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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-05
COLD STORAGE REGULATION.

One of the important developments
of the past twelvemonth has been the
strong public demand for regula-
ton of cold storage warehouses. This
demand is based ON at least two rea-
sons, one being the fear that meat pro-
ducts are kept until their condition
has deteriorated so that they are no
longer wholesome, and the other that
such storage enables maintenance
of the prices of food products at an
abnormally high level
Dr. II. w. Wiley, known as the
father of pure food legislation" re-
Gently appeared before Senate COM
mittee that was considering the
Lodge cold storage regulation bill, and
told of his Investigations, covering
the last two or three years, saying:
The conditions we found were what
you might expect from an industry
that had absolutely no control over
certain demands of the trade and the
organized persons engaged in the
trade said DR.. Wiley.
1--WE found that there was no uni
form system of inspecting products
which went into cold storage. AL
most anything was brought to a cold
storage mamie did not own the
goods; he was paid for keeping them
1t was not his business to inquire into
their nature or character. Practically
anything which was not flagrantly
decayed. etc, would be accepted UNI
der such circumstances, and properly
so, as far as | can see. AS to the
holding of these goods, there was no
uniform time at all. They were held
until there was some demand for them
in the market. Usually, of course, they
were sold within year-were ex-
pected to be. If they were not, there
was no objection. legal or otherwise
so far" as the warehousemen knew, to
disposing of them as long as they re-
ceived the compensation for the stor-
age charges, So, there was no unifor-
nifty"
Doctor Wiley had experimental
with cold storage chickens and those
freshly killed. There appears to be
no perceptible deterioration in flavor
in the first three months. At the end
of six months a majority OF those to
whom he submitted his tests favored
the freshly killed birds. At the end
OF nine months it was a rare case
where there was any doubt regarding
which was the storage product and
which was the freshly killed bird and
at the end of year he found no diff
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-05
4 CANADIAN ROMANCE.

The romances OF fact are quite as
thrilling as the romances of fiction
A recent number of the Outlook con-
tains most interesting story regard
ing what is known as the Macdonald
movement in Canada as romantic as
ia novelist's tale of adventure
William c. Macdonald, one of the
Canadian captains of industry, was
born on Prince Edward Island seven
ty-eight years ago, of Scottish ances-
try. Leaving home when a lad to
seek his fortune he found employment
in New York Later he went to Mon
treal, where he engaged in the to-
bacco trade. Conditions prevailing
during the American Civil War fav-
ored his business and enabled him to
lay the foundations of fortune so
large that already he has given S.
100000 to the cause of education in
the Dominion. Having no family to
care for he turned his attention to the
needs of Canada. Build up the
y
to. Observing the lack of trained en-
gineers he gave to McGill University
la fully equipped engineering building,
following this with physics building
and a chemistry building, adding an
endowment to maintain the work.
AS director of the Bank of Mon
treal, which has established branch
banks in many farming communities,
he became interested IN the develop
ment of the agricultural resources of
the country. He observed that in
the deposits in the banks increased in
a notable manner In his native pro-
vince of Prince Edward Island the
ldairying industry had flourished in a
remarkable manner. This prosperity
was due in large measure to the work
of a fellow Scotchman, James Wilson
Robertson, Canadian Commissioner of
Agriculture and Dairying.
When youth Robertson came from
Scotland to Ontario and being unable
| to study medicine, which was his am
bition, he found employment in a
cheese factory. He soon became man
lager of the factory and his cheese won
for him an enyiable reputation. lie
devoted his winters to the study of
literary and scientific subjects and
ispent one winter at Woodstock Col
jlege. Later he becume a successful
superintendent of group of cheese
factories. He aided the farmers so
.much that at the age of 2S he was Of
,fered, and accepted, the chair of dairy
lhusbandry in the Agricultural Col
lege at Guelph. He served here for
four years, during part of the time
being one of the nonresident lectur-
ers at Cornell University Being sent
to London to look after the Govern
ment exhibit of butter and cheese, he
found that Canadian dairy products
suffered from the competition of Dem
mark and other European countries.
Visiting those countries he learned
their methods, and came home to tell
ibis own people how to work to better
advantage. In 1890 he was made Com
missioner of Dairying for the Domin-
ion He sent out travelling dairies,
distributed educational bulletins, and
preached better farming, Prince Ed
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-05
o. l.. MARTIN ALL RIGHT.
(Morrisville News and Citizen J

(MOrflSNllle news ana IlllZen.J
For the success of that Better
Farming Train" which recently went
up and down the State, but did not
touch Lamoille county, credit is due
Commissioner Martin so says the
New England Homestead, and so
say we all of us o. L. Martin is
the right man in the right place"
We do hope that next year he will see
that the farmers of Lamoille county
can have the benefit of an inspection
of better farming train, because the
best farms in Vermont are right
here in Lamoille county and the best
farmers, the most intelligent farmers
and the most progressive farmers are
those of Iamoille county, who are ev-
er ready to take advantage of any
thing that tends to improve and make
farming better.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-05

fculty whatever in making correct
choice.
1t appears that frozen products are
thawed and that sometimes fresh
blood is put in the mouths of chickens
and the gills of fish to make them APP
pear as though they we're freshly kill
ed If they are not sold within two
or three days they are refrozen, and
the process of freezing and thawing
causes more rapid decomposition. Doc
tor Wiley said in his testimony
Il think it Is very important that
If we are to legislate with reference
to the cold storage business, we
should provide that small frozen pro-
ducts, such as game and chickens and
fish, shall be deemed to be adulterat-
ed if not sold in the frozen state.
II am a great believer in the cold
storage industries. | think they are
a great blessing to the people of the
country, and my idea is TO place them
on still better foundation, so that
| the people will have more confidence
in them than they have now-so as
to increase their efficiency for good
| may also say that ] am fully con
WINGED that a cold-stored product may
90 fifteen months or eighteen months
or two years and still not be injuri.
Gus to health in the sense of develop
ling any poison and still be eatable
] would rather eat it than starve
But to maintain the wholesomenes.
of food, strict limit is absolutel,
necessary. We have all had a Who'll,
lmeal spoiled by a single order of cole
stored products that have gone bad
that is not poisonous, but bad tasting
lunpalatable and unattractive. Ant
THAT is especially true at the begin
lining of the season. There are certain
kinds of products that have seasons
lChicken is not one of them. You cal
have chicken all the year round. On
lof them is shad | do not believe tina
cold stored shad ought to be allowed
to be sold after the season when tn
shad come from the Southern waters
up to the present time there ha
lbeen no systematic inspection of poul
'Itry at the time of killing, or subse
lquent to killing. There has been n,
instruction of q systematic characte
lgiven in regard to the sanitary con
Editions of the slaughterhouse, nor a
to how chickens should be picked an
treated Immediately after slaughter
There has been no systematic instruc
ton given to separate the weak an
sickly birds from the strong an
healthy and properly fattened birds
lthey are all killed together and mar
keted together. This is one of tn
things our bureau has been studyin
for about three years. The pure foo
, law forbids the shipment of any de
composed flesh or other substance
and we have been studying the kill
ing of chickens and the storage an
treatment with the view to limitin
interstate commerce in goods whc
, we can show are not fit for food"
: Little by little the hand of the la,
lis reaching out to protect the publ
against the sale OF impure and ur
j. sanitary food products. The move
ment to regulate the cold storage bus
mess is one of the most beneficial! il
stances of this tendency. If it ais
results in preventing the establish
ment of artiticially nigh prices fc
food products, a double service wi
Ihave been rendered.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-05
WASTEFUL FORESTRY METHODS

The Vermont Agricultural Expert
ment Station has issued a bulletin
showing the change in the quality of
of logs that Vermont lumbermen are
cutting, when compared with the trees
cut a few years ago. 1t is asserted
that although the cut of lumber in the
State has remained about the same for
the past twenty-five years, this aver
age has been made possible by the
cutting of smaller trees and the substi-
tuition of hardwoods. Soft woods are
becoming scarce throughout the coun-
try. and it has become necessary, in
order TO keep up the lumber supply
to cut trees before maturity
Many OF the sawmills are now
equipped with machinery for making
bobbins, clothespins and other small
articles, in order to utilize the small
pieces of hardwood formerly wasted.
The State Forest Service, in order
to form some accurate idea of the size
of the logs now being manufactured,
made study of two mills: one belong
ing to man in Underhill and the 9TH
er to man In Waterbury. This study
shows that of the million and a half
feet of logs in the yard of the Under
hill mill 100000 feet are hardwoods
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-05

and 100000 feet softwoods, OF the lat
ter only about 100000 feet are spruce,
here at the foot of Mount Mansfield,
at a mill whose annual cut of spruce
was a million feet ten years ago. All
of these logs were purchased, many
of them being hauled ten or twelve
miles; and some of them at least we're
from sugar orchards.
A great many logs on the sideways
of these two mills were measured just
as they came and represent probably
the average run of logs in this portion
of the State, if not of the whole State.
OF the spruce logs at one mill 10 per
cent were less than 10 inches in diam
eter; % per cent, lib inches; 2 per
cent, 1920 inches. At the other mill
30 per cent were less than 10 inches;
33 per cent, lids inches; ii per cent
1920 inches. Out of 800 spruce logs
measured it would only be possible to
saw two boards 20 inhes wide. 1t is
also interesting to note that in
the latter mill, where 80 per cent of
the spruce logs were less than 10 in
ches, these logs only scaled % per cent
of the lumber while the logs 11-15
inches scaled 40 per cent, and those
1920 inches 80 per cent.
While the hemlock logs run some
what larger than spruce about the
same proportions obtain, namely %
per cent less than 10 inches; SO per
cent, 11-15 inches; per cent, 1920
inches; per cent, over 20 inches. OF
course the hardwoods are not sawed
so small and the biggest proportion
of the logs are therefore between J.
and Is inches.
1t is only a question of time, and
not such a very long time, either
when we shall have very little mer.
charitable timber in Vermont, unless
we cut our timber more carefully, and
lprovide for the future. Our forest prod
ucts are estimated to be worth abou
S10,000.000. which is small for ma
tural forest country like Vermont, with
such large area of hills and noun
tains, where timber is the only sue
ossful crop that can be grown. IL
the United States we arc cutting ON
forests almost three times as fast as
we grow thn~h. The r. sl', of sucn {
policy requires nc seventh son of {
seventh son to determine. A grea
many more people than the person
holding the tt;e deeds to a wood O
are vitality interested in the manner il
which he operates that property. l. i
the advantage of the owner to maze
his woodlot u oduce crop of timbe'
from time 0 time, rather than to stril
it bare all at once; but if he desire
tC do so the time is coming when IN
State will have to intervene as Euro
pean countries have done, in orde
that the rights of the many may b.
protected BY wise forestry method
timber should be made one of tn
principal crops of Vermont.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-05

Governor Prouty's choice of Lieu
tenant Colonel Lee S. Tillotson as
Adjutant General to succeed the late
General w. H. Gilmore is meeting
with approval throughout the State.
Although a young man, Colonel Til
lotson has had extensive experience
in military matters. He is versatile
in his other accomplishments, popu-
lar and of high standing in fraternal
circles, and will fulfill his new duties
with ease and credit.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-05
Morrisville News and Citizen

Gov. Prouty has appointed Col. L.
S. Tillotson of St Adams Adjutant
General to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Gen. Gilmore. The
appointment is an excellent one and
in Mr. Tillotson the State will have
a worthy successor to the one who
so long and so faithfully filled the
office. Gen. Tillotson has had long
service in the State Militia, served
in the SpanishAmerican war and is
at present Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Vermont Masons.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-05
(Rutland Herald.)

Whoever is in charge of Dr. Mead 5
publicity bureau has SHOWN remark
able lack of good Judgment and still
iaan'fests the same woeful misunder-
standing of just what the situation
calls for. We have utterly failed to
grasp the significance of this press
casionally Possibly our faculty OF
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-05
Oyndonville Union-Journal.)

A Fleetwood Club has been formed
in Cornwall, in Addison coul ty i.
Fleetwood's friends are not making
much noise but are evidently keeping
busy. If it finally comes to a choice
between the two men from Morrisville
and Rutland there are a good many
who, though not now taking any no
ticeable active interest in the cam
paign, will prefer the gentleman from
the Lamoille county town.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-05
THE GOVERNORSHIP

(Morrisville News and Citizen)
The statement by the Bristol Herald
that +. G. Fleetwoods candidacy for
Governor is not taken seriously" is
absurd. From all parts of the State
come letters of encouragement and
wherever he speaks the promises of
support are decidedly hearty 1t is
"SeriOnS" and no mistake
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-05
CORRECT.
bennington Banner.)

Edward II. Deavitt, the present
State Treasurer, will be a candidate
for reelection. There is every rea-
son why he should be reelected and
none why he shouldn't
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-05

Woman loves clear, rosy complex
ion. Burdock Blood Bitters purifies
the blood, clears the skin, restores
uddy, sound health.-adv.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-05

Torturing eczema spreads its burn
ing area every day. Doans Ointment
quickly stops its spreading, instantly
relieves the itching. cures it perman-
emily. At any drug store.-adv.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-05

Ex-CONGRESSMaN MEtkSON CONiMtNDS PE-RuNA
of I
( thirty "- feekison.
OTHER REMARKABLE
lin bad
health for hyeven and after taking twelve bottles
c. Iowa,
efunuIt
@
had
Of trouble
ything."
New-York tribune., 1910-07-11
NEWARK WINS AND LOSES
Breaks Even in Double Header
with Baltimore Orioles.

Newark and Baltimore divided a double
header in Newark yesterday, the visitors
capturing the first game by a score OF to 2
and losing the second by a score of to 4
The absence of Agler. the fast Indian first
baseman made it easy for the visitors TO
get away with some bunts in the ninth inn
ing, thereby scoring the winning run
The Orioles might have won the second
game had not Wyatt Lee been pulled out of
right field and sent to the mound to relieve
Muller in the last inning.
With a run across. two men on bases and
only one out. Mueller was benched- Lee
struck out Clancy, and Walsh followed with
a hit over the pitchers head. scoring
Strong. The ball bounded off Louden's s
glove and into Schlafy's hands. who nailed
Goode at the plate. Had he tailed the
score would have been tied The scores by
innings follow:
r h E
Baltimore % o o o o o 1-5 S 2
Newark 20 0 o o 1 % 5 1
Batterfes-RusselI and Egan; Holmes and
Crisp Time 40 Uapires-Murray and Boyle
r. H E.
Newark II Q 0 Ks Y 2
Batteries-Mueller. Lee and Crisp: DonnelIy
and Byers- Time-1:5o- Unnpires-Bcyle and
Murray.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-11
Ross Burcburd TO the Fore
Champion in Semi-Finals for Hudson River
Lawn Tennis Title

Lawn tennis players seeking the Hudson
River championship honors experienced a
grueiling of heat and competition yester-
day on the clay courts of the Dunwoodie
Country Cub. Yonkers, where the annual
tournament is in progress. The days play
ing brought out it's quota of surprises and
interesting results. however. and the old
time champion, Ross Burchard, represent
ing the Poweltoh Club, arrived in the semi
final round.
But before Burchard arrived there sew
eral startling things happened. s. Takaki.
clever Japanese wfelder of the racket,
playing for the Park Hill Club. began by
defeating Theodore Irving Wood, of Dun
woodie, in love sets The Japanese seemed
to have passing shots up his sleeves, Wood
was nowhere, for every time he essayed
q volleyed stroke or a drive for placement
Takaki smiled and put back return that
cut the air through Woods court.
For his second round match Takaki faced
William D. Bourne, of the New York Ath-
letic Club Then the outcome was different.
for at court generalship and an ability tow
ard persistent steadinesS Bourne surpassed
his opponent. and he likewise possessed a
few Yankee tricks. So well did the New
York Athletic Club man play that, after
losing the first set. he found the vulnerable
spots in his opponents court by varying his
pace and direction of his drives. with the
result that Takaki dropped out of the tour
nament to the final score of S-6, 6-S and
6-3
It was in the fourth round that Ross
Burchard faced Bourne, and in this COM
petition the champion proved his excel
lence, driving we'll at all times, so that
Bourne was defeated in straight sets,
Glove, g. At no stage of this match
was Bourne successful in extendin- =
the former champion Burchard mann
tanned a running fire of placed shots and
with a speed that allowed Bourne no op-
portunity to get set for an attacking re-
turn.
The doubles were begun. and in this
event Ross Burchard paired with King
Smith, who had done well in the singles.
The two Powelton players met unexpected
resistance from the BrOnxville pair, Nor
ris S Clark and Abraham Bassford, jr.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-11
LIVELY RACES AT GAMES
Pastime Club Athletes Hold Reg
ular Monthly Meet.

Lively sport was the order at the regular
monthly games Of the Pastime Athletic
Club yesterday on the clubs oval, AT Goth
street and the East River. The fields in all
Of the events were good. The prizes were
offered by the athletic association of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance COMPANY as a
courtesy to the club which had allowed
the insurance athletes to use their grounds
for It's recent meet. The half-miIe novice
race proved one of the best contests of the
day. as the finish was close d. ]. McIvor
hashed to the tape Just ahead of A CasseIa.
who had J. j. Bailey at his elbow as third
The time was minutes 10 Is seconds
The two-mile handicap proved q b.,r,
breaking race ana the runners had all tbsv
could do TO keep going to the finish n
was severe test and nearly half of the
starters dropped out. j. Stack. from the
lOo-yard mark. was the first home with
plenty TO spare. over II. II. Traub. ; wards
who was second. while his brother. 7
Trauo. % yards. was third The winners
time was especially good, all things CON
sidered. al 10 minutes 81 IS seconds.
The summaries follow:
loO-yard dash Chandioapl-won bv y F.
naIdt GA feet); C. Robertson C17 fSet1 ssc
oIG 0nI + Z Hunt t12 feet). third Time.
looo-yard run thandicapl-won nv
mi " tSo Sarusl: j. Planek (55 yards, sec
, % 10 - '-OS|' 'hI'u' lime.
5so.yard run (handicapl-won by r Sta
~ rehsoh - YARDS; J. Dolan (e yards1 second =
N Frisole q yards> third. Time 3. SO 2-S
aa4i .ihls run tnovicel-wcn by d i Nc
Time. 2;io I-a = N3iieS' 'hird
l,dH ddHWo%-mile emile run fhandicap)--won by ]. stack
rrlVt yardsp; III. Traub (S yardsl second,
Iraub $50 yards). third Time "a o7 J.
running hish Jump (handieap)-won hv II
inbesF Sseratehl. with jump of 5 feet ~
iHches' u Jennings tscratchl. SECOND r-ttS
Jump OF feet inches: l. o. PanizLt - -
ihches)' third. with jump OF feet . inches -
New-York tribune., 1910-07-11
Championships To Be Decided at
Narrauansett Pier.

The three divisions of the American polo
championships-the Junior, the senior ana
the annual open championship-are TO De
decided this season on the field of the
Point Judith Country Club, at Narragan-
sett Pier, r. l.. beginning Monday. July
25, and continuing through TO Saturday,
August 90 The Point Judith Country
Club tournament is to be played at the
same time so that in all respects the
meeting, especially should an English team
visit this country, promises to be of sur
passing interest and a marked advance
over the championships of any previous
wear in the history Of the game in this
country.
Entries for tie championships close on
Friday, July Is. with H. L. Herbert, the
chairman of the National Polo Associa-
ton, but it will be necessary for clubs
contemplating entries for the junior and
senior titles to notify to-day the chairman
as to what players may represent their
clubs in the tournament, so that the han
dicaps may be verified
The conditions of the junior champion
ship only allow of the entrance Of teams
upon which no individual player has
higher handicap than five goals on the
date of May Is of this year. The matches
Will De OSC1Ceu WITHOUT HdTOlCdp dIION-
ance, and the cup offered is presented by
Samuel D. Warren.
The senior championship is open to teams
without handicap limitations. This will
bring out the strongest four in this coun-
try. The cup is presented by William
Waldorf Astor, through the Tuxedo Club.
In both Of these championships all of the
players on q team must be members of
the same club which they represent.
No limitations surround the open cham
pionship series, for which the cup is Of
fered by Joseph B. Thomas. 1t allows of
fours being composed of members of vari
Gus clubs. It is actually a championship
of picked men, and with the number
available at this time should produce rare
sport For all three of the champion
ships the Polo Association adds individual
cups for the winning teams. The open
championship is really a worlds title.
The visiting English players are expected
TO compete should they come to this coun-
try.
Four sets of cups-the Narragansett,
for teams under existing handicaps; the
Rhode Island, for teams not exceeding sew
enteen goals; the Point Judith, without
Limitation, and the Freshman. open to
teams not exceeding ten goals and no in
dividuaI member three goals-are offered
for the Point Judith tournament.