Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-09-03

ana members Of the house who are
connected with the committees which
arranged for the iunketing trips OF the
legislature TO New York and Phiiadel-
phia on the occasions OF the unveilinR
Of the Grant and Washington monu-
ments had q meeting on a bench In
Capitol park. They wanted room for
a free expression of their views re-
garding the governors veto of these
expense bills What they said about
those vetoes would not look well IN
print. Owing 20 the imp0rtunate de-
mands Of the caterer, who furnished
over $4,000 worth Of liquid refreshmente
and others who provided for the com
fort OF the solons the committee mem
bers decided 20 address a communica-
uon TO each person who participated In
these 1unkets TO make a voluntary con-
tIibution toward the liquidation OF the
bills It Is not expected that the re-
sponses Will be either prompt or large
Meanwhile the anxious caterer who
furnished the liquids threatens to get
his money through legal process.
Harrisburg was visited last week
by thousands Of granRers from all
parts Of Pennsylvania. They came to
attend the big picnic at Williams
Grove. where for 20 years or more the
farmers their wives and sweethearts,
have been wont 70 gather This ex-
position for such It is called, brings
from far and near thousands who are
not farmers. but who make use Of the
opportunity 20 introduce to the notice
Of the tlllers Of the soil their new
tangled farming implements and prize
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incidentally, gold bricks There have
been as many as 1000 people at this
picnic In one day, but the attendance
was not so large this year as hereto
fore owing 20 the sudden rise of wheat
and the anxiety OF the farmer to get
his cereals to the market
Governor Hastings is spending the
summer at his home in Beilefonte, and
only comes 70 Harrisburg a day or two
each week to transact such official
business as requires his attention
Under a recent act of assembly he is
empowered to appoint a state board
OF dental examiners and also a super
intendent of the new bureau Of mines
and mining These appointments will
be announced in the near future.
The New Cheese Law.
The new cheese law passed by the
late Legislature went into effect last
week. 1t requires the name and man
ufacturer OF the cheese to be branded
or stenciled upon both the box and
cheese. Some wholesale dealers object
to this provision because It gives retail
ers all the information that is neces-
ssry to deal directly with the manu-
facturers. The object of the provision
is to protect the purchaser and prevent
imposition by unscrupulous manufac-
tureTs. Under the old system the milk
producer and the cheese manufacturer
could skim the milk and make butter.
turning the remainder into cheese and
selling It In the market as fun cream"
cheese The present law does not for
bid skimming, but 1t compels the man-
ufacturer to sell the SKINNED cheese
for just what IT is The department
Of agriculture will strictly enforce the
law.
Arrangements are being made at the
attorney generals department to test
the constitutionality Of the direct in
heritence tax law. 1t is the purpose Of
the department to object to the report
of some auditor for an estate who has
failed to allow this tax, and then ap-
peal to the higher court In order to
get decision as soon as possible. At
torney General Mccormick and others
believe that the law will stand.
Two important acts passed by the
last legislature have already been de-
Clared unconstitutional--the alien tax
law and the direct inheritance tax law.
Should these opinions be sustained by
the higher courts those who favor a
legislative commission TO revise and re-
port on all important measures intro
duced In the legislature viii have a
strong argument in the futgre Any
one who has had experience in the
legislature cannot fail to have been
impressed with the carelessness and
inaccuracy which characterize the
preparation Of bills At the state de-
partment much could be told of the
bungline work Of the legislature.
Pennsylvania's Big Wheat Crop.
Colonel Thomas J. Edge the state
secretary Of agriculture. says the area
devoted to wheat IN Pennsylvania this
year is from 1.275,0O0 to 1880 000 acres
and he conservativeIy estimates the
yield Of wheat at 20 600, 600 bushels. He
says the advance in price came at a
time when very little wheat had been
sold by the farmer, so that he gets
the benefits Of the big jump in values
With the present figures as a basis
he says, the net gain In values to the
farmers OF Pennsylvania by reason OF
the great advance in the price Of wheat
is simply enormous. He thinks the ef-
feet VIII be felt in all channels OF trade
for long time to come.
Senator e. II. Hardenbergh having
been set aside as candidate for au-
ditor general this year by the Republi-
can state convention. II is understood
that he will bob up serenely as the can
didate Of the party for secretary of in
terna affairs a year hence. Harden
bergh hasn't much faith In postponed
political promises. but the belief Is en-
tertained IN Republican circles that he
win be given a place on the ticket next
year He was endorsed for the nomina-
tion for auditor general by the labor
organizations. and they will insist that
he be recognized.
John O. Stewart. deputy state super
intendent Of public instruction, has de-
cided In n case submitted by the Nc
keesport school board that the law
makes no provision for the election OF
a vice president in cities OF the third
class, but Il gives 10 school directors
fun authority TO appoint a president
pro TEN, in the absence Of the regu-
larly elected president His signature
and acts are just as binding upon the
district as the official acts Of the presi-
dent himself.
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