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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-05-20
Vermont Notes.

By decision handed down by Judge
W. W. Miles, the town of Tinmouth, in
the southern part of Rutland county.
will be enriched by 100000. the resiGu-
airy of the estate Of the late George c..
Champion,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-05-20

1t is all important that the winter fly
be assassinated.
You are doing work of humanity by
killing him now.
Don't miss single chance.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-05-20

FILES are the most dangerous In
l. sects known to man. He should
be their most persistent natural
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-05-20
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE.

We have again been asked where we
stand on the equal suffrage question.
On January 1, 1918, we said:
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-11
MOuIds Fatal to Poultry

Mouldy litter in poultry houses and
mouldy feed are the cause Of large
number Of deaths among poultry and
particularly among chicks. These
moulds taken into the body Of the fowl
cause a disease known as aspergillosis.
The disease is as fatal as the name
sounds. Our scientists have neglected
to find a shorter name for the disease,
but among poultrymen chicks affected
with the trouble are commonly spoken
Of as "lungers. Many times the dis
ease is mistaken for white diauhea.
The Missouri College Of Agriculture
in its investigation Of poultry diseases,
notes the following characteristic symp-
toms: The chick stands around in a
drowsy manner and shows little desire
to eat. The wings hang down, the
breath is rapid and a white dianhea is
present.
An affected chick will be found tc
have soft, yellow growths rom the size
OF pinhesd to that Of pea, mainly
in the lungs, but sometimes in the in
testineS and mesentery. These
growths, clogging the air passages o
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-11
-Four Pages.

the lungs, are directly responsible for
the death Of affected birds.
In mature fowls there are two forms
Of the disease. The mucous mem
brane lining the air sacs and tubes may
be covered with a membranous lorna
tion which is soft and yellowish and has
an offensive odor, or the post mortem
will reveal white or yellowish nodules
imbedded in the tissues Of the lungs.
Early symptoms are that the bird is
inactive, sleepy and, if forced to run,
will fall from exhaustion; breathing is
rapid, appetite is diminished and more
or less calarrh is present.
There is no cure for the trouble, but
since it is caused by eating mouldy
feed or by being permitted access to
mouldy litter, it can be entirely pre-
vented BY not compelling fowls TO eat
mouldy food and by keeping them
away from mouldy litter.
This is just one Of the many troubles
that can be entirely avoided by feed
ing nothing but fresh, clean feed and
keeping the pens and yards free from
filth and moulds. H. L. Kempster.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-11
Business Methods Needed on the Farm

Efficiency in any business depends
on the manner in which the various
factors that make up that business are
handled. No manufacturing concern
can long do business unless the meth
ods oil every phase Of the work, from
the gathering Of the raw material TO the
putting on the market Of the finished
product, are as efficient as experts can
make those methods.
Farm efficiency does not differ wide
ly from factory efficiency. In both
cases the term means the largest posi-
Bile returns with a given investment.
Il is true the farmer does not have 10
pay market prices for all the factors
with which he works, consequently his
margin is wider than that Of the manu-
lacturer in most cases. His land was
obtained good many years ago at 5
or 10 per cent Of its present value; he
does the larges: per cent Of the work
himself; hence, we see, his largest ex-
pense items are independent Of mar
ke,s in any way.
The manufacturer must pay divi-
dends to stockholders after all expen-
ses for the year. The farmer can do
nate his. labor and interest on invest
ment, and must have in return his liv-
ing for the year as a minimum. Nine
~. FIVE per cent Of the cost Of growing
farm crops, or beef, or pork, is !coy-
cred in the two items, investment"
and labor" This tends to give the
farmer false ideas Of what he is putting
into the finished products Of his farm
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-11

securities. The suit brought by the
receivers Of one railway TO recover
from its directors profits alleged to
have been derived through their sale
as individuals OF properties they pur'
chased as directors will have a whole
some effect. From all indications the
government will begin action to recov-
er some OF the millions Of New Haven
money that was recklessly spent in an
effort to menopolize transportation in
New England. II directors who voted
for such expenditures, wilfully or tim
idly, can be held legally accountable
for the losses to stockholders, future
conduct Of railways will be safe, wheth-
er additional laws are enacted or not.
When directors fully appreciate their
legal as we'll as moral responsibility
they will direct actually instead oi
nominslly. There has been no sur
prise in the latest New Haven inquiry,
the public interest having been in the
confirmation OF stories which have long
been circulated. There are doubtless
several other railways, now in bad
way financially, that have suffered from
similar mismanagement. As soon as
sufficient facts on which to base suits
are learned, the looters should be COM
PEELED TO disgorge.
The declaration Of the former dunn
my president Of the New Haven that
government ownership OF railways is
the only solution Of the problem is not
worthy serious consideration. His evi-
dence showed that the New Haven
might as we'll have been honestly con-
Quoted as not, even as many other rail-
ways have been. There would be
even more opportunities for misman-
agement under public ownership. The
New York public highway scandal is
but one OF hundreds OF illustrations
that might be cited. Publicity and
strict personal accountability are two
things essential to honest management,
whether by corporation or government
officials. And all signs point to hon.
est management, at least as long as
the public is watching as it will be for
some time. Globe Democrat.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-11

laying a female egg In large cell and
feeding its larva upon specially pre-
pared food. The drones are males
whose sole province is to iertilize the
queen at her marriage fight, after
which the workers sting to death and
cary out all the drones in the hive.
Bees will pay a profit and at the
same time they are a source Of pleas
ure and inspiration, In a land where
alfalfa grows easily, or where dairying
is one Of the important agricultural in
dustries, the addition Of a few bees
literally converts it into land flowing
with milk and honey" the ancient
symbol OF prosperity. They are ne
cessity in an orchard for large crops.
H. A. Bereman, in Journal Of Agricul-
tuTe.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-11
Save Egg Losses During Hot Weather

Statistics show that during the sum-
mer months from one-fourth to over
one-half the eggs produced in Missouri
are total or partial loss.
Heat is directly or indirectly respon-
sible for a loss to Missouri farmers OF
two and one'half million dollars worth
Of eggs annually. Heat causes germ
growth, embryo and mould develop
ment, increases evaporation and causes
eggs to become bad in a very short
time. April eggs are high in quality
because Of the lower temperature which
prevails at that time.
According to studies made at the
Missouri College Of Agriculture, nearly
all Of the loss in eggs due to heat can
be avoided by the ordinary convent
ences that the average farm provides.
If farmers would take the same care OF
eggs that they do Of butter before and
during the time it is taken to market,
there would be practically no loss from
heat. ANY temperature above 70 de.
grees is too warm. Even under the
best Of conditions eggs should be
taken to market at least once each
week.
Eggs should be collected daily and
should be cooled as quickly as posi-
bic. A sweet, fresh basement which
is cool OF cyclone cellar makes a sat-
isiactory place TO store egga. They
may also be kept cool by placing them
in bucket lowered into we'll. Avoid
storing them in musty Easements and
keep them away from flies.
II these directions are followed and
eggs are carefully protected from heat
while being taken TO market, the value
Of MiSsouri's egg crop may be increased
two and one half million dollars during
the next four months.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-11
Completing a HALT Truth.

1t was only an incident Of the ad'
dress Senator Reed made in Jefferson
City the other day which forced the
reluctant admission that depression
always follows tariff reduction, in this
country. The Junior Missouri senator
is almost always a candid speaker, and
after admitting a present depression
coincident with tariff reduction, he
felt under obligation to explain that
evil connection. He did this By say
ing that such depressions have, as a
rule, followed tariff revision downward
in the United States, but that, follow.
ing the necessary readjustments, the
rebound 10 more active conditions will
be amply compensatory. 1t is not
Necessary to deal with that part Of the
address which is purely prophetic. 1t
is impossible to argue with a prediction
Of better times to follow these. Nor
would we be willing to play the pessi-
mist so far as to deny that there is so
much room for improvement, that i'm
provement, under thst natural law
which makes nature abhor a vacuum,
may not, at some time in the future,
be relied upon TO fiji it. We might
well queation whether it will be filled
while the cause, Of which hard times
is the effect, remains. II was not in
the o0s, when the return Of good times
was contewporaneous with the return
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-11
For VaCatiORiSts

One Of the dangers Of spelling a
nice vacation is the possibility Of con-
tracing tyghoid or malaria on the trip.
The former, in very large majority
Of cases. comes from impure water.
the latter from mosquitoes. Both may
be avoided.
A prominent physician has given to
vacationists who do not wish to try
typhoid vaccination this recipe for
making water safe:
Take level teaspoonful OF chloride
Of lime and rub it up until there are
no Jumps, in teacup OF water.
Dilute this with three cupsIul Of water
and keep this stock solution in a
stoppered bottle for use.
"A teaspoonful Of this stock solution
added to two-gallon pail Of water
snd we'll stirred up will destroy all
typhoid .or other dysentery- producing
bacilli in ten minutes and will make
the water safe to drink.
If this quantity makes the water
taste, use little less; otherwise not.
Get the chloride Of lime in metallic
cases."
This recipe should be worth clipp-
ing out and pasting in your scrap
book.
AS to malaria, persons may obtain
from their physician directions as to
the proper amount Of quinine to take
if they wish to avoid it. Whether
or not mosquitoes that bother are ma
larial or not may be ascer,ained by OBJ
serving their actions in biting. The
malaria carrying breed lift the hind
part OF the body and the hind legs
from the skin when biting. while the
ordinary mosquito stands on the skin
with all its legs.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-11

is 800 feet above sea level. The Yel-
lowstone river flowing through it has a
fall in one place Of 308 feet. Yellow
stone lake is beautiful sheet Of water,
twenty miles long. There are more
than 1900 hot springs, mud volcanoes
and geyserS in the park, one group
covering an area Of twelve square miles.
The government appropriation for the
upkeep Of the park in 1912 was S8,'
500. The revenue from the park was
S16,476.38. The animals Of the park
are the elk or wapiti, deer, moose, an
telope, mountain sheep, bison, noun
tain lions, bears, beavers. Birds are
scarce, the only game birds being a
few blue and ruffled grouse.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-11
A Desperate Case.

That is touching tale appearing
in the Republic telling Of appeals
made by Democratic congressman in
this state to the two Democratic SEN
ators. As the story runs, Senators
Reed and Stone are being urged not
to announce their selections OF ap-
pointees for the large federal Offices in
Missouri until after the June primaries.
The explanation Of this pathetic re-
quest is that there are so many candi-
dstes for each Of the posts that, should
the appointments be made known be-
fore primary day, the disappointed and
their friends would, in their wrath, make
vicarious victims, in several districts,
OF Democrats nov in Congress and
seeking denomination.
We are moved to a deep sympathy
By this revelation Of extremity. We
feel the picture to be not overdrawn.
The fighting rage Of the Berserkers
was as summer mildness beside what
is to be the fighting rage Of disapoint'
ed Democratic Office seekers this year.
They will be blind in their fury, strik'
ing as does the reptile blinded by its
venom in the days when the dog star
RACES. We can mt accuse these
trembling Democrats OF exagera;ing
their danger in their fears. And we
can not but believe that the senators
will gladly extend this much Of aid and
comfort 10 their colleagues in the Con
gress. 1t would be inhumanity to
deny it.
But, after all, what will it avail1
After the dog star is set, and there is
again GOODNESS in the air, other men
may cease their summer rage as to
other things. The man despoiled in
horse trade may for give il not for
get. The one defeated in love can
console him eli with another girl.
There is no form OF disappointment the
sting Of which can not vanish under
the sweeter influences OF cooler autumn
weather after sultry summertime ex.
cept that Of the Office seeker. When
the weather cools he nurses his wrath
to keep it warm. When was he ever
known TO forget or miss his timer
Foiled OF his chance to strike in June,
he will only add to the venom Of his
stroke in November. We do not
accuse these congressman Of overIear.
The danger is real and they do not
exaggerate. But they are only post
poning it. We can not share their
hopes. The snakes will not have
holed up By the Sd Of November.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-11
A Hive OF Two of Bees

Honey is said to be the most whole
some sweet. 1t has medicinal effect
upon the human body and those who
have eaten white clover, alfalfa, red
or any other OF the choice
kinds Of honey on fapjacks or snowy
biscuit, will affirm that there is no
more delicious CONNECTION. 1t is stat
ed by medical men that Bright's dis.
ease and other kidney troubles never
occur in individuals who are accus-
toned to eating honey.
Honey can be grown by the average
farmer anywhere in the United States
either as specially or a money crop,
or in a small way for family use.
Bees will lay up immense supplies
Of honey wherever there is plenty Of
alfalfa. Hundreds Of common plants,
weeds and trees contribute their flow
cry sweets to the busy insect who re-
sembles in one respect the useful bac-
terra living upon the roots Of legumi-
nous plants--they work for nothing
and board themselves" Bees are also
valuable to fertilize the blossoms Of
agricultural plants and thus increase
the yield Of fruits and vegetables.
The average annual yield per col
ony the United States over is twenty.
eight pounds oi comb honey or forty-
FIVE pounds OF extracted honey. Comb
honey brings 20 cents and extracted
IS cents a pound when sold direct to
the consumer. These are average
prices for large number Of years.
Each colony will cost approximately
IS cents year, aside from labor. This
includes ioundstions, sections, occas-
ional new frames and hives and other
appliances needed for increase in the
size Of the apiary.
The life OF the bee is marvelously
complex. The hive is not a mon
archY nor the queen a ruler. 1t is a
republic where women do the work"
and the sufragette reigns supreme.
The queen is the hardest worker oI
this little republic and devotes all ol
her natural life to the laying OF eggs,
which she does with a constancy and
persistence that compares only to a
we'll oiled machine. She is really a
royal slave, being waited upon in true
-queenl7- fashion, bu! not indulging in
regal selfshness nor idleness. She has
small word in the government Of the
household, which is a perfect example
Of irictioni.ss cooperation.
The workers are females, imperfect
or rather upcompleted, stxusllY; ye,
they can lay eggs tha, will produce
drones. The queen is produced BY
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-11
A Mexican Example

Pancho Villa has his limitations, but
he can still serve as a bright and shin
ing light. He knows how to nip in the
bud boom for him for the presidency.
This is thing which many Americans
do not know how to do, or, il they
know, have never yet tried doing.
How many OF US have suffered lacera'
tion Of soul when mentioned" in con-
nection with the presidency Of this be-
loved land cannot be enumerated.
None Of US has ever yet cried out in
an agony Of distress, and pleaded with
his friends to spare him. Still less has
any one Of US ever issued a statement
serving notice that he will hold to per
Sonal political and physical responsible
ity any man undertaking to promote
his presidential candidacy. That is
what Pancho Villa has just done in
Mexico.
How it all came about is a matter Of
internal Mexican politics with which
we can make no pretense of familiarity.
What we know is that, since the early
triumph Of the constitutionalists has be-
come assured, there have been many
voices in the air shouting the name OF
Villa as that OF man who would be
the right man in the right place il in
side the national palace at the City OF
Mexico. A few days ago there seemed
to be, on the other side Of the Rio
Grande, swelling echo OF Our own
presidential predicate, THE man who. "
How far this nigh, have gone without
such check as would give it an in
stant pause, will never be known. For
the check has come, and the instant
pause is certain to come next. Twill
treat as a personal and political enc
my" writes Pancho Villa in the state
ment just issued, ANY person who
mentions my humble but unstained
name in connection with ambitions
which do not possess"
There is nothing OF the Pickwickian
sense in this. 1t is not Caesar throw
ing fit while denying a crown on the
Lupercal. 1t is no Gloster artfuily
urging a Buckingham to swell the cry
to which a seeming deal ear is to be
turned. No vision Of glory rises out
Of it, but one, or, rather, many, Of
blindfolded men with backs to walls in
front Of firing squads. No man ever
renounced glory in a more practical
waY than thisH There is not the least
reason to doubt Of the rapid decline OF
the Villa presidential boom in Mexico.
Well assured Of that TACT as we are, we
commend, in advance, TO such Of our
fellow citizens as may find themselves
in like predicament, the shining ex-
ample Of Pancho Villa, a man so sure
that it is better to be right than presi-
dent that, to stay right, he will kill
such boomers as want to get him left.
Globe Democrat.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-11
Railway Wrecking Over

One consoling reflection on the rev.
elations Of the scandalous mismanage.
ment Of the New Haven road is that
such practices are thing Of the past.
The last OF the directors on the stand
before the interstate commerce com
mission was asked about the manage
ment under the incumbency OF How
ard Elliott as chairman Of the board.
He said that the old days Of speedy
meetings, in which a small coterie
rushed through the ratification Of trans
actions OF which other directors knew
nothing, and about which they were
too timid to ask, have given way to
deliberati-e sessions, in which each
director must exercise responsibility.
Mr.. Elliott and his associates are tr7-
ing to rehabilitate the property and
operate i, as railway, instead Of seek
ing to carry cut wild dreams Of trans
portation monopoly ~.~- - ----'-.-.
The difficulty which one Of the
grea, railways has had in taking care Of
maturing notes indicates that there will
hereafter be greater scrutiny Of railway
securities, Investors will want TO know
all about the condition OF the road on
which they are based. The mere spell
Of name high in finance will not float
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-11
Working

Of higher tariff schedules. We are
willing to waive the point, however,
for another we think to be more sig
nifcant il not actually conclusive on
the point Of comparative merits Of two
opposing economics systems.
Why is il that, in the history OF the
United States, depression and prostrat
ion have never followed an increase
Of tariff rates as Senator Reed admits
they have always followed a decrease2
1t is not our purpose to attempt an
answer Of the question, but only to
state the plain ia:t out Of which It
arises. We will content ourselves,
for the present, with being as candidly
but as persistently partisan as the iu-
nior Missouri senator. lie has admit
ted that periods Of tariff reduction in
our history have been followed by
periods Of business depression. We
now sa freely admit that periods Of
tariff increase have been followed by
periods Of increasing prosperity That
period in proof which should be fresh
est in public recollection is that Of the
Early and middle o0s. But the truth
which it was then made possible for
very many Of US to learn, either by ex-
pcTience or by observation, can be as
we'll learned through a reading OF our
still earlier history. The same story
was told in the early part Of the first
quarter Of the nineteenth century, but
it had to be retold in the earlier part
oil the secod quarter 10 new voters
who, never having had the experience
Of being kicked by mule, could not be
convinced Of the danger without per-
sonal pull on the tail.
An increse in duties was needed
10 restore such rash experimenters, first
in the century's dawn, again in the
sos, and still again in the 90s. And
the prescription never failed in restor-
alive effect. Always a restoration OF
tariff rates to points where American
industry could be protected sufficiently
to enable it to maintain the higher
scales Of wages and living in this coun'
try acted as prompt stimulus to all
Of our energies. This has been the
unbroken rule following the making OF
every protective law, as the reverse
has been the rule following every nom
protective law, a fact admitted. Ex-
plantations Of this difference may be in
order. We would not avoid discuss
ion Of the question. But it would be
a waste Of time to deal with prophecies
declaring that, although old history is
repeating itself in the new low tariff
law up to date, it will certainly begin
to reverse itself a little farther on.
Predictions can never afford a basis
Tor argument. No more csn opinions,
when not supported by facts constr
tuting the premises out Of which opin'
ions can logically grow as conclusions.
Senator Reed has stated historical half
truth in saying that depression has al
ways followed tariff reductions below
protective rates. We are stating the
other half for him in citing history to
prove that a rebound has always follow
ed a return TO such rates. This makes
a hall truth whole aud complete. -
Globe Democrat.