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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01
COTTON WILL
RIVAL SILK COST
American Growers Will Re-
I duce Acreage e-Third
-. This Season
WILL NOT SELL POUND
LESS THAN 80 CENTS
Any Farmer Violating the Agreement
Will Be Branded as a Community
outcast-Co-operation With the Or
ganization Compulsory.

4 NEW ORLEANS, Mar. Cotton
clothing will be as expensive as silk, as
soon as the price raising and crop-reduc-
ing program recently decided on at a
meeting in New Orleans of representa-
tIves of every cotton producing section
of the United States is put into effect.
The program was unanimously adopted
at the conclusion of the first cotton
acreage reduction convention ever held,
which agreed to reach the individual cot
ton farmer and compel him, by one means
or another, to cooperate with the organ
ization.
The action of this convention means
that no cotton either now or in the
future. will be sold for less than 30
cents pound, though it can be sold for
as much more than that as the producer
can get. 1t also means that the cotton
acreage of the United States will be
reduced by at least 80 l-3 per cent from
| that of 1918, thereby, through the law
OF supply and demand, forcing up the
price to a point which will make cotton
cloth nearly twice as expensive as it ever
has been in the United States.
1 Pledges were exacted from the repre-
sentatives OF all the cotton growing Sec
tions not to sell any of the present crop
for less than 80 cents a pound, and to
store and hold every ounce of cotton until
/ the demand calls for it at this figure,
or more.
/ State -acreage-reduction COM
mittees were formed, whose business it
is to obtain written pledges from every
cotton producer in all the cotton belt
of the United States to reduce his acreage
one third under that of 1918, and to hold
his present and future supply for min
imum price of 80 cents
4 A resolution was adopted branding any
man who refused to cooperate with the
acreage reduction convention plans as
so lacking in public spirit as to forfeit
the confidence of the community in which
he lives"
i A future convention was called, though
no place was named for it. before which
detailed report of the result of the
: plans forInslated at this meeting will be
received from each cotton producing
state
Ruffin G. Pleasant, governor of Louisi-
: ana, presided at this meeting, and h. l.
Manning, chairman of the resolutions
committee, presented the resolutions
which Dir fair to tie up the consumer OF
i cotton in a knot so far as prices are
concerned. The resolutions were unani
mously adopted, without discussion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01
LARGE OBLIGATIONS
TO MEET MARCH Is
That Is Why Government Makes First
Payment Toward Income Tax Pay
able Then, Says Collector.

dDlC odyo tSVAACIoOAs
a PORTSMOUTH, n. H., Mar. l.--Ineeme
tax payers this year are due earlier then
ever before. The first payment date is
March 10, simultaneous with the final
due date of the return required by the
new revenue law. #sE
File and pay by March l5,' is the
new slogan of the internal revenue. bu-
reau Collector Seth W. Jones is prepar-
ing to handle the flood of income tax
payments, that will reach him between
now and the close of business on Satur-
day, March Is.
Fairly payment of income taxes is of
the utmost Importance in meeting the
treasury's debts brought about by the
war;" explains Collector Jones' The new
laws name March Is as the first date
because there are large obligations out
standing in the form of certificates of
Indebtedness that must be met on that
date
The earlier payments this year
should cause no hardship to taxpayers,
who, generally speaking, have anticipated
the enactment of the new law and have
set aside reserve from 1918 income to
meet the government tax.
What is needed now is another prac-
teal display of that great spirit of CO.
operation which has carried over the
top every big governmental objective that
had to do with the winning of the war.
The persons and corporations who are
called upon by the new law to pay in
come and war excess profits taxes on 1918
income have a great, vital duty to per-
| form. That it will be done in the thor
| ough American way is a foregone conclu-
| sion.
| Every taxpayer who can possibly do
| SO is urged to pay his entire tax when
! filing his return, on or before March Is.
1 The instalment method, by which one
quarter of the amount may be paid at
| that time, followed by quarterly pay
ments on June 10, September 10 and
December Is is intended for taxpayers
whose financing of the tax at one time
would tend to upset local financial con-
ditions.
Don't wait until the final due date,
March Is. for filing your return or pay
ing tax. Let us eliminate the last minute
rush, so far as possible. By evenly dis
tributing the load, between now and
March 10, every taxpayer will have a
chance to get any needed advice and in
determining his liability and preparing
his return The internal bureau has
placed its entire energies into meeting
the needs of taxpayers in this respect
Also, by distributing the load, the govern
ment machinery will be better able to
stand the strain that this great effort
entails.
Cooperation is the spirit of the time
1t is vital TO the income tax. Let us all
get together and establish another record
for Americanism."
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01
COMMISSIONERS or AeRlcuL-
TuRE.

Marketing: -Manuscript completed
for bulletin on marketing of maple
sugar. Addresses given at Maple SUI
gar Makers Convention, short course
at the University of Vermont and two
farmers meetings. I'll
Dairy Manufacturing cream
cries were visited during the month
and assistance given with various
problems; also assisted in securing
four new buttermakers. Five cream
cry patrons meetings were adj
dressed. Conferred with authorities
at Burlington regarding new milk
regulations for that city.
Creamery Inspection Twenty-sev-
en- creameries and shipping stations
and fifteen farms visited. IT'S sam
pies Of milk aad cream tested for
butterfat and FL samples OF milk
tested for sediment
Cow Testing Work:-Two associa
tons were organized Addresses Civ.
en- at short course at. the Uniyersit,
| of Vermont, which has resulted in
eight men being available for COW
| testing positions. Ist IL r
Il
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL,

Rev. f. O. S. Osgood will conduct the
chapel service at the Retreat Sunday aft
ernaon at 3 O'Clock - 80 81
John Dow. Il tool sharpener in stone,
sheds in Willamstown WI, died in his
home Thursday evening. He leaves a
wife, who is sister of Ebert Simons of
Brattleboro, and a daughter.
Al private prayer service will be held
at The home of the late /. l.. Moore ut
2.15 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, for
the family only; and che body will THEN
be takensto the Methodist. church where
it will lie III state from ESQ to q
z clock, the hour of the public service.
Arrangements have been made by the
ways and means committee of the Patri-
otto league with R. A. Wagner, manager
of the Auditorium, for the moving pic
turc, Under Four Flags, which win be.
shown here March 2l, the league to re-
ceive the proceeds of the sale, Of tickets
The funeral of Mrs. Catherine Fitzger-
aid of North Hatfield, Mass. was held
this morning in the Roman Catho-
lie church with mass at o'clock. The
bearers were John 0'Connor, Daniel III.
Brosnahan, John Lillis and Richard
Heaphy. The burial took place in the
Roman Catholic cemetery.
From 40 to 50 users of electrical pow
er were held up until about s o'clock this
morning on account of the breakage of a
wire of the power line near the home of
John Kaine on Elliot street. The cause
of the break is not known. Among the
larger users on the circuit are the s. A.
Smith Mfg. Co., Holden & Martin Lum-
Der Co, Grant Granite CO., f. Crosby &
Co, f. L. Hildreth & Co, Vermont Print
| ing Co., Brattleboro Publishing Co., Man
| ley Bros, and Others Power also is sup
piled to the postoffiee, where trouble de-
veloped with the lighting system so that
| it was necessary to use lanterns fof
| lights in sorting mail.
My Four Years in Germany, By
James w. Gerard, late ambassador &c
the German empire, will be the sub
| iect of the stereopticon lecture by Rev
| ID. E. Trout in the Uniyersalist church
/ on Sunday at 7.30 p. m. The slides pic
/ ture the story of German life, diploma
cy, intrigue, etc, as told by one who
was an eye witness, and the representa-
tive of the American people at the Ger
man Imperial court. Every true Amer
lean ought to know the facts ant
vents as narrated in this book, TO bet
Ter understand the position of Ameri
ca in the great world. war. The lee
ture treats of the most importan
events and attempts to give the who'll
narrative in a condensed form, and a
the same time preserve THE real valu
of the whole book. The views not on
ly illustrate the history as revealed il
Gerard IS book, but also show the cor
rect military costumes, etc, as wer
worn by the kaiser and his officers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01
URGES HABIT OF THRIFT.
Secretary Glass Sends Message to Edu-
cation Association.


WASHINGTON, March 1.-The school
of the country were urged to
Join in the government campaign to make
thrift a happy national habit in tele-
gram sent yesterday by Secretary Glass of
the treasury department to the National
Education association in convention in
Chicago Secretary Glass asked that the
teaching of thrift be made part of the
school curriculum. The telegram reads
as follows:
ITO the members of the National Edu-
cation association assembled at Chicago
wish to extend the sincere appreciation
of the treasury department for the as
sistance rendered by the members of the
teaching profession in the Liberty loan
War Savings campaigns during the past
year. Besides being of immediate value
in meeting the financial needs of the
government, these campaigns have been of
permanent value to the country in en-
couraging habits of wise spending, intel
igent saving, and investment These hab-
its of saving and patriotism encouraged
and stimulated by the necessities of the
war, will have a great permanent value
to the country if applied to its develop
ment in time of peae. The teachers of
the country, by the daily. contact with
the children who are to be its future cit
izens, can do much to influence them in
teaching good citizenship and thrift 1t
Is therefore my earnest request that the
school authorities throughout the country
incorporate the teaching of thrift in the
school curriculum for 1919.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01
Odd and Interesting.


Man is the only, living thing that ever
sleeps on its back
Only one British prime minister has
worn beard-Lord Salisbury.
The United States owns fully one-half
of the worlds stock of diamonds.
r. is the most difficult letter for an
intoxicated person to pronounce.
At the end of 1914 there We're, in round
numbers, 100000 houses in London.
The highest ambition of Chinaman is
to have fine coffin and fine funeral
Turkish parents punish their naughty
children by hitting them ON the soles of
the feet.
Ii Chinaman expects present and it
does not come. he sends one of lesser
value as a reminder.
Earthworms have no eyes. but the ends
If their mouths are sensitive to light.
They can thus distinguish between night
and day..
To encourage honesty and industry.
chinese statesmen receive. almost univer-
sally an annual percentage of the firms
Profits. in addition to their wages.
A total of some 4 400 feD 00e cigarettes
were supplied to the British army last
year and these. if placed end to end
would encircle the globe eight times.
| 10 construct great highway after
the Roman method would cost today at
least 100000 mile. So thoroughly were
these roads built that they lasted fol-
hundreds and hundreds of years
4 The poppy grown in India is of the
+ came sort as that raised in Turkey, but
i for some reason connected with soil N
climate the Indian poppy contains mucl
less morphine and much more narcotic
than Turkish opium.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01
s1.4O7,3OS 20
COMMISSIONERS OF TAXES.


The physical valuation of railroad
and telephone properties for purposes
of taxation has been completed and
the appraisals filed with the state
treasurer. The appraisal of railroad
The total appraised valuation of tel
ephone properties IS $4.022.s50. which
is approximately a quarter of a mil
lion dollars increase over the valua.
ton of two years ago. The work OF
the annual appraisal OF bank stock
was completed and notices mailed
for the banks affected
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.

During the month the commission
held public hearings on various sub
jects connected with the supervision
of railroads and other public utilities
in Montpelier, Middiebury, St Johns
bury, Burlington and Manchester
There were also three informal com
plants investigated, one order of no
tice issued, and five accidents inves
togated-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01

In order to insure the cooperation
of physicians and druggists in the
campaign against venereal diseases,
meetings were held during the month
to consult and discuss with them the
points of interest to both professions.
DR.. w. w. Townsend, consulting sur
geon. addressed all the county med
zeal societies. with the exception Of
Lamoille and Franklin counties. 1t
being advisable TO omit said two so
cieties on account of the influenza
epidemic breaking out in these two
counties and physicians being so busy
that it would have been hard to get
them to attend. These meetings
were well attended and. in general,
gave assurance of cooperation. Arse
phenamine has been secured and
three cases have already received
treatment at the Mary Fletcher Hos
pital where, through the efforts of
DR.. Townsend. a venereaI ward has
been established. : A clinic will be
held at the Free Dispensary In Bur.
lington two evenings week as soon
as the necessary equipment is re-
ceived, when cases will be diagnosed
and treated, or, If necessary. can be
sent to the hospital.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01
COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRIES.

The following table shows the num-
Der of accidents reported during the
month of January, 1919 and the mum
Der of cases disposed OFF during the
month:
Non fatal accidents reported 62s
Fatal accidents reported
Cases in which compensation
has been allowed 207
Cases In which final settle
ment receipts have been
approved TIA
Total number of cases dis
posed of and closed 4Ol
During the month thirty-three for
NAL and informal hearings were held
before the commissioner.
Deputy Commissioner Pease spent
thirteen days in the Office. besides
making thirteen Investigations in
compensation cases and six inspec
tons of factories and mills in differ.
ent parts of the state and reported
thereon
Twelve employment permits were
issued to minors during the month.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01
PUBLIC HEALTH !.

The epidemic of influenza has con-
tinued, $3.50 cases having been re-
ported during the month. There has
been an epidemic of diphtheria in the
northern part of the state, but SO far
the cases have been In an exceeding.
ly mild form. The. communicable dis
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01
CONNIE SIoNER OF WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES.

During the month 81 towns have
been visited with inspections in 346
stores, making total of 3495 inspec-
tons during the month.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01
SECRETARY OF STATE.

The publicity department has in
preparation two books which will be
issued during the year, Green Noun
tains of Vermont and Vermont
Farms for Sale" In the automobile
department the. number Of -automo-
biles registered and the fees received
wara 90 ForIox,yS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01

A new Junior high school, the gift OF
Mrs. Iarabee of Williamstown, was dedi-
Gated at Willianstown Thursday after
noon s
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01
VERMONT NEWS.

The Norwich university musical club
has been touring Orleans and Caledonia
counties this week
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01

''For the land g sake-use Bowker 8
Fertilizers. They enrich the earth and
those who till it, szreggs SOS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01

The Rev. c. O. Durham has resigned
as pastor of the Georgia Plain Baptist
church, where be has been for four years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01

time. There have been a number of
deaths at the institution during the past
year and increase of pension has enabled
some of the veterans to leave the home
| temporarily and perhaps permanently.
This year will mark As years that Clar-
enee G.. Sargent of Montpelier. has taught
music in Vermont Mr. Sargent teaches
| the piano, organ, violin, cornet, etc, and
! uses the same method that is used in the
Conservatives of music. Mr.. Sargent has
a large number OF pupils in Washington
'county
Daniel Mech of Monkton, a member
of the house of 1917, slipped at the top
OF the stairs in the Alassucco block at
Montpelier Thursday, falling the length
of the stairs and receiving a bad cut on
one side of his head He was unconscious
| FOR some. time He was in the city at
tending the reunion OF the legislature OF
1917.
/ Henry p Morgan of Castleton narrow
Fly escaped being hit by the 800 train
/ Thursday afternoon when he was caught
on a railroad crossing with load of lum-
Der Mr. Morgan got his load. which was
on sleds, partly over when he saw the
i train coming and unhitched the horses
saving the team and himself. The lumber
was scattered and the sleds damaged by
the train.
Lieut. e. j. Dole, late of the air ser.
vice. United States army, and formerly
an instructor at Spaulding high school al
Barre, has been engaged as a demonstra
tor and laboratory assistant in botany al
the University of Vermont, and will enter
upon his new duties at once A part o.
Mr. Doles time will be devoted to study
and he will work for credit toward
! masters degree in science He received
the degree, Master of Arts, from the uni
versity in 1917, just prior to entering th'
service.
II 4 On the charge of breaking seals oil
freight cars engaged in interstate traffic
and stealing a barrel of OK tongues,
+ tub ofr butter and other merchandise from
1.-THE ears. Herbert Lampman of Swantol
Twas sentenced to spend six months il
the Washington county, iail by Judg
Harland B. Howe in United States cour
at Burlington Thursday Lampman wa
4 arrested JAM II Most Of the plunde
' was found at his home which Is shor
distance froK tie railroad
h 49, - ''.s' IS
eablcgrafn direct from Cep- Pegs'
ing. to Congressman Frank T. Greene c
st Albans, in response to cable fror
Mr.. Greene. announces that Corpora
9 Gordon G. Warren of st. Adams wa
:, killed in the wreck of the troop train
: France several weeks ago. Confietin
stories had held his parents in suspens
q Warren is buried in the American GEM
terv at Chaumont. Sergeant Morelan
f Perkins and Corporal Arthur f CT
rev both of st. Adams, who were IL
i jured in the same accident. are in a no
pital at Chanmont Perkins with fra
tured pelvis and Carey with chest iniur
Carey is reported as nearly recovered.
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L. L..
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01

station taking the midnight train for
Madras and school
Yours with best wishes,
HARRIET E. PARKER.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01
STATE INSTITUTIONS. q

The population at the various state
institutions during the month Of
January was as follows:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01

There are only about 50 veterans at 1.-the
Vermont soldiers home at the present
time. There have been number OF
deaths at the institution during the past
year and increase of pension has enabled
some of the veterans to leave the home
temporarily and perhaps permanently.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01

Before .yaA take the bull by. the
horns, Be Sire he is dead.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01

eases reported during the month are
shown by the following fable u u
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01
THE STATES WORK
Summaries of January Reports of
State Departments to the
Board of Control

@l I.IEF 60. M
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-01

This year will mark As years that Clar-
enee G.. Sargent, of Montpelier has taught
music in Vermont. Mr. Sargent teaches
the piano, organ, violin, cornet, etc, and
uses the same method that is used in the
Conservatives of music. Mr.. Sargent has
large number OF pupils in Washington
county
The Washington times., 1919-05-03
Price $4,000.

f street n. E.. between 10th and
11th streets. A six-room. modern
brick house. This neighborhood is
first class in every respect, and if
you are looking for bargain do not
overlook this property. Terms 81, 200
cash, balance $50 per month, to in
clude interest and principal.
The Washington times., 1919-05-03
Price $4,000.

7th street n. E., between A and
B streets. A seven-room, modern
brick house. with hot-water heat.
Lot Is by 100 to alley. Terms S700
ash, balance $35 per month, to in
lude interest and principal.
The Washington times., 1919-05-03
Price $500.

G street n. e. near Maryland
avenue. A six-room, modern colo
NAL house, with cellar. Lot Is by
100 to alley. Terms $500 cash, bal
ance $50 per month, to include inter-
est and principal.
The Washington times., 1919-05-03
LEGAL NOTICES
PGAD BRYAN NJ
49,. .7a-.wwaH %

PGAD BRYAN MOREHOUSE, Attorney.
SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT JF
COLUMBIA. Holding Probate Court
Estate Of Kate J. Waite, Deceased. No
26796, Administration. Application having
been made herein for creditors letters II
administration By w. +. Buckingham,
gent OF John Wright Company, il Is or
dered this 25th day OF April. A. D. 1919
that the unknown heirs and the unknown
next OF kin Of the said Kate I Waite, de
ceased. and all others concerned. appear m
said Court on Monday. June End, 1919 al
10 o'clock a. m. TO show cause why such
sppliCat tiOn should not be granted. Let
notice hereof be published in the Wash
inEton Law Reporter and the Washing
ton Times once in each OF three success
sive weeks before the return day herein
mentiohed-the hrst publication to be not
less than 80 days before said return day
JENNINGS BAILEY. Justice. A true copy,
Attest: (SeaD JAMES TANNER. Regis
ter e WGllA 2G5,l0
The Washington times., 1919-05-03
TWO FAMILY APARTMENT

Located on the Heights, west of
18th street, in a convenient residen-
tial section; two-story and cellar
brick. First floors rooms and
bath. Second floor-six rooms and
bath. Modern conveniences. Live
IN one apartment, rent the other. or
buy as an investment, as this class
Of property always shows a good re-
surn. Price $3.50. Want offer.
Terms.
The Washington times., 1919-05-03
FOR SALE-HOUSES
FOR SALE
DESIRABLE HOMES
IN NORTHEAST
WASHINGTON.

We offer a number of most
desirable properties in that
choice section. Do not think
OF making a purchase without
getting our list. We refer to
a few of them.
We have several statesmen
who make a speciality of homes
in that section and are famiI-
lar with about all that are
for sale.
Write, call or phone Main
1882 and make an appoint
ment to see them.
The Washington times., 1919-05-03
DESIRABLE COLONIAL HOME

Located in the northwest section.
practically new, six-room and bath
brick, hot-water heat, electric light,
large sleeping porch, hardwood
floors, possession Immediately; price
only S5,40O.