The New England magazine . Representative D. J. Foster, of the first district, Vermont, who is talked of for Governor of complaints makes it impossible for theroads to stifle complaint by controllingpublic attorneys, which is the too commonpractice in some other States not a thousandmiles from Vermont. The members of the Vermont RailroadCommission are John W. Redmond, ofNewport, chairman; Eli H. Porter, of Wil-mington, and S. Hollister Jackson, of Barre—all good men, of sound common sense andsome special fitness for their work, and in themselves a guarantee that the new rulewill amply protect
The New England magazine . Representative D. J. Foster, of the first district, Vermont, who is talked of for Governor of complaints makes it impossible for theroads to stifle complaint by controllingpublic attorneys, which is the too commonpractice in some other States not a thousandmiles from Vermont. The members of the Vermont RailroadCommission are John W. Redmond, ofNewport, chairman; Eli H. Porter, of Wil-mington, and S. Hollister Jackson, of Barre—all good men, of sound common sense andsome special fitness for their work, and in themselves a guarantee that the new rulewill amply protect the rights of the public,—whether passengers, shippers, or investors,—without doing injustice to the non-resi-dent capitalists who own and manage theStates public highways. It is worthy of note that Vermont, theState that first led the way out of chattelslavery, now leads the way out of the newerand hardly less galling politico-industrialslavery that has been laid upon all the 12 NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE. University Place, showing Billings Library and Williams Science Hall in middle of the line States by the private owners of the publichighways of trade and travel. Hats off toVermont! Progress That Represents SoundThought Governor Proctors program of progres-sive legislation last fall embraced, besidesrailway regulation and pure-food laws liningthe State up with the ideals of PresidentRoosevelt, the creation of a large permanentpublic-school fund, and the regeneration ofthe States dirt highways. It included aplan for higher taxation of corporations, theauthorization of a nursery for forest seed-lings at the State Agricultural College (witha view to guiding the reforestation of wastelands in the State), the improvement ofsuperintendence of public schools, and awide range of other beneficent all of them were written into law. In alluding to these measures and othersof like character as forming the Governorsprogram, I do not mean to indicate thatGovernor Proctor dra
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