln one of
the blg archltectural offices. A third
member of this class was a boy who
had just graduated from high school
His parents had kept hlm In school
by dint of much economy and person
al sacrlflce, and it was necessary for
him to go to work immediately. His
flrst positlon was in a large manu
facturing plant, where the servlces of
a draughtsman were constantly re
qulred. The boy saw a chance to
step into a paying positlon as soon as
ho could flll It, for the man who dld
the deslgnlng was overworked aml
would need help ln a little while. Ho
had a talk with the manager and wa3
told to enter the nlght school ut
once. As soon as he had mastered the
rudiments of his craft he was given
supplementary instruction by the
draughtsman. who was a member of
the flrm, and today he is doing all
the draughting for a great manufac
turlng plant and is earning a man's
salary, although he is barely past the
voting age."
Of course Montpelier cannot do the
work that Is done in the large citles,
but there is a good fleld for a nlght
Y. M. C. A. school here the coming
fall and winter. As is well known
there are, many Italians, Spanlards,
and other foreJgners, who Jlve in
this city nnd vicinity, who have had
little opportunity to learn to read
Engllsh, or to acquiro other Jmport
ant ,'educational subjects. lt ought
to be possible in this way to help a
goodly number of foreign born resi
dents to become better and more in
telligent citlzens. For a modest fee
it ought to be possible to provide
classes that shall meet on certain
evenings each week for instruction
in some of the rudlmentary branches
of Btudy.
It ls undcrstood that some persons
have generously voluntoered to teach
such classes and it is noped tbat the
work may become the success lt de
scrves to be. The experiment is well
worth trylng.
General regret will be felt through
out the Stato at tho declslon of Hon.
Joseph A. Delloer not to permlt the
use of his namo as a candidate for
Clty Representative at tho next elec-
tlon. Had he been wllllng to accept
a reclectlon lt Is probable that ho
would have been. chosen Speaker of
tho House with little or no opposi
tlon if ho had been wllllng to take
tho offlce. Sinco his name was flrst
suggosted for tho positlon several
months ago tho Journal ha3 known
that .Mr. DeBoer was very reluctant
to staud for reclectlon. If he had
decldcd to be a candldato this paper
would have been dellghted to urgo
hlm for tho Speakershlp, bellevlng
that ho would havo been nn Ideal
man for that difficult and responsiblo
offlce. Vermont needs tho DeBoer
type of mnn in public servlce and lt
Ir to be hoped that later ho may bo
able to serve thc State in somo capac-
Ity whero his talcnts will bo of ben-
eflt to his fellow citlzens ot this good
ly commonwealth.
The, urusHue uiat js belng made by
Mayor Gaynor, of New York, agalnst
short wcightB and measureB is at
tracttng widespread attentlon and
will ald in extending this needed re
forru to other cities and StatiB.
Tbe man who owns a good automo
bile feelB qulto independent In theso
days of rallroad etrikes.
PRESS COMMENT
Wliut thc Ncnspapcrs of Vermont
jjud Ollier States Arc Snylng
About Toplcs of Interest o
Journal Kcndcrs.
THE CAMPAIGN.
(St. Albans Messenger).
The question ls, how much of a
scntlment ln the Republican party of
Vermont tho St. Johnsbury Caledon
lan represents when It rcfuscs to
A. Mcad for the Governorship. That
there Is some dlsaffectlon In U10
ranks Is plaln enough, That thero
are some Republlcans that will not
voto for thc head of the tlcket at tho
polls ln Septcmber is plaln enough.
Some of these men comc out boldly
and say bo. Others smlle and say
nothing, which Is oftcn more slgnlfl
cant. And still others openly avow
thelr Iutentlon to voto for the Domo
cratlc candidate, wlthout any equlv
ocatton whatever.
The campaign has not opened yet.
Thero ls somethlng to he looked for
and confldently expected.
(Morriavillo News and Citlzeri).
One thlng ls certain andthat Is the
Republlcans of Vermont flght thelr
battles with each other before the
nomlnations are made. When that is
done all llne up as they should foi
the success of the tlcket thc majorlty
has placed in nomlnatlon. There Is
unanmlty all around and the tlcket
gets a good niojorlty ln Septcmber.
That Is the reason Vermont Is "rock
ribbed Republlcans. As with tho
rank and file of tho party, so with
the press. The papors may not a
gree before the conventlon as to who'
aro the best men for office, 'but after
it is decldcd In conventlon the result
to accept and tho tlcket gets the
unlted support of the press.
C. D. WATSON'S NOMINATION
(Rutland Nc'vs.)
Vermont Democrats In State con
ventlon af 3t. Albans have nomlnated
decidedly strong men for Governor
and LioU,tenant Govtrnor respective
ly in Charles D. Watson of St. Al
bans and Harland B. Howe of St.
Johnsbury. (?) Both of these men
were real leaders' in the last Vermont
General Assembly although members
of the microscoplc minority. Fortu-
nato is the polltical party of whatever
name ln Vermont or elsewhero that
has men of the callbre of Watson and
Howe. Both are actually good enough
to be Republlcans.
(Boston Globe.)
Half a century ago this very month,
when Stephen A. Douglas was at
the summit of his career a son was
born to the famlly of Edward T. Wat
son or St. Albans, Vermont. His fath
er, a most uncompromislng Democrat,
named the boy Charles Douglas Wat
son, as a trlbute to the great Illinols
leader. Yesterday, in the city of his
jbirth, the Democrats of Vermont, by
Ia unanimous vote, named Charles
Douglas Watson as a candidate for
Governor. Mr. WTatson, true to the
famlly tradltlon, has always been a
Democrat, but is liberal and progres
slve, and when the ballots are count
ed this fall there is reason to believe
that he will have a larger vote than
any Democratic candldato for Gov
ernor of Vermont has received in a
generatlon.
Mr. Watson Is a graduate .of Boston
Unlverslty Law School and but for
the fact that he ls a Democrat would
now be on the Vermont bench. Two
years ago his native clty, although
strongly Republican sent hlm to rep
resent it in the Legislature. While
he was there the judges of the Su
perlor Court, ln accordance with the
practice in the Green Mountain
State, wero elected. Mr. Watson
came wlthin a few votes of winnlng
a place on tho bench, and throughout
the session was regarded as a leader
in matters. not partisan.
It is of course lmprobable that
Vermont will elect a Democratic Gov
ernor this year or for a great many
years, but there is no doubt that lt
would beneflt and broaden the State
to get out of its deep dyed-in-the-wool
Ropubllcan rut. If Vermont wants to
take the flrst step In this dlrectlon
this fall, the independent voters and
thc Republlcans who do not allow tho
party collar to chafo their necks
should Bupport Mr. Watson
(Springfield Republican.)
The Vermont Democrats can thlnk
right lf not ln Inrge numbers. Thelr
Stato platform, with Its chief planks
of reclproclty with Canada, ratiflca
tlon of tho Incomo tax amendment
and ropeal of tho federal corporation
income tax, could not well bo bet
tred. PROL'RIETARY ME1WINES PRE
SCIUHED RY DOCTOKS.
Examlnatlon of tho formalury de
partmonts of leadlng drug storcs
throughout tho country has proved
that a very large perccntage of the
prescrlptlons flllcd for doctors are
for proprletary medlclnes.
This Is because iho averase doctor
of today Is unablo to devlse prosevlp
tlons cqually as effacaclous.
Suchi Btandaru remedies as L,yuia
E. Plnkham's Vcgetablo Compound
nre prescribcd over and ovr agaln
by falr-mlnded physlclans throushout
the country. Adv.
iWnmnn lnvna n rlpnr. rOSV COnl-
plexlon. Burdock Blood Bitters puri
flcs tho blood, clenrs tho skln, re
stores ruddy, sound health. adv.
rn, V nhihliii. en crnrwl fcV a SOro
throal ub Dr. Thoraas' Eclectrlc OI1.
Pnrp lt in a few hours. Relleves any
pain in any part. adv.
Your breakfast tale Is not com
plete without the Morning JournnL
8G0 11 month. J