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In Advance. DAILY by mull M.00 n year In advance. HATH IN CANAAi DAILY IM.OH n year In nilvn'iee. WKEKI.Y. , . .93.00 n year ndnnce. PUIS 13 I'lllS A!SOt 1ATJO.V. PllbllHlirr, niirllnnloti. VI. hurlington. Tiirnsinv. jan. 30. WANTED. When you want anything, advcrtlso In the new special column of thla paper. Pome bargains aro offered there this week which It will pay you to read about. See page two. This paper has more than 25,000 readers every week and one cent a word will reach them all. Vermont will have no more slack lope disasters In connection with ex ecutions of murderers, now that Gov ernor Fletcher has signed tho electro cution bill. Our democratic friends who talked free wool at one time, are now talking of leaving a duty of thirty per cent, on this product. This recalls the statement that a political platform with sonm people Is llko that of a mllroad car. "merely to Ret In on." The Vermont legislator who made a rhetorical pause and then Informed Ills auditors ho was meditating upon thn picture this Legislature would present still In session when the law makers of 1014 convened, probably Is not a prophot, but he made a close stab at a stubborn fact. The now administration has already begun to "bo some." Literature is be ing sent out by the "Wilson Inaugura tion Publicity Hureau," and the 'ques tion now Ib whether this Is a political move or a project to Ret a crowd in the national capital In spite of tho abandonment of the Inaugural ball and Capitol reception. The decision of the Turkish govern- rrent to accept the advice of the Eu ropean powers to give up Adrlanople the ancient capital of the ottoman empire, and to leave tho question of the island possessions to be determined later by the same authority, menus the virtual elimination of Turkey as a European factor. When you have nld that you have said It all. Mil. FITZIITTGIPS I1I:MAI.. Former President K. 71. ritzhURh of tho Central Vermont railway author izes the FREE PRESS to deny in the most emphatic and unequivocal terms the statement sent out by the Asso ciated Press to the effect that he was to act as a government witness In connection with the effort to secure a new Indictment of tlmse responsi ble for the alleged agr, mmi-ih between the Grand Trunk and th. w Haven railroads j Mr. Fltzhugh was -illc.l hy the prosecution for fuui il . ..ml Inas much as the federal ( .. did not secure from him what thought he ought to be a! I, i , :i them, they kept a string cm in n. or In other words held the subpoena over lilm, telling him they wire not dono with him. Later on he was railed back and grilled for another period of two days. Then one of the Jurors wns In capacitated, and tho tiling had to he dono ovor ngain. That Is all the basis thero was for thn statement sent out broadcast to the press that ho was to engage In tho service for tho govern ment Mr. Fitzhugh mado many friends in Vermont and ho hopes to so conduct himself that ho will retain their es teem as well as Ills own self respect. Thnt he will bo able to do this we have not the slightest loubt. a sri.rcviun vi:imo.vr ixstitttion. One -nf tho notoworthy benefactions of tho late United States Honutor Red field Proctor Is recalled by tho publi cation of the annual report of tho Vermont .Sanatorium for tho troatment of Incipient tuberculosis. .Many peo ple are already aware of thn splendid results obtained from the operations of this institution, an.l those who have not specially noticed this work will be Impressed from a glance at some of the facts and figures embodied In this report. It appears that Jurlng tho year past no less than 103 different patients have been treated at tho sanatorium, and on tho first day of the new yoor there were thirty patients In tho In itltutlon. Oao of tho obstacles to bo overcome w thn tendency of patients to leavo the Institution before pormanent re sults havn been secured, but In splto of this fact the showing mado Is high ly creditable. Of thn eleven patients admitted as Ii clplent who remained aoro than throe months (our v'oro (lis- County Farm Bureaus to Increase Productivity of Vermont Soli Every county in Vermont should lie prompt to tnku atlvnn l.'iKC of national legislation making it possible to establish in each county in the State a farm bureau as an aid in the move ment toward a Greater Vermont. Several counties have already taken steps preliminary to this work, and the coming summer ought to see object lessons for our farmers established in all parts of the State. It may be helpful to trace the development of this idea of national crop improvement service. About two years ago the committee of the council of grain exchange organized to devise and introduce ways and means of getting a larger yield of hotter grain, and after many confer ences with bankers, railroads, manufacturers of fertilizers, co, reals and grain products, with the government, with the leading educators and with all who aro interested, the county plan was decided upon and practically adopted by all concerned. An agreement has been made with the government and with the colleges in most of the States to establish county fnrm bureaus, and tho Council of Grain Exchanges, which has estab lished headquarters in Chicago, has become a clearing house of information and is harmonizing the work of all of these inter- CStB. After the twenty leading grain exchanges had contributed a fund for support of this work, hundreds of business men, rail roads and associations throughout the United States contributed small amounts to support tho general plans of the committee. Later on $1,000,000 was added to the fund for the specific purpose of offering $1,000 to eae.h of 1,000 counties which should undertake their own development by forming county farm bureaus. The federal government has made arrangements with the committee to go ahead and organize as many counties as pos sible, and as soon as the federal appropriation is available it will pay possibly one-half the expenses of the farm bureau in each county the second year and after. Secretary Taylor of the Greater Vermont association has undertaken to aid in this work, and following his presentation of the project before the Burlington Commercial club and the application of that organization for information as to methods of procedure .the following information has been furnished, which Avill be of service in other counties as well as in Chitten den. Tn order to bring about the co-operation of all the interests in the county where plans are being made to install a farm demonstrator, a meeting should lie held, to which shall he in vited all organizations interested in the development of the county, including commercial clubs, farmers' institutes, granges, farmers' unions, breeders' organizations, etc.: also all persons interested, whether belonging to any organization or not, in cluding farmers, bankers, merchants, millers, manufacturers, grain buyers, land owners, county and city officers, etc.. The general purpose of this meeting is to form an organization whose objects shall be to obtain better returns from the farm and general improvement of rural conditions by the organiza tion of a County Crop Improvement association. Tn ease this work is undertaken by a commercial organiza tion, it is recommended thnt a special provision be made permit ting all persons to join the agricultural section at a nominal price. The minimum generally is $1.00, although there is no re striction made as to voluntary subscriptions raised by the finance committee for specific, purposes. The business is gen erally transacted through an executive committee, to which is delegated the authority to negotiate for the employment of the county adviser and they have power also to enter into any co operative arrangements with the government or with the State college or with the county officials. The county agriculturist in general nets as advisor to nny farmer in the county requiring his services; organizes farmers' clubs: conducts corn clubs and other agricultural contvsts; ar ranges for exhibitions of agricultural products; given practical demonstrations and instructions in crop rotation, soil building, farm management, live stock, dairying, horticultural work, etc., in various parts of the county under ordinary conditions; co operates with the superintendent of county and city schools in teaching the rudiments of agriculture. He. is required to lay out a practical schedule of farm prac tice on the county poor farmupon the request of the county officers in charge thereof with a view of putting the farm on a self-sustaining basis. It shall also be his duty to estnbish seoi plots both on the county farm and on various private farms to breed up to the highest efficiency the variety of seed wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye or other products which may be best adapted to the soil and climate of the county. ITe shall be ready at all times to co-operate with the existing agencies such as the breeders' associations, farmers' institutes, county fair associa tions, and any other associations having for their object the best agricultural, commercial, social and material interests of the country. Mr. L. G. Dodge of West Newbury, Mass., in charge of the government agricultural advisors in New England, writes that "This department is now prepared to pay half the expenses up to the sum of $1,200 per annum ($100 n month), select a man and -supervise his work in such counties as will provide an enual sum or more. The Council of Grain Exchanges in Chicngo is allotting funds to any comity which will make this work secure for two years. That agency will furnish $1,000 toward that two years' work-, and thus far tlm government department has been willing to count that sum as part of the funds provided by the county." "There are now two county agents at work in Vermont, in Bennington and Windsor counties. ' No other New England State has any of the county men at work now or hns had any formal request granted and only in one or two cases has there been any inquiry into the matter. Under tho circum stances I am giving my personal attention to this work in-Ver-mont, and shall look forward to the time when there can be a man employed in every county in the State." It seems to us that the advantages of this system are so varied and obvious and the. expense as a result of co-operation of the federal government and the grain exchange committee so small that no county in Vermont can afford to do without it, and that Chittenden county organizations should be prompt to take advantage of tlii8 splendid opportunity. charged as apparently ourod, Ave worn dlsi barged with tho disease arrested and two improve 1, whllo of tho 3S moderately advanced who remained longer than three months eighteen were discharged with the disease ar rested and ten Improved. Whllo distinct bonent was gained by patients who remained in the In stitution a comparatively short time, onn great advantage Is that during this period they learn how to regu late their mode of llfo and they return to their homes knowing how to take much better earn of themselves than when they entered, A considerable sum Is received from thn endowment by Senator Proctor and from patients but tho work has so grown that a deficit of 16,478.02 re suited and this deficit was genorously paid by Mrs. Redfteld Proctor, who has repeated this generous act for a number of years. The expense of the sanatorium dur ing the year was no less than 27, S77.20. Tho Income from tho endow ment was J7.ni3.tiO and from patlonts ?1 3.001.09. Tho receipts from inciden tal sources were $383.09 and tliore was a special gift of JfiOO. Representative Redllelil Proctor, who lias dovotcd a largo degree of atten tion to tho work of the sanatorium from the very outset, is president of tho Institution, and Its board Includes a numbor of prominent citizens of the State. Ono of the most gratifying thoughts In connection with this benefaction by various members of Senator Proc tor's family Is that the founding of the sanatorium enables Vermont to be come one of the pioneer States In the war against tuberculosis which has enlisted the services of so many grand men and women. 'Mill TAX OKPAHTMHNT. When State Tax Commissioner J. E. Cushman assumed thn duties of that office, the records wero kept In a chest or two, and thn public knew comparatively llttlo about the depart ment and cared less, Certain corpora Hons paid taxes according to tho law in a happy go-lucky sort of way and. tho great majority of taxes from this source wore those that would probably have been paid to the Stat treasurer without troublo even If there had been no commissioner of taxes. Mr, Cushman early realized two things, the arst and raott important of those was that tho office had under Its control raarkod latent jiosjlbllltiei of revenuo, and that as a step toward tho development of these possibilities tho work of the department should be systematized and legislation on acted largoly Increasing the powers of tho commissioner. During the flBcal year ended Juno 80, 1899, the taxes collcctod by tho department wero only J416,S'7..ir. and for tho biennial term that closed June 30, 1900, the total was $8M,22.3f. Ton leara later, when Mr. Oushman made his annual report In it00, he was able to announco that for the first time tho revenue of the State collect ed through his department oxoeeded $2,000,00V). The annual collection had advanced in a single decado from $416,3B7.Sr to $1,068,010.93, the amount secured during the year ondeJ June 30, 1!U0. Since that dato there has been a constant Increase In tho reve nue from the tax commissioner's de partment, but we have spoken of these dnteR to show tho remarkable show ing that Mr. Cushman made In ten years, the Increase having been ap proximately 130 per cent. In his report In 1910 Mr. Cushman anticipated the demand made In State platforms In 112 that Individuals bo placed on the same footing as banks In the loaning of money. Ho then said In part; "A law giving Individuals the same tax rate on loans and other Inac tive moneys as is now imposed upon deposits In banks would make It pos sible to borrow money of Individuals and would not seriously retnrd the growth of banks becauso many people would prefer to Jeal therewith. "Experience In modifying our laws relating to taxation of deposits has shown that the medium rate yields the most revenue, and warrants the con clusion thnt more taxes will be paid on monies and securities held by In dividuals under the lower rate than under the present local rate. "Such a tax would also In part re lieve thn so-called double tax on real estate and mortgages secured thereby tho Individual being obliged to pay no greater tax on account of his mon ey Invested therein than a savings banks or trust company Is required to pay on Its funds thus InvestoJ. It in a well known fact that Mr. CtiBhman has made certain corporato Interests protest by forcing them to pny bigger taxes, or to secure revenua where none grew beforo. Some of those protesting have carried their cases to the courts, but It Is a note worthy fact that ho ha never yet lost a case of this kind. I.VTTillSTATr: CONTROL OF IT131l STATI3 COM.MEHCB. The conference of New England governors held in Boston has sug gested much larger possibilities than seem to have occurred to tho resource ful governor of the Hay State. The gradual encroachment of fed eral rule upon State control of com merce Is Inevitable. On the one hand the transportation linos have been undergoing a rapid process of consol idation and absorption, and on the other the Jurisdiction of tho Interstate commerce commission has been grad ually extended to meet the new sit uation thus prosentod. As a natural result of the operation of these two Influences the sphere of Influence of the State with reference to the regu latlon of transportation has been con stantly diminished during the past few years. We recently emphasized tho danger that in the twilight zone separating federal control of Interstate commerce and State regulation of railroads, transportation companies might dls cover an opportunity to enjoy Im munity from control on the part of either State or nation. Indeed the point has already been raised that a callroad extenjlng from one State to another Is engaged In interstate com merce, and It can arg-ue that It U not roaponslbUe In one State for whai It management may do that affects a neighboring State. Inasmuch as this possibility Is greatly Increased by reason of the marked lack of uniformity In laws In the different States with reference to transportation linen, It follows as a matter of course that If tho New Eng land States, for example, could agroe upon the kind of legislation needod and pass uniform laws regarding rail roads, one cause of trouble would be eliminated. If the Central Vermont or the Ros ton & Maine upon crossing the line from Vermont to Massachusetts found Itself unier precisely the same kind of legislation In tho Hay State that prevailed In Vermont, the problems Involved In effective regulation of railroads would be materially simpli fied, although the Interstate commerce possibilities would not be obanged aa regards the Jurisdiction of the foderal commission. The SpringfloUl Republican speaks of another phaan of this situation as follows; A governor's conforencn Is nothlnir novel In a time when tho governors' of all tho States In the Union moet at regular lntnrv.,i .. mnm - ,, academic discussion of matters of summon interest, but there Is some thing nartlmlnrlv ol.mlHrnnt In fL governors' conference which l con- ujiKu I0 a comparatively small section and wbleh in , pressing needs of tho community at "'he ino fundamental reason ror tlllS CQnfAIMnnA ln !..., Il,ra flTf fl V A States too many In New England for tllO Kflll.fo. i ... . I,., Inn.. -'n'-miy imujung oi '" " portatlon problem created by railioad monopoly, it tho old story of "In union there la strength" and wisdom, one may hope, The rnnr.,u,,nn ......clu ntlll TO . , ,-,,., u , CAVI , ...... - ' awvum ue Utile IO IllttUt, valuable report on the list of subjects "'rrea to it by the governors. "rse, every delegate should oe an xpert of $Dtao sort, and not ft noil tlclan, otherwise the opinions of the coiuerenco would fall to command PUblla respect to tho extent that Is desirable. Tho 11 points referred to that body seem to cover the ground most thoroughly, only one important phase of tho problem In its broadest aspect being omitted, and that Is full, not partial, government ownership of railroads as a possible solution of the dlfficultleo created by private monop oly. Inasmuch, however, as there Is Very little publlp demand for irovern nient ownership, whether federal or State, In thla nectlon, tho omission is not at all serious. Whether a permanent Now England conferonoe. composed of the heads of the several State public utility or rail road commleelons, could be of service, tho future may bo left to decide. It In doubtful that It could permanently perform functions of Importance, In view of Its entire lack of legol or con stitutional Jurisdiction ovor the Now England linos. if state directors should 'bo admitted to the board of tho railroad system, there would then be little use. It would seem, for the per manent New England conference re ferred to, There can easily be too much supervision; the Interstate com merce and the state commissions, It Is well to romember, a.r already In tho Hold. The wisest counsel to the Mw Haven railroad management Is not to antagonize this movement for a Now England conference, which In its tem porary aspect at least assuredly meets with public approval. The company should seek to co-operate with It; and, nbovo all, to study tho possibilities of reaching by means of the conference a satisfactory modus Vivendi with tho public which the rail road serves. It must be recognized by this time that ono of the chief weaknesses of private monopoly, even under public regulation. Is the chronic disposition of the public to view It with suspicion and to harass It often without Justice. This Is a stato of mind. It Is posslblo that state direc tors representing especially the public Interest might help to bridge the gulf between the monopoly and the people. M. seoms certain, at all events, that New England has begun to make rail road history, and that the way It solves this question of monopoly In transportation will exert an influence upon the entire country. The danger that that State may be led by the proposition of Governor foss to rely upon interstate upon Interstate action Instead of grappling with tho local phase of the problem Is thus empha sized by the Boston Journal: Tho limitations of tho governors as conferees and the wide varlanco of view on the part of the participants In regarl to the general question soon made It clear that a commission of In quiry was the only thing upon which they could agree. Thereupon the six governors docldud to call In an unpaid commission of twelve men and aBk them to deliver within three months or less an exhaustive report upon a dozen phases of the New Haven situ ation past, present and future, cov ering all the New England States. Only one result of such an inquiry can now be seen, but that Is certain. If It is made with the ability and thoroughness which It deserves, the egisiaiuros or 1013 connot get It time to act unon It. To bring in a report of real value in tho time allowed would call for tho services of railroad experts, or inves tigators In economics, of the very first rank. Waiting for such a report before aotlon means a new delay of a year. Governor Foss In a worl has side tracked the very project with which he started vigorously In his Inaugural action by the State of Massachu setts to Insist on adequate, efficient and complete railroad service, employ ing the means put Into Its hands by Btatuto to reduce the oxtent of tho present monopoly and to lead in pre venting thn bottling up of New Eng land transportation by tho monopoly. Oovernor Toss stated the situation ably In the campaign he made on this subject. The people showed their support of his views. They chose him to do this work. The legislation for taking over tho holding company and the creation of a public utilities com mission with real power, which the State. $ve believe, Is ready to grant, would proceed direct along the roaj of accomplishment. Why docs he now suddenly turn his back on his own program and wait for tho aldltlon of one new volume to the mass of railroad reports that al ready exist? We thus havo tho various possibil ities of the roaulta of the conference of governors of the New England States presented to a comparatively full degroe. By selecting a middle of the road proposition the chances are that we shall arrive at a fairly ade quate conception of tho limits of use fulness of the proposed commission. If, however, such a commission does nothing moro than to bring about an approximate uniformity of lobula tion In relation to transportation, it will accomplish a great tasX; and suc cess In this direction once assured, all these other possibilities will be added unto It. VERMONT NOTES. State'a Attorney StafforJ of Rut land Is making an aotlvo crusade B-wii uie saie or cigarettes to minors. The two daughters of Mrs. Mary IE .riner or jiutland are both ill with appendicitis, one having been oper ated upon the other day at Portland, -tin. Tit. . oe jist annual reunion and dlnnnr ui mo New England Alumni aesocla or me university of v.mnni will no held at tlln Itnatnn "!.. .ImV, Friday evening. February 7 Prncl. dent Benton nnd r.ovmnr nr Massachusetts will speak. The Rev, Stephen lirnirn.il he m. signed the pastorate of the Presbyter ian Church at West Barnet. to take effect May 1. That date closes his 17 years of service at the ehumh. Homer, tho eight William IJannlstor of Enjvt llrnlntrn. Is In a critical condition as the result of being thrown over a hank while coasting. He was founJ unennaeloua and thoroughly chilled on tho Ice of stream, MUs Lillian Palmer of Wilder w nick. ed up unconscious after being thrown from a carriage by a runaway horse at White River Junction Mondav. Ml,. Mil dred Beyerle was aUn thrown and badly hurt about the head and shoulders. Because she persisted In running away from home and because her parent can do Bottling with bar. afM(sM Ouv Moty of Rutland has been sent to tho In- duatrlal school for the remainder of her minority. David Sherman has been sent to Stato prison from Rutland becauso he broke his parole. He will have to servo a little more than two yenra of an unfinished sentence for burglary. Of the 10S patients treated during the pant year at the Vermont Sanator ium at I'lttsford, Rutland county pro vided the largest number, 21, with Washington county next with 18. AJthough they -were pitched head longr over a 36-foot embankment Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Bressaw, on their way from North Montpeller to Burr Saturday night, escaped death. Mr. RreJisaw's back waa badly Injured and Mrs. Breeaaw received a cut on the head. Their light carriage slewed In the ley road, when they turnod out for an approaching team, and wont over tho bonk. They were thrown free of the carriage and landed on tho frozen mill pond. eRADBTREET'S WEEKLY VERMONT TRADE REPORT Rporta to Brndstreet's for tho week Btate labor Is well employed, In fact there are but few willing to work but what can find employment. Retail merchants have been obliged to content themselves with business derived from clearance sales as the weather, continued mild and spring like, a condition for January that has not boon experienced for years, has material ly delayed movement of the cla.ss of goods which are generally purchased during this period of tho year. Lack of snow has not only been felt In the cities, in the retailing of heavier clothing, furs and sleighs, but In the country districts as well, Tho farmer has not been able to move his lumber or wood. Lumber deal ers are complaining as thero 13 practically no snow for the hauling of logs to mills, but the cut this year is reported as about a.i large aa usual. Uneven temperaturo of wider range than usual has caused a delay among the granlto quarries. The granite manufacturer reports sufllclent work on hand to keep them busy for the nexj. two months or more, but tho rush period Is not on yet Woolen mill manu facturers arc conservative resnrdlng the outlook for the future although mills arn well employed at preent. Machine shops are busy and report considerable busi ness. Wholesalers of foodstuffs stato tho buying for future delivery has been good. Generally, collections nre reported slow. Included in the week's failures are five bankruptcies. Burllneton manufacturing interests are well employed and the demand for goods In the wood working line appears good. Decidedly mild weather for this period of the year has delayed tho movement of Fensonable coods. Reports from Rutland indicate labor Is well employed and re tall merchants are having a reasonably good trade considering the lack of snow. St. Albans manufacturers report mills aro well employed but retail trad has been affected by unseasonable weather. The machine Industries at St Johnshury re port a large business on hand and are behind on orders. Retail business Is fair ly good hut collections are below the av erage. The granite manufacturers at both Barre and Montpeller speak well of the manner in which new business has come In and the outlook for the future Is good. What eloighlnc they hav had there the '"Tpoat week has helped trade to some ex tent at the retail stores. The paper mills at Bellows Falls aro well employed and additional help is beine secured at the machine shops. The shirt faotory Is em ployed full foroe and capacity. Brattle boro reports labor of all kinds Is In good demand and that the trade at the stores has been reasonably good. At Benning ton the manufacturing plants are well employed and the merchants report clear ance sales well patronized. TUB MOIIOAN IIOHSn FOR OAVAI.HY. (From the Army and Navy Journal.) Nonvich University, Office of the Com mandant. NorthHeld, Vt., Jan 14, 1S1. To the Editor of the Army and Navy Journal: I have real with much Interest the different prUdes appearing In the Jour nal from time to time stating what the type of cavalry' horse should be. Much has bean said In favor of tho thorough bred, and lately the standard bred has forged to the front. My service In Vermont ha brought me .nto closo touch with the Morgan horse, and 1 am convinced that he 1 the typo wti should oultlvate In our cavalry. It Is argued In favor of the thoroughbred that the broad battle fronts of the present day demand a cavalry horse of the thoroughbred typ that will permit long distances to be covered In a minimum of time. The hlstoiUs of all ware tell us that tho cavalry horaw never gets his full ration of oats in active campaign, and we all know that the thoroughbred re quires more nourishment than thn small er, more compactly built horse of lesa fine breeding Tho Morsan hcrtfs of this university are fed six quarts of oats a day, and sometimes four quarts, depending upon the amount of work demanded of them. These lnr9J drill two hours every day, hesides belli? used on mounted pass, but thfy never get more than six quarts of oats a day. A big thoroughbred on this ratliin would not be able to do the samo nmount of work; therefore In tho Moid, when the forage ration is low, the Mor gan typo of horse would be ready to start on his Journey, while the big thoroirghbrca would not. Tho hard service peculiar to cavalry In actlvo campaign, In my opinion, re quire a horse low on his legs, of rather strong bone and full form a horso that wrun even In thin flesh does not show It; on whoie muscular development, en ergy and reserve power aro denoted by a certain balance and uniformity not often seen In tho trotters and saddlers. In this mountainous region there Is no rule of the road to walk your horso up or down hll', for If you do you won't got homo beforj dark. There aro many Mor gans In this town from 3 to SO years of age that cover as high as 60 miles a ilay, up and down hill, In all kinds of weather, and do It with their heads and tails up, never flagging and always ready for more work, FRANK TOM! KINS, Capt, 11th Cav. REFLECTIONS OF A IlACHEI.OIl The only exciting thing to man about a pair of ankles is If he oughtn't to see them. There's nothing makes a thin girl moro thankful than not to be fat, and a fat one than not to be thin, The way a woman finds out what a man really did Is subtracting all the things he says he did. The experience you buy at par you can't sell at one cent on the dollar, About the only reason for expecting the chUdren will learn something at aohool 1 their parting didn't-ftl". Pxejs GETTYSBURG CELEBRATION n1 A 1t TT r .. uui, Auuu xiuiuu nom luceiing o Stato Commissionera. eary Exerelses Which Will Occupy the First Four iJii of A'ext July. l-OI. II T All. l rr. . morning from Gettysburg, Pa., where h attended a meeting of the Gottysbur Battlo Anniversary commissioners an State representatives, who aro to a larg degree responsible for thn arrangement for tho celebration which Is to take pla'c during the first four days of next Julj nnl vuVil.u . . - """',1.11.13 oi veterans or hot the bluo and tho griy from ail parts o the country will attend The plans fo the handling of lormulatlng rapidly, and with the co ui.eiauon ot the governments of State and nation will be adequate botl "n ,wi inuicat on of thn nn. interest, reit In the clc,ral!on lives wero present at the ,nf, ,.n ,' , Connecticut. Delaware, Oc ia, Illlnolf iuisiann, .Maryland. M, .wnusett." Minnesota, New HnmpMi.r New Jersey New York, North Onn.lmi V le Is, and South Dakota, Texas. Ve'.nr Tglnla i.-uwiimii, tne uistrvt "f f Porto Rico. Colonel Allen was Verinort s or . rer resentatlve. as only th lulrmer of tv Stato commissions weir lm tei soclated with him in th. work at tnl en oi me trip aro Captain Frank Kenfl of Morrlsvlllo and Col. W I H stn- of Springfield. Tho Vermont Legislature ... .. .ct-utij paeneu, appropriate the sum of J10.0C0 for th transporting or an nonorahly discharged poidlers cuner army or the Civil War Th. Governor appointed the commlf ion wht I U.MI dnliA .. .. ..... "; wi.,f,c ui mi ceieoratiun an tno working out of the detal's Is left Adjutant-General and Quartermaster General L. S. Tlllotson. At the conference the best of spirit nre v.. .1. .. . . .iciiiiis ul nor armies, and Governor Traw nf p.n.,.ui ,, nuui rsa o welcome to both at the opening of th. ronferenep Thn nnnfa,,n . of the Union League club and were wei' entertained at the club's headquarters The tentative program, which Is ar- r.incnd llV H QllK.AAmml.. I . - toilows; .IV I. I or t.r .. u n.. 41. . .... soldiers of the North and Pont-i c linn u inne pari as g esta in the celebration under the I.- I. ... ..... .. .. commanders of the Grand Arm of h- tlnnnhUn n n,l nf T'.lt.J r t. ji - - viuruci ip veterans. Jiuy .unitary day Exercises to be under the command of the chief of staff of the United States army Sp- ial de tachments nf Mi ll l.Mrw.V. nf , Vw. be detailed and representatives of tl ,. National Guard of differ, n- States to ue chosen according to mrlt. July 3, Civic day fndor the personal fl!rfntlnn nf tha fnvarnn. T i 1 ui t oMnsyjvanill, tho participants to ho tho governors of different State?, their staffs and tho en- T.1I public. till A VotlrtKnl Tt l I .. .i ""j t 'aiiui ai uiiv - i iih rn pr liicnrA f the Supreme Court will preside and the President. vlen-nrnciHunf mn.v.AB the cabinet, the Justices of the Supreme court, tne speaker-of the House of Rep resentatives, and the congressional com mittee will hn thl ZUPSls nf hnnnr if Inr, o'clock a mass me. :'nn vW t held, at which the President wil' dc ver an oration. At noon the eorncrnt n o tho peace memorial will be laid by t ie Presi dent, and that will conclude the ofllclal exercises. ine question of taking care of the thonsands of visitors i a largo an I difficult one but Is apparently ,n good hands. At the conference Dr Singmaster, prcsment of Pennsylvania College and chairman of the Gettysburg citizens' com mittee, reported that a number of the village's buildings could be converted in'o sleeping quarters, and that by so doing the Bleeping capacity of the town could be Increased to 10,000. The hotels have a -ready recolved requests for aecimmod -tlons for more than 20 times their capacity, and a request has been made f r 5,000 additional cots from the go rnmen' Ine camp to b9 established under the direction of th quartermaster's depart ment of the army will be capable of tak ing care of 40,000 visitors. The estimates for the cost of the establishing and c"n ductln of the camp reach nenrly $o0A0H Eight cots will be placed in each tut and 5,0A) tents will be' used The land o be used for this purpose Is aho t 3 acres. me ooiaimng or an adequate wa'er supply Is also troublesome, and arte n wells are now belnz- sunk fnr t . of the camp. Hospitals. In 'r', j' bakeries, etc, will all be brought r t play to make a tented city it t e population of Burlington Each ' a 1 be equipped with blankets, and rr i Ing kit will be furnished to each er yu These may be kept as so 'ver .-s If desired. The transportation f.i.-liitles an. n t the best now but will he considers un proved. Two railroads run In'o t 'e 'tt.a village but they cannot care fir mc- than lK.OOO passengers per day and us t j attendance is estimated at abo C0(il considerable difficulty will have o ue overcome at that point In speaking at the confeien'e regarding the probable attendance, G-neral VVaik-r estimated that not over 3,rM i ft lerates of the South would attend, us few of the southern State. had made appropriations. Colonel Siielton of Massac h. setts said that there win a lamentable indlfferen o on the part of Maine, and thut he lml re ceived many letters from old soldiers bogging for nld to enable them 1 1 get back to Gettysburg. Ills Stato wd d provide for the trans por tlon off he l -mates of the National Soldiers Home n Maine. Mississippi has a JMt U!b t In the State treasury and wT malt no appropriation. Mnny of the other States a i rm'"g 111 strong, however, and will fi" w tbu action taken by Vermont In r I'irir money for the transportation cf vitriMiis, The LeglMututn of Mlnnrsnt i w -it shortly on a hill to devotr Jai.ftm ti i purpose, and similar leglslatl n s i i Ing In Arizona, Colorado. Inun, Indiana, Utah, Ohio, West Virginia and other States. The conference concluded Frldav n! ht with a banquet at the Union -iub, whi"h club was organized during the dark t days of 1S(!2. The principal add' ess w,t3 mado by Representative John Lamb ot Virginia, Tho most serious affliction visit ed on tho South, he said, was tho death of Lincoln. The Rutland rallrond has negotiated with three Clarendon property owners for a supply of wator from Cold river for manufacturing and drinking pur poses at their shops at Rutland, Th company now pays nearly f 4,000 yearly tor water rlajhtn. 1