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INTERESTS OF THE FARM.
POISONOUS PLANTS AND WOODS.
THOSE WELL AND LITTLE KNOWN.
The Hemlocks and Their Effects —The
Black Cherry—Toadstools Easy to
Recognise,
1 ———
An interesting and useful description of
certain poisonous trees and plants is given
by a w-riter* in the Rural New Yorker.
Most of us, he says, are familiar with the
poison ivy that lies in Wait for the un
wary along fences and neglected road
sides, while unaware of other more dan
gerous plants that are as freely dissemi
nated. We often read, in articles on ‘‘pop
ular” science, of the deadly woorali or
curare,, of Humboldt’s “dumb cane,
which appears to paralyze tongue and
throat, or of the obeah poisons that have
traveled from Africa to the XV est Indies,
hut we. forget that the poisoned cup given
by the Athenians to Socrates smiles at us
along rural roadsides, side by side with
an American cousin that masks its true
character under a beguiling likeness to in
nocent sweet cicely.
All through the Atlantic states we can
find these two dangerous relatives of the
wholesome parsley, the water hemlock,
Cicuta maculata, and the poison hemlock,
Conium macula turn. Both possess a va
riety of aliases; the former is known as
spotted parsley, snakeweed, beaver poi
son. musquash root, muskrat weed, spotted
<;owbane, children’s bane, and death-of
man. It may be described as a smooth,
erect perennial, three to eight feet high,
with a rigid hollow stem, finely cut leaves,
an umbel of small white flowers (some
what suggestive of wild carrot or Queen
Anne’s lace), and a cluster of spindle
shaped roots two to three inches long. It
is not poisonous to touch, hence does not
give the warning of blistered and irntat
ed skin, like poison ivy. but is far more
deadly, possibly the most poisonous of all
our native plants.
Its poisonous property is found chiefly in
the- root, but also in stem, seeds and
leaves. The fleshy tubers are the most
poisonous part of the plant, and they are
dangerous because mistaken .for horserad
ish, parsnips or artichokes when plowed or
washed out and exposed to view. Some
times children mistake them for the anise
flavored sweet cicely, an innocent member
of the same family, and a pitiful tragedy
results. For there is no chemical antidote
known for the subtle alkaloids that make
the plant; a menace, and beyond the
cleansing of the digestive tract, the treat
ment must combat symptoms rather then
causes. Many herhivarous animals are
killed by this plant; sometimes they eat
the tubers, and sometimes, in marshy
places, they are poisoned by drinking con
taminated wafer, resulting from tramp
ling upon the roots.
Conium maculatum is not a native of
this country; it comes from Europe and
Asia, but like some other “assisted emi
grants,” it becomes troublesome where
naturalized. This is the “herb bennet” of
old writers, also known as spotted parsley’,
fool's parsley, poison snakeweed, cashes
and wode-whistle. This is a smooth, pur.
pie-spotted, hollow-stemmed biennial two
to seven feet high, with large finely-cut
parsley-like leaves and showy’ clusters of
small white flowers in .July and August.
The fresh leaves hate a peculiar nauseat
ing flavor, and when bruised emit a dis
gustingly mouse-like odor. This is Na
ture's warning, for the virulently poison
ous alkaloid, conine, is found in all parts
of the plant, being especially present in
the leaves at. flowering time. When in
bloom the whole plant exhales a fetid odor
and prolonged exposure to the effluvia is
said to have narcotic effects. The ridged
seed, which has on its inner surface a deep,
narrow groove, contains, the poisonous
property in a high degree, but is used in
medicine to some extent; alienists find
conine of value in controling maniacal
paroxysms. The root is said to be almost
harmless in March. April and May, but is
dangerous afterward.
. Poisoning has occurred from eating the
seeds for anise, the leaves for parsley and
the roots for parsnips. Children have also
been poisoned by blowing whistles made
from the hollow stems. Vnlike the water
hemlock, which causes frightful convul
sions and other violent symptoms, poison
hemlock produces a gradual weakening .of
all muscular power, ending with paralysis
of the lungs. It calls for immediate clear
ing of the digestive tract, strong tea, stim
ulants, warmth at extremities, and arti
ficial respiration. Domestic animals have
often been killed by it, but the nauseating
taste ought'to Warn the most heedless
from the leaves. It is somewhat disquiet.
|ng to learn that some of the anise seed in
both foreign and domestic markets is ig
ncrantly adulterated with hemlock.
The black cherry, a handsome and val
uable tree, is not generally viewed as poi
sonous, yet it is responsible for some mys
terious deaths among cattle and horses. A
horse may nibble at the tempting shoots
upon the tree without harm, while wilting
branches from the.same tree may produce
the labored respiration, numbness, fright.
an<| convulsions of prussic acid poisoning.
It is, according to toxicologists, the chem
ical action of two nonpoisonous sub
stances, which, in wilting. liberate prussic
acid. The poison is very volatile, and
gukkly passes off. hut for a short period
it is deadly. No doubt many cases of mys
terious poisoning among cattle may be
traced to this cause, where the animals
have had access to freshly-cut brush. The
flesh of the fruit is not poisonous, but chil
•dren have been killed by eating the ker
nels. and though this wild black cherry is
often used to flavor liquors, the seed itself
is open to suspicion.
Mushroom poisoning really seems like
deliberate suicide, for its most common
cause, the deadly amanita, is so distinct
in appearance that one can hardly under
stand why any one should gather it. There
is no known antidote to phallin. its toxic
principle, s.o the amateur mycologist would
do wel) to abstain from rash experiments.
Avoid fungi growing in woods, for while
’ this 'cuts out some edible forms, it is a
safeguard against the deadly amanita.
The wholesome mushroom is always found
Wild in open fields. The deadly amanita
has smooth satiny rap. -white gills and
snores: the white veil forms a cup at the
bake, which is absent in the true mush
room. The fly amanita has a wartv cap,
shading, from wliite or cream to yellow or
evdn bright red. These are both extreme
ly deadly.
False hellebore has bright green stern
leas plaited leaves, coming up in thick
tufts in spring. It is very distinct, but is
occasionally gathered with marsh mari
gold and boiled for spring greens, with
fatal results. This plant, botanically rera
trum viride, is also called Indian poke,
wolfsbane, devil's bite and bear corn. It
; must be remembered that vegetable poi
sons are very variable in character, and
individuals also differ in degree of immun
ity. The. deadly upas of Java may be
handled with impunity by h person who
.would be - blistered by up innocent little
Himalayan prmirose; It is wise to avoid
eulinary experiments with unknown plants,
knd also to acquire at least a working ac-
quaintance with those that need a danger
nag.
OFFICIAL JUNE CROP REPORT.
Wheat and Oats Compare Well With
Lost Your.
The June grain report of the government,
giving the acreage, not previously an
nounced, planted to the various important
crops, the condition of the growing crops
on June 1, the indicated yield per acre and
estimated total production, based upon the
ratio of the average condition on June 1
I to the final yield in the five years, 1906-
191<>, as reported by the correspondents
and agents of the bureau of statistics,
department of agriculture, was issued at
Washington Monday by the crop report
ing board, as follows:—
Spring wheat—Acreage, 19,201,000, com
' paged with 20,381,000 acres last year: con
। ditiom 95.8 per cent of a normal, compared
with 94.6 per cent last year, and 93.8 per
! cent the. 10-year average; indicated yield
I per acre, 13.8 bushels, compared with 9.4
bushels last year, and. 13.4 bushels the
five-year average; estimated total produc
tion, 265,000,000 bushels, compared with
190,682,000 bushels last year.
Winter wheat Acreage, 25,744,000, com
pared with 29,162,000 acres last year.
Condition, 74.3 per cent of a normal, com
pared with 80.4 per cent last year, and
80.9 per cent the 10-year average; indi
cated yield per acre, 14.1 bushels, com
pared with 14.8 bushels last year, and
15.5 bushels the five-year average; esti
mated total production, 363,000,000 bush
els, compared with 430,656,000 bushels last
year.
All wheat—lndicated yield per acre, 14
bushels, compared with 12.5 bushels last
year, and 14.6 bushels the five-year aver
age; estimated total production, 628,000,-
000 bushels, compared with 621,338,000
bushels last year.
Oats —Acreage. 37,844,000, . compared
with 37,763,000 acres last year; condition,
91.1 per cent of a normal, compared with
85.7 per cent last year, and 88.4 per cent
the 10-year average; indicated yield per
acre, 29.3' bushels, compared with 24.4
bushels last year, and 28.4 bushels the five
year average; estimated total production,
1,109,000,000 bushels, compared with
922,298,000 bushels last year.
Barley—Acreage, 7.574,090, compared
with 7,627,000 acres Inst year; condition.
91.1 per cent of a normal, compared with
90.2 per cent last year ; and 90.8 per cent
the 10-year average; indicated yield per
acre, 25.2 bushels, compared with 21 bush
els last year, and 24.8 bushels the five-year
average: estimated total production. 192,-
000,000 bushels, compared with 160,240,-
000 bushels last year.
Rye—Condition, 87.7 per cent of a nor
mal, compared with 88.6 per cent last year,
and 89.7 per cent the 10-vear average: in
dicated yield per acre, 16 bushels, com
pared with 15.6 bushels last year, and 16.3
bushels the five-year average.
Hay—Condition. 89.8 per cent of a nor
mal. compared with 76.8 per cent last year.
Pastures—Condition. 93.7 per cent of a
normal, compared with 81.8 per cent last
year, and 89.3 per cent the 10-year
average.
PLYMOUTH ROCKS' BIG WEEK.
Two Pens of Five Hens Each Lay 33
and 30 Eggs, Respectively.—Leg
horns Still Lead in Storrs Contest.
The 31st week of the egg-laying contest
at Storr’s Ct., winds up with a total num
ber of eggs laid of 2206. This is a slight
increase over last week, which is encour
aging during the hot weather. This is
no doubt due to the scarcity of broody
hens, and to the fact that the “Leghorns”
are laying their best.
The largest number of eggs laid by one
pen of birds during the week was 33. This
was accomplished by a pen of barred Ply
mouth Rocks owned by Henry. D. Riley
of Strafford, Pa. A pen of barred Ply
mouth Rocks, owned by Robert J. Walden
of Middleburg. Md., laid 30 eggs for the
week. The following pens laid 29 eggs
during the week: Susie Abbott of Parkes
burg. Pa., single comb white Leghorns;
Toms poultry farm, Toms Rivey, N. J,,
single comb white Leghorns: Conyens
farm. Greenwich,‘Ct., single comb White
Leghorns: H. P. Deming of Robertsville,
Ct. single comb Rhode Island Reds:
George H. Schmitz of Chicago, 111., single
comb buff Leghorns.
The largest egg laid during the week
weighed 23-100ths of a pound. This egg
was laid by a Black Minorca owned by
J. C. Sterling of Rockville. Ct. The small
est egg laid during the week and also dur
ing the contest weighed 1-lOOth of a
pound. This egg was about the size of
a robin's egg and was laid by a single
comb Rhode Island Red owned by Bro
IVilfred of Quebec. The champion ben
is still on the job; she laid six eggs this
week, making her score 181 eggs in 217
days. This hen is a single comb huff
Orpington owned by O. Wilson of Car
lisle. W. Va.
The following is a list of the first 10
pens as they stand to date, with the total
number of eggs laid by each:—
F. G. Yost, of Sayre, Pa., single, comb white
Leghorns, 649: Thomas Baron of Catforth,
Eng., single comb white Leghorns. 641; Beu
lah farms of Hamilton. Ont., white Wyan
dottes, 611: White Rose poultry farm. Vine
land, N. .).. single comb white Leghorns,
594: Bunker Hill poultry farm. Waqiiolt.
Mass., single comb Rhode Island Reds, 594:
Toms poultry farm. Toms River, N. J., single
comb white Leghorns. 575: Susie Abbott of
Parkesburg. Bn., single comb white Leg
horns, 572: Howard Steel of Philadelphia, Pa.,
single comb Rhode Island Reds. 571: O. Wil
son of- Carlisle. W. Va., single comb buff
Orpingtons. 561; E. S. Edacrton of West Wil
lington. Ct- rose comb Rhode Island Beds.
546; Frederick Peasley of Cheshire. Ct., sin
gle comb white Leghorns. 546: Brooks sani
tary hennery. Morgan Park. 111., barred Ply
mouth Rocks. 543.
THE BOSTON STRIKE.
Elevated Road Announces All-Night
Car Service,
The instalation of an all-night service
for the first time since the inauguration
of the street car men's strike for increased
pay and union recognition was announced
for Tuesday night at Boston by the Boston
elevated railway. The day schedule was
said by the company officials to be practi
cally normal and this was followed Tues
day night by the runinug of ears on regu
alr time up to midnight. No serious trouble
was experienced on any of the divisions.
After midnight it was planned to run cars
to all suburban districts hourly until the
beginning! of the day service. About 250
strike breakers arrived from New York
.during the day and were given places as
motormen and conductors.
A feature of the day was a mass-meet-'
iug of strikers in Faneuil hall and a pa
rade of from 150<l to 1800 union motormen
and conductors in uniform to demonstrate
the strength of the strike movement. The
strike leaders. National Organizer Fay
and International President Mahon,
claimed additions were being made con
stantly to their ranks. A number of Bos
ton unions, following the lead of the typo
graphical union, voted not to patronize the
street cars while the strike was in prog
ress.
President. William A. Bancroft in a let
ter to the association formed by the com
pany’s employes remaining at work, reit
erated Tuesday night his refusal to meet
the officers of it he strikers' union. He said:
"We will not submit matters regarding rhe
relation of our employes and ourselves to
outside interference. ’ The Cambridge al
dermen at a meeting last night went, on
record as approving of the strike and in
I favor of state ownership of street rail
ways.
Rioting broke out again Friday evening
in connection with the strike of employes
of the Boston elevated street railway com
pany. which began Friday morning.
Disturbances occurred in Cambridge and
Squth Boston. In one of these in Cam
bridge three police officers were badly
beaten up by a mob, out of which a re
volver shot was fired at the conductor of'
a stalled car. Several arrests were made.
THE SPRINGFIELD WEEKLY REPUBLICAN: THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1912.
IMPORTANT POWER PLANS.
PROJECT ON MILLERS RIVER.
Fred T. Ley to Develop It—-Turners
Fnlls Men Here —Working Agree
ment Betewen Two Interests.
A number of officials and employes of the
Turners Falls company, which operates ex
tensive electric power and transmission
projects in Western Massachusetts, were iu
the city Friday night preparatory to an in
spection trip which was made Saturday
with the Chicopee board of aldermen.
Among them were. Philip Cabot of Boston,
president of. the company; H. M. Turner,
the hydraulic engineer, and E. L. Clark,
the electrical engineer of the concern. Ihe
Turners Falls company, a large concern to
which the Amherst power company, the
Greenfield electric light and power com
pany, the Amherst gas company and Ihe
Southampton gas company are subsidiary,
is trying to secure a contract for. furnish
ing Chicopee with power for lighting add
manufactories, the power to be furnished
from the large power-house owned ami op
erated by the Turners Falls company- at
Turners Falls.
An interesting fact brbiight Out by the
representatives of the Turners Falls com
pany last week is the association .with,
them of Fred T. Ley of this city. Mr Ley
has secured options on large tracts of
property on Millers river controling val
uable water-power sites. He has not; yet
closed his deals for these properties, but
will probably do so before long, and has
associated himself with the Turners F alls
compapv in a working agreement between
the two concerns. The Turners Falls
company now has a load of about.’ 13.000
horse-power, Mr Ley's properties promise
when developed to furnish about 3XOOO
horse-power, which, with the additions be-,
ing made elsewhere by the parent com
pany will bring their total load eventually
to the neighborhood of 60.000 horse-power.
President Cabot stated last, week that
while Mr Ley has not yet closed bis deals
or begun development lie has definitely as
sociated himself with the Turners Falls
company and will become one of the con
troling factors in that company.
The properties which the Turners Falls
company now operate or is developing,
are large and extend from Mt Tom mid
Easthampton to Northfield and Colrain.
The company has Its main toots at Turners
Falls, being the outgrowth of the Crocker
interests in that town, united with Boston
interests represented by President Philip
Cabot. The Crocker interests are repre
sented by Alvah Crocker of Fitchburg, one
of the vice-presidents. The mnin plant at
Turners Falls consists of a dam and pow
er plant, which supply 5100 horse-irower.
The dam is 1000 feet long and 35 feet
high, having a 40-fobt head of water. The
present power-house developes 5100 horse
power and additions are being made which
will bring its capacity to 7000 hoijse-power
by October T.
The Amherst power company is a trans
mission company which handles the power
generated at Turners Falls aud elsewhere.
This company controls the line which runs
to Mount Tom, Amherst and Easthamp
ton. At Easthampton another company,
the Easthampton gas company, forms a
part of the same general system. There
is a steam generating plant at Mt Tom
which can be called into use at any time
to supplement the power produced by wa
ter-power. From Mt Tom transmission
lines extend to Easthampton and South
ampton. From Amherst also the company
has lines running to South Amherst, Hat
field and Whately, and to North Amherst
and Sunderland.
The other main center of the company’s
operations is at Greenfield, where the
Greenfield electric light and power com
pany is located. This company, also sub
sidiary to the Turners Falls company. lias
It 1200 hbrse-power plant nt Gardners
Falls and a large steam generating plant
at Greenfield. Pliins art being made for
enlarging the Gardners Falls plant to twic P
its present capacity, which would give the
Greenfield electric light and power com
pany a total capacity of 5250. One line
from Greenfield extends to Colrain. Buck
land and Shelburne Falls, another to Ber
nardston and Northfield and a third to
East Deerfield. Deerfield and South Deer
field. From Greenfield also the company
sunnlies the power-house at Hadley of
the Connecticut Valley street railway com
pan’- furnishing power to the cars which
run from Northampton to Amherst.
Action on the granting of a franchise to
either the Amherst power company or the
Warren mills and power company to fur
nish electric power to Chicopee manufac
turers was postponed Monday night in the
meeting of the- Chicopee aidermen, pend
ing further investigation of the two
projects. : This investigation is expected
to be made by an impartial engineer, who
will be agreed on by the two. companies
in conjunction and whose charges will be
paid by them.
STEEL HEARING RESUMPTION.
Oakletgh Thorne Says Ran on the
Trust Company of America in 1007
Was Directly Due to Articles Pub
lished in the Press,
The blame for the run on the trust com
pany of America during the panic of 1907 ;
was credited to stories printed in the New
York newspapers upon information ob
tained front George W. Perkins, according
to testimony given at the resumption of
hearings at New York Monday in the
government suit to dissolve, the United
States steel corporation under the Sher
man antitrust law. The testimony was
elicited by Jacob M. Dickinson, attorney
for the government, in an effort to prove
that the run on the trust company was
part of a plan to "hammer”, the stock of
the Tennessee coal and iron company tn
the interest of the United Staten steel
corporation, which took over the Tennessee
company during the panic.
It was testified by Oakleigh Thorne, for
mer president of the trust company, that
the institution held Tennessee coal and
iron stock as collateral when the run be
gan. He declared that the run was di
rectly due to an article published in the
New York Times, referring to his institu
tion as a "sore spot” in the financial situa
tion. His testimony was supplemented by
William P. Worth was questioned by the
government Tuesday at New York in its
suit to dissolve the United States steel
corporation, regarding the nature of the
"Gary dinners, which have had so much
prominence in the alleged domination of
the steel industry. The witness is presi
dent of Worth Bros, independent manufac
turers of steel and iron, of Coatesville, Pa.
He added a new word to the vocabulary of
the steel inquiry when he described the
result of the opinions expressed at the
Gary dinners as a "guide. The govern
ment brought out his admission- that the
"guide” appeared to be personified in E. H.
Gary, head of the steel corporation.
ANOTHER STEAMSHIP SUIT.
Charge* Against Many Line*—Action
Taken by Government.
The national government filed a civil
antitrust suit in the federal district court
at New York last week against steamship,
interests alleged to have monopolized the
transportation of passengers and freight
between the United States and Brazil.
Sweeping charges of granting rebates, fix
ing arbitrary and unreasonable rates and
entering into conspiracies, combinations
and agreements in- violation of the Sher
man law are made against the-Prince line,
limited.' the Hnniburn lines and the pro
prietors of the Lamport and Holt line.
For five yeifrs, the government avers,
these steamship lines and certain of their
officers or agents, who are named as in
dividual jlefendlints', have conihined and
conspired to destroy all competition in the
traffic lietween the ,United., States and
Brazil. Through the instrumentality of
traffic and pooling agreements and <‘Obfer
ences for concerted action, it is charged,
dates of sailing have been apportioned,
profits divided, freight rates fixed and dis
criminations leveled at shippers who re
fused to patronize 'the defendants exclu
sively.
ALUMINUM TRUST SUIT FILED.
Firs! 'rime in History nt Sherman Act
That Mandate Has Been Agreed to ’
Before Court Proceedings.
For the purpose of destroying the alleged
substantial monopoly of the so-called alumi
num trust, an agreed decree was entered
in the United States district court at
Pittsburg, I'a., Friday, against the
Aluminum company of America. F diow
ing closely the prayer of the federal gov
ernment in its civil antitrust suit tiled a
week aqo t charging the corporation with
monopolizing the industry, the decre: abro
gates alleged unlawful contracts and te
sir:.i*s the different companies from nego
tiating similar pacts or pursuing unfair
methods toward competitors.
The decree was consented to by the
aluminum company as a result of protract
ed negotiations with Attorney-General
Wickersham prior to the filing of the suit.
BRIGHTWOOD ODOR DECISION.
STATE HEALTH BOARD FINDING.
Submission of Fresh Evidence Show
ing. That There Have Been Smells
During the Present Month.
The state board of health at its meeting
at Boston Thursday- made known its de
cision in relation to the complaints of
odors emanating from the plants of the
Springfield rendering company and the
Springfield provision company in Bripht
wood. both Swift concerns. The finding is
adverse to the petitioners, who include the
Bosch magneto company, the Atwater es
tate, the Springfield board of trade and
the city of Springfield. In brief, the state
board announces that the evidence does
not justify the prevention of the rendering
and provision companies from doing busi
ness, but that if there should, be objection
able-odors during the summer, it. might bo
necessary for the companies to discontinue
operations.
The decision is on- petitions to the state
board of health made during the winter, on
which a long hearing: was given at Boston
in January. A great many witnesses were
then.heard, aud at the close of the hearing
the board anonuncefi that it would conduct
investigations of its own. Inquiry into the
cause of delay brought the information
that, the board was waiting for warm
weather so that its investigators could get
the full benefit of whatever odors were
made iu the, open-window season. Within
a-few weeks these investigators have been
at work, but results have apparently not
been considered by the board as justifying
the suspension of th? rendering and pro
vision companies’ operations.
Since the beginning of June, however,
numerous witnesses, have smelt odors and
their testimony' was forwarded- to the
state board of health by the Bosch com
pany in addition to a statement of its
own. Some of the< complaints are very
emphatic and presumably the information
contained reached the board in time tor
consideration before its' final Action. The
reliability of some-'Of -the witnesses can
not be questioned.ad’ - ■’
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A BRIGHTWOD' CONFERENCE.
Otto Heins Corning-' Here -to Meet Cit
izens’ Coßntnitt<ee,
Much depends tijSfi 'what' the subcom
mittee of the executive committee repre
senting the citizens' committee of 100 are
able to accomplish iq the next month or
six weeks,* in determiuing whether or not
the Bosch magneto company will remain
here or go elsewhere., Albert Klein of the
Bosch company held a conference on
Saturday with Edward S. Goldthwaite,
Charles H. Beckwith and George A. Whit
ney, the executive committee’s sub-body
relative to the situation and he reported the
result of the conference to the meeting of
the directors of the cqinpany which was
held Monday iu New York. As a result
of that meeting it'id expected that Otto
Heins; president of the company will come
to Springfield this week to confer with the
subcommittee members and the situation
will be gone into fully.
According to members of the subcommit
tee who talked with- Mr . Klein, the-of
ficials of the Bosch company are about to
secure, if they' have not yet. quite, a site
for a plant to be built in Hartford. One
of the committeemen said Tuesday that
he thought, the Bosch people would make
‘sure of this Hartford site anyway and how
'nmeh of their business would be moved
the*<- would depend upon the outcome of
the efforts of the citizen’s committee. This
move would not' have been made, it is
claimed by those who have talked with
the Bosch officials, had nine-tenths of the
Hosch plant been in Springfield instead
of in Chicopee. The Bosch people are
strong in criticism of the Chicopee author
ities. They believe that the Chicopee
people do not want them and therefore
they say what is the use of trying to stay
Oh in the face of such opposition.
The Bosch people are not likely to'
listen to any proposition of the citizen's
committee by which they would be given
a new site and a new building. Mr
Heins himself looked for a site in the East
Springfield tract and told a member of
the subcommittee afterward that the only
place for the Bosch plant waswhere it is
now. The purchase of the provision and
rendering companies plants or the finding
of new sites for them has been considered,
but members of the committee do not
think it will be easy to locate these two
companies on other sites. About the only
proposition which the Bosch people will
listen to is that the provision and render
ing companies move out of the way. Mr
Goldthwaite, Mr Whitney and Mr Beck
with are determined that the Bosch people
shall not he allowed to leave Springfield
and they are working hard on the task
which is before them.
MINERAL OUTPUT LAST YEAR.
Increase ol More Than 1,000,000 Over
1010 Shown by Geological Snrvey'a
Report.
The total value of the mine output of
gold, silver, copper ,lcad and zinc in the
eastern or Appalachian states for the year
1911, according to H. D. McCaskey of
the United States geological survey, was
$11,787,942, against $10,127,304 in 1910.
This represents the production of 90 mines
of which 57 were gold placer mines—
many of them very small. The total gold
output from all mines was 7709.52 fine
ounces, valued at $159,370, a decrease
from 1910 of $26,152. and the silver pro
duction (recovered entirely in refining the
gold and hopper prodtb+dl was 105.105
tine ounces, valued at $57,290, an increase
over 1910 of $7835.
Of the gold output in 1911 the placers
Gelded 1447.28 tine ounces, or nearly 19
per cent, the qnartz ores 3099.04' fine
ounces, or 74 per cent) and the copper ores
562.00 fine ounces, or 7 per cent. This 7
per cent was denvert from 8R1.842 ebort
tons of copper ore mined, having an aver
age gold and silver value of $0,085 a ton.
ngainst 774,640 tons in 1910, having a
gold and silver value of $0,076 a ton.
The copper production from copper and
iron ores was 19,605,386 pounds, valued
at $2,450,674, an increase of 1,681,974
pounds ill quantity and of $174,401 in
value as compared with the figures for
1910. All the increase in, output was
credited to the mines of the Ducktown dis
trict iu Tennessee, which enntritmted 96
per cent of the output in 1911 and 94 per
cent in 1910. The copper ores yielded an
average of 24.4 pounds of copper to the
ton of ore in 1911, against 23,2 pounds
in 1910.
The production of lead, which was near
ly all from lead-zine ores, was 834,742
pounds, valued at $37,563, an increase of
635,892 pounds in quantity and of $28,813
in value over the output in 1910. The
zinc output in 1911 .was 159,351J>58
pounds, figured as recoverable spelter, val
ued at $9,083,039, which shows an in
crease over tbe production in 1910 of 18,-
475.672 pounds, having a value of sl,-
475,741. The output of zinc and zinc-lead
ores was 413,332 short tons in 1911,
against 411,381 tons in 1910;
New Jersey produced 97 per cent of the
zinc output of the eastern states, the re
mainder being derived frim the lead-zine
belt in Tennessee and Virginia and from
the mine of the Northern ore companv,
near Edwards. X. Y. Copies of Mr 'Mi-
Caskey's report when issued, can be had
on application to the director. United
States geological survey, Washington,
D. C.
MONEY AND BUSINESS.
CONDITION OF THE MARKETS.
The general developments of the past
week have justified, on the whole, the
more pronounced note of optimism re
flected in the stock market, which has
quickly recovered from the reaction of
the week before. There have been no
notable gains in the prices\df securities
over and above the recovery, save in the
copper group: and. at the present .level,
the market may be said to be’deadlocked,
awaiting important events in the matur
ing of the crop aud political situations.
There is. however, a growing confidence
that industrial conditions are essentially
too sound to be much disturbed by any
thing that may now happen in the politi s
cal arena and. at the same time, the
crop outlook appears to be more promis
,ing.
Actual crop conditions have been ex
citing more or less controversy, for the
expert crop observers in tne field send tn
reports considerably at variance—as might
be expected at this period. The govern
ment's monthly crop report this
week contains valuable information,
especially concerning the acreage of spring
wheat, upon which the total wheat yield
of the year so much depends, in view of
the early damage to winter' wheat. If the
private forecasters can be depended t^ton
in the least, spring wheat will make an
excellent showing and will indicate a to
tal wheat crop for the year in excess of
last year's. Weather conditions in the
West have continued favorable of late
and bullish sentiment in grain specula
tion has continued much repressed. Lead
ing railroad officials in authorized inter
views during the past few days have de
clared themselves much pleased with the
crop outlook, as they have observed it,
and this has had its effect on sentiment.
The government's cotton report last week
was the first of real importance this year,
owing to the lateness of the planting sea
son. and the government’s figures of aver
age condition of the plant on May 25 in
dicates about 10 points loss compared with
last year. The season is still so late in
the cotton belt that anything like last
season's yield of 16,300.000 bales seems
out of the question, and present- indica
tions are that the total will not much
surpass 13.500.000 bales.
The industrial situation in metals is
still the brightest spot to be seen, The re
port for May of the copper producers' as
sociation revealed the improved condition
in the copper- trade, the surplus supply of
copper in the United States now being
the smallest on record. The copper mar
ket seems to be in a stronger position
than before since 1907. Amalgamated’s
recent rise to nearly S9O a share is sound
ly based, evidently, in the trade condi
tions which President Ryan’s annual re
port pronounces “greatly improved.'' De
mand for copper abroad has evidently
overtaken production and last week the
price- reached 17% cents. Consumption in
the electrical and engineering trades in
England is expanding and in the United
Kingdom's shipbuilding industry, where
copper is largely used, the amount of ton
nage under construction is 34 per cent
higher than a year ago. While there has
been some lull in new business for the
steel industry, the expectation is that this
week's report by the steel corporation
on unfilled orders will show an increase
of between 100.000 and 200.000 tons.
There is an enormous business being done.
The iron output in May . was the largest
monthly total in two years, but still be
low the record: while in April and May
the production of steel ingots and castings
was the highest in the history of the
trade. It is to be noted, on the other
hand, that some price concessions have
recently been made, and that iron produc
tion at the rate of the past half-year is
not a record-breaking performance.
The generaf trade situation, as analyzed
by the commercial agencies, shows in
creased activity in many directions while
in others restraint is noticeable. On the
whole, conditions in the distribution of
goods show an improvement as summer
advances. Railroad traffic is improving.
The May record of failures, while large in
number,' was not alarming in point of lia
bilities. Bank clearings for May reveal
increased activity, the total for the coun
try being 10 per cent in excess of May
last year: and for last week clearings
were some 8 per cent above the same week
in 1911. The circulating money of the
country during May was enlarged nearly
510,000,000, the increase, however, being
chiefly in gold, the banknote circulation in
the same month showing a decrease of
about $227,000. Money rates show little
variation and no special change is now an
ticipated during the hot months. Our
banaing situation is devoid of noteworthy
features at present, although New York
bankers have had something of a jolt the
past week in the testimony before the con
gressional “money trust” investigating
committee concerning the power of the
New York clearing-house. A somewhat
increased concern over the financial situa
tion in Germany is to be observed, but
the conditions in Great Britain and
France, the two great money powers of
Europe, are distinctly reassuring.
So mneh has been said during the spring
about the relation between business and
politics that the apparent indifference
now shown in financial circles to political
developments excites some remark. Un
doubtedly the results at Chicago and Bal
timore will be viewed with deep interest,
but it seems evident that the worst has
been already discounted, and that “big
■business" at least has taken the measure
of any possible presidential candidate in
either party. If this assumption be true,
the capture of the presidential nomina
tions by radicals on both sides would not
now cause any serious disturbance in the
markets.
TUESDAYS MARKETS.
At New A ork.
Net
Soles. High. Low. Clos chg'e.
34.140 Amal Copper 55% S4\ SMj-m
100 Am Ag Chern 61 fit 61 — li
7.500 Am Beet Sugar 75 73 T3%-1
100 do pref ' 100*4 100 H 100%+ %
21.200 Am Can 3CK 33 3414t2 .
2.000 do pref 117% 116^
Um Cor * FCo 59 561,—
4f>o Am Cot 06 53H 53 »• - Alt
If<> AmHAl.pr 24% 24X144%
1.000 Am Ice Hec 26% 25%
1«> Am LinMe4 14% 14% 14%
WO Am Lornmo 42% 41% 41%- %
l>oo Am Malt 13 14% 15 - %
UK) do pref 59 58% 38%-r %
4.300 An, Smelting 84% 5W- %
100 do pref 107% 107% TOT*!* %
100 do prof R smj 89% Wl- %
IWi Am Snuff 163 .158% 161 2
<2OO Am Sugar 132% 130% 131%-Hi
700 Am TAT 145%-145%
1.214 Amlotiacco 295 289 292%—2%
1,100 do or new 10(5% w, loail-L iZ
200 Am Wool p r 91 % 91 91 - %
100 Am Writ Ppr 36% 36% 36%— %
6,500 Anaconda 44% 431, 43%— %
2,300 Atchison 106% 106% 106%— %
2"O do pref 103% I<>3% 103%+ %
300 At! C Line 140% 139% 13’41-1%
200 Bald Lorn pr 107% 107% 107%- %
1,300 Balt A Ohio 108% 107% 108%- %
400 Beth Steel 37% 315% 36%-l%
100 do pref 70% 70% 70%-l%
7.100 B’klyn Rap Tr 89 87% 88%— %
100 B klynt’nGas 144 144 144 +l%
5,W0 Canada Pac 264 262% 263%— %
100 Cen I.eather 25% 25% 25%— %
1,900 Che.< & Objo 781,; 77% 78 "
300 Ch Gt West pr 33 33 33 - %
10,600 Chic MA Str 103% 102 103 -I
200 do pref 142 141 141 -1 •
1.200 Chie *.X west 135% 135 135%+%
3.400 Chino Con Cop 33% 32% 33 - %
11.100 Col Fuel A Tron 32% 29% 31%~3%
1.300 consol Gas 141% 140% 140%-l
200 Cora Products 15% 15% 15%— %
100 do pref 82 82 82 —1
300 Del A Hudson 168% 168% 165%- Xi
100 Den ARG 19% 19% 19%- %
100 do pref 35% 35% 35%+ %
500 Diet Securities 33% 32% 33%+ %
5,000 Erle 34% 34 34%- %
400 do Ist pref 52% 52% 52%
100 do 2d pref 42 ' 42 42 — %
300 Gen Ch Co pr 111 111 111
WO Gen Electrfn -169 168% 169 —1
200 G W. Hei me 187 185 185 _j
4.600 GoMfleld Cons ♦% 4% 4%- %
4,600 Gt North pr 133% 132% 133 - %
e-O' .i do Ore an ha 41% 40% 40%—1
500 Illinois Cent 127 126% 126%- %
325 Insp Copper 19% 19% jm,- %
■ 1.600' Interboro-Met 20 19% 20 — %
2.400 do pref 58% 57% 5T%- %
700' Intern'! Paper 17% 17% 17%— %
2W. do pref 60% 60 60 - %
ICO Int PUmp 25 25 25 -1
100 do pref 79% 79% 7S%— %
4«). Kan CA So 25 24% 24%- %
J9O do pref 58 58 56 - %
100 Lack Steel 35 35 35 _ C
600 I.aclede'Gas 105% 105% 105%— %
I<O LEB Wpr 38% 3f% - %
-39,700 Lehtah valley 173% 171% 172 -2
SWI 1. &>1 Tob Co 200 198 199%-2%
600 do pref 1V2% 112% 112%
1.91 © Louis A Nash 158 156% 157%—1
WO Macke y Cos pr " 68% 68%- %
100 Mat Dep St 78% 78% Tt%+l
2.600 Miami Con C 28 27% 28 - %
2,700 Mex Petrol 68 67 67%— %
100 MSPA SS M 140% 140% 14«% - «
900 Mo KA T 28 27% 27%- %
100 do pref 60 so 60—1
3.500 Mo Paciflr 36% 36 36%- %
200 Nat Biscuit 156% 156 156
600 Nat Lead 57% 56% .56%— %
100 do pref 109% 109% 109%+ o
1.100 NRKof M 2 pr 31’, .30% 30%- %
3.80*1 Nev Con Cop 22% 22 22%— %
WO N V Air Br 76 74% 76 + %
1,600 NY Central 118% 117% 118 — %
mo NYO A- W 37% 37% 37%
100 NY St Rys 89 89 89 + %
100 Norf A West 111% 111 %
400 North Amer S 3 82 83 — %
2.800 No Pacific 119% 119% 119%- %
300 Pac Tel A-Tel 51 50 50 —l%
s<O Pacific Mail 33% 32% 33%- %
3 000 Penr. R R 123% 123% 123%-%
200 Pen Gas AC 114% 114 114 —1
100 Phila Co 103 103 103 —1
300 do pref 89 88% 89 — %
520 r Lorillard 192 191 191 —2
100 Pressed St Car 35 35 35 — %
9.000 Ray Con Cop 21% 20% 20%—%
128.100 Reading 169% 165% 1«6%—2%
400 do Ist pref ss eg. sg _2
300 do 2d pref 97 97 97 —l%
100 Kep Iron ASt 23% 23% 23%—1
400 do pref 79 78% 78%-l%
3.300 Rock Island 24% 23% 24%— %
2,<i00 do pref 50 48% 49%— %
500 St I. A S west 33% 33 *33%+ %
100 <lo pref 76% 76 76%— %
300 Sears Roebuck 188% 188 ISS%— %
3.400 South Pacific 110% 109 109 —l%
600 Seaboard A L 25% 25 25%— %
2.3Wi do pref 55% 54% 55%- %
1.400 Southern RR 28% 28% 2Ri,- %
1,100 <lO pref 74 73% 73%— %
200 Stand Milling 27% 27% 27%+ %
1.4<i0 Tenn Copper 43% 42 43%—%
2'o Texas A Pae 21 23% 23%-v,
1.100 Toxas Co 110% 109 109 -1%
2.200 Third Ar R R 38% 38% 38%-l%
700 VnderTrpe Co 107 108% 107 —l%
600 I'nßag&Pa 12 11% 11%—%
29.950 L'tiiou Pacific 160% 167% 169 _ %
900 do pref 90% 90% 90%+ %
<OO United Cigars, 62 62 62
TOO ESCIP&Fo 21 21 21 + %
300 do pref 58% 57% 58 — %
900 E S Ind Alco 40% 40 40 — %
300 do pref 103% 103% TO3%+ %
200 TS Real A I 75% 75% 75%- %
1.5 » U 8 Rubber 63% 62% «3%- %
TOO do Ist pref ltt% 111% 111%
TOO do 2d pref «l% 81% 81%+%
93.050 r = Steel 69% 68% 68%-l%
850 do pref not* 110% 110%- %
4.600 Utah Copper 63% 62% 63 —1
400 Va Car Chem 50% 50% 50%- %
100 Vul Detinaing 23 23 23 +1
1.800 Wabash 6% «% «%+ %
910 <lo pref 17% 16% 17 - %
400 West Maryl'd 57% 57% 57%- %
200 West Un Tel 83 83 83 — %
(too Westhse Mfg 72% 72 72%—1
100 Wls Centra! 53% 53% 53%-3%
Total sales 531.252 shares, against 293.067
Monday. 323,944 a week ago. and 511.395 a
year ago.
-(-Increase. —Decrease. tEx-Dlvidend.
Local Provision Market.
MEATS.
Bacon 20©25 Hams 131525
Sliced Bacon 25'528 Harns sliced 30'135
Lard 12&1S Tongue 20322
Pork— Trine 6
Fresh 146520 " honeycombed 10@12
Salt 10316 Lamb-
Roasts 14®3 Legs 18@25®40
Chops 12V020 Hindquarters 12&14
Roasting pigs leachi Forequarters 12'314
4.5055.00 Chons 35@45
Sausages 12<i30 Mutton—
Frankforts 14@18 Forequarters 12
Bologna 16 Legs 16®20
Beet— Chops 25*335
Chuck 14®16 Calf's liver 30@$5
Round 30532 Vea I—
Rump 4.5'+50 Steak 32'^35
Foraerbouse Ctitlet 35©38
35@404i45 Roast 10125
Hamnure I2 z d2s Chops 25®2S
Roast 25&28 Forequarters l+s-0
Short 2*132 Fow l 14520
Corned flb) 8<222 Chicken 18532
Corned pressed Philadelphia do 32®35
25@32 Western broilers 30^35
Dried 35«40 Native broilers 45550
Smoked 20530 Squabs (pair) 1.01
Liver lOlPlgeons (pair) 50
Suet 7<g9iCapons 32*^35
Smoked shoulders Turkeys 2S@3O
12513 Spring ducks 35@40
VEGETABLES AND FRUIT.
Beets (bunch) lOiOranges— California
Potatoes 1.80 ,dozen) 4‘Viso@so
(peck) 35'Oaions (qt) 7
New potatoes " peck 55
(peck) ROjHothouse tomatoes 30
Carrots (lb) 7 do southern 15*520
Parsley (bunch) 5©10! Bananas 20325
A Matter of Expense
Should not lead one to overlook or minimize
the necessity for safety and integrity of an
estate or trust fund. Our charges in the trust
business are only what are customary, yet an
estate cannot be more safely placed than in
our hands for management.
Union Trust Company
“Springfield’s Leading Commercial Bank’-’
^»r^’ ■
(bunch) 13 Dates rib) 12<14
x - 10 Mixed nuts 13^22
Mushrooms ■ PlhenppMC .r 204X25(930
• bb 85®1.25 Grapefruit (eacni
15 13^134X20
grain And ’
W V*’U ’Orts’HW ?0®73
No 1 white lewt) .Corn,-. . .
2.33^2.45 West cwU 180
{’"S'Twt* 163©.T0 NbrtheWthu) 90-
Mtddlings (cwt) Hay-bsle<iuon> 30534
„ . . 1,70^1.75 Straw icwt) LW
Rye feed (cwt) provender ’ - 1.83-
1.50i®L"60 Llneee+oll mesl 2J5,
Mixed feed (cwti Cottonseed meal L 73
l.< 0®1.75 Flour— " ' '
Glisten (cwt) 1.8051+5 St Louis- 6<a«.25
Kyetlbi 3^4 Hazali 6 50^7 50
Cornmeal (cwt) । Graham 6.<)0@«.75
1.75^1.80 Entire wheat (lb) A
GROCERIES.
Butter- Vinegar (gal). 20@30
Tub (new) 326X36 Sugar—
Creamery 40 Granulated(ls) 1.00
Butterlne 20a25 Brown <ls) 1.00
Cheese— Cut loaf (12) 1.00
Sso 24 Powdered 0.2) LOO
Old .mMol.asses igab p. R. 60
Edam teach) .Maple elrpp <gal) 1.50
Pickles (gal) ^^n) ,local) >
A new German type of .oil engin'e- is'
built to run with tar a» fuel, and is said
to work very mH+ewfullv.
BANKING AND FINANCIAL
A. W. NASON & CO
Investment Securities
318 Main Street, Springfield
Carefully Selected
BONDS and STOCKS
for Investment
■- r ’ ■ <
Correspondents of
STONE & WEBSTER
Boston
SPRINGFIELD
FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY
CASH CAPITAL $2,000,000.00
A. W. DAMON, President.
CHAS. E. GALACAR, Vice-Pres ? L
W. J. MACKAY, Secretary.
PRIOLEAU ELLIS, Ass't See'y.
E. H. HILDRETH. Ass’t Sec y.
GEO. G. BULKLEY. Ass't See’y.
F. H. WILLIAMS, Treasurer.
Springfield Agents:
Oppenheimer & Field, 14 Fort St.
FOR YOUR IDLE MONEY
No safer loans than 7%, 5-year Mortgages
on good COTTON and CORN farms in South
ern Oklahoma. $250 to $2500, as investoia
desire, carefully selected as to value of lands
and character of borrowers. Money in great
demand by farmers to help buy and improve
the cheap, rich lands, whose values will
double, before loans mature. 7% is cheap
money here, safe and easily paid as 5% in
the old States. This COufity fPontotoc) is
one of the largest cotton producers; popula
tion -5.000; assessed values $10,000,000.
Thirty years’ successful experience. 10
years Cashier Farmers' Bank? .Ross: fully ac
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