Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-31

| have assayed during the past year
all the liquors sent out in barrels or
Kegs by the State Liquor Commission
er TO the various city and town ayen-
cles For this purpose l have visited
the Office of the commissioner in Port
land. seventy-four times, taken sam
pies from the packages, tested them as
far as could there, and then brought
there to brunswick for further test. I
have in this way collected and tested
64S samples. OF these I have accepted
| those which We're pure as required by
our state law and rejected the others.
! The rejected packages were shipped
back to the dealers by the commission
er. / have not been guided in accep-
tance or rejection wholly by the Ma
, tional pure food law, because liquors
may cotne within this law and not be
of suitable quality.
| That law, for instance, insists that a
| WElskcy must be real, but there are
many grades of real whiskey and
| some of them would not be suitable for
medicinal use. l have rejected sew
eral barrels which were guaranteed
lunder that law.
| My intention has been not to allow
any liquors to go out to the agencies
which did not regard as safe to use
incidentally. whether they We're so
used or not
| l have also made tWenty-three visits
of inspection to the city and town
agencies, and tested 372 samples. l
am glad to say that l found no case
where liquors We're on sale in ar
agency which had not been bought of
the commissioner, and no case where
the liquors had been adulterated at
the agency.
There is in my mind one weakness in
the law l acted under, and that is that
liquors in sealed bottles are not re-
quired to Le analysed before the com
missioner sends them out But the
Commissioner has asked my opinion
about the quality of these in many
! cases and have tested many of these
as found in the agencies, and informed
him whenever l found them of poor
quality. In short, | have always found
the commissioners Office ready to CO.
ope rate with riy work in every way
and to carry out any directions or
suggestions that 1 might make. I
| have tested 10i7 samples this year as
against 102 last year. My belief is
that there are kept in every agency in
the State liquors which physicians can
I prescribe with full confidence as to
| their quality.
The Governor and council has fixed
the compensation of the members of
the special tax commission at the rate
of $3l00 per annum for each member
| Of 1,1a
sDecial commission. The tax COM
missiOnerS We're appointed August 81,
| 1907, and filed their report Dec. is, 1905.
which made their term of service near
| " Il months Their report was an ex-
haustive one, covering every phase OF
thu matters which We're given over to
| their consideration The members OF
the special tax commission are Morrill,
y. Drew. Portland; Milton l.. Merrill,
ST. Adams; W. S. White, Rockland:
Frank c. Deerng, Saco: George M.
Hanson, Calais.
Adiutant General Farnham has re-
ceived a large number of letters ana
telenfone messages cOngratulatlng
him upon his reappointment to ONCE.
The greater part of his mail Wednes-
day morning was made up or these
congratulatory letters. which are from
all sections of the State.
The meeting of the State. Board of
Health Wednesday was for the greater
mart of the time devoted to the con-
sideration and the preparation OF some
proposed legislation for the further
ancp of the health interests of the
people of the State One legislative
hill a draft for which has been mad@,
is an act providing for the better pro-
lection of the people of the state OF
Maine from the disease known as
tuberculosis. Another important mat
tor was the consideration of the legis-
1 lation for the better control and pro-
lection of the water supplies OF the
state. The board has in mind the
| submitting of a bill modelled closely
upon the laws of Massachusetts ana OF
Vermont BY invitation Hon. Payson
| smith state superintendent of pubic
schools conferred with the board IN
regard to what seems to be much
neef1ed legislation for a. bill provldlng
for the medical inspection OF school
| children. Some other matters were
| under consideration. but have been
| loft to the committee of the Doard OH
| legislation for further elaboration.
The following corporations nave hieo
their certificates of organization at the
office of the secretary of State:
Sargent Cigar Co, organized at BAN
eor for the purpose of manufacturing ne
cigars and cigarettes, with $eoo'oo'
canital stock, of which $500 Is PAID ia:
| Offcers: President, Allston sargent vi
N.w York; treasurer. Don A. sargeh,
of bridgeport, Conn. Certihcate '''eo
Dec 20. 1908. D.+,ord
Morgan & Co. organized at Portland
for the purpose of carrying on a gen
"a, financial business. with $loeoo
canital stock. of which s75 Is para IL. M
oaicers: President, William H. Gull
ver Of portland: treasurer, c. r. zen,
uant of Portland. Certificate MEG
Dec. 80, 1905. ,;vad
Gar Lighting & Power Co, organ,Maeo M
o+ Augusta for the purpose OF oea'ns
8, machines and apparatus for iignt-
~ ,+,,r and nropelling OF railway