Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-10-05


Edilur 81 Rgfumcrs
ATTORNEY, Genrral fiis aud Governor lirll, ~
thtr reports gn the diseased brrt dlsgfaer' while
recognizing thr loagu,s-i shlnl~shtss aha as
regard ~ hW that urr the general aet"'upahi
mrut oi the overwhelmingly onr-sldrd political
mIsnilp that aHicts tho state, are still rEf,t'
mlly unable 30 make out whether there has be'il
ans graft IN it They are recommended io
take 4 glance At the financial results as officially
reported, Then u The problem rrmain' tus'l
uhr 10 them, 60 engage some kindergarten pa
pll a. figure out whether there could possibly
have bern ANYTHING else than graft, somewhere
aud Tor somebody,
They will dnd from Auditor Graham's report
Ia Juy last, that ISIS head Of cattle had been
condemned aud paid for by the state aud dis
pDsrd Of Tor sl3,35o or an average Of s'ls d
head They will learn from any butcher that
- 60 IS apicrc Tor the hides, even the latter
figure, would have been, at any time "lthin
the past two years, low prier. Even At a
quarter II a cant q :ouud for carcases used ioI
fertilizer. which the burlington Rendering plant
claims 10 have been che Prioc allowed, with cat
tlp ranging from Geo To 100 pounds live weight
and from 3si 60 ESQ pounds drrsscd IL Is r'i'
dent that the state has averaged little IL any
thing more than fertilizer pricc for the whole
lot, where SO lar as yet traced hycsiNhs went
f1r food and except "eauners," were worth
from $50 to $50 a bead Tor that purpose
Take fur Illustration the White and Whit
eYmh herds from Richmond Paid for approx
imitrlv 90 SOS a hcad''-whlch means an ap
praised value 81 SIS cleh-spld 60 droNer Al
sll a head and Of the whole number more thar
siN.sryeuths according 60 the droNers own
statement and i0riyuiHe hiteths according u
the unIy r,yurl produced, we're sold for food, Il
Ii 81 ION na
this that everybody has acted honestly and
correctly" according 20 Fits, OF in the govern
nF's phra,col0gy with good iaith't Is that
the Wav tu Characterize such sales nc such hg
ur,s when a responsible butcher was offering
sIg q bead and uU attention .aid 10 himt %
srch a contract o. the Burlington Rendering
plant claims-tWo cent, a pound when used io'
food whrrc the market price was in the neigh
borhooi of 4 cents % pound live weight and q
cent, pound drtssoi3
Src still further how it figures out Deduct
the s23ll received for these two herds, and IL
means that from the 1877 other cattle condemned
the state rralizrd So % cach-esrtainly less, he
side, lhr hides than the fertilizer value Of one
fourth cent pound ut Burlington to he sod
back 90 the skinned farmers at one cent d
rurui. or more.
IN the face Of such facts, what is the pre-
.funptiyp" meaning vt TIL. absence ui record
and vouchers. uf luy means ui reasonably tmc
ing the business except that il was crooked and
planned 60 be SOP
Aud can any human being suggcs, or imagine
suy other reason for smuggling into the ia"
that provision that mo- ofIcnsc under 10 can hl
prosecuted after six months from iis date
could there he any more decisive evidence q"
the ra~caljty hack 81 e 40, or Of The stupidity
and inattrutiou Of the hvmabing and admin
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