The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-02-10

pass examinations and he licensed by
state boards before being quallhed 10
work at the professions or traues'
Within the past few months steps 10
procure similar state boards have been
taken by the aucti0neers, butchers'
electrical workers and others. NOW
we are informed comes the members
of an Iona county grange with resolu-
tons asking for the creation OF state
Loard TO examine and license farm Ia
borers. The "whereases" OF these res
olutions set up that nearly all trades
and occupations are protected by ex-
aiming boards. and that the farmer
has no protection from unskilled labor
i'm the field and among the stock. AS
previously intimated il has not yet
been definitely ascertained just how
much seriousness there is To this latest
demand. II may possibly be sly
method adopted by these lonia county
farmers TO call attention to the grow
ing tendency to create these boards
and commissions. 1t should be sald IN
this connection that many of these eN-
amining boards are self supporting,
some of them turning a balance INTO
the general fund of the state after pay
Ing all their expenses, the license ana
examination fees collected providing
for all these things. so that the eX-
penses Of these boards do not figure
i'm the state tax levy. In the last
ANALYSIS. of course, the money all
comes out of the pocket of the cltl-
zen.
Better Treatment for Shippers.
Under the leadership Of the Manu-
facturers and JObbers' club of Lansing.
the manufacturers and shippers of
Michigan are lining mp i'm support Of
bill designed 10 secure to shippers bet
ter treatment at the hands of the rail
road companies. Under present condi-
tons the railroads get altogether the
best end Of the deal. both coming and
going The bill prepared by commit
tee appointed by the Lansing OrganiZa-
ton provides that within forty-eight
hours after receiving application from
shipper. the company must furnish
said shipper with the desired car or
cars. or pay fine of 81 for every
day il is delinquent The shipper, on
the other hand. is required to load the
ear within forty -eiGht-hours or pay a
similar penalty. Another provision Of
the bill is that the company must
within forty-eight hours after loading
switch the car and get it on the first
fifty miles of its journey and there
after transfer It at least fifty miles
every twenty four hours. or pay q
penalty Of S. for each days delay in
transit The present allowance Of the
Michigan Car Service association is
forty-eight hours for unloading car,
but the proposed law extends this time
to seventy-two hours and requires the
company to make greater allowance If
the weather is such that the goods
cannot be unl0adcd without damage.
PROMPT Settlcmcnt OF Claims.
The bill Furthermore seeks TO regu-
/ late s-'-'' i,fn" charcee ana t. provide
for the plonpt settlement OF claims
against railroad companies for dam
! eyed goods An instance of alleged
unjust practices ut present INDUCED in
| by the railroads i'm the matter of
! demurrage charges is related by a
! Lansing manufacturer who recently re-
! ceived n shipment of extra long tim
! bers from the south. These timhers
were necessarily loaded through the
/ end doors of the two ears and could be
J removed only through such doors. In
placing the cars on the siding the
company placed the ears with the ends
containing the doors together. 1t was
of course. impossible to unload the cars
while they were i'm this situation. and
the car service association undertook
to charge the shipper for four days
demurrage for failure to unload. The
car service association is distinct from
! the railroad companies under the pres
ent arrangement, so that the shipper
gets no satisfa ction when he appeals
to the companies for relief in cases
Of this nature.
To Develop Dairy Industry.
Dairy and Food Commissioner Bird
is about ready to enter upon a cam
| DHlGn LOT tue enrichment VI III " w hiN 4
will go a long way toward developing
the dairy industry in this state. Mr.
Bird spent several days recently il
consultation with the dairy commits
sionerS Of the state Of Wisconsin anC
Minnesota where the industry is de
velopinc TO far greater extent thar
III Michigan. His plans include no
only the DEVELOPMENT Of the industry
but the production of milk and otho'
products Of the dairy under bette
sanitary conditions than have thus ia
obtained. Thus far Michigan has con
fined it's activity in this direction t.
the analysis Of milk for the purpos'
Of detecting water and personalities
Commissioner Bird was greatly i'm
pressed with the additional test ap
piled i'm Wisconsin for the purpose o
establishing the cleanliness and prop
or handling Of milk. lie consider
this Of greater and far more vital i'm
portance than the detection of adulter