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THE BURLINGTON FHEE PRESS AND TIMES: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1909. 8 TUB WEEKLT FREE PRESS, I Sents pr copy, CO cents for tlx months, )1.00 per year, postage paid. Advertisements and subscriptions re- elved at tho omen, ISO College street "ull advertising rotes ssnt on nppllcft. Ion. Accounts cannot be opened for sub- Jerlptlons. Subscribers will please ro ilt with order. Name are not entered Smtll payment Is received, and all papers ore stopped at the end of the lime paid for. Remittance at ttie risk of the sub scriber unless mads by registered let Jnr. or by chock cr postal order pay able to the publishers. The date when the subscription ex pires Is on the address-label of each paper, the change of which to a sub sequent date becomes a receipt for re mittance. No other receipt Is sent un less requested. The receipt of the paper fs a sufficient receipt for the first Subscript Inn. When a change of address Is desired, oth the old and now addresses should ke given. Terms $1.00 n Year, In Advance. DAILY by mall S4.00 a year In adraaee. RATH IN CANADA. PA1T.Y M-00 a year In advance. WEEKLY... (t2.no a year In advance. FRER ntESS ASSOCIATION. Publisher, nnrllnalon, Yt. BURLINGTON, THt'RSDAY, SEPT. lit. WANTED. When you want anything, advertise In tho new spcct.il column of this paper. Tfomo bargains are offered there this reek which It will pay you to rend about. Peo page two. This paper has more than 25.0OC readers every week and one cent a word will reach them all. In trial of n murder case In Wis consin, some little time ago, It was found very rttfTVult lo Ret properly qualified Jurors; iiiul special panels Jrere ordered."Well, Mr. Sheriff," snld Ihe Judge at Inst, "liavo you finally Secured n sulllclrnt number of Jury men who know nothing nltnut this can'." ''Yon. your Honor," replied the sheriff, "there are six who know tiothlng nboyt It anil six who know nothing nt all!" We hav another demonstration of tho growing equality of the sexes. Tho Cook-Peary storm had hardly broken abmt on: heads, when Mrs. Bullock Workman of Hlmnlynn ex ploration fane and Miss Peek, the climber of tho Andes. began to In dulge In language regarding their :c Epcctlvo performances. Each woman questions tho measurements taken bv tho other, and as a natural conse quence tho altitude nttnlned by each Nas a large and unusually crooked Vjtcrrogation point after It. sCTLAXD'3 BUMMER HOTEL POS SIBILITY. Tho degres of Interest In tho summer tjotel project In different parte of Ver mont Is Indicated In part by the way In whirl: desirable sites have been Suggested. Rutlnnd has Pccome In Icrested as it has a right to be In view f Its attractive s-cnory, and the News prints n communication nnd editorial Relative to the merits of the famous Baxter place In that connection, it jays that "the possibilities of the II. BT. naxtor place, for lnntanc, as a magnificent resort tho whole year round for people of wealth instantlv Appeals to everyone who give's the project a moment's thoughtful consid eration. No town In New England lias any advantage of Rutlnnd ns a splendid location for n hotel plane that would appeal to that large nnd growing class of our Amerlran people Svho hesitate at no expense us long .3 tho 'goods nro delivered.'" This Is true of so many benutlful places In Vermont that it is not Strange people find it dtmrult to start new project for a chain of sumer liotels In Vermont. The way to do It Is to secure the cervices of some man fcvho has had experience In this direc tion and gain the co-operntlon of nil concerned. A VEIlMOJiT FARM AT ar.OO PP.II ACRE. We have frequently emphasized tnc possibilities of profitable Vermont farming, particularly In tho direction f the production of npples. It is a well established fact that tho soil and Hlmato of the Champlaln valley, es pecially are favorable to the cultivation cf applrB for the market, the flavor Secured In this region being highly popular with dealers as well as con j turners. We now find splendid Illustration nd vindication In tho announcement (that Charles T. Holmes, a Charlotte farmer, has just received nn offer of H00 per acre for an nrrhard of ion Bares from a man In Milwaukee Wis. If any one Is Inclined to question the pxood judgment of this resident of the Badger State, who has offered fso.ouu for a Vermont apple orchard, It may be reassuring to learn that harvest Bf the present season thereon Is esti mated at from 5,000 to 7,000 barrets, mnd an offer of JJ per barrel has nl- joddy been racelvod. Many a Vermont farmer has a largo orchard, but comparatively few farm rs are as thorough In the cultivation tt their orchards as Is Mr. Holmes lie not only top-dresses the land about the trees with lima and other neens S&ry fertilisers, but ho also provides plentiful supply of water, so that avery want of the trees can be sup tilled. During the season the npplo trees In this orchard woro sprayed Ihreo times, and as a result there is carcely a trace of worms to be found en tho apples, while tho fruit In un usually large and luscious. i An old cdago says what man nan done man con do. Not every farmer can refuse an offer of J"00 per acre for 100 acres of orchard, but thoHe farmers who have fruit trees can pro fitably follow the example of Mr, Holmes In thorough work of care nnd cultivation while every farmer who hus no fruit trees run sot out an orchard for himself or for his children, It Is surprising how soon a young apple orchard can be made productive. It Is lo bo hr-ped that the gratifying suc cess of Mr. Holme mny become nn In centive to farmers In nil parts of Ver mont to add the production of npples after approved methods to their di versified farming. If this Is done, the cxamplo of this successful grower of apples will bo worth thousands of dol lars every year to tho Green Moun tain State. APPLES IX VERMOXT. We have nil read of "npples of gold In pictures of silver." Tlint Is what Vermont apples should be In the re gion of l.nko Cliamplatn. Hut Inylng aside specific metals, thorn enn be no question thnt ttiere In money In apples In tho Oreen Mountain Stnte. We have nlrcndy referred to the remark able output of this fruit In tho Inrge orchard of Mr. Holmes of Charlotte, nnd the fnct that his prodnrt tills sen-on will bo from e.flOO to 7,-noo barrels, mostly greenings, which at the leant calculation will fetch in the vicinity of $3 per barrel. Now not c'ery farmer In Vermont can be a Holmes of Charlotte but everyone can bo a better farmer ot the town In which ho lives, and this Is true regarding the possibility of raising fruit as of vnrlous other feat ures of diversified farming, which In tho long run, year In and year out, unquestionably pays best. That It. will be a long time nt t lie present rate of operations for Ver mont to contain many producers or apples like Mr. Holmes is indicated by the liennlngton Banner which tells of Its experience with nn agent of one of the big nurseries of western New York. "This agent travels ench fall and winter through eastern Vermont celling fruit trees, berry bushes, plants, shrubs, etc. One of ids re marks was a striking comment on condition"" In Vermont." He said. "In Vermont there Is no use railing on many farmers, but in New York 1 have to call at every farm In a town." Questioned further on this line he, stated that his trado In Vermont was with villas'' and city people who liavo small place'-., with owr.em of larg-! es tates and with a very few farmers For Instanre, he said that nt Hennlng ton he colls on Just about linl a dozen nctnnl farmers, at Rutland ond llur llngton, a few more, while at Man chester, Hrandon, Middlebury nnd simi lar towns anywhere from one to three o- four. He has tried making n thorough canvasa of tl.n farmers, but s.i'S It Is no usi The farmers say I Is too much bother to raise l nil t. The tre.'s have to be trimmed and sprayed nnd there In n wait of five or sl.t years bcfo.ro. the trees come Into bearl lg. In New York Stat, say.i the agon!, nt least In Rensse'ner, Colum bia and Green oountijs whc-i he travel?, prnctlcnlly every farmer buys fruit trees or berry buaho'i and often both The market for choice fruit is Improving oil the time. Nn longer ago than last spring Oregon apples were being sold at Cnrslnglla's fruit store In this village, Just us good apples can be raised in Vermont as In Oregon. If anything the flavor of the Vermont npplo Is the better, yet Ver mont farmers are taking little, inter est Iti the great development of apple and otner fruit culture now In pro gress " It s evident from this that n stren uous cnmpalgn of education will bo necr-ssnry before Vermont can hopo to produce npples for market, as it should ond tills Is the renson why wo ere seeking to emphasize tho possibili ties of apple growing In Vermont. When a man says that farming in Vermont does not pay ark him what he had done to demonstrate tho truth of his assertion. If he hns tried farm ing, and bus made a success of noth ing tho fe.ult lies In him and not in Vermont soil, which Is awaiting Just such cultivation as ban made the Charlotte form In question worth IC00 per ncre. Not every fnrmor can equal this record, but If the profit ing farmer were to do one-tenth as well nnd make his oruhnrd pny him In proportion, he would do much bet ter than at present on the average, WH CAXXOT AFFORD POOH HKill- WAVS, No matter who may be tho republi can cnndldato for the governorship of If 10, It Is nlready evident that tho question of good roads will be one or the most Important Issues, If not tho paramount Issue, In the campaign an well ns during the following Jeglsla tlyt session. It Is recognized that wo ennnot como Into our own ns ciisto. dlans of a gient pleasure ground unless no mnn j)nuiiii measure to put our Mate In position to compete on morti evnn terms with New Ilnmpshlrn nnd ino uiroiiiiucit region as regnrds smooth nnd servleeablo highways. It Is nlso to be borne In mind that Mnlne, which already has a largo tourist patronage, Is tul;lng tlnio by tho forelock to prepare butter rontls as nn attraction for summer visitors ns well ns for thn benefit of permnn ent residents-. It Is stated that Mnlne this season in building 47s pieces of fitato rond nt nn approximate cost ot 27n,00'0, exceeding tho expenditure inndo In nny of the Inst seven years that Stuto roads have been built, Next year work on trunk lines will begin ns soon as tho appropriation Is avail able. Tho Ilrnttlcboro Reformer calls at tention to n measure adopted In 'Mas sachusetts, The highway commission of the liny State In order to obtain datn from which lo make n fair ap portionment of Its appropriations for rond building hns adopted the scheme of taking n census of tho' nmount or traffic on every main thoroughfare In the State, Last week ot 200 stotlons on tho principal hlghwnys In Massa chusetts count was iiindo of the num ber of vehicles thnt passed each day between 7 a. m. nnd 0 p. in. Another census will bo tnken during a week In Octn1er, nnd from tho totals thus obtained ,tho highway commission will bo able to divide Its money In propor tion to the amount of traffic on each thoroughfnre. The Reformer suggests that if such a scheme were adopted In Vermont tho highway apportionment would bo much moro equal Winn It can b" ns long as mileage Is tho only basis. Tho Bennington Banner, which has been advocntlng a general system ot highwny Improvement In some such wny ns has been adopted In Maine says that "the sentiment In favor of thote trunk line roads Is growing all tho time nnd If wo can ever get a l.eglslntmo together thnt Is willing to lp off n few extravagances and put the natural Increase In the Htnto Income Into trunk line road building, Vermont rnn build nil the trunk lines needed without nn extra dollar of di rect taxation." We can add to this statement In favor of the adoption of a thoroughly modern plan of financing a road system that will give us a trunk sys tem promptly, is also rapidly Increas ing. It Is realized that If we con tinue our present piecemeal system of constructing short stretches of per-' manent roadway, It will require de cades to provide complete trunk lines so greatly needed and in the mean time our nelghbllig Stnes will have succeeded In thouruiigbly monopiilylz lii the summer tourist nnd summer resident business. With New Hamp shire realizing millions of dollars from tills source, It requires no nrgu ment to show thnt Vermont cannot af ford to do without good roads. COLD TRPTII ABOl'T FROZEN" NORTH When a man yelli "Slop-thief" at a running Individual, it Is human nature, to Join in pursuit of the. supposed of fender, though It Is frequently dis covered that not everybody who runs Is trying to got nwny from somebody or with something. When Comman der Peary charged Dr. Cook with try ing to steal his thunder and declared that tin latter hnd not been nenr the North Pole, not n few people, particu larly In England, Joined In tho pursuit cf the alleged spurious discoverer o that long-sought goal of Arctic exilor ntlons. A si Mlelent number of thlrgs havo happened since l'enry sought to dis credit Cool: to ennbte nn unprejudiced nntl Impartial public to arrive at some what definite If not final conclusions. We In common with no' n f"w other people deenvl It almost impossible that Pr Cock could have made tho sped over the untrodden ice barriers of the Arctic that he claimed to have made. Hut hero comes Peary with the assertion that he found unusually fav orable conditions which enabled him to attlan a speed which completely outdistances that of Cook, the year previous, having gone from twenty- five to twenty-eight miles on some day Dr. Cook claimed to havT recorded a very low temperature, which some of the Peary adherents pronounced Im possible. Yot Lieutenant Armltnge of the Rrltlsh navy In the course of his publication gives credenco to a record of 89 degrees Fahrenheit at Verkhovnnsk In Slberin. Commander Peary proclaimed nt tho outset thnt he had found no trace of Cook'n expedition, yet he Inter nn nounced thnt tho two Eskimos who went with Cook, claimed the latter 'dld not go out of sight of land." II he received word from the two men In question, be certainly obtained traces of Cook's expedition, It was claimed that Dr. Cook could not possibly have mndo tho cnlculn- tlons necessary to determine his loca tion absolutely with n mirrored ortlll clal horizon, yet several astronomers hnvo now come to tho support or Cook's statement- that a mirror can bo used for an nrtlflclnl horizon, when mercury Is not available, A London Medical Journal declnred thnt Cook could not possibly hove examined sea water for algno under tho microscope ns ho said ho did, be cause tho water would freezo. Every Arctic explorer has confronted tho pnrtlnB of tho Ico with tho consequent danger of n plunge In Icy wntors. which could bo examined by tho pail ful, If necessary In tho shelter car ried for protection. The most serious statement which confronted Dr. Cook wns thnt ho had only two Knklmos with him when lie renched the polo nnd no whlto man to confirm his stntemcnts, yot wo nre now told by Peary's despatches that ho had with him when ho reached the pole only his negro boy servant and four Eskimos, If wo nro to Insist that the world must rely upon the testimony of white men for ronllrnintlon of the discovery of tho North Pole, then tho whole question resolves 'Itself Into ti ques tion of veracity between the two rlvnl explorers. It Is slgnlllc-i.it In thlH emmet 'Inn that tho ureal Scandinavian oxplor- ers who have examined the statements nnd data of Dr. Cook are unanimous Is their declarations as to the genu ineness of his records. In tho menntlmo It Is worthy of noto that both explorers have been pronounced fakirs by disgruntled In dividuals, nnd miscalculations In con nection Willi great speed nro hinted nt, whllo some liavo oven gone so far ns to talk of "exaggerated egoism." It must bo admitted that tho be havior of tho two men "under fire" tins shown Cook to possess moro of the Instincts of a gentleman than his rival, though tho provocation of tho latter may have been the greater. Hoth men hnvo been summoned by dif ferent parties to submit their figures nnd other data to scientific bodies, and If either explorer Is found to hnvo Intentionally deceived, he will stand without a rival to the distinction of being the greatest fakir In tho history of tho world. If both men miscalcu lated, then the pole remalna to bo dis covered ami the public Is entitled to snow-storm chocks for another performance. MORGAN HORSES AT STATE FAIR. lllggest Showing Promised of Any Yet Seen In New nngDind, Whlto River Junction, Vt Sept. 13. nreodcrs of Morgan horses In other Rtntes. xrhr. bnve nhtMned their founda tion ncV in Vermont, nre to show their hnr t th Rtto fair at White River, Junction. September 21. iX S nnd 24, Among these Morgan horse breeders who hnvo notified the State fair crmmls slon of their Intention to be present nre Joseph C. Rrunk of Rochester, Illinois, who will bring a carload of Morgans, some of them winners at the St. Iiuls Exposition of 1904, nnd A. R, Van Tnssl of DuRols, Pa., who Will bring Bob Mor gan, perhaps ns famous a Morgan sire ns any now living, with a number of his sons and daughters. It Is also expected that the fnmo'us Haysldn Farm of Roch ester, New York, will bring a number of well known Mnrgnns. The struggle for supremacy at this great show of Morgan horses between breeders from outside of Vermont nnd the breeders of this State, will be well worth seeing, as the Morgan horsa men of Vermont will be out In greater force nnd number than a year ago. An automobile trip, by an admirer and friend of the Morgan horse, has Just been medo among broilers of Vermont, which disclosed tho fact that all were enraged in polishing up their horses for the Stnte fair. All Morgan ndmtrers who nttended the fair last year will be there ngaln, nnd many a new exhibitor will be ndded to the ranks next September. A conservative estimate places the entry of Morgans ot tho next State fair at twlco what it was last year, and It is believed that tile revival of the greatest breed of horses the Fnlted States hns ever pro duced will be assured by the great ex hibit which will bo given nt the State fair. There Is n rumor current thnt the Mor gan breeders will get together during the fair hnd form a Morgan Horse club, for thn purpose of advancing the Interests of the breed. DANGER OP THE VETO. Olil-Tlme Paper Calls It Resistance of Will of MnJortty. A copy of Nlles' Weekly Register for Febrnnrv if!, ltn,l, has recently appeared nt the Free Press office. It consists mnlnty of many pages filled with long reports of the doings of the Senate and ttie House of Representatives. A few paragraphs, however, unconsciously hu morous, nre devoted to other topics. One of them Is worthy of reproduction. It runs as follows: "The Veto, the Richmond Enquirer and other tmchnngable papers have bespoken a veto on Mr. Clnv's gre.it land bill If it shall pass both houe? of Congress. Tho right of a President of the I'nlted States to exercise this delicate power Is not much regarded In 'these our days.' Time was when such familiar suggestion of the veto would have been thought Impudent; and we hope that It will come agnln. It Is a power which kings quail at the using ofand presidents nnd gov ernors should think long nnd cautiously upon. The reststrnce of the will of a majority of the people, expressed by their representatives, In the passage of laws, by a single man, Is a mntter that may not become one of dally occurrence, and a people remain fre.e" PASSINfi OF THE PARLOR. An authority on erchltecture says the American parlor, as an Institution of the home, or adjacent thereto, Is pnsslng. That word "adjacent" Is used ndvisedly, nnd with a distinct recollection of some pnrlors nil hnve seen. In thn house thev were, of course, but they were far enough from the homo; perhaps ad la cent Is a little too close, since they re mained a dungeon except on grand oc casions like funernls, or weddings, or entertaining the presiding elder. So tho parlor's doom will leave no nchlng void. It was something In tho void line itself, when most of an Institution; devoid nt least of comfort or cheer, of sunshine or frenh air. And the chairs ranged about In such excellent order, ndded to the somber light thnt filtered through shades nnd shutters which strovo to shut It out, made of It a nice, grim death chamber, which purpose It served fre quently, nnd better thnn tho others, be ing better suited to the purpose. XOT A ONE-MAX roPXTHY. (From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. There is no indispensable business man among us tn-dnv. Prosperity Is more broadly diffused than that. It Is, In a wav, O.ono.roo strong. No mntter whnt mnn dies, the business of the nation will go on nnd up. Nature will continue to yield her bounty to reward man's Inhor. The fnctory will contlnuo Its useful efforts to supply mnn's growing needs. The grent rnllrnnd highways of the country will not cense to do the work of distribu tion nnd exchange. There may bo a mo mentary pause, but that Is all, THE PARSIXtJ OF WHEAT FIELDS. (From tho Portland Orngnnlan.) The leave, is working In dozens of localities throughout the Northwest and the time In approaching when Oregon and Washington like California can no longer afford to grow wheat on lnnd that can produre' such wonderful crops as nre now grown where whent wns formerly the one nnd only product, AMI WAIT. (From thn Iowcl citizen ) Save your old blnrk stockings tilt you grt 1M lbs., nnd then Germany will give you SI IS for them, if you wu'llt to esti mate how long It will take you to get rlclt weigh your stockings. death or joel n. ehiiardt. Joel H. Erhardt of Now York whoso dentil Is anonunced, was born In Potts tonw, Pn.. In 183-1. His father was of German parentage. His mother was a sister of the lato Prof. George Wyllys Iletiedlcl of Burlington. When only four years old he was brought to New York city, and there received his elemen tary education at the old Whitehead school, afterwards entering the Uni versity of Vermont In HGO When the Civil Wnr began he left tho university nnd went lo tho front as a private In Co. F of tho seventh regiment of New York, serving with It until tho expltntlon of lis term of service. He Im mediately enlisted again, In the first Ver mont cavalry, and left for the front agnln, serving two years nnd rising to the rank of captain, For the last two weeks of tho war he was provost mar shal In the fourth district of New York city. Colonel Erhnrdt again took up tho study of law, and was admitted to tho bar In 1SG6. In the last pnrt of the same year lie wns appointed assistant fnlted States district attorney under Benjamin F, Bltllrnnn of Brooklyn. In this position ho remained for several years, until ho was defeated in 1S.' ns candidate for member of the board of aldermen. One year later. In lfTC. Mnyor Wlck hnm Appointed Colonel Krhardt police commissioner, which office he held until 1S7!, when he wns succeeded by Stephen 71. French. While a commissioner, charges were preferred against him by Mnyor Ely; tin wns tried on those ehnrges and nothing came of them. In his office ns police cor.imlsloner, and afterward In all the changes which took place in the department under Ely, Van yck, and others. Colonel Erhnrdt stood I for a military system of discipline the absolute power of the head of the de- PTtment to control hts force by sum mnry removal. The law attempting to bet ter the ndmlnlstrntton of tho force by sub stituting one commlfsloner for the older board of four, Colonel Erhnrdt denounced ns a failure, calling It a destroyer of dis cipline by creating "a removable com missioner at the head of nn Irremovable fo'ce." One outcome of this law, which nullified the results It was Intended to bring about, wns the nppolntment. In 1901, of William 8. Devery, whom the measure hnd thrown out of his former office of chief of police, as deputy commissioner by Michael C. Murphv, the newly ap pointed commissioner. Murphy was one of the "Joke" committee of five, created bv Richard Croker "to clean up the city;" the committee disbanded on the appointment of Devexy. Colonel Erhnrdt mnde a protest against this action then, when he was a member of tho old committee of fifteen, a reform organization. In nil subsequent con-troversl-s In regard to the police depart ment he took a strong stand In favor of giving more power to the commissioner Following his term ns n member of the police board, Colonel Erbardt entered again nn the practice of law. In 1J he wns appointed fnlted States marslial for the southern district of New York, by Presi dent Arthur, remaining in this post un til IWi!, during which time he was close ly associated with Etlhu Root, who held the office of Fnlted States district nttor ney. The two meji continued fnst friends nnd nllies from that day. He wns made receiver for the New York nnd Northern railroad In the same year, nnd recon structed the organization entirrlv, be coming its president in IfM. Ho resigned In 1w to enter the city campaign ns re publican candidate for mayor. At the city convention, one of the most enthusiastic ever held, KIM111 hoot made the speech nominating Colonel Erhnrdt. In which he said: "His name Is the synonym for the faithful discharge of duty. In his busi ness relations be has won the respect and admiration of all who know him. I As a public officer when fortunes were within his grnsp, not a thought of seiz ing them entered his mind. He la a man vigorously positive, determined, honest, generous, nnd nhte. Not a stain hns been cast on tils name. Net a man can sav a word ngalnst him to Impeach his quail ficatlnns for the mayoraltv of New York." The mayoraltv contest ef that year, 1SS3, was a sort of free-for-all race with seven candidates In the field. Tammany named Hugh J. Grant at tli" head of a straight ticket, and the comity democ racy nominated Mayor Ahram R. Hewitt, whom Tnmmnnv had renounc ed, because he would not do Its bidding. Alt told there were seven candidates In the field, among the lesser being Coogan the nominee of the Labor party. At that time the mayoralty election was held on the snme day as the election for presi dent and governor. New York's electornl vote had elected Cleveland In HSI, and Matthew Quav, chairman of the repub lican nntlonnl committee, was de. termlnetl to leave no stone un turned to swing the State Into the Harrison column that fall The only sure way to do It was by an exten sive system of trading, nnd this plan was put Into operation, with the res-tit that republican votes for governor and mayor were traded freely In exchange for democratic votes for Harrison. Hnrrtson carried the State, but Hill was elected governor and Grant mayor. To make assurance doubly sure Quav poured VO. OOO Into tho coffers of the la'tor mavornlty candidate, although the republicans had barely enough to pay for rent of meeting halls. Colonel Erbardt knew from the start that he was being sacrificed, but he put up n splendid Ight running sec rnd In the race, and polling lis'') votes, which was 10,000 more than William M. Ivlns polled In the same urea 17 years later. Colonel Erhardt's friends believed that something wns due him for allowing him self to be sncrlllcetl In this manner, and Immediately nfter Harrison's election they set about circulating n petition urging his appointment ns collector of the port. "Tom" Piatt, who nt that time was mak ing himself supreme as state boss, had n cnndldnte In the person of J. Slont Fas sett, then secretory of the national com mittee, nnd he was much put out nt Erhnrdt's candidacy. Erhnrdt hnd stood with Ellhu Root and others In opposition to Piatt's control, and the thought of giving such a political plum as the col lectorshlp Into tho hands of one who might use It to overthrow b.ltu wns not a pleasant prospect Hut the unanimity of the demand for Erhnrdt's nppolntmeiit in business, circles had to be recognized, so Piatt called him Into conference with some of the other party lenders at thn Fifth Avenue Hotel nnd attempted to get pledges from lilm thnt the offices nt his disposal would be distributed to Plat t men. He then wnrned him to beware of Ellhu Root, his words ns quoted being: "1 believe, colonel, thnt if you nre ap pointed collector you will be In nccord with the party, but I wnnt to say to you that In times pnnt you have been In alli ance with people not In accord with the stnlwnrt element In the party, I refer especially to Ellhu Root, whom I do not consider a good political adviser." Colonel Erbardt had scarcely taken office when Piatt began to realize that his Interpretation of what "accorded with the party" meant differed from his own. The collector distributed his appoint ments nmong the assembly districts In the approved fashion, but the men ap pointed were not those recommended by Piatt Soon the custom house enme to bo recognized ns the center of opposition to the Piatt machine, riatt'a demand that certain carting contracts should be given to republican contractors wai Ignored by the collector, who followed the plnn of his democratic predecessor and gave the contract to the lowest bid der. t'latt then adopted now tnctlcs. He set to work through the President nnd sec retary of the trensury to undermine Erhardt's authority by restricting his powers on nil sides, until toward the end of 1K11 Erhnrdt retired In disgust, declar ing: "I hnvo resigned because the collector hns been reduced to n pgsltlon where he Is no longer an Independent officer, with authority commensurate with his respon sibility. I nm not willing to bo longer responsible for tho acts of subordinates over whom I have no authority." His resignation wns accepted, nnd Francis Hendricks, the Syracuse politician, was appointed to succeed him. Colonel Erhnrdt never again held politi cal office, although he continued to tnko an actlvo pnrt In political affairs for some years. He was a frequent speaker nt political meetings, and his advice was often sought by politicians. He remilned to tho last a firm supporter of Senator Root, and was never In accord with the regime of Piatt, over whose downfall he lived to rejoice. For several years he president of the Lawyers' Surety com pany. He was president nnd director of the Public Accountants' Corporation, trustee of the Uowery Savings Hank and tho Gamewell nre Alarm Telegraph Company nnd a director of the Huntoon Sprlm; Writer Company. He was a member of the St. Nicholas Pocluty. the Loyal Ig Inn, the Chamber of Commerce, tho Union league Club, Lafnvette Post. C. A. R.. the Downtown Asoclatlon ond tho New I'.ngland Association. His home wsa at No. 7C4 Madison avenue. THE RULES OF THE ROAR. To the t-Mttnr of the Free Press: The ignorance and Indifference to rond rules, which is displayed dally on our streets In this city, as well as In the country Is astonishing. The rules of the rond nre very short nnd clear, and should be known by everybody who drives. Rut it Is evident they are not, end I think one of the best things the papers of the State could do, would be to print these rules in conspicuous places, either continuously, or frequent ly from time to time, that they may bet ter educate the public. These simple rules, If followed hy each one, would mnke a great difference, not only in the pleasure of driving, but In tho danger nnd linblllty of accidents. One can hardly drive about our city for half an hour, without meeting from one to half a dozen drivers, who ore cither totally Ignorant of, or oblivious to, the rules of tho road. In driving the other day I met five cases inside of two blocks, where the drivers were on the wrong side of tho rond or turned out the wrong side. (in other point I would bring to the nttentlon of our city forefathers is, the utter indifference of many of tho drivers of heavy teams, nnd of our city hsck men, to the convenience and comfort of the public. Without any reason for it. vou will many times find these drivers traveling on the wrong side of the road, and two und three abreast ncross the rond, to tho Inconvenience of others.The other day as I sat In my carrlnge at the curb 011 the west side of brond St. Pnul street, west of the park, nn auto swung mound tho corner to go up St. Paul street, but had to come to a dead stop because .there was no room for It. The city hacks were standing two and three ahreast, one team going up the street, and another coming down. This auto had to stop until the driver could find an opening to get through. .Something should bo dono to stop this nulsnnce; I very much wish that the owners of heavy teams, particularly the coal, Ice, lumber, etc., which are continu ally carting on our streets, would give special Instruction to their drivers, as to the rules of the rond, and the rights of others, nnd especially about keeping on the right Instead of the left side of tilt rond. The rules of the road, which are com mon law In Vermont, nre, brieflv: "Drivers of nil vehicles approaching to meet shall turn each to the right of the middle of the traveled pirt of the road. When this is unsafe or difficult either shall stop nt the request of the other, while the one who can best do so passes. "A driver driving more slowly than an other, or stopping his vehicle, shall turn to the right of the middle of the trav- eled part of the road. If there Is room to ' do so snfclv, and the driver of the more rapidly moving vehicle appronchlng from behind him shnll turn to the left of the middle of the road In passing." One of the points thnt an automobile driver should, and does, watch out for most closely, Is, the driver ahead turning to the left instead of the right ns he should, when thn autoli--t signals to go by, Owners of teams, tench your drivers, and parents, tench your children, to ovoid these dnngern. Keep on the right side of the road In driving, and follow the rules of the ro.id, and thus not only make it pleasanter for nil concerned, but avoid ft good deal of danger by so doing. Trmtlng the papers of the State will take this matter up nnd keep these rules before the public. I remain, Sincerely yours, DRIVER. Riullngton. Vt Sept. 1ft. 190P. Excursion to New York, page 7. See ad. on AFTER BAGGAGE SMASincnS. The "baggage smasher" has been In the limelight for ninny years. Ho has served tho Jokemaker faithfully. He has aroused the anger of travelers many times. But the peculiar privileges of his position have made him careless of criticism and Impervious to attack In the guise of hu mor. With a train wnltlng to start, the traveler has 'little time to express his feelings when his belongings are rough ly handled by the bsggaieman. A Tnpeka Item tells of action on the part of the Kansas board of railroad com missioner designed to check the destruc tive tendencies of these employes. An order hns been Issued forbidding bag gagemen to drop a trunk from the car door to the brick or stone depot plat form. The word "platform" hat received a different meaning from that of former years ns new styles of depot construc tion have gained favor. In mnny places there Is no platform, The passenger Is aided In reaching the car steps by a movable box step placed by tho brake men or porter. The baggage Is brought to the car door level on a trunk made for that purpose, There Is less complaint of damage to trunks when the truck Is used, Rut when the trunk Is dropped to tho pavement something Is likely to give way, unless the straps ore strong ond the bands tight. A commercial traveler commends the Konsns action and urges similar rulings by railroad commissioners of Missouri, Illinois and Iowa. The complaints against the baggagemen cannot be local ized. They nre heard In every State. Even the best built trunks show the ef fects of rough handling. If the energy of the men who handle the trunks can be restrained by rules capable of ready en forcement there will bo many grateful J travolerf. THE POWER OF INTEREST. (From t)io Economist.) The subject of money and Its power ol reproduction, of Its natural Increas when planted In fertile soil, Is one that Is always of universal Interest, yet om that Is little understood, It Is of vital Importnnco to tho masses, yet they do not, ns a general thing, delve dee( enough Into It to find Its true worth. Every one Is Interested in the earning and accumulation of money; In most ln stnnces the concern Is In direct propor tlon with the accumulation. To thoso who have nlready, by their Industry and foresight, tasted of the sweets of thrift that feeling of Independence and con tentment that cun come only to those who hnvo crossed the bread-nnd-butter line little, If nnythlng, need be said. Rut to those who hnve not begun to save, or If thev have, have done so In nn Ir regular, desultory mnnner, I would, for their own good, appeal, Tho gist of Ren. Franklin's phltosophy mleht be quoted ns follows: "lie honest, work hard, save some," nnd Is as apro pos nt tho dawn of 1M9 as It was In 116. Now, the Idea of saving that most peo ple hnve nnd real svstematlc saving Is nt wide variance. To bo saving Is not to b niggardly. Saving money consists largely In putting your expensive hnblts away where you enn't readily get at them. You see, saving does not mean that you should deprive yourself of all proper pleasures, nor does It contemplate that extreme that causes you to be shunned ns a miser. After systematic saving Is started, the' the nutomatlcolly-worklng Interest h" gins nnd with nge waxes greater nt' l stronger until In time the interest ft exceeds thn principal the nccumula" goes steadllv nnd surely on. Lt us tak! Some 'concrete examples- A man buys a house nnd lot for, say, $l,rrf and In tv course of twenty years sells It for IIA In every community on earth you hen pcoplo give snrh examples of lncr-as In value of realty anil reg&rding ther ns marvelous. A fact that few realize Is that if tMs same man had put his t.loi'O Into a sav Ings bank It would have grown to moro thnn C.oo In the same time. Recently, nt a London miction, a copy of the first edition of Shakespeare sold for JK'.onn. it sold originally for about $3, In ira. That's making big money, you any. Well, is It" If this same J." had been Invested nt i per cent, and compounded to the date of the auction It would have amounted to over JlO.orO. One of the most striking examples of the growth of Interest is tho results ol tnlned by the Investment of HO.roo made from the estate of, nnd according to the will of. Rcnjnmln Franklin. He wished to leave to tho clt'es of Bos ton and Phlledalphla a fund for muni cipal Improvement, for this purpose ho set nslile Jin.CO. You will ngreo that fj.COO to each city for the purpose desig nated would be but a mere bagatelle. Frnnklln, however, was aware of t" possibilities of Interest, so he stipulate' that for inn years this sum should bo In vested hy trustees. At five per cent. In that time It would amount to JUVl.OOo. A' that time tCOO.Ono was to he expended for municipal Improvements and !55.C1 reinvested for n like period nt five per cent.; at tho end of tho second century it would amount to irO.rVTi.Ofio.. after which time he did not enre to dictate further ns to the management of so largo a sum. Here Is nn actual demonstration of tho growth of Interest. Franklin's original tie.iYio had produced nearly 141,000,010 for the beneficiaries. Interest runs on automatically when money is deposited In a good savings bank. It grows, Sundays and holidays, as well as work-days. To realize tho full force, strength and reproductive power of Interest you must be a regular depositor. Figure your savings account ns a lia bility upon which you must each day pay a certnln amount. To the systematic Fav er the power of Interest early becomes manifest. The savings banks of the country pav onnuilly nearly in.Of),(fo In Interest and to the wage earner with a savings ac count tho largest per cent. Is paid. If you lav away the following suml each week for, say, ,, 10, 20 and 40 years, the results would bo ns follows. Weekly For 5 For 10 For 20 For 4t Savings Years Years Years Years J0.2,-. I GT..n0 1 110 00 J2C01 t 6:i 0. 30 130.00 260.00 520.00 l.Ctf 1. no :co f.:o.oo 1.040.M 2.00 520 00 l.OlO.fO 2,0V.iYI 4.1R0 S.fO 1..V0.IYI 2,000.00 5.200.00 1 0,405 If you would deposit like sums at four per cent, compound semi-annually the. results amazing as they may seem to you, would be ss follows: Weekly For 5 For 10 For 20 For 40 Savings Years Years Years Years f0 25 S 73.00 1 102.01 J 403.M $I,2?4 0.-.0 140.00 324 00 v.: cio 2,S3 1.O0 2C1fO 6'.0M 1014.O.1 5.177 2.00 oSS.OO 1,301.00 3. 22,. no 10.3J3 5.00 1,4'2.00 3.252.O0 f.OTO.nO K.SSS DEMOCRATS AT SARATOGA. (From the Hartford Courant, Rep.) The New York democrats haven't elect ed j. governor of the State since 1592. Roswell P. Flower (elected that year) wns the last of three successive demo cratic governors, the others being B. Hill, his Immedlato predecessor, and Gro ver Cleveland. It was a case of throe times and out. All the governors slnco then Morton, Illnek, Roosevelt, Odell, Hlgglns nnd Hughes hnvo been republi cans. The Inst time but one the New York democrats tried to elect Mr Hearst, nnd failed Last time they tried to elect young Mr. Chandler, and failed again. No democratic nominee for the presi dency has hod New York's elctoral votes since 1S92. In politics, as In physics, ef fects are produced by causes. Why has the Democratic party of New York been losing elections these 16 years past? That Is the question for the Saratoga con sultants to tackle, If they really mean business. If they don't, their conference will be a futility and a fiasco. Mr. Jefferson has been In his grave for R3 years now; persons and things of th time present call for their present con sideration. Generalities nbout the con (Itutlnn, Indestructible democratic prin ciples, etc., will not get them or their party any "forrnnler." Neither will heated language nbout the new tariff; how about the phalanx of Southern dem ocratic senators who voted with Mr. Al drlch for protective duties? What have tho Saratoga consultants to say as to Mr. Bryan's Impassioned advocacy of the Income tax, his other political prescrip tions, his party leadership bygone, ac tual and prospective? What suggestions have they to offer as to tho party organ ization In the State of New York, with Tammany riding snugly Inside, nnd Wil liam J. Connors of Buffalo perched on the driver's peat? What attitude will they advhe their party to take u towards Governor Hughes's policies efl fectlvo Stnte supervision nnd control o public service corporations, the suppres sion of race-track gambling, the dlreef nominating primary? Eminent demo crats who have large money Interests li public service corporations and race tracks will bo at Saratoga this week li person or by attorney. Excursion to Stato fair at White RJvaf Jet. Geo 'Ad. on pa fi,