The Portland daily press., 1899-03-03

ing for sale or selling stuffs containine
ingredients not In the description, shall
be liable to fine.
q Tabor of Portland, also spoke In fsvo'
Of the repeal of the Law of 1897. He said
he had never seen any sienS u dduitsra.
lions in cotton seed meaL lois some
ames darker than at others. but this II
not an evidence of aduiteration. Mr..
Kensell knew Of only one manufactures
who complies wtsh the law. They won't
attach the tags and when the product
comes here, we cannot do 50, said MT.
Tabor. The law does no good and In
creases the price OF the feeding stuffs.
Mr.. Herbert o. Phillips Of the Norton,
Chapman company, made especial refer
ence TO the tax Of ten cents ton. Inc
law hasn't improved the quality OF the
feeds Composition docs that.
Messrs. Eugene Nicksrson Of the Paris
FIGURING company, 8 A. True, Fred d.
King and Theodore Josselyn Of Portland
and Geo. Martin of Augusta, all favored
the repeal Of the law. Hon. A. M. Spear
soted as counsel for the remonstrants.
Mr.. Spear maintained that the value OF
the analysis called for under the present
law has been demonstrated. All These
lava cost money and their operation 10
atssndsd BY annoyance but the public
COED oftse4s that.
Several members of the board OF agri-
culture opposed the repeal of the law
The committee also heard an argument
by senator Hurd In support of the grant,
ing an appropriation in addition to the
state stipend to the North Berwick Agri-
cultural socisty. The committee also took
nm the resolve In favor of the York
County Agricultural society. Mr.. Booth
nv Of Saco favored the granting OF 500
annually. The bearing Of course brought
ont refspences to the old freedom of man
areusnt of the fair which lead to the
working Of fiim-fam games and the
presence Of young women skilled in the
dances of the Orient. 1t was this con-
dition of things which lead to the with
holding of the state stipend some time
ago. Mr.. Boothby said that for fifty
years tho York county fairs had been
bsld. Others had come and gone, but the
old society had kept right on receiving
the support of the farmer and business
men of the York county. They had paid
every man his premium and paid eSsry
bial. dollar for dollar. no matter whether
IL YVES . season of prosperity or adversely
In 1896, we were informed by the score
tary of the board of agriculture, said Mr.
Boothby, that We should not receive the
annual state stipend on account of irresu-
laritfss on the grounds. In 1897, not
enough money was taken to pay the bills
and 5000 IVES raised TO square up. But
even that year We were barred from re-
csivlng CUR sttpend though We did, after
. whsle, Eecsivs thai for 1896. AT the fair
lasp ysaR, which was clean one, We
raised the psice-of admission and had q
sman attendance. There was no money
10 pay the premiums, and that shut US
of from the stipends. So in this
emergency we come to the legislature. II
the resolve does not pass 1t is death to tn
society.
Rspresentuttye Desring of saco and J.
II. Deesine of the same city, also favored
the eesoave Secretary b W. McKeen Of
the bosrd Of agriculture opposed It. He
said he was in position which made
his task anything but a pleasant one. The
sfIecs Of the passage Of the resolve would
b. 10 take from the other societies for the
henefit Of this one. Mr.. McKeen said he
had NOT Disseminated against the society.
H told the committee that at the last
fNar most Of the cattle came from outside
Of the state
Nh. Light, q member of the board of
agriculture said the passage of the resolve
would establish bad prescedent and
other societies in distress might apply for
help. He could not feel like favoring the
resolve in it's present form.
Mr.. Winslow OF the board and Mr..
Hunt of the Kennebeo Agricultural
society also opposed the resolve.
OCEAN PARK.
The Ocean Park divorce case is unique
In the history of town fights for the
Ocean Park petitioners come from all
parts Of the state. Ocean Park is a part
Of Old Orchard controlled by the Free
ISaptA6e5. Az 40 Oii sAAoe PcAeoh VI uho
beach far removed from the long pier and
the giddy scenes of that locality. The
Ocean Park people feel that they have
been Disseminated against in favor Of
the worldly portion of the Old Orchard
community and they want to be made a
part of Saoo. q quiet city which they
think would treat them better than has
oil Orchard. DR.. Cheney. ex-president of
Bates college. is at the head of the Ocean
Park case snd the Free Baptists all over
Maine have been signing petitions in
favor OF the change. A. n. Goddard,
ESQ.,, OF Augusta, represents the petition
ers and B. ". Hovey, ESQ.,, the town of
Old Orchard and the permanent residents
at Ocean Park. who are satisfied to stay
where they ara. Some times q town fight
10 interesting. This one was not, 1t
lasted all day. Mr.. Goddard, in his open
ing, sized up the case of the petitioners
when he said: "There la no bond of