Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-15


only the town affairs but all state af-
fairs.
YOU should impress upon your repre-
sentatives in the Legisla turc Of 1921.
the fact that probably three-flfths of
the towns in the state will be in FL
nancial difficulties before the end Of
the year, and that the state revenue
from known sources will probably be
less rather than greater. Absolute
economy must be observed If our towns
are to continue solvent units of "a
great corporation"
Previous to his discussion of rev
enue problems. Governor Clement re-
viewed the situation in the different
state departments in a brief way. He
told of the S6 different appropriations
He only touched lightly on the agri-
cultural appropriations. which included
100000 for the eradication of tuber-
culosis i'm cattle and $4,000 for the
Vail school of agriculture and the
agricultural school at Randolph maxi
ing in all with the other agricultural
appropriations. Il total of over $780,
900. This did not include the activities
of the state in behalf of the farmer.
Something over $500 goes into the
home economies department He touch
cd on forestry and said that $50, 900
seedlings We're being produced in Bur
liuEton each year.
In the highway department. there
were more than TOO miles of road re-
surfaced aud improved. costing an
proNimatelv 100000 We have under
way eight projects for road building in
which the state is to receive Federal
aid. The total amount Of these projects
is S297ooo. The patrol work has cost
about S26900
The Governor reviewed the educational
depal tmsnt ana the STATE institutions
telling what they had accomplished. At
ID" state prison are lG men and 10
women. They operate a farm Of 1850
acres and last wear produced more than
10000 pounds of milk. All that was used
at th' institution The farm raised 2lU
tons OF hay, TO tons of ensilage 1900
bushels Of potatoes. 1909 bushels OF field
corn. 1888 bushels of onions. etc The in
mates are otherwise employed and dur
inS the month of November earaod s., 231.
Of watch the State received 1921 and the
men $40 In the month of December
they made s2,22476. which was divided
proportonally During the last fiscal
year they made $12,975, Of which the in
mates received A,l3I
~ the home for feeble minded there
ar" u boys and Il girls \ large guam
THY of farm products also was raised
here. In The Industrial school there are
is boys and 81 girls. They attend school
and are advanced as far as the first year
IN the high school in the city OF Ner-
gennes They have "A brass band and
the girls ha>" an orchestra. instruction
also is given in different occupations
At the State hospital there are about
LOCO people. The general industrial work
is farming for the men and needework
he hp fnr inc
registered Holstein cattle. The farm pro-
duccd $4,000 pou"ts OF pork. The cattle
furnished $4,000 pounds of milk during
the last year. There also was produced
300 tons of hay, 400 Of euSilage. 1900
bushels Of potatoes, nine tons of squash
2oo bushels Of onions three and n quar-
ter tons Of beans and 10 tons of corn
The last TWO being canned for the iustitu-
ton
Governor Clement told of the advan-
taCe Of tn" State purchasing depart
ment The State OF Vermont now is
paying only nine cents per pound for
sugar NO money passes through the
purchasing agents hands. Bills are all
paid through the treasury after they
have been approved by the auditor and
mat is the only way n bill can be gotten
through mt this time. He then Went into
detail. showing the system of accounting
: which is patterned like that of large
! business corporation. The system of
accounting. | believe. for simplicity and
, efficiency is not epualled In New Eng
land said the Governor There is no
more business passing through the
states books without audit There has
been some criticism OF the manner in
P which the state highway money has been
expended. but even these certificates are
: .f,,It,
, The total receipts in the treasurer &
; office tor the six months ending Deem
Der 81, were 81 500 OIL s. This included
money paid in on account Of bond sales
of 81 1922 oo0. The latter is chargable
, largely to expenses. the State al
, ready having disbursed in pay to soldiers
and sailors 81. 10S, 1890. Some idea Of the
amount Of business handled by the State
is given by the fact that six months
turnover in the treasurer's office was
SO. 2Si,5s1. These transactions were not all
, state expenses. but al had to be handl-
ed under the careful interchecling sys-
ten. which was described
MARKET MILK BUSINESS
Prof. Lockwood took for his subject
the Market Milk Business" He traced
> / its growth from the early days when
e somebody started it by selling his milk
to the neighhorhood, through the stage
where one man supplied the community
to the present day with it's complicating
problems. Tn Boston. to-day. I; is es-
timated that s5,coo00 is invested in the
I business of distributing the milk and
$4,000 Go j. invested in the product ion.
Milk is marketed from a distance of more
than $50 miles and of ali the milk pro-
, duced in the United States practically
, one-half goes into market milk. The
> rest goes into butter, cheese, condensed
, milk and other products. With the rapid
growth of the cities the marketing OF
, milk has become a greater and stu
greater business. Professor Lockwood
reviewed some of the problems which
face the distributor There is the bot
, tie proposition alone In no other bust
, ness Is vour property entrustc out as is
, the milk bottle It is stolen, broken, and
lost in many different ways. Al the end
, OF the year tremendous loss Is incur
4, red in the larger cities In milk bottles
! alone Now the labor unions are almost
. throttling the milk distributor. The man
VINO takes the milk around in tho city OF
New York is receiving about $50 per week
, for his services and II is IA dangerous
, thing TO discharge him if he belongs to
The union.
The speaker then reviewed thu activi-
ties of the health departments in the
supervision of milk, Milk is the most
important food for millions of people