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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24
Half a Loaf.

We endeavor to entertain no small
prejudices. If we wanted to get some
where and happened to miss the express
we would likely be glad to ride on a
freight" 50 long as in the end we got
to our destination.
That about expresses our feelings in
the matter of improved highways We
think the patrol committees bill was a
good one and we regret its lack Of con-
sideration on the part of members of the
legislature but, nevertheless, if we can't
have that particular bill we will take
what we can get and be thankful for
small favors.
We understand that further highway
legislation will probably find its way into
the legislature. We sincerely hope that
it may. We are entirely DISTINGUISHED
in the source of such legislation, or its
workings, SO long as we make a start in
the matter of hard surfaced roads.
In other words if we can't take one
long jump we are glad to accomplish the
same thing in a succession of short
jumps.
We can spend all the time we like in
indulging in pleasant sophistries concern
ing our roads. Their reputation long
since has become established out of the
state and while we may initiate the Os-
trich and imagine there is no road prob
lem in sight, we shall simply succeed in
binding ourselves to the vast amount of
money our scenery would earn for us if
we stopped imprisoning it with an un-
satisfactory highway system.-Burling-
ton News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24
Disarming Germany.

There has been some confusion in re.
ports from Paris in regard 10 armistice
terms. The new demands from Germany
concerning which fragmentary informa-
ti0n has been allowed to leak out are
now said to relate not to a mere moditi-
cation of the armistice but to the mill
taTy treaty which is to be part of the
peace terms, II is possible that the mis-
understanding was not wholly the mis-
take of the correspondents, for within
the conference there has been some differ
ence of opinion as to what matters could
properly be added to the armstice and
what should be deserved for the treaty.
President Wilson is believed to hold the
view that the armistice was pledge
which the allies could not revoke at will,
and that with present security attained
further demands belonged properly to the
peace terms to be imposed upon Germany
A further difference Of opinion is said
to exist as TO whether the peace terms
should BE- submitted as a whole or in
parts, but upon this point the question
seems TO be one not of ethics but of ex-
pediency. Desire for the early return of
the army OF occupation naturally leads
the American delegation to favor the
immediate conclusion, if possible, of a
military treaty with Germany, instead
Of leaving this issue till all the compli-
Gated questions involved in peace nego-
tiations have been settled. 1t seems clear.
however, that to put the military treaty
first would imply a firm pledge that in
respect to other matters Germany would
be dealt with in the spirit of Mr. Will
sons II principles. To disarm Germany
rs a preliminary to spoliation, would be
neither good ethics nor good founda
tion for peace
As to this France should be well in
formed by past experience, since the
Prussianizing of Germany was largely
due to its spoliation by Napoleon and
his efforts to disarm the German people
so that a war of liberation would be i'm
possible. By the treaty of Paris in 1908,
as everybody knows, Napoleon made
Prussia pledge itself not to keep an
armed force of more than $4,000 men.
"The only thing that remained says a
historian of the war OF liberation, was
to oyerreach the conqueror, to find a way
round the treaty, and to create, beside
the standing army, a reserve army for
use in case of war" That was the begin
ming of the modern system of compulsory
universal military service which has
brought such woes upon the world, and
unntentionally France had its share in
bringing it about. The experience thus
gained should make France the more
anxious to avoid the mistake made by
Napoleon. For q time the disarmament
of Germany with France left as a great
military power may seem to promise Sc
curity, but sooner or later hate like love
will find out the way. If there is a
chance for the French republic and the
new democratic Germany to make gen
uine peace, voluntary on both sides, it
will promise more lasting security for
France than the Napoleonic device of dis
arming Germany. - Springfield Republi-
can.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24

time the slight adjustment which they
would have to make to allow them to
conform with the habits of the dew
would be tremendously counterbalanced
by the advantages to accrue from the
daylight saving scheme in the industrial
and commercial circles of the United
States.
Millions of men in industrial and com.
mercial establishments are virtually
chained to their tasks for eight hours q
day under the present system of exist
enee and il that eight-hour period can be
adjusted so that the work can begin at
the outset of the daylight period it will
be possible to group the daylight hours
available outside the eight-hour period
so that much good might be accomplished
after the eight hour period, This good
may be an opportunity to turn ones at
tention to the tilling of the soil, or it
may be that one may pursue those
sports which conduce toward physical
health or it is possible that worn. out
mental tissue can be replaced by recrea.
tion of building nature, And over and
above all, the added hour at the end of
the days work enables the workers to
have just so much more of sunshine and
fresh air, for almost as with one accord
the people, freed from their labors, turn
to open-air life.
These, then, are some of the advantages
which accrued last summer in the first
operation of the daylight saving law as a
war measure; and it seems that those
advantages are immeasurably greater
than the slight handicap which the mid
die west farmers have to put up with by
reason of the fact that the dew hasn't
gotten off the grass when they might be
expected to arise under the daylight saw
ing regime,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24
DAYLIGHT SAVING.

The effort being made in Congress to
wipe out the daylight saving law which
was tried out with such success as a war
measure during last summer is said to be
backed almost entirely by the farmers
of the middle west, who assert that the
extra hour of the daylight does not give
them any advantage inasmuch as the
dew has not arisen from the grass at the
earlier hour so that they cannot work in
the bayfield,, That seems to be more or
less Of a specious argument against the
daylight saving law because the middle
west farmers could busy themselves dur
ing the first hour of the day under the
advanced time with some other farm du-
ties and then finish their daily round in
the bayfield, at the same time by the sun
as they did under the normal schedule.
II would not, in that case, be any par
tieular hardship to them to abide by the
daylight saving scheme. At the same
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24

In making his address before the Yer,
mont State Bankers association at
Montpelier last week. President A. H,
Chandler of the association paid a de-
served tribute to Fred A. Rowland of
Montpelier as state director of the war
savings stamp drive in Vermont during
the year 1918 but he rather under .esti-
mated we believe, the amount of the
sale Of the stamps in Vermont, stating
that Vermont sold S., 1886 and had a
per capita of 1890. Prior to Dec. !,
1918, Vermont had sold $5,ls2,9s0 Una.
turity valuej of the stamps and there
was still another month for the drive,
and the best month of the year, too. 1t
seems probable, therefore, that when the
official report is made up in Washington
it will be found that Vermont went CON
siderably beyond the figure stated by
President Chandler of the bankers asso-
citation. Another statement made by
President Chandler at the convention
brought out the fact that Vermont pur,
chased about $42,OOO0OO of Liberty
bonds in the four campaigns conducted
by the government. This was very
large amount for small and compare.
lively poor state like Vermont; and the
accomplishment is the more remarkable
because there have been few bad after.
results of the drain. That is, banks have
not been shaken to any great extent,
while commercial life of the state has
maintained a course which was about as
good as was possible under war condi.
tions Taken all in all, Vermont has
emerged from the various war campaigns
in a fairly virile condition.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24
PRICE OF FoODsTUFFs
If Drop Is Too Great, Farmers Will
Raise Something Else.

Raise Something Else.
That the farmer is in the same posi-
tion as most business men, awaiting
developments, is the opinion of h. S.
Brigham, state commissioner of agi-
culture. Mr. Brigham said that at this
time it was impossible to predict what
acreage would be devoted to the different
crops, as everything depended on deyel,
opments.
One thing he felt certain of, and that
is that if the present tendency to drop
the price of foodstuFs continues and
the price of getting a crop stays where
it is, the acreage ON all crops that re-
quire much expense and labor viii be
curtaiIed and the farmer will put his
land into raising others.
Mr., Brigham pointed out that during
the last 30 days there had been a great
decrease in the price of farm products.
While this was going on there was no
decrease in the price Of the items which
go into raising crops. Fertilizer. farm
machinery, and labor have stayed the
same. Ii this condition continues it will
mean that there will be bigger crops Of
hay than in former years and less Of
the others. Probably many farmers will
turn to grain, although that requires
more work than hay.
As regards wheat, Mr.. Brigham stated
that Vermont raised even more than was
estimated, and while everyone thought
that an acreage of $4,000 acres was re
markable, later information reveals the
fact that about $4,000 acres were de
voted to that grain, II is hard to tell
what the farmers will do this year, but
with the guaranteed price most farmers
will probably stick OF il. Last year as
high as $3.50 per bushel was paid by
some of the mills and that is a price
worth working for There are now mills
enough in Vermont so that wheat can
be ground without going any great dis
lance, as a number of new mills were in
stalled last year
Vermont used to be a self-supporting
state as regards wheat, and at the pres
ent price may come back to it again
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24

peace. Obviously, there viii be neither
time nor opportunity to arrange a
worlds fair Of the conventional type,
and the best sentiment is decidedly
against such an attempt. An interna-
tional gathering not only celebrating
peace, but designed to promote the
growth of peaceful sentiments through
out the world, would be more feasible,
Any elaborate celebration is regarded
as unsuitable in the period of afterwar
reconstruction. This situation may, in.
deed, help to bring the observance into
harmony with the ideas Of those who
eontended from the first that the arriv-
al of the Pilgrims should be commemo-
rated in a manner that would emphasize
the full meaning OF the Pilgrims and
Puritans' contributions to civilization,
The event should be educational rather
than commercial. And this was Just as
true before the war as it is now, even
though the present condition OF the
world, as the Boston Globe remarks,
makes an extensive exposition unseemly
and, indeed, impossible. The Globe well
says: What the anniversary calls for is
observance less in the letter and more in
the spirit, 1t is a challenge to New Eng
land TO keep the festival within the lin
its of simplicity and yet give it gran
deur in Keeping with the traditions
which are to be celebrated. The achieve
ment of the Pilgrim fathers was not in
brick and stone"
Historical exhibits and pageants will
be welcome features of the observance
and it is to be hoped that. they win be
on a nationwide scale, and not merely in
New England. But the most valuable
suggestions will be those which aim at a
permanent intellectual or ethical result
from the tereentenary.-Springfeld Re
publican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24
CURRENT COMMENT


It is a strange thing that no provision
has ever been made by the constitution
Of Vermont for the filing of vacancies
occurring in the membership of the lower
house at Montpelier, Vacancies occur at
every session of the legislature-there
are Just now three at the present session
and these can in no way be filled, so
that the unfortunate town that loses its
member has to 60 without representation
until the next session. There always are
few deaths during a session, and prob
ably always will be. Vacancies in the
Senate can be taken care Of, for the gov
ernor has the power to appoint. This
power has already been exercised by
Governor Clement on two different occa-
sions, and had he not been able to ap-
point an entire county would have been
without representation in the upper
branch until 1921, which would have been
hardship il is almost time now to be-
gin the motions that have to be gone
through with to amend the constitution.
The commission to propose amendments,
which will be appointed by the governor,
should certainly submit a provision for
the filing of vacancies in the lower
house.--St. Adams Messenger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
HAS ALWAYS KEPT AGREEMENTS
No Reason for Thinking She Will Not on
April /.

Editor, Times: At a largely attended
special meeting of G. c. /. A., held in the
Barre opera house on the evening of Sept
rs, 1918, Barre branch accepted the man
utacturers' proposition chat we work for
1902 day from Jan. /, 1913, until April
l, 1920. There were only five votes
against the proposition and that on ac.
count Of the increase not becoming effec
tive Oct, /, 1918. This was done know
ing that the Mt. Airy proposition called
for So day April l. 1919 Nothing was
said in the Mt, Airy proposition that we
must get 50 a day april ! or else quit
work and break our agreement. II lust
specified that all new agreements entered
into on or after April must be for So a
day.
Now, Barre branch has always kept
her agreements, sometimes when she ha s
been laughed at By sister branches, and
there is no reason for the manufacturers
or anyone else, after Barre branch's pre-
vious record and its vote on Sept. 2s, to
think that because another branch has
broken its agreement that the Barre
branch will.
There are ways to be sure TO prevent
any trouble here, but it seems TO me that
the only way is for the Barre manufac-
turers to keep their sheds running and
not trouble trouble until trouble troubles
you. We have had two lockouts here
and they have not been forgotten as yet,
and If the bees las it werel are left
alone in their hives, working, they don t
bother anyone, but if disturbed. some,
body is going to be stung and it won't
be the bees.
Thanking you for this valuable space,
am believer in Fair Play.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24
Barre Town Heard from in Politics.

Editor Times; ] would like to inform
the voters Of the town Of Barre through
the columns of your paper Of a few rea
sons why it should be for their interest
to vote for Samuel Reynolds for road
commissioner of the town of Barre.
!. He is a man who likes good road.
and has had Is years OF experience.
2. He is q man who has worked where
they have made good roads,
3, And last, but not least, he knows
how they work those roads and also how
to care for them after they are made and
make 100 cents do one dollars worth OF
work.
And, gentlemen, is this rot something
that should interest the taxpayers OF the
town Of Barre? Please give him your
support at March meeting.
Voter of the Town of Barre.
East Barre, Vt, Feb 20, 1919,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24
Notice

Will all discharged soldiers and sail.
ors, or a member Of soldiers family,
call or send to the home service section
of the Red Cross the following data :
Date of discharge, if wounded, in or
killed in line OF duty date and military
address at time of same. jackson block,
Monday, Tuesday and Saturday even
ings and Saturday afternoonj or tele-
phone 602W.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24

Liberty loan posters set up in German
territory now occupied by the American
forces will be almost like heaping igno-
miny on the Germans; but at the same
time it is the best way to reach the
American soldiers quartered there.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24

The present week ought to be the bus.
lest yet held by the Vermont legislature
in view of the fact that next week will
be more or less broken up by the town
meetings and in view of the fact, too,
that the time is drawing near for the
sine die adjournment of the legislature.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24

Heretofore the Prussians have been
credited with having corner" on the
war-like spirit of Germany, but the
events of the last few days in Munich in,
dicate that the Bavarians are not with.
out their measure Of the same spirit,
even though they have to fight among
themselves.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24
Planning pilgrim Tercentenary,

Pilgrim tereentenary plans have re-
ceived impetus the past fortnight from
both the state and federal governments
and from the professional and business
men of Boston, who met on Friday and
appointed permanent committee to con
slider Bostons share in the observance.
One suggestion heard Friday was that
the tercentenary should take the form
of a world exhibition concentrating
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24

Clemenceau, the Tiger" is also Glenn.
enceau the wonder"--that he should
have withstood the assassin's bullet at
such an advanced age as his. The
doughty French premier seems in fair
way to see the conclusion of the whole
world rumpus.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24

Here it is the last week in February,
and the automobiles have not been put
away for the winter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24
Increasing Likeness.

Wife-Don't you think baby grows
more like me every day?
Hub--Yes, dear, especially so since she
began to talk.--Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24

Call aud get prices on Andes ranges
and heaters. Good liz of second hand
ranges and heaters, stovepipe and elbows
z. A. prindle.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24

We are just saved from the expediency
of dragging around on bare ground,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-24

Bullets are thicker in Germany than
flies on the molasses barrel in summer.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-06-27
stavlno Away From Church.

The habit of absenting ones self
from the Sunday services Of the church
is one that some seem to acquire very
easily. II is a habit to be stunned.
Sometimes 1t is occasioned by sick
ness; often some small excuse. some
grudge against member, some re-
sentiment at a fellow members fault.
is the occasion. Jesus will be there,
even If an unworthy member is pres
ent. Jesus may be present especially
to meet and forgive that unworthy
member; and who are we that we
should Judge a brother or sisteri
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-06-27
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PLAN OF GRAZING FOR GOATS
Give Vegetation Opportunity tc Grow
by Dividing Range on Which
Animals Forage.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The production Of more mohair and
meat can be obtained in raising goats
on the range by following plan of
grazing which will give the vegetation
q chance to grow sufficiently to main
tain itself. Most goat ranges are used
throughout the year. This and the
general practice of driving the goats
out from corral at the ranch head
quarters and back every day for
months or throughout the year have
been largely responsible for deteriora-
tion of the range. An excellent method
of giving the forage proper oppor-
tunity for growth is to divide the range
into three areas-one for spring, an
other for summer and fall, and third
for winter.
The number and distribution of the
goats on these divisions should be such
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-06-27
MAKE AND USE STERlLlZER
Necessary for Production of Dairy
Products of High ouaIity-Steam
Is Recommended.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Sterilization of dairy utensils Is
necessary for the production of dairy
products of high quality, particularly
milk and cream, because the washing
of dairy utensils, at least by the proc
ess generally used, is not sufficient to
insure freedom from infection and
contamination. Steam is necessary to
kill the disease germs and harmful
bacteria that lurk in milk cans, buck
cts and other such equipment used
wherever milk is produced. Dairy
utensils on small farms are not often
sterilized efficiently because steam Is
not available. The United States de-
partment of agriculture has devised
simple and inexpensive, yet efficient,
Steam sterilizer which can be provided
at such a small cost as to justify its
use on any farm from which milk or
cream is sold. The additional keeping
quality which the sterilization Of uten-
sils will give milk and cream prob
ubly will pay for the cost of the steril-
izer in one season. Full particulars
on how to make and use this device
are described In Farmers Bulletin T4S,
a copy Of which can be had, so long
as the supply lasts, on application to
the United States Department Of Ag-
rieulture.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-06-27
COOLING MILK ON THE FARM
During Hot Weather 1t Is Best to Ar
range System So That Water
Comes Direct From Well.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture0
Milk may be cooled most efficiently
on the farm by running it over a sur
face cooler in which the available wa
ter supply is used at its coolest tenn
perature and the cooling completed by
storing the cans of milk in a tank Of
ice water. 1t is possible In that way
within short time to lower the tenn
perature of milk to below so degrees
F. Frequently the water used for cool
ing milk Is not used to the best ad-
vantage. Spring water is sometimes
allowed to flow over the surface of the
ground and is warmed several degrees
before reaching the cooling apparatus.
During the summer water from a stor-
age tank above ground Is usually much
warmer than that drawn directly from
the well. 1t is best, therefore, to ar
range the cooling system so that the
water which flows through the sur
face cooler or cooling tank comes d.
rectly from the well or, If from a
spring. 1t is conveyed In a pipe well
below the surface of the ground. II
ice is used In cooling tank the guam
tity of water surrounding the cans
should be as small as possible to give
satisfactory results. Space enough
should be provided between the sides
of the tank and the cans of milk to
allow for a sufficient quantity Of Ice
and water to cool the milk properly.
If large volume of water has to be
cooled much more ice will be neces-
sary. If it is desired to cool milk
quickly from an initial temperature Of
about S5 degrees F. to one of 80 de-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-06-27
Soldier Beats Train.

Junction City, Kan.-Trains were
too slow for certain Kansas soldier
who has been away from his home at
Salina for two years. When he re-
turned to Camp Funston the other day
he received pass to spend Sunday
at Salina. Instead of waiting several
hours for the next train to his home
town, he hit the highway and was for
tunate In catching an automobile ride
to Abilene. His good luck did not
foresake him there, for he again took
to the road and another motorcar
picked him up and landed him in Sa
lima about the time the train wa
leaving Junction City.