Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-21

changes in state
So laws will be the
principal matters to be discussed at
the sixth annual conference of the
inspectors of the cities and counties
in this state to be held in the Sen
ate chamber Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday of next week.
James Sweeney, the chief of stand
ards, will make the opening address
on Wednesday morning but he will
be the only speaker not city or
county inspector. The first day the
questions attending packages, bot
ties and containers, such as who is
to be prosecuted, packer, jobber or
retailer, the determination of net
weight, application of variation and
shrinkage and suggestions for uni
formity will be discussed. These
subjects are so important that they
will be the business for the first day.
The second day baskets and con-
tainers for dry ommodities, the con-
ditions attending meat and coal
sales, including Standardization Of
the sale of coal will be taken up,
while Friday will be devoted to talk
ing over the best methods of weigh
ing and delivery of ice to the house
holder and the application of the act
of 1917 regulating size and dimen-
0ioIio VI SOIu WOOu W pISSGuI udy
customs and sizes of wood used.
Remedies to correct conditions in
the purveying trades which the in
spectors supervise, especially proc
lens arising out of the war will be
the principal themes for discussion
and 1t is probable that some of the
suggestions will be suggested for
consideration by the Legislature. The
experiences of inspectors in handl-
ing food and fuel in the situations
produced by war and the relation to
the Federal authorities will be much
discussed.
The Armory Question.-The ques-
ton whether the State Armory
Board has authority to turn over
armories which are used by the Re-
serve Militia, the successors of the
National Guard, for hospital uses is
to be considered by state legal au-
thorities. Some requests have been
made, but they have not come from
the United States Army and the pro-
position will be discussed by the
State Council of National Defense
which will arrange a plan whereby
action can be taken by the Governor
in event of an emergency.
Mr.. largest Named Announce
ment has beer made by officers of
the American Bar Association of the
appointment of Judge w. H. Stake,
OF Philadelphia, as Vice-president for
Pennsylvania and these members of
the local council for this state: H. 4.
Knapp, Scranton; William M. Har-
gest, deputy attorney general, Har-
risburg; f. NJ. Abbot, Philadelphia,
and Judge J. McF. Carpenter Pitts
burgh.
Many at Fairs. - Attendance at
county fairs and agricultural exhibit
tions held thus far has been of good
character according to men con
nected with the Department of Agri-
culture who have been giving at,
tention to such matters. The num-
ber of exhibits of agricultural pro-
duce has shown big jump in some
sections and owing to withdrawal of
many racing horses local trotters
have been coming into their own as
an attraction.
No Real Substitute.-Frank Hall,
deputy chief of the State Depart
ment of Mines. who has been making
study of the problems attending
finding of a substitute for coal, says
in a discussion of the problem that
the substitutes in present use are
affording and will afford only slight
relief in the matter of coal saving
What is really needed" says he, is
real substitute for coal" Mr.. Hall
has made an exhaustive study of The
proposition.
Inspecting Fishways-Nathan r.
Butler, state commissioner of fisher
les, has been summoned to Massa-
chusetts TO make inspections of fish
hatcheries and fishways in the
streams of that state. He will make
some studies of the way the Bay
State is meeting. the problem.
One Dollar Paymcnts.-These are
the days of the one dollar check at
the State Treasury as the state au-
thorities are clearing up the old ac-
counts and taxing the inactive COM
panies. Some of the concerns hold
valuable charters and while not do
ing business Father Penn makes
them pay share of the cost of gov
ernment. The sums they pay are
small, some not more than a dollar.
Much to Do.-Governor Martin G.
Brumbaugh will be back in Harris
burg Monday or Tuesday for the first
time since the first days of July and
he will ind awaiting him dozens of
applications for charters, numerous
state contracts and other routine
business. The accumulation of char
ter applications is the greatest in "A
long time.
Springfield Cases. - Hearings in
the complaints of various borouGhs
and townships in the vicinity o.
Philadel Dhia against the new rates