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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-08-19
WEATHER INDICATIONS

NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 1905.-E Eors-
cast for the thilty-aix hours ending p,
NJ. Sunday and warmer to-das s
cloudy, probably with showers to-nor-
row; variable.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-08-19

Jersey City. 8; Toronto, I.
Newark. 6; Rochester, 4
Montreal, 2: Providence, O.
Baltimore. Z Buffalo. ) first gameD.
Buffalo, 7; Baltimore, O {second gamIe)
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-07
The Missouri Idea.

In his speech at the annual reunion
of Missourians at New York last week,
Gov. Folk defined the Missouri idea, "
which the Boston Herald declares was
not born in Missouri, as the enforce
ment of law; and if the law be bad,
the remedy is to repeal, not TO ignore
it. He added:
Disregard of one law breeds disre-
spect for all laws. In allowing some
laws to go unenforced we reap har-
vest in having all laws broken. The
law may not be to ones liking, but the
answer, it is the law should be sufii
cient for the law-abiding. so 1t
should be that all men, good and bad,
be compelled to keep all law, good and
bad, because it is the law
A phase of patriotism too generally
unrecognized was pointed out as
need of a free country; the lack or
neglect of which is responsible for
many Of the evils suffered by the peo-
pie of this country to-day. This need
was thus described:
There are many who thrill with pa
triotic fervor at the thought of going
to war and risking their lives for their
country, but forget to vote on election
day The patriotism of peace is just
as necessary as the patriotism of war.
The patriotism of the ballot is even
more necessary in free country than
the patriotism of the bullet. Plenty of
men will die for their country, but the
man who will live for his city and state
every day is the man good government
needs Good citizens may
make good laws, but no law can make
good citizens. When the people grow
AK in the discharge Of their civic OBJ
igations the government grows cor
'upt and the very fountains of nation
II life are poisoned, justice is thwart-
ID and iniquity is enthroned.
This is good, sound common sense. |
originating in Missouri, Cali
ornia or Vermont, or in the Sandwich |
it is the right idea
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-07
A Disinterested View.

The Montpelier Journal, under the
heading That Saloon on The Island
thus comments on the recent utter
ances of the Hinsdale Herald concern
ing the Brattleboro petition against d
renewal of the license TO sell liquor
ON the island:
If the Herald correctly reflects the
sentiments of its town, II would al
most seem that Brattleboro might be
justified In holding the civilization OF
its neighbor across the river in low
esteem The citizens of Brattleboro
appear to have done nothing thus far
TO indicate that they desire to dictate
to Hinsdale about the disposition of
her licenses. They merely propose to
give the license commissioners of
Hinsdale an opportunity to consider
the way majority of the Brattleboro
voters feel about that saloon on the
island which gets its custom nearly
all from Brattleboro, and Is for all
practical purposes n Brattleboro sa-
loon instead of Hlnsdale saloon al
though the license fee Is paid to
Hinsdale. It will If granted again.
practically nullify the no license vote
in the Vermont town.
There Is no cause for hard feelings
on the part of the Hinsdale people.
They should not attempt to shove of
on Brattleboro what they have voted
to have for themselves. They should
have their saloons all to themselves
and let Brattleboro attend to the To-
cal-option question alone without the
assistance of a saloon just over the
line. 1t is not a question of dictation
on the part of Brattleboro but of fair
dealing on the part of Hinsdale
There are no license commissioners
of Hinsdale" and Brattleboro most
certainly does not hold the civiliza.
ton of its neighbor across the river
in low esteem" We do not believe
that the Herald correctly reflects the
sentiment of it's town in the article
quoted
There is not the slightest reason
apparent why interested citizens of
either or both towns should not pre-
sent their views or wishes by means
If petitions to the state license COM
nissioners of New Hampshire on the
subject of the renewal of the island
license. After the commissioners have
heard both sides, they will be better
lble to make a decision which shall
,e just to all concerned.
Whatever that decision may be. We
hall all have to abide by it and there
S no occasion for local wrangling or
bitterness over a matter wholly out
tai nc Ina,l onpfral
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-07
Disciplinary Disfranchisement.
Quoting our comments on the law
DISTINGUISHING the delinquent taXpay-

Quoting our comments on the law
DISTINGUISHING the delinquent taxpay-
err. the Burlington News says
Suppose you put him in Jail, that
does not pay the bill and it puts the
state to expense. If you disfranchise
him you cut off the vote of a man who
has not enough interest in government
to pay a small tax-and it costs moth
ing to do it. Disfranchisement is the
easiest and most effective way to deal
with delinquents. If they have inter-
est in government they will pay; if
not, a sojourn in Jail will not pay the
bill We wish the same scheme could
be applied to the rich tax dodger.
The st. Adams Messenger ex-
plains that the new law does not dis
franchise men 20 years old and older.
other cause, or men too poor to pay
their taxes-only those who can pay
their lawful taxes and refuse to do so.
This, The Messenger says, is a matter
of patriotic principle, not money.
To disfranchise the delinquent tax
payer may be the cheapest, easiest
and most pecuniarily effective way to
deal with him. and perhaps the man
who will not pay his taxes, doesn't
deserve to vote: but money and con-
venience are not all. The principle
of disciplinary Acknowledgement we
believe is wrong and can not be benefi-
Gently applied to the citizenship of
this country.
1t is right and a duty for the
American citizen to vote and he ought
to do it. The man who will not pay
his taxes, who lodges his taxes. who
wilfully and persistently breaks the
laws, who sells his vote or uses his
political influence for personal gain
none of these men deserves the right /
TO vote or to live under a popular |
form of government. Nevertheless, /
since this is a government by thc I
people, they should all be allowed to 1
go on voting and some other means |
than Acknowledgement should be TAX (
en- to make better citizens of them.
If We begin to employ disfranchise-
ment as a disciplinary measure. it <
viii not take very long to limit the 4
privilege of voting to a narrow and
select circle-for delinquent taxpayers
are by no means the only or the worst /
offenders against the standard Of hon.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-07
THE SUGAR MAKERS MARKET.
II Grades the Product and cultVates
An All.the- Year Market.

Homer w. Vail of Randolph, VT,
treasurer of the Vermont Maple Sugar
Makers association, gives the Inter-
state Journal, White River Junction,
Vt, some interesting information con-
corning the Vermont Maple Sugar
Makers Market. from which we quote
as follows;
"The lack of care and proper meth
DDS of the Vermont sugar makers In
making the best of their possibilities
and the lack of all system in market
ing their product Is not altogether dis
couraging when we reflect that the
conditions are quite similar to those of
the dairy industry twenty-five or
thirty years ago and the Vermont Ma
pie Sugar Makers Market. an organi-
cation of the sugar makers of the state
occupies n similar field TO that of the
public creamery of the dairy industry.
II does not appeal to the careful intel
ligent sugar maker who has won
market for his whole product of sl.00
to Si.25 per gallon but II stimulates and
educates the masses to better grade
of product, cultivates an all the year
around market for pure goods and II
has already To a marked extent In
creased the prices for the sugar produc-
er. It's purpose is to take and carefully
grade the product of as large a part of
the crop as possible and supply the de-
mand for the different grades through
out the year. They believe there Is no
good reason why the consumer should
indulge freely in the luxury and deny
themselves the remainder of the year.
II can be put out fresh and choice from
January to December.
The increasing yearly growth of
the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers
market is abundant testimony that 1t
Is filing a long felt want and to the
wisdom of its management The ma
pie sugar industry of Vermont has
bright outlook The recent triumph
Of science in determining all adultera-
lions, the promise of immediate pro-
lection from Uncle Sam and the
vigorous work of the Vermont Maple
Sugar Makers association and the
Vermont Maple Sugar Makers market
with the improved methods and equip
nents, the rapidly increasing wealth
md population of the country are de-
a supply and demand of pure
maple syrup of so high a quality as to
lefty competition by other commodi-
les of its kind, and the farmers of
he state can easily receive an addi-
ional million dollars for the sugar
'rop."
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-07

BRATTLgBoRo, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1905
The Mission Service-Limited.

The protest of the pulpit against
the acceptance by the American board
of missions of John d. Rockefeller's
money has been generally discussed
by the press of the country during
the past two weeks. There is wide
acceptance of the view of the protest.
ing ministers that loyalty to the gov
ernment to morality and to religion
demand that the gift of money from
such source be refused.
This view is narrow and disappoint-
ing The public Is of course con-
WINGED that Standard Oil interests, of
which John d. Rockefeller is DOM
mating factor, have oppressed and
robbed the people and have flagrantly
violated the laws. The public hopes
and expects to see this lawless dis
honesty legally punished in proportion
to its magnitude The public, indi-
vidually and socially, has moreover
an undoubted right TO snub John D..
Rockefeller and his corrupt and opu-
lent associates as hard and as fire.
quently as it pleases. 1t may liter
ally boycott Standard Oil personages
to demonstrate its disapproval of
Standard Oil morality and ethics. if
it choose.
But churches and mission fields
should be open unreservedly to all
humanity, regenerate and unregenerate
alike. The Christian religion is strong
enough and pure enough to open its
arms to the vilest sinner without it
self suffering contamination. Churches
and mission boards need not guard
their regulations by choosing their
acquaintance discreetly. They may
safely follow the Saviour's plan of in
viting sinners and of seeking them
out in the hope of helping them.
The work of the foreign missions
in inception is the work of God in
humanity for humanity unacquainted
with God. No person, whether he be
a Standard Oil magnate or a common
chicken thief, who wants to lend hand
in it. should be denied the privilege.
we lIdy WISELY set up iiloi
ards for our homes, our teachers and
our preachers, society and the gov
eminent, but the churches and mis-
sion fields should be open to all. A
gift for mission work. if it fulfil it's
purpose is a gift from humanity to
humanity, and not from John Smith |
or John Rockefeller to the individ-
uals comprising the board. which is
merely the medium for the passage |
of the gift.
John D. Rockefellers wrongdoing I
has brought bigger results than that
of the average man who robs the peo
pile by sanding his sugar or wrongly
labelling his product; but the faint"
of the money is the same since it is
the dishonest design and not the re-
suit that marks the moral standard.
Let the churches and mission boards
continue to act as impersonal med-
ums-honestly if possible-between
sinful humanity and sin
full humanity untaught. Censorship
is not consistent with their creed.
Public sentiment among the con-
of Standard Oil products, and
the state and federal governments, 4
will attend to the case of John d. L
ct al, in due season. In
he meantime, there is no less objec- :
,ionable use that we know of to make /
If the Standard Oil profits than to I
spend them upon the heather. :.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-07
We Suffer Through Ignorance.
indianapolis News.1


Vermont is going to fight consump-
ton Systematically. Vermont, we should
recall, has population of only 344,
000-not more than half so many as
the city of st, Louis. Moreover, it is
a rural state, with no large cities, while
its mountains, its pine woods, its clear
streams, its pure air, have made it the
summer playground and residence of
the rich of the eastern states But
Vermont is afflicted with the great
white plague" to such a degree that
she will begin systematic effort for
the prevention and cure of it. The
cause of the prevalence of the disease
there is ignorance, the offspring of
which is unsanitary living. In this,
Vermont certainly is not alone; the
rural population of any state-or In
warning. 1t is only the
outdoor work that enables the people
to make as great a stand as they do
against this disease, fed and nurtured
as it is by unsanitary dwellings and
diet. The sanitary ar
of the average farmhouse
are appalling. Drains are poor and
sodden with years of neglect: sinks and
vaults are allowed to become plague
spots: the rooms of the house gener-
ally small with low ceilings, are
by day or night, while
kerosene lamps add their impure off.
ytvings to the air. Sleeping apart
nents are too often crowded with oc-
,upants, who all night breathe air kept
poisonous by tightly closed windows.
IN Vermont this sort of thing is coming
o its own so completely that now the
state is forced to fight the conse-
luences-consumpti systemat-
C way. The deaf out of the book for our
is plain. We shall one day
lave state sanitorium for consump-
ives: but a no less valuable part OF
he campaign is that which shall edu-
ate the jewellers in small towns and
arms to a wholesome way of living
S to drains, ventilation and proper
God.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-07
POSITIVE PROOF.
Should Convince the Greatest Skeptc
in Brattleboro.

Should Convince the Greatest Skeptc
in Brattleboro.
Because it's the evidence of Brattle-
boro citizens.
Testimony easily investigated
The strongest endorsement of merit
The best of proof. Read it:
A. D. Fessenden of rs Main street
employed with S. A. Smith & Co.
says: Il just as emphatically endorse
today what / first said about Doan's
Kidney Pills in the winter of 1897
through our Brattleboro papers as /
did when l originally made the state
ment. In substance it was as follows:
'As time went by pain across my
back and hips became very severe and
finally extended up my back. 1 had
to be careful in STOPPING, lifting or
making any quick movement. / used
well known medicines but received lit
tie if any benefit. While suffering as
above / read a statement in a Spring.
field, Mass, paper about someone rec
ommending Doan's Kidney Pills. This
induced me to go to George Z. Greene's
drug store for box and commence the
treatment. I continued it until that
particular attack stopped. / can add
to my own personal experience at that
time observation about the experience
of others with whom 1 have conversed
all of whom positively declare that
Doan's Kidney Pills act as represent
ed"
For sale by all dealers. Price soc.
Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, New York
Sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-07
NERVOUS PEOPLE,
SOMETHING YOU OUGHT TO
KNOW,

No nerves and never irritable"
This Is what our well known druggist.
George E. Greene, says people report
after taking Vinol. 1T is remarkable"
said Mr. Greene to the editor of the
Reformer how many people buy soda
tives and all sorts of opiates to quiet
and deaden the nerves, when they are
weakening their entire nervous system
by doing so.
Nerve troubles are easily cured"
continued Mr.. Greene. TT is simply a
case of treating the general weakness.
not the nerves alone, and that is Just
what Vinol does in the most direct and
simple manner possible. 1t cures nerve
troubles because it builds one up and
makes one strong adj over 1t inyig-
crates the entire nervous system
makes. new blood and vitality.
Nlnol contains no drugs, and Won
know what you are taking-simply the
medicinal curatives found in cod liver
OH dissolved in delicious table wine
and a little organic iron added. II Is
fast superseding old forms of cod liver
oil and emulsions because it is SO de-
llclous to the taste and has such mar
Vellous vitalizing power"
Sucn letters as the following prove
what Ninol will do: Mrs. Elizabeth
richards of 80 Z. Montcalm st. De
troit, Mich, writes: Il was very weak
and suffered from nervous prostration
tried all sorts of medicines without re,
ne1- L have now taken four bottles of
Vinol, and it has brought back INV
health and strength"
Miss Lizzie Leary of Burlington. VT
says she was a nervous wreck. and
'lnol restored her TO perfect health
MISS Edythe NJ. Perry of ST. Pan,
hinn., says Vinol cured her of nervous
less and insomnia.
And SO we might go on quoting from
hundreds of just such letters; and n is
or thls reason that we say to every
lerVous. run down and debilitated per-
on IN Brattleboro, try Vinol. and If 1,
our money. SCI
George E. Greene. Druggist
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-07
Laborious Criticism.

The suggestion from some quarter
more or less obscure, that Governor
Bell Is instituting oranges on the east
side of the mountain line" TO strength
en- his fences in preparation for the
contest for congress, is exceedingly
petty political talk. The governor in
his capacity of master Of the state
grange is assisting in local organiza-
tons and has visited every section of
the state within the past few months
to institute oranges In doing this he
is simply continuing the work in which
he has spent much valuable time in
years past. Gov. Bells alleged aspira-
tons for congress ought not to wor-
ny anybody until the fly season is over
this year.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-07
The New Forestry Laws.

Ernest Hitchcock of Pittsford, state
/ forestry commissioner, has just issued
! a circular containing the recent laws
passed by the Vermont legislature re-
garding forestry, regulations of COM
missioner as to tree planting and sug-
gestions as to forest fires. The regu-
lations in part are as follows Any
citizen of Vermont who is DESTROYS of
receiving the benefit of the law shall
file with the commissioner at least
thirty days before the time of planting.
a declaration of his intention to plant
timber trees, setting forth the kind,
number, location, etc. The commits
sioner Will then forward to him sug-
gestions on the same. Trees must not
be planted more than eight feet each
way and the minimum number of liv-
ing planted trees per acre, which shall
entitle a land owner to the exemption
provided for by law, shall be 600 when
counted during the month of October
following the planting, etc. The plan
tation must be maintained in a thrifty
condition during the ten years period
for which exemption is claimed and at
the end of five years after the first
count, shall contain in the aggregate
at least 500 trees per acre. If the
planting is done by seed there should
be at least 1000 healthy seedlings per
acre when the first count is made and
at the end of five years not less than
500. The species which may be plant
ed include white pine. red spruce, Nor
way spruce, chestnut red oak, yellow
birch, paper birch, sugar maple, rock
elm, bass wood, black cherry, white
ash, cedar European lark, poplar, black
locust and butternut. Planting may be
done in April and May and sowing be-
tween the first day of October and the
first day of June of the following
year. The white pine tree is recon-
mended by the commissioners as one
of the most successful to raise in Yer"
mont
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-07
Developments Unoomplimentary.
tst. Adams Messenger

The news that only half as much
white sugar as usual at this season of
the year Is being sold up In Vermont
is decidedly encouraging to those who
like maple syrup In its pure, unadul-
terated form."-Boston Globe.
Which simply goes to show that our
friends on the outside have begun to
understand that the worst enemy to
the good reputation of Vermont maple
sugar is the dishonest Vermonter him
self. All the honest Vermont maple
sugar makers are put to this injury
by the comparative few that adulter-
ate the product, not in Chicago, but
right here at home.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-07
A Prime Necessity.


The Massachusetts agricultural sem
iors, not excepting the three suspend
ed members, are again holding down
their seats. We commend 10 them
the following counsel, given one year
ago to-day by the late Ex-Governor
Boutwell, TO a Groton student: IF
you wish to take college course, |
trust you will be able to do so. But
there are three things you must have
to succeed--industry integrity and
cNllity. You cannot get along with
out eivility.' Perhaps he might have
added. Cor commonsensel"
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-07

The report that an aged Vermont
couple, convicted of arson, joyfully
welcomed a sentence to the house of
correction after their experiences in
the Chittenden farmhouse where they
had been boarded as town charges, is
not compliment to Chittenden benev-
olence Neither is it a deterrent from
crime. We may expect our paupers
life unbearable
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-07

est citizenship by which The Messen-
ger says the law seeks to regulate the
franchise,
II THE lnestimable privilege Of the
ballot" Is 20 be reserved to "the man
that Is honest with the government,
there wAl be comparatively few, In
these days, to claim Il,
No; leave the franchise alone-a
duty Of citizenship, not reward for
good behavior. 1t Is the citizenship
Of the country not the franchise, that
needs regulating.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-07

1t is gratifying to learn that the APP
plication of the new pure food law to
state conditions by the state board of
health, is already bringing about re-
suits favorable to the public welfare.
The state authorities will wisely refuse
to extenuate or compromise with this
evil that menaces the public health.
The more promptly and vigorously the
law is enforced, the sooner will manu-
facturers adjust their business details
to the conditions imposed and the less
disadvantage and inconvenience wiki
result to the community
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-07

1t is reported that Gov. Bell denies,
on the authority of the matron at the
state prison, the rumor regarding the
physical condition of Mrs. Rogers.
The story seemed incredible and was
doubtless untrue; but If it could be
traced back to its origin we should
probably find that it grew from a
triviality to a monstrosity in the sug-
gestive atmosphere of secrecy and
mystery that surrounds the state in
situations. 1t is no insult to state Off
Gals when the public exhibits interest
in the details of its own business a
public report of the investigation
which the prison directors are said to
have recently made of this case would
have been courteous and proper, con-
the general public demand
for refutation or confirmation of a
rumor so persistent and outrageous.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-07
MATTERS OF OPINION.
Selected from the Editorial Columns
OF Our Esteemed Contemporaries.
Better Be Consistent.
TSWnnton Courler,l

Bellows Fails and Brattleboro hay
ing voted no license are fearful that
some New Hampshire liquor may find
Its way into their peaceful precincts
and are taking measures 10 try and
prevent such q calamity. Can II be
that Bellows Fails and Brattleboro
want TO be really and truly dry Up
here in Swanton we are congratulatlng
ourselves on our proximity TO such
Gases ms St Adams, Rouses Point and
st, Armand,