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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-25
ESTIMATE WIRE FOR FENCES
Catch-Weght Spools Weigh From IS
to 1926 Pounds-Stretcher Is Al
most indispensable.

In calculating the amount of wire
to fence field it is customary to as
sumo that ordinary barb wire weighs
one pound per rod. This is approx
mate only, but 1t will give you an idea
in estimating the number of spools.
Barbed wire is placed upon the mar
ket either in catch weights of ordi-
nary spOols so rods long. Catch-weight
spools weigh from SO to 125 pounds,
the average being about 95 pounds.
These are net weights and are marked
on the spool. Eighty rod spools are
guaranteed to contain 80 rods of wire.
Every farmer with such fencing to
do should have wire stretcher. One
is almost indispensable to easy and
satisfactory work.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-25

1t is known to Vermonters that
almost all of those who have been,
and are, active in promoting the
political ambitions of Governor
Fletcher have done so for a money
consideration. This is legitimate,
we do not question that point. 1t is,
however, noticeable as showing a
lack of real feeling that Mr.. Fletcher
is devoting his energies for the bet
torment of Vermont. There is no
true heartedness in such support, no
loyalty, only ali effort to return a
service for value received. Such
hireling support is contrary to the
free and united service that Yer
monters are noted in giving loyal
sons. 1t is serious question, one
that the people of Vermont will
answer in no unspeakable terms,
whether it is proper for state ofiici-
ais to lend the prestige of their office
to such hireling support.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-25
WEST BURKE

Clyde Bishop returned home Mon.
day from Essex Junction, where Ii,
has been working.
Mrs. Chas. Marshall is entertain
ing her sister, Jennie Campbell.
Mrs. Gentley finishes working at
Il. w. Densmores this week and in
two weeks will go to f. T. Porter's.
C. A. Smi h has purchased a bust
ness block at East Hardwick and will
move his family there very soon.
Mrs. Lester Ploof has gone to
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-25

Entered at the Post Office at
Island Pond, Vermont, as second
class mail matter.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-25

There is no reason why the men,
bers of the legislature should not re-
ceive pay for attending the special
session. 1t has been suggested that
they donate this service, but it is de-
cidedly unjust to ask it. They are
serving the state and should be paid.
If donations are to be made, make
the invitation general and ask all to
contribute.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-25

being cared for by Abbie Chapman
of Sutton.
Edgar Hart visited his father at
SaXon's River the past week.
Mrs. Ransom Davis returned from
Brightlook hospital Saturday much
improved in health.
A. c. Cheney was called to Croton
Friday on business.
X. w. Densmore and family and
w. Allard and family are camping
at Willoughby.
Mrs. Will Goss and Mrs. Will Me-
Donald of st. Johnsbury visited
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-25
LITTLE HELPS AROUND FARM
Useless Swamp May Be Converted into
Pond by Cleaning 1t out-Dry
Paths Add Comfort.

1t Is a good plan to locate corn cribs
and hay stacks on high rolling ground,
so that water will not settle toward
them.
A swamp that Is an eyesore and abb
solutely useless as it stands, may be
drained and converted into a perma-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-25
HIS ADMISSION:

Quoting from Senator Pages signed adver-
tisement
For several years, Mr. Williams states per-
sonaly paid out OF my own pocket from S 900
to 81, 600 year, rather than have i'll bank
dollar of paper that not predicated either upon Ver
mont security hrs-class Vermont l glad
Mr. Williams has made clear this fact because it might
have been difficult to make the public believe that would
make so large sacrifice maintain my personal view
with reference to out-of- State loans. -
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-25

If the alleged transgressions of
Senator Page, as made public by
Commissioner Williams. were of
such serious and striking nature as
represented in the Fletcher adver-
Using, why were not the people of
Vermont made known of the fact at
the time it was committed. 1t looks
as though Commissioner Williams
was remis in his duty and that the
state of Vermont needed new bank
commissioner.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-25

1t is rather difficult to believe
that Chairman Williams part in the
Page-Fletcher senatorial controversy
is unbiased. 1t is especially 50 when
taken into consideration that the
law firm of Williams & Smith, of
which Commissioner Williams is the
senior partner, is the political head
quarters of Allen M. Fletcher in
Orleans county.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-25

DR.. Mayo of Mortified, the Demo-
cratic candidate at the primary for
governor, is a Vermonter who has
given much of his time and ability
to forward the best interests Of the
state. He is loyal Vermonter and
would make a conscientious and able
chief executive.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-25
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

We cannot question Mr.. Fletcher's
assertion that he is a farmer, for the
state of Vermont has ruled that any
man who owns an apple tree was a
farmer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-25

Willoughby lake to do table work
the remainder of the season.
Clarence DensmOre and family
came from California last week and
will now make their home here.
Mrs. II. Woodruff and daughter,
Nora, visited relatives in Newark
last week.
Mrs. Richard Newman spent last
week at White River junction. Her
niece, Mary Andrews, returned
with her.
Mrs. Will Rice underwent an OPP
Grafton last Thursday night and is
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-25

their sister, Mrs. Will Rice, the past
week.
A. P. R. Johnson has bought a
farm at last Haven and is to move
very soon.
Rev. Fred Jocelyn will occupy the
pulpit at the M. E. church next
Sunday.
George Cole and family of East
Burke spent Sunday at L. A. Wal
ter's.
The sun., 1916-12-01
FuFs.

II is the custom and pleasure Of
Americans to buy about $6O.OOO. 900
worth Of furs year. usually at this
season when woman's fancy lightly
turns to thoughts Of sable or the
humber beasts. The manufactured
fur trade in this country Is, for the
most part. by Americans for Ameri!'
cans. While il Is true that we import
about S1G,WO.O00 worth OF addressed
furs. we have been exporting from
S0.OoO.OO0 to S1S.OOWOOO worth. so that
the balance of trade In the raw article
Is not heavily against us. The huge
figures are seen In the finished prod
net. ready for wear. This comes
from perhaps 4O0 factories. more
than 1000 Of them in this city. each
factory employing on the average
about ten persons. Each employee
turns ont about 5000 worth Of fin.
ished furs In a year.
Before the war our imports Of
dressed and manufactured furs ran ~
high as SI1.ND.OOO. Last season they
were $3,oOS. 1S3. aud in the same
period We exported $3,oSS.7S6 worth
Of the same class Of goods.
In 1912 Germany sold to America
nearly S1,0OO,OOO worth of undrcssc,l
furs. IHlpslc, world market for
flirs. was finding the United States
her best customer. Now few furs get
through to us from Germany, and our
purchases from England and Canada
nearly all skins Of Canadian animals.
have risen from S5.SOO,OOO IN 19la
TO nearly 1O.4OO,O 600 in this last wear
And we took Il millions worth from
Australia direct.
Most Of the furs We import stay IN
this country, tho grand total OF re-
exported furs, raw. dressed and manu-
facturcd, being only $7JO,OOO.
or the money spent here for flirs
about onc-thirl. or S2O.UN.WO. goes tc
the trappers Of the United States. in
Guiding Alaska. From Alaska. how
ever. the market receives less than 4
million dollars worth year. for tha
lands greatest fur bearer, the seal
gambols on the beach untouched. fol
the law Is on him and will he on fol
several years.
The sun., 1916-12-01

West, Sefior don ESTRADA CABnEnA,
President Of Guatemala, has given to
his countrymen's Feast Of Minerva,
with It's elaborate programme Of edu-
catlonal and patriotic observances, a
new touch Of international character.
Prizes were given for scholarship, and
one of them, the consul at Guatemala
City reports, Of 800 in gold and q
trip to the United States, was given
by an American firm for the best es-
say in English.
May the lady MINERVA show her
good will in the greater prosperity Of
the sensible Guatemalans. May she
travel with the young Latin American
who is coming to take notes among
us. And may she see to 1t that the
people of the America to our south
have their eyes opened to the merits
OF the North American made plOughs
and disk ploughs displayed In the re-
cent festival rs implements for the
admixture Of brains with the soil,
especially in the sugar cane fields.
II Miss MINERVA is going to take
charge of Latin American commercial
affairs we shall have to look sharply
after our end of the business.
The sun., 1916-12-01
A Lost Leader.

The late PATRICK HENRY NORRIS
sEY. formerly head Of the Brother
hood OF Railway Trainmen, never
played politics. never evaded. made
M his own mind and kept his mind
open until makeup time. He was fair 3:
when one of the trainmen's locals
broke an agreement with n railroad
he expelled the unit and sent men to
take the places OF the strikers. He
was trusted: long after he had left
the presidency of his brotherhood to
work In a railway vice-presi'lent's Of
flee the locomotive engineers chose
him rs their man on the arbitration
board of 1912. Hc was far sighted ;
In dissenting from the settlement of
1912 he declared that the award was
n trouble breeder.
Organized labor has been cursed
with some mighty unfit and misrep.
resentntivc leaders In this country
and this has come about largely where
the leaders were self-constitutpd as
such. Where the men choose deliber
atcly the type Is better. Such men
as MoRRIssEY are few. Organized Ia
bor needs them today.
The sun., 1916-12-01
Industrial Hygiene.

Several years ago the United States
Public Health Service undertook an
extensive Investigation Of the hygienlc
environment and physical condition OF
the garment workers of this city.
This scientific and practical study re-
ycaled certain defects. not only In the
factories and work rooms Of these toll
ers. but also in their physical cOndi-
ti0n. Many of these were shown to
he rcmcdiable and the best methods OF
removing them were pointed out.
4 less immediate, hut far reaching
beneticent result OF this investigation
Is now in evidence. 1t appears that
the Retail Dry Goods Association Of
this city has prOfited by the lessons
impressed in this report. We have he
fore lis the report Of the Committee
ON Industrial Hygiene OF this assOcia-
tion. published In the Medical Record
OF November %. Medical supervision,
involving the periodic examination of
every employee. has been Instituted in
the various department stores. Dis
ea ses OF the heart and kidneys. cancer
diabetes and number Of pulmonary
I IlerculOsIs cases have been discovered
through routine examinations and
their insidIous progress, which would
have handicapped the employee and
consequently damaged the interests Of
the employer, has been checked. Ere
The sun., 1916-12-01
DAYS OF REAL DINING.
An Anclcnt's Mind WandcrS Back I,
Burgundy and Goose.

To THE EpiToR or THE SrN--Sir. Who
would ear. Ia live just To cat and drink.
| would like to ask Desire I.escarboura
when food and drink are prepared for
those who use il as Il fuel to stimulate
dancing?
In the oldcn days. when We had land
lords too lat TO dance. but who knew
something about foods and wines, and
vino would have your faNori,c Burgundy
standing in the sunlight before dinner.
have your Wild goose golden brown
stuffed with chestnuts and resting on a
bed of juicy oranges and give you "A
salad Of greens that had never seen
cold storage. life was real and time was
necting and contentment beamed on
diners faces nnd eyes sparkled like the
cracking log fires.
There were no saddcr and longer faces
the next day either; for the champagne
was real and not some white stun
charged with carbonic acid gas.
JAMES -. DEwELL. Jr.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. November Is,
The sun., 1916-12-01
, CAN SUCH THINGS BE?
Does Relaxed Convention In BrOOkly q
ExpOse Mans Knee TO Encumbrance? ?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SCN-Sr. Your
editorial article Little Rays of Hope
for the Tired S;rsphanger" does not
scintillate even faint phosphorescent
gleam for the commuters on the
H. II. It's West End line. a road which
operates along a lane OF unnamed sta
,ions through what stranger might
think is "a nameless country. The latest
style cars over there have a few "cor-
rect posture" seats arranged in close
and familiar formation that enables the
attired business woman to sit upon the
knee OF the tired business man without
violating any conventions OF Brooklyn
travel.
While IL Is true that an attempt is
made to accord certain, or uncertain.
comforts to the standee. such as a few
seats and also few glitterins white
poles which one may embrace. la
clingng ivy. stlll there are large neutral
zones holding no holds for the passen-
GER while "A snap the whip manner of
taking the turns has popularizcd the
latest indoor diversion. human billiards.
With that degree OF sagacity with
which the Wall street broker discounts
contingencies in the financial world. the
Il. II. T. has already anticipated any
passing of the straphanger by clninat
ing the straps altogether from the cars
of the West End branch Of its service.
BENsoNuuEsr.
ppnoI,y>. Npynn1hrr
The sun., 1916-12-01
ON THE FURNACE GRATINGS.
Ob>crN ationS on the Apparent Benefits
of Hot and Gold Blasts.

To THE F.piToR OF THr SrN--Sir: In.
spirci 10y tho editorial article Fighting
the Rory, Night Air," IN which is quoted
the health bulletins advice as To the
necessity az penitudc uf fresh air as
preventive AGAINST respiratory dis
cases. am going to venture TO relate
that the following happening incident to
recent trip to your city prompts n
further suggestion for fuller resca" =
In the premises that is. 10 ascertain I've
physiological effect resulting from the
application simultaneously of direct cur
rents OF supcrheatcd and wintry air on
a sleeping body:
About o'clock \. NJ. on a cold and
blustcry Saturday morning | noticed sew
oral of our brothers reposing on the iron
grating furnace room Ncntilators which
constitute part of a broad sidewalk lead
| ing from broadway toward the Penn
sylvania Railroad station. Being a
stranger ] stopped to look them over,
| Three were suundly sleeping; one other,
| assisted 10y two comrades. was carefully
rcapplying a handagc tn a sore above his
| left ankle. Numerous unnoticing pas
scrsby convinced mo that this was no, an
| uncommon sight-in tho very financial
heart OF the biggest. richest and great
est city OF all the world. \ nearby
night Waterman told me ITS the same
old gang every night
II they were subject to pneumonia,
bronchitis, grip or colds there would
| have been at times a change IN their
| ranks, hut the chilli"st blast Is no irri-
tant to their seasouably normal mucous
| membranes. no symptomatic cough TO
The sun., 1916-12-01
The Teutonie Goal In the East.

The flight of the Rumanian Gov
ernment to the Russian frontier, the
reduction of the western part Of the
country. the rapid advance Of the
Teutonic forces to Bucharest. Indicate
the imminent peril to the capital and
apparently foreshadow the further
conquest Of Rumaniu.
The advance OF the armies Of VoN
TALKENHAYN and voN MAcKENsEN.
every munTuvre timed to exactness
and fitting as cog to cog In a ma
chine, hns been one of the most re-
mnrkable strategic movements Of the
war. The complete conquest of Ru-
manin may no more decide the war
than did the subjugatiOn Of Serbia
and It will lengthen rather than
shorten IL; but It will make the Cen
trnl Powers almost imprcgnablc in
the Balkans and seriously menace
Russia's position in the Near East.
1t Is becoming more and more Obvi-
Gus that Germany Is conscious she
cannot win in the west that neither
England nor France can be destroyed.
The further devastation of Belgium,
the failures at Vcrdun and on the
SOmme are only some of the evidences
Of this. AS Il result she has turned her
ambition to the goal In the Near East,
. toward which she has long struggled.
The completeness of the expedition
against ltumania shows its purpose
TO have been more than punitive. The
revival by the new Austrian En-.
perOr Of the plan of south Slav state
and OF Trialism Instead Of Dualism
for the Austro-iIungarian monarchy
indicates the Teutonic future policy
for southern expansion.
BisMARCK'S diplomatic strategy ut
the Berlin Congress of inspiring Ru
mnnia's cnmity against Russia by Civ
ing the coveted BeSSarabiu to Russia
then Of cultiynting an alliance with
Ilumann. had for It's purpose tho
building up of barrier against n
Russian overland advance 10 the Bal
kans AMI ConstnntinOplc. ltumania's
termination Of the alliance and he
failure to fulfil her purpose consti
tutcd n serious menace to the Ger
manic Near East policy. But "A Ru
mania subjngatcI would restore thi
Germanic advantage.
Tie conquest Of Serbia gave tn,
Central Powers the Orient railwa!
to Constantnoplc. The conqucs
Of Rumanla would give four more
railway lines from Austria to tn,
Danube and Bulgaria, and thence I,
the BOspWrus: the roads through Her
mannstndt and Kronstadt to the Dan
ube, the line from Bucharest to Con
stanza and from BukOwina to Galnt
and southern Rumunia. In addition
1t gives control of the Danube. Il,
these means Of communication R,l
mania's wealth of oil and grain ma,
be quickly furnished to relieve tn
pressing needs Of the Central Powers
BY the use OF the Danube and tn
Elbe Canal Germany could send sui
marines to the Black Sea and thu
end ltussias unchallenged sway 1
these waters.
To permit Rumania to share tn
fate Of Belgium, Serbia and Mont,
The sun., 1916-12-01
Tn to Its Old Tricks.

Several years agO The Sun called
attention to a certain notorious Ben
Davis. the cheat Of the very respec-
table apple family. that with well
rounded. healthy figure. garbed in
rosy red. was going around the coun-
try deceiving people.
Orchardists who grew Ben Davises
and buyers who tried to eat them
Joined In denouncing them as the most
deceptive Of fruits. In Missouri, the
last Ben Davis stronghold, the apple
was stripped of its mask and its
juiceless fibre dlssected to the core,
with the result that the tree that
bore 1t was either grated with an
other variety or uprooted and de-
stroyed. "A fallen idol whose days
are numbered was the comment.
But was that the end? No. The
Ben Davis merely went further west
and. like some early citizens OF that
section who wished to start anew. took
another name. II has come back
plumper. rounder. redder than ever.
allgning itself with New York Jon.
athnns and Baldwins. and the Rhode
Island Greenings. The Federal au.
lhorities saw the deception and said
something like this: So long as YOU
stay in the State where you were
grown and where you are known YOU
may call yourself anything you please,
hut the minute you cross the state
line you are n Ben Davis. The coun'
try needs protection against you. do
you understand?
Now II you are fooled by the Ben
Davis do not accuse THE SUN or tho
Federal Government Of not warning
You against 1t.
The sun., 1916-12-01
FITZGERALD OF BROOKLYN.
Personality Of the Food Embargo Ad.
vocate, Fighter and Worker.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-Those whose
job II will be to defeat the proposed
Fitzgerald food embargo bill will know,
even when they have won. that they
have had a fight The late J. / Hill.
meeting Fitzgerald for the first time in
1915. said, "Oh. know you; you're the
fighter"
Speaker Clark classes Fitzgerald as
the best parliamentary In the House.
He certainly Is one of the strongest de-
baters and is an indefatigable worker
He Is not a profound student OF Amer
lean political history as are Gillett and
Gardner Of MASSACHUSETTS,. or Padgett
and Garrett of Tennessee. to mention
only two on each side Of the House.
but the Brooklyn member Is well In
formed In the history Of Federal legIe-
lation relating to Treasury receipts and
expenditures ard foreign commerce.
He Is said to have specialized In
these subjects away back in his earliest
Congress years in order better to under
stand bills relating to or affecting New
York city.
Fitzgerald suffered in prestige for
time when his enemies succeeded In
fixing on him the charge Of having
helped Uncle Joe Cannon In one Of
the latter's famous battles. Ambitious
young members few years ago used I"
refer to this in debate. They do not any
more. Those who did were wofully
mauled, for Fitzgerald can rough house
In debate when ne wants to. But the
charge no longer sticks. anyway.
The late Samuel A. Witherspoon OF
Mississippi once said to a colleague from
the North. when came to Congress.
sir. looked TO see Fitzgeralds horns
and hoofs now I think he's the biggest
man on our side Of the House. sir. and
l wish he were our leader"
Gov. Willis OF Ohio when he was In
the House. though violently opposed po-
hticaily to everything Fitzgerald IA
vored. found In him and Taggart OF Kan
sas congenial spirits; the three In theii
college years had gone strong and far
in higher mathematics. and all three
would at times make uncanny use OF
figures in running debate to the con-
fusion OF many members.
Fitzgerald has only within three or
four years adopted tho eight hour law
as a rule in the Offices of the Committee
on Appropriations. of which he is chair
man. II Is told OF him that for years his
office hours were anywhere from four
teen to twenty-four hours day. III
those years his only outdoor sport was
fishing. preferably OF the ocean shore
kind. and that he could indulge In only
between sessions OF Congress. His office
force was a hargard looking lot.
one happy day Fitzgerald took up
golf. Since then. except when he is ac-
tualiy preparing an appropriation bill.
he Is content to work only eight hours
, a day in his office. devoting the rest OF
daylight to the links. His Office STAN
rejoices.
The sun., 1916-12-01
A study OF American Dependence.

In investigating the possible enect
Of European economic alliances on
American foreign trade the National
Foreign Trade Council Is performing
q public service. 1t has just issued a
report showing the amount and extent
Of our dependence on other countries
for supplies Of all kinds.
In the case Of 213 commodities. OF
each Of which we imported more than
100000 worth yearly before the
war, 1c1 were imported principally
from the countries OF the allied group,
including the British colonies. Only
forty.nine came principally from Ger.
many, Austria. Hungary, Bulgaria and
Turkey. Excluding the British colo
MES, we were about equally dependent
upon the United Kingdom and Ger
many, the first being the principal
source Of forty.six largely imported
articles. the second Of forty-fxe.
An important point Is that We are
practically independent Of oil Other
countries In respect Of our food sup
ply. Ten and coffee are possible ex
ceptions to this statement; almost all
our coffee comes from Brazil. Manga
nese. which used to be brought from
British India and Russia, now comes
from Brazil. Nearly all our nicke
was from Canada and japan. and
Italy furnished most Of our silk.
The yulue Of such survey as this
II obvious. II the time ever comes
when 1t Is thought necessary ade
Quately to protect existing industries
and to foster new Industries that shall
free us from reliance on particular
nations, such facts and figures rs thest
will tell lis just what we have to do.