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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-04
KING OF ENGLAND
WILL DISSOLVE
PARL|MENT
That Body Will Be Prorogued
In January
ASQUITH SCORES THE LORDS
Rejection of Budget by Upper House
Breach of Constitution and usur-
patton Of Rights
ASQUITH SCORES THE LORDS

London, Dec. 3.-Premier Asquith
announced in the House OF Commons
yesterday that the government had
advised King Edward to dissolve Par
lament and that his majesty had ac-
cepted the invitation. Premier AS
quith added that If the Liberals were
returned to power, the first act of the
government would be a re-enactment
of all the taxes for which provisions
were made in the budget which has
been rejected by the Lords.
All the preliminaries to a great DO
litical battle were cleared away yes
terday afternoon. King Edward held
meeting with the privy council and
signed an order proroguing Parlia-
ment until January II, 1910, as pre-
dicted.
The center of interest was on the
House of Commons where Asquith de-
livered his reply to the action of the
Lords in Withholding their consent to
the budget
Asquith's first words, delivered
amid the widest demonstration of
enthusiasm were I'VE are meeting
under circumstances without example
in the history of the British Parlia-
ment." With much emphasis he de-
clared that the Commons would prove
unworthy its traditions If it allowed q
single day to pass without making
clear that 1t did not mean to brook
this grave indignity and usurpation
of its rights.
He expressed hope that the ultim-
lose IN x.,o,,Il T.,
great. His warnings. he said, had
been unheeded and chaos. confusion
and loss must rest with the Lords.
Premier Asquith concluded: I'VE
are living under a system Of false bal
ances and loaded dice. When Dem
ocracy voted for a liberal govern
ment the dormant second chamber
awoke from its slumbers and nulli-
fled the work OF the House of Com
mons.
I'VE shall ask the House by its
vote and we shall ask the constitu-
encies at the earliest possible nom
ent to declare that the organ for the
voice of the free people of this coun-
try is to be found in the accredited
representatives of the nation"
Following the Premier, A. ]. Bal
four strenuously defended the action
of the Lords who, he said, had clear
conviction of their powers.
The House by vote of 349 to 1874
passed the resolution of Premier AS
quith to the effect that in rejecting
the governments budget bill the
House of Lords had committed a
breach of the constitution and usurp.
ed the rights of the House of Com.
mons.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-04

The press of the state has recently
given some attention to the discus
sion of the question of raising more
corn in Vermont, generally contend
ing that it will pay farms to do SO.
The fact that corn can be made a
profitable crop in Vermont has a
practical illustration in the success
of farmer in Northfield, report of
which was published in these columns
recently.
w. w Holden, leading farmer in
Central Vermont has long contended
that farmers cannot afford to buy
western corn and has maintained his
position by making 1t valuable crop
each year on his own farm. This year
from six acres of yellow corn he
husked and put in the crib 600 bush
els, worth S175, with 1925 worth of
ensilage, making $500 at cost of
1925 to raise and harvest the crop,
leaving a profit of $l75. With two
exceptions the past season was the
poorest for corn in forty years.
Mr.. Holden also raised for the corn
canning factory in Mortified two ac-
res of sweet corn, which cost him
$50 to raise and harvest, and from
which he obtained S79.40 for the corn
while the factory waste, which was
drawn home with the same team that
brought the corn, and the slower pla-
ced in the silo, was valued at a total
of $1,000, thus making a net profit of
$50 per acre from this crop. These
latter figures show the value of a can
ming factory to the farmers of town
and there ought to be so many of
them scattered through the state that
Vermont could supply the whole
country with the best sweet corn.
These are practical figures and
doubtless not a few other farmers in
this section of the state can give re-
turns that would make as good a
showing. II is undoubtedly fact
that too many farmers depend. upon
the West for their grain and feed,
while, as Mr. Holden says, Vermont
can beat any section of the country
in raising corn.-Northfield News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-04
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-04
SUGAR RECORDS MISSING
Government Able to Show How False
Weighing Was Done, However.

New York, Dec 4.-The govern
ment encountered a check in its
prosecution of the American Sugar
Refining Co. when it became known
that documentary evidence and many
witnesses important to the govern
ment's case had disappeared The
missing documents were records kept
by city weighers, and neither the
documents nor the men who kept
them can be found.
The government, however. was
able to introduce testimony showing
that every scale on the Williamsburg
docks of the company had been tam
pered with. Conrad Holler, a car
|penter, testified to cutting out por-
ton of the wooden stanchion Of num-
Der one scales. Through the hole
thus cut. the government contends
was operated the steel spring which
manipulated the weights recorded on
the beam.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-04
NO HEADWAY AT BARRE
Northfleld Branch of Cutters Union
Refuses Manufacturers Terms.

Barre, Dec. 4.-The Mortified
branch of the cutters union has
refused TO accept the agreement It's
dispute committee and the dispute
committee of the Granite Manufac-
turers' Association of Barre had
drawn up to settle the present lock-
out of the granite workers in Wash
ington county. This refusal leaves
the whole matter as far from settle
ment as ever.
The Springfield herald., 1909-02-12
DAILY RECORD OF EVENTS
TRANSFERRING AT STATE CAPITAL
1hr.. New BANKING Bills.

Three new banking bills were intro
duced on Thursday nights session in
both Houses. The guaranty law drafted
by Attorney l.. Ward Bannister along
the lines of the Massachusetts law to
meet the wishes of the bankers, was
introduced in the Senate jointly by
Burris, Cary and Casaday, and In the
House by Howell. The three senators
also introduced bills amending the
present banking laws to increase the
power of the bank commissioner. to
provide for cash reserves in the state
banks and to bar any officer or direc-
tor of bank, or corporation In which
he is interested, from borrowing from
the bank without the consent of ma
jcrity of the directors and prohibiting
private bankers from borrowing at all;
also bill to provide for the appoint
ment of commission to codify and
suggest changes and improvements in
the banking laws and report to the next
Legislature. The same measures were
introduced in the House by Messrs.
Strickland and Walker.
The Springfield herald., 1909-02-12
To Test Forestry Rights.

The bill prepared by Attorney Jonn
T. Barnett authorizing him to test the
legality of the forestry service rules,
and the so-called encroachment of the
federal government upon states rights
in this respect. is sweeping in its char
acter. Not only does it permit an in
vestigation and test of the forestry
service rules and laws. but also of the
federal agricultural and interior de-
partments.
Perhaps the most drastic feature Of
it is that it authorizes the attorney
general to commence and prosecute
government officials under the civil
and criminal statutes, wherever it is
found that they have encroached upon
state rights or usurped them. 1t also
authorizes him to intervene on behalf
of the state of Colorado in any case
brought by an individual or association
against the government, or in any case
brought by the government against in
dividuals or associations. For the pur-
pose of prosecution 100000 is appro-
priated by the bill to allow him to carry
on the work. The attorney general
did not believe that he possessed the
power to prosecute under the present
statutes, SO In order to carry out the
recommendations in Governor Shat
roth's inaugural address, he drew the
special bill
The Springfield herald., 1909-02-12

Armand Zipfel, the French aviator.
made four flights at Berlin Tuesday.
Each time he covered distance Of
nearly mile at height of from twen-
ty to forty feet. He did not, however.
succeed In making turns on his course.
The first division of the United
States Atlantic fleet, composed of the
Connecticut, Vermont, Kansas and Min
nesota, under command of Rear Ad-
miral Sperry. arrived at Gibraltar jan
uary 31st from villefranche The Rock
CT Gibraltar was covered with specta-
tors.
The Haskell home, at Battle Creek,
Mich, a Seventh Day Adventist or
on the morning of the 4th inst. There
were thirtyseven children in the build
ing and of these three are missing.
Seven girls jumped from third story
window and one was injured.
Count Won Zeppelin and Major Won
Parseval haye accepted an invitation
to go to Frankfort to attend the air
ship exhibition which Is to be held
there July 10th to October 10th of
this year, according to Hamburg
newspaper. They will travel in their
airships from Friedrichshafen and Bit
terfeld, respectively.
Carrie Nation has had trouble with
the London police. She pushed her
umbrella through the window of a car
en- the underground railway, on which
was pasted a cigarette advertisement,
and was fined $3.50. When the magis-
trate named the amount Mrs. Nation
said: "Thank you; expected it would
cost me more"
The grand master of Ohio Masons,
Charles S. Hoskinson of GAINESVILLE.
has rendered to William Howard
Taft the rare and high honor OF being
made a Mason at sight. Judge Taft
has accepted and will return to Gin
cinnati February 18th. when the grand
master will convene a distinguished
company of Easops in the Scottish
Rite cathedral and exercise the high
prerogative which belongs only to
grand master of Masons and which
has been exercised in Ohio only once
in one hundred years.
In accordance with instructions is
sued by Judge Taylor of the Federal
Court to the receivers of the entire
street railway system Of Cleveland,
Ohio, the rate of fare was increased
February 1st on all lines except upon
those where the franchise specifically
provides a rate of not more than )
cents. Approximately two-thirds of the
street car patrons are now paying
straight scent fare or IL tickets for
so cents. Patrons of the Scent fare
lines are compelled to pay 2 cents for
a transfer, while passengers paying
the regular scent fare obtain free
transfers to any line in the city.
The Springfield herald., 1909-02-12
aiiI to Curb spendthrift..

Senator De Long has introduced a
bill to prevent married men from dlssi-
pating their fortunes. Senator De
Longs idea is to allow the state to ap-
point conservator of a mans estate if
he begins to spend his money foolishly,
just as the county does in the case of
an insane man. For fool is an insane
man, in. Senator De Longs notion.
Those who inherit few thousand dol
lars and become overbalanced with a
desire to spend it, or those who start
to get away with small fortunes are
the ones at whom the bill is aimed.
1t is intended to protect the state from
the expense of supporting the wives
and children of men who are afflicted
with high finance fever
The Springfield herald., 1909-02-12
Bill to Control Smelling.

Deeming unnecessary the adoption
OF constitutional amendment pro-
posed in bill by Senator O'Connell to
give the Legislature authority to regu-
late the smelling business in Colorado,
Senator Casaday introduced bill to
regulate and control all smelters, mills
and similar plants for the treatment
of ores as Is exercised by the Inter
state Commerce Commission over the
railways of the country.
Senator O'Connell and his advisers
deem 1t necessary to have embodied in
the constitution declaration that all
plants devoted to the treatment of
ores shall be considered as affected
with public interest and devoted to q
public use. but Senator Casaday be-
lieves that a declaration to this effect
BY the Legislature is sufficient. and his
bill SO declares, further adding that
every person or corporation engaged
in the treatment of ores shall he
deemed public servant.
1t is provided that no contract for
the purchase or treatment of ore shall
become effective until net purchase
price of such ore shall have been
agreed upon between seller and buyer.
If no agreement can be reached, then
the smelling company must return 10
the seller the ore offered, and for fail
ure to do so. the company shall forfeit
twice the value of the ore.
Mixing of ores to destroy the iden-
tity of any ore is punishable by fine
or from 800 to $4,000, or to imprison-
ment for one year. or both.
. The bill provides for the creation of
the office of state assayer, the ap-
pointee to be one of three men recon-
mended to the governor by the faculty
of the School of Mines.
The state assayer shall make all as
says requested of him, at reasonable
charges fixed in the bill. nd keep COM
plete records of the business transact
ed by his office His salary is fixed at
$4,000.
The state assayer shall be member
of board of three to be known as the
Colorado Ores Commission.
The commission is to have general
supervision and control over all ore
treating plants in the state. The COM
mission shall require the posting in
public places at every plant of sched-
ules of prices for the treatment of ores,
and no charge shall be made in such
schedules until at least ten days no.
tice thereof shall have been given.
The commission is TO have power to
compare changes in rates.
Special provisions are made against
rebating and for the refunding of ille-
gal or discriminatory charges.
Every concern coming within the
provisions of the lay must be filed with
the ores commission at stated periods,
full reports of all its transactions.
The Springfield herald., 1909-02-12
Forest Reserves Committee.

Speaker Lubers of the House has
made up his committees on forest re-
serves and forestry, the new commit
tee constituted by the report of the
committee on rules. He gave first
place to Mr.. Blakey of Lake and sec
ond place to Mr.. Doyle of Ell Paso and
Teller. The other members are
Messrs. Ashby, Wallbridge. Rubin,
Wheeler, Ohler. Campbell and Trindle.
The selections were guided by an
agreement that those chosen SHOULD
represent counties in which are forest
reserves of the federal government.
Several bills were referred to the COM
mittee during the last days for the in
PRODUCTION of bills. and before the
membership had been agreed upon.
The Springfield herald., 1909-02-12
Denver OFFICE
OF RECLAMATION
INFORMATION BUREAU OF THE
SERVICE TO BE ESTABLISHED
IN DENVER.
PROJECTS UNDERWAY
SATISFACTORY REPORTS FROM
GUNNlsoN TUNNEL, WHICH is
NEARING COMPLETION.

Denver.-P. d. Simpson. now an en-
the United States reclamation service,
has been appointed to take charge Of
the information bureau to be estab-
lished in Denver for the purpose Of
giving facts to homeseekers. Mr.. Simp-
son will arrive in the course of a week,
and will be established in reclamation
Headquarters in the Commonwealth
building.
The only bureau of the kind now in
the country in connection with the gov
ernment's irrigation projects is at Chi
cago, the Denver office being the Sec
ond. 1t is regarded as sign of tho
governments recognition of the fact
that Denver is the center for the ir-
rigation enterprises of the country.
The new bureau will handle litera-
ture of the chamber of commerce and
other commercial bodies pertaining to
irrigation. Mr.. Simpson will be under
the authority of Mr.. |. w. Mcconnell.
supervising engineer of the United
States reclamation service, and will be
in charge of the office of Mr.. Nc
Ccnnell during the absence of the lat
ter at the various projects contiguous
to Denver which demand his attention.
Reports from projects under the Den
yer Jurisdiction indicate that satisfac-
tory progress is being made on each.
The Gunnison tunnel was driven o46
feet in January, leaving only 1900 feet
between headings. This will be COM
pleted in July, If the January rate of
driving Is accomplished, and nothing
can stop this but the encountering OF
an unexpected flow of water. The tun-
mel was begun in January. 1905. and
will be 3O,5SO feet long when COM
pleted.
It seems certain that work will be
begun shortly on the Grand valley pro-
Ject,' as Secretary ID. w. Opperly, of
the Grand Valley Water Users Asso-
citation, has gone to Washington. en-
powered to sign contract with the
secretary of the interior for pushing
the project to completion.
The North Platte project will open
$1,000 acres of new country this year.
in addition to the 30.0 opened last
year. InlS laIlu mas tne same SeHeT'il
characteristics as that at Greeley and
10 expected to prove among the richest
In the world. On the Belle Fourche
project, in South Dakota, where $1,000
acres were opened last year, 10000
more will be made available in 1909.
Not the least interesting of the pro-
5ects under way in the Denver juris-
diction is the Pathfinder dam. on the
North Platte river. one of the largest
in the United States. 1t is being built
by Geddes G. Seerie, Denver contrac-
tors. and is nearly completed. 1t is al
most certain to be finished by May 1st
and its initial capacity will be 100000
acre feet, or water enough to irrigate
$4,000 acres of land. 1t will eventu-
ally hold 100000 acre feet of water.
The Denver office is now making
tentative studies for the diversion dam
which will be part of the Goshen
Hole project in southeastern Wyom-
ing.
The Springfield herald., 1909-02-12
Election Bills,

Senator Campbell introduced bill
giving every candidate for office the
right to become watcher at the polls
in any precinct without first applying
to court for authority so to act; and
another bill by the same senator pro
vides that, in odd numbered districts
two judges of election shall be Demo
Gratis and one Republican, and vice
versa in even numbered bills districts.
Senator Campbell also has bill au-
thorizing the governor to remove any
county commissioner who shall fail or
refuse TO appoint election Judges
in accordance with the provisions of
the statutes.
The Springfield herald., 1909-02-12

Officers of the Crags & Canon Rail
way Company. which proposes to build
a broad gauge line from Boulder to
Crags on the Moffat road, by the way
of Eldorado Springs. state that the pro-
feet has practically been financed and
that construction will commence at an
early day.
Gov. Shafroth has issued proclama-
tion setting apart February IL as a
holiday, to be observed throughout the
state in commemoration of the CEN
tennary of the birth of Abraham Lin
coin.
N. T. Nelson, who carries medals
showing him to be the champion sheep
shearer of the west, and who has re-
sided in Greeley for several years. re-
Gently received cablegram from New
Zealand asking him to come there at
large salary to supervise .he sheep
shearing of one of the largest flockmen
Of that country.
The Springfield herald., 1909-02-12
GENERAL NEWS.

In its report to the House of Repre-
sentatives, the Interstate Commerce
Commission says that railroad rates
have been steadily advanced since the
passing of the Hepburn bill.
What is said to be the largest order
for vanadium steel ever placed in this
country was recently given by De-
troit motor company to the United
Steel Company, Canton. Ohio. This
order calls for 2,1OO tons in all.
Reports from London state that the
copper outlook is very much better.
The steel statement shows the earn
ings for the year 1908 to have been
$92 900 900, the lowest since the organ
ization of the company except in 1904,
when they were S73000,O0O Yet the
earnings for 1906 show surplus for
the common stock of 4 per cent.
William C. Brown, who began his
railroad career forty years ago as n
section hand on the st. Paul railroad
at 81 a day, has just become president
of the great system of railroads of
which the New York Central is the
chief line.
E H. Hartman has been elected a
member of the board of directors of
the Lake Shore G. Michigan Southern
railway and the Michigan Central rail
road. In each case he succeeds Sam
ual Barger, resigned.
The All-American baseball team. en-
route from Japan tc San Francisco
stopped over at Honolulu and defeated
the local team by score of 13 to 2.
The planters of the Hawaiian isl
ands are arranging to bring laborers
from Porto Rico to supply the demand
caused by the stoppage Of Japanese
immigration.
The Springfield herald., 1909-02-12
PROPOSED PLAN
TO END TROUBLE
REPORT THAT SECRETARY ROOT
WILL NEGOTIATE NEW
TREATY WITH JAPAN
OFFERED
COMMERCIAL CONCESSIONS IN RE-
TURN FOR EXCLUSION OF
JAPANESE LABoRERs.

Washington. Sensational disclos-
ares of international Importance are *
pected before the California legisla-
ture resumes consideration of the anti
Japanese bills on Wednesday.
1t is rumored that Secretary Root
has proposed a new treaty covering the
entire question of the relations between
the United States and Japan.
1t is said that the proposals are de-
signed to settle not only the acute
problems in California, but to harmon
ize the relation of the two nations in
the Pacific so that when disputes arise
they may be adjusted peacefully.
1t is hoped by this means to keep
within bounds the inevitable competi-
tion between Americans and Japanese
on both sides of the Pacific.
1t was suggested in one quarter that
the treaty would provide for reciprocal
exclusion, the japanese to be kept out
of the United State and Americans out
of Japan and Manchuria. 1t must be
remembered, however. that the United
States is irreyocably committed to the
open door in Manchuria, and it is un-
likely, therefore, that this can be part
OF the agreement
The better informed seem to think
that the United States is prepared TO
grant many important concessions OF
commercial character to Japan. In re-
turn Japan. 1t is believed, will strictly
enforce its regulations against all emf
grafton of coolies to the United States.
Although conjecture as to the terms
OF the proposals are wholly in the air,
1t is known definitely that negotia-
tions are now in progress for more
complete understanding between the
two nations as to their relations.
Toxic now has the agreement under
consideration. and reply is expected
before Wednesday. When the Califor-
mia legislature again takes up the anti
Japanese bill 1t probably will find that
the national government has mate
tentative agreement to remove most of
the evils attendant on Japanese imMi.
grafton to the Pacific coast states.
II Toxic should fail to accept Amer
ica's terms. the situation would again
be serious, for Californians would then
be able to say that the national govern.
r,ent had failed, and that the state gov.
ernment must act.
President Roosevelt. in all his COM
munications to Governor Gillett and
other California leaders. has pledged
the national government to solve the
japanese problem in such way as to
remove all causes of complaint on the
Pacific coast, while at the same time
preserving friendly relations with
Japan.