St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-07-26


appreciation of our opportunities or
the initiative which has enabled cap
italists from other parts of the coun-
try to come to us and show US how
to make money where none grew
before
This does not mean that we are to
surrender contros of our legislature
or our local government 20 public
service corporatins, or that we are
to give them license to ride rough
shod over other interests; but simply
that We are to do everything within
our power to assure them of fair
treatment, particularly in the matter
of taxation and burdensome restric-
tons.
The more Vermont encourages
corporations to develop within our
borders the greater will be our pro-
gress and the development of our
natural resources.-[ The Burlington
Free Press.
Keeping Milk Clean.
| A rather interesting contribution
to the discussion of how to obtain
a clean milk supply is provided by
the Virginia Agricultural Experiment
station. In the first place, the ex-
periments conducted by the Virginia
investigators revealed that the mere
| sprinkling of the straw bedding in
a cow stable reduced the bacteria in
the milk 53 per cent, the sprinkling
serving TO lay the dust in the straw.
Further reduction in the per cent of
bacteria in the milk was secured by
the act of moistening the tanks of
the COW before milking, by using
milk pals with small openings, thus
keeping out as much foreign matter
as possible, by bedding of the COW
stable in place OF straw. Actual ex-
periments have shown that the milk
supply is much purer under the i'm
proved conditions, outlined; and, in
most cases, the increased cost is not
large. Surely it does not cost much
to sprinkle the beading in the stable,
nor moisten the TANKS of the animal
before the milking process, while
milk pals with small openings would
cost little more than the Wide-open
topped pals. Sawdust probably
would cost more for the average
farmer than straw, since straw is al
ready provided on his own farm,
while sawdust would have to be
drawn from considerable distance
perhaps. But even if straw were
used for bedding of the stable, the
likelihood of bacteria from it getting
into the milk would be greatly les
S0u0O by the SlMpl0 pT0CduClOn OF
sprinkling the straw.
Therefore, it seems certain that
much of the hue and cry against dir
ty and impure milk could be done
away with if some simple precau-
lions like these should be followed.
Then, it might be added, many far
merS and handlers of milk might pre-
vent much bacteria from getting in
to the milk by more careful handling
of it after it has been drawn from
the COW. Allowing milk to stand I'M
covered, as many people do, is di-
rect opportunity for impurities to get
into the milk supply; and yet we
sometimes wonder how milk can
gather so many impurities. Along
with the results of the Virginia Ex-
pertinent stations findings, let the
handlers of milk exercise more care
in the handling of the milk from the
time it is drawn to the time when it
reaches the consumer. We should
hear less complaint in that case
barre Times.
Not Afraid of the People.
President Theodore N. Vail Of the
American Telephone & Telegraph Co. |
is in favor of the control of the big
utilities, such as telephone, tele-
graph, gas and electric companies
and railroads by the people. He adj
vocates a board of commissioners,
elected by the people, which should
decide upon all judicial questions
pertaining to these corporations. Mr..
Vail is not afraid that the public
will go too far in the attempt to wrest
from the corporations their rights, |
but he is afraid of the demagogues
and unprincipled politicians who /
would have the people believe they |
are continually being cheated by the |
railroads and gas companies and the
telephone companies.-[B rattleboro |
Phoenix.
New Hampshire's Road Problem.
New Hampshire people are evident
ly just beginning to appreciate the
immense proposition which our state
will soon be up against to keep a |
million dollars worth of macadam
roads in repair When our solons |
the million dollars for |
the construction of three trunk lines
or bouleyards, these highways were
referred to as permanent roads,
but it is just dawning upon some |
people that there isn't any such thing
as a permanent road. The water
bound macadam highways, in which /
a good proportion of the states
thus far has been invested, |
are proving to be very far from per-
manent, in fact the only feature OF
these roads which bids fair to be per-
manent is the necessity for addition
al funds to keep them in passable |
under the strain of the /
constantly increasing procession of |
heavy motor cars. The towns and |
cities through which these trunk |
lines pass can hardly be expected to |
keep them in repair, in fact, some of /
the smaller towns would be fairly I
swamped financially by assuming /
such a burden. So far as we have OBJ |
served, Laconia is the only town or I
city to undertake to keep its portion |
of the state highway in repair. La
coma commenced treating its state |
roads with oil as soon as they were |
laid, and the result has been that |
their macadam roads are in excellent I
condition Of course this was
an expense which Laconia was |