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THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS AND TIMES: THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, ltrtO. DIAMOND SMUGGLING k Stricter Watch to 3e Kept at Our Doors. Incidents, l.miRhnhte nnil Otherwise, In n Cnmpnlarn That Menn 4Iif Mnv Idk of Mnny Thntisnnd Dollnrs to the Government. (From the Now York Times.) If ono would nintiss great wealth, let Mm go Into the diamond business, If ho llkrs; but for pence there Is nothing like tho buying and selling of potatoes. Confirm this statement, If you rare to, by gazing upon the placid features of a commission merchant, ami then strolling clown through Maiden l.ane, There la no icnre because everybody knows there Is n great smuggling of diamonds going on - six, seven, or eight million dollars' vol th a year. The tariff tax of ten per rent. Is paid on perhaps $.ln,ftii,CV) worth. The rest rome In free. This situation mlKlit be presumed to Ve not so bad for the smuggler. Wrong ngaln. The smuifKler sometimes saves ils money, but the wear and tear on his nerves Is excicdtni; gicnt, and some times he doesn't even save his money a'eruso this pitiful story that comes to you second hand from a big Importer In the diamond district: line of the largest and most sairn clous of New York dealers In precious Items went personally to Amsterdam to replenish Ills stock. He bought rubles, 3'earls, emeralds, and so on, and enough dlamondsto cover tho bottom of a coal FCttttlc. "And, being a most conscien tious citizen, he decided to pay duty fnmi! of his goods. Hut his decision was not sweeping. It failed to tako Into account some I'iO.fiOO worth of (terns. lie would send them across without saying anything libottt them. Now, them nro several ways of send ing precious gems across without say Itipr anything about them. One, way Is to attach them tlrmly to the Inside of rum's undorshlrt and board the boat. This way has tho advantage of being rfllcaclous but the disadvantage of being dangerous. Collector T.oeb peeled off two undershirts the other day. And the gentlemen who was temporarily on the other side, being a careful man, do cided not to tako a chance of being caught with the goods. So he callc 1 to his aid an earnest young jn.'in who had often served him. He was n tried and true young man a man whoso honesty was of that Inflexible Mud that never betrays a trust. To put nil of his qualifications in a woid, he'd lielped beat the government many a time, mid had never palmed a ruby or glued a diamond to the roots of Ills hair. What ho was asked to do this time was this: Heat It to New York with $G0,0u0 worth dealer will vouch for the truth of this statement. On the other hand, there tire big firms nmong the thirty that have organized an' nsosclatlon to stop smuggling. The mere statement of this fact suggested a most painful question: "Mow do you knnw thnt smugglers nro not members of your anti-smuggling or ganization?" The Importer to whom this query was addressed did not catch his breath or In any other way Indicate that he had been shocked. On the othor hand, he said he did not know, and that no one could know that no smugglers were members of tho organization. A few might be chntter members,' for all he know. He was neither casting reflections nor mak ing Insinuations simply telling whnt ho didn't know. And, In the very nature of the rase, he declared, nobody rould tell whether n few goats had romped In with the s.ieep or not. In any' event, these gentlemen will have arcompllshed a most difficult task If they stop, or even greatly dlmllnlsh, the smuggling of diamonds. If It were the clandestine, surreptitious, and un lawful Importation of freight enrs that they were trying to prevent, there would be some hope. Hut diamonds things that can be stored away JfAOOl worth at a time In a vest pocket they nre dif ferent. Here aie some of the many ways that diamonds aie sometimes smuggled: A custom ofllclal was standing beside n ship tint t was dNcharglng Its cargo. He had not taken a post-graduate course on the sugar docks, and was earnestly trying to pet form his duty. Not a box or n barrel got past him without a men tal calculation with regard to Its pos sible contents Finally a box camo along that ettdenlly contained a casket. A man who ivi- walking near the box dldrft look ii It light, and the customs ofllclal stopped ''.e procession. "What's in that box?" he Inquired. "Man's body " ' Open the box." The cover of the box and the uppei half of the casket were removed. Sure enough, the body of a man was Insldo. All right, let It go. Tho next lime the same ship camo Into port, another tollln box came ashore; ngaln It was opened, and again the con tents were found to be as represented. Hut the third consecutive time that the same ship brought In a long pine box, tho Inspector railed the captln. "Tho mortality among Americans over In Kurope must be terrible," he said. "Tills Is the third body you have brought over. Wheie did vou get it? Did the man die on board?" "No; no one hail died on board. Tho body simply came In the regular course of business as freight " "Well, open the box, anyway," said the Inspector. "I want to see what's Inside." It seemed like h shame to keep Inter fering with the dead, hilt orders were or ders, and the box was opened. The re moval of the upper half of the casket's lid again showed the body of a man. The Inspector was on the point of telling the baggage wrestlers to go on with their burden, when another thought struck him. "Pull off the lower half of that lid," he said. 4 49k 4 4lo- Ao About three years ago we opened this Hank, confident In the belief that HOOD SRIIVICH would bring good business. Our expectations have been more than reallr.cd. To all our customers and friends we extend greet ings and respectfully solicit their continued good will .and patronage. Those who nro not customers aro Invited to give us a trial. CHITTENDEN COUNTY TRUST CO. WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS SAY No. 114. CHURCH STRK12T., J, BOOTH. President. D WORTHEN, Treasurer. IIUItMNOTON, VERMONT. J, J. FLYNN, Vice-President. HAnniE V. HALT Asst. Tress. This done, he himself proceeded to go through the irackets nf tho mrtn tr, 11,,. Of diamonds and turn them over to tho i,ox. One Docket after another vti.i.i tore at the earliest possible moment. nothing. Hut out of a bin nocket w. taken a neat little already earned the complete confidence bulged a little at one corner, as If It con tif his employer, ho would have shipped talned pebbles. Hut It didn't chant's store and delivered his burden. Tho sailor stood nrotind looking at the display of goods while the clerk went Into a back room. In a few moments the salesman a young fellow with whom the sailor had been on good ternis re turned. "Do you know what Is In that pack age?" ho asked, "Yes; somn parts of a sewing ma chine." "Come back here nnd look." The sailor went back, and theie, spread out on n table, were twelve revolvers. "They were In the package," said the clerk. Now, the exciting fart about this state ment Is that the law of Hrazll made It an o..ence punlshablo by death to smug gle firearm' Into the country, Tho sailor knew this. He knew the Ilrazlllans were somewhnt Impatient and harsh when foreigners violated their laws. There was an old saying In Hrazll at that time that when a foreigner got into trouble he was sentenced to Jail for seven years, locked In a cell, nnd the key thrown away. Therefore, when the sailor saw the revolvers he turned white and was seized with a fierce longing for the land of the fiee and the home of tho brave. However, he recovered his color and his nerve In a moment, and the Hrazlllan authorities never found him out. And years later It so happened that he was able to seize the diamonds of the man wno was wining io riss ine lire or nn- other merelv to get a few revolvers Into Hrazll without paying duty upon them. Kmplues aboard ship, by the way, are supposed to play a considerable part In the smuggling of precious jewels. Onre In a while a puiscr Is found who la willing, for a consideration, to pass an envelope to a designated person on the other side. Sometimes a barber ran bo trusted with J10.000 or tlSA) worth of gems. At first glance It would seem ns If a merchant were taking long chances to Intrust $15,00) worth of diamonds to a .ship's, barber. The merchant Is taking chances. Hut tho chances are not so long as they seem. Here Is tho way it figures out: The duty on JI5,f0 worth of diamonds Is Jl.BOO. The barber, having no passnge to pay. Is tho logical man to tako them across. If another man were to be hired It would cost Jl.'fl to send him over and bilng him back. Suppose a smuggling merchant finds a barber whom he believes he can trust. he can give him the 1150 that ho would otherwise pay out for steamship tickets. That makes the barber feel good; and the merchant feels as good as he does. because he has saved $1W of the II, .710 t Anyway, Mr, Ioet, can't undress every body, so It seems certain that the only way to stop Jewel smuggling Is to get the Jewels before they are put nboard ship. IN POLAR OAVES. the goods by four men, but such precau tions seemed unnecessary. The young man took the diamonds and Ms steamship money and departed. Tho employer loitered around Kuropo a week i'Y two more, hfs business done, having a irood time. He would have had a fine peiihles. It contained nice, sparkling diamonds, of the sort that retail at J12T, apiece. The entire collection camo to IIS -000. Another man brought home from Ku rope a fine fowling piece. He hadn't been hunting hippopotami in Africa or time tor pernaps anoincr momn, u anything of that sort, but he had a right badn't been Informed by cable that thti to bring home a magazine rltle, of Amer- -ing man with the $n0,000 had failed can manufacture, without the payment v report at the New York store. As n. of duty, and ho brought it. In the mag- ii itter of fact, ho hasn't reported yet azlno were nine loaded cartridges load- ii id tliat was some years ago. nnexnor wh diamonds. He had taken out the r fell overboard or was murdered Is not bullets, removed the powder, put In the ii. milieu mum ii. "r i- oiiraonos, replaced tho bullets, and was i ,at no piayeu me niu man miso nnu trying to beat it nast the nunm. r.n. never took the boat at all. o even the smuggler has his troubles. He never knows whom ho can trust. And, If he picks a loser, he cannot reple vin his goods or appeal to Scotland Yard. Ho Is lie a man with an I O IT taken In ii poker game. He cannot collect a cent. A burglar might as well sue for Inju ries sustained while descending defec tive stairs. When smuggling Is going on the Im porter who doesn't smuggle is nlso per- cials when one of them stopped him. Let s see that rifle," he demanded. "Oh, that's all right," said the returned traveller. "I bought It In thl countrv and took It abroad with me. lie careful new you Handle it, by the way; It is loaded. He was a wise Inspector "Take out the cartridges." The entire nine were removed nomenouy-K been monkeying with this one, said the Inspector, tninHno- m ti, rdexed by a situation that gnaws ana protruding lead. "The bullet's We growls. He's like a man without a tlmo A few seconds later the shiners were table trying to catch a train on a strange all out In tho Inspector's hand and the toad, lie can quote prices, nut ne never i returned traveller was trying to tell Knows wneiner ins prices win nnng now a friend had given him the forth i slness or a loud laugh. If the 1 trldge.s the day before he sailed and by customer n.is uui uii.-nuy imjuiioi'ii misiiiKe, nan evidently given him a set tatlons rrom n smuggler, no may uuy. Otherwise he will not. An Incident of this sort occurred the other day to an Importer In tho Maiden Iane district. A retailer wanted a con- iimi lie nau prepared to put on the Christmas tree for the dear folks at home, u nuutiir-i uiviiNiuii a .-ev vork man who for n number of years Im.i e.iii.i Mui-i.nMu , i uriwi'vu wo Janeiro anil this port met ronsecuuveiy irom very small o wj- a Mew vorlt friend. In the course large. The order, If given, would be big I the conversation tho New Yorker enoiiKii i" ""in" iii,,, r-,i ii ii. uinrKea inai ne nan an unwelcome task jmm ki j,. ,.. i'.. ,, w I iu tiufiwmi. n musi go to tin, purser couin niiorn m, i or a snip mat hart Just come in and ge jiui no- fimiuiiiri niu ooi iiumj mi; .ir.n. i a pacxage or diamonds, ir had done me would iook iiroiinu a uuie, nrrever mo (.ame thing before, but he dldn Jie weni, ne iookco urounu 10 roou pur- line to. It was smuggling Rome day pose, h ii" niu" I.UVIV in ii inn .nvjn nn'i i ne migni lie cauglit. Still, the ii aniond tiought only the middle sizes. He had bad been sent by a merchant In Hrazll nougiu toe i-muii ii nu urn in rue muui-n i and ne was under sort of a moral nbll rlsewiiero m prices approximately iu jier cent, less thnn the ones quoted to Mm by tho first dealer. He had simply done business with a smuggler, and the muggier was unfortunate enough not to have the middle sizes. In fart, business conditions have be come so unsatisfactory that thirty firms of diamond Imjiorters have formed an nssoclatlon to proceed against smugglers gallon to get them ' Oh, I'll get them for you. If you wan me to, replied his companion. "I'm not afraid, "Will you?" asked the other man with eagerness. "I'll give you a utter to th purser, and ho will let you have them At this point It Is perhaps proper t explain that tho young sailor who vol unteerod to get the diamond had quit tiering Neil People Who Mve In Cliffs lllnb over the Water. Five hundred feet above tho troubled surface of llerlng sea, which dnshes It self to spray on tho bare rock wall far below them, liven a race of real cliff dwellers, writes the Nome correspondent of the Feattle Post-Intelligencer. How long these strange people have been nestled In the caverns of Kings Island no one pretends to know. Hut they nre there to-day, living In much tho same witv as anthropologist sitv our nncor- tms lived some tlmo In the long ngo after they had given tip mooting In treei, Kings Island, like the Dloniedes nnd other Islands In llerlng sea and llerlng strait, Is of limestone formation, with what the geologist rails granlto Intru slons. 'I his peculiar formation Is fav orable to the formation of caves, and Kings Island Is honeycombed with caves and grootat. One great rave Is more than 5Y feet In height The Ivsklmos who inhabited thes caves and whoso descendants still clam ber up and down the precipitous ledges have added to the ancient cliff dwellings of a more remote period a newer type of dwelling. In winter they cree bark into the rock chambers, that are greasy with the memory of muc blubber and ninny big feasts In th days that were. Hut in summer th Kings Islander abandons his ancestta home and fixes up a home that Is thousand times more puzzling to th traveler than Is the simple abode of real cave man. Orent poles nre fixed In tho rocks nnd on these Is built boxlike affair, which Is then covered with walrus skin. These wnlrus skin cabins look for all the world Ilk coffins suspended on poles, but whe tho summer tourist approaches them he finds that every ono Is full ofvery lively Ksklmos, witli sundry pups and venerable dogs scrambling out to glvo voice to a strange greeting. Kings Island Is the flat top of some sunken mountain, Its sides rise quite perpendicularly from the water to a height of over a' thousand feet All around Its four miles of shore line there la not a Hquare ynrd of beach, and only a few feet away tho water Is flftv fathoms deep. Owing to the FlalrrprlKlnfc- Itallroad Companr De veloping Fnrmlng Prnptrtr ln Order to Hulld L'p Ita Own niislness. (Front the Ilennlngton Hnnner.) An enterprising railroad company In a neighboring State Is considering as r sort of permanent Investment the do elopnient of farming property along its line of track In order to build up blls- ness for the railroad. The plan Is to tnke hold of farm property that Is produrln little In comparison with whnt It should and by putting It In charge of trained and progressive men show whnt can bo none Willi u anu men try ui lui-itiu uiij It farmers who seem naeiy to Keep ine property productive nnd Increasing In value. The railroad does not propose to nrtunlly buy much farm real cstata, but merely to help present owners Im prove It, or sell it where they are not In position to carry It on themselves. The Banner is particularly Interested In the experiment for It Is what tho Banner linn been urging Vetmont railroads to undertake for the pnst six or eight years. It need not be made nn expensive experi ment, that of course depending on the ex tent to which the undertaking was car ried. We should like to see the nutland railroad company, the most progressive of Vermont transportation lines, under take this lino of development In Ver mont. FINANCIAL BURLINGTON SAVINGS BANE UfCOnPOIlATRD 1MT. Has always paid (he hifjhest rale of interest allowed by law, which at the present time is Its assets on Jan. 1, 1910, were $12,871,28.83. The number o! depositors was 27,30 J. INHmiNO VERMONT HERDS AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS. 4 Per Annum Deposits can bs made or with drawn by mail, Money loaned on legal security at lowest rate). Bank Pays Tain in tho State on Deposits Ui to 32,000. ol'l;i;ji.Nt CUAHLKS V. SMITH, 1'reslileut. 1IISMIV GIU2ENE, Vice-President. F. W. WAItl), Trrns.ro. n. 8. ISIIAM, Assistant Treasarer. 'I'KUSrEUSi C. V, Kuillti, Wlllard Crane, Henry nreene, J. I.. Ilnrhtorr, Henry Wells, F. . Ward, A. G. Whlttemorc, P. W. Prry. E" Ishnas. Canadian Pacific Ry. Till? Thirty firms have declared that there the sea two weeks before old Joined th rliall no no more importation wunoui it nlted States customs tvi Ice So, whe rompmsoiioo-io 100 Kuvrniniriii. no got inn tiiamoniis, he turned them of which Bounds very fine, nnd some of over to the government, anil they brought tvntcn may coin" true, nut wan. gooii prices at auction. First, who are tno smugglers v -jury Tlicio Is a little prelude to ihls inrl nro ns vart-iui uooui hhiimok niuo.t uono ue.ni mat snows now fate sometimes In amnion iaup as tney nre anoui locKing tieipH the gods to grind their grists their safes at night About all you can year or two before tho diamond Incident net an importer to say is mat ine nig the nio merchant who shipped them wa leliows are the smugglers. Tho smug- n New Vork. Meetlnc the num. niin. ;lins that Is going on, It Is said, Is too who wns afterward to belz,, IiIh diamonds great In volume ror small men to get i)0 Bsked him If ho would take buck with vay wun it. Any samu or muiuie-ciass mm to mo, on Ills next trip, a little pack age containing some duplicate parts of n sewing mnchlno. "Just leave the package at my store In Illo," he said, "and I will lw obliged to you." The sailor, being an n'commodatlng young fellow, took the package. When the ship nrrlved at Hln It was met, ns Is the custom, by a small bout that was prepared to tnke the crew ashore. The sailor with the package hopped Into the boat and threw the bundle on the bottom. Ono of the men at the ours, knowing that they were headed for the custom house, nnd suspecting that the bundle cumaiueu miiiieiiuuK outline, threw an oilcloth over It. The custodian of the package recognized the purpose of the oarsman and explained that there wns no reason for secrecy, When the boat pulled up at the i.ler a customs official with enough gold lace on him to llll a showcase scrutinized the sailors and let them pass. The sailor with the little bundle was known by sight, anil no attempt was inadn to ex amine the parcel that he carried under his arm, So he went straight to the met- SCENIC ROUTE TO TUB PACIFIC COAST OK 13 WAY AKD nOVKD THII' TICKETS TO WASHINGTON; OREGON, CALIFORNIA. Full detail and descriptive bonk, lets upon application, r. n. i'khrv, Hist. Puss. Act. Can. roe. n'f. 83 Wasblncton St., Busies. hat he hopes to gain by the smuggling deal. Of course, if tho barber flees with the bundle, that's all there is to It. He's gone nnd nothing can be said. Hut there reason for believing that when bar bers are employed ns smugglers, the gems nro not turned over to them until ho ship is about to sail. Furthermore, ho barber may be intrusted with the ecret that a husky man 1 laying for him n the docks to beat his head off, pro Ided he make an attempt to get away with the goods. An additional Incentive ownrd honestly lies In the fact that Jl.Vi of extra Income now nnd then, with a lear conscience, is more to be prized ban the possibility of going to a hospital In n attempt to steal another man's property. Diamonds have nlso been smuggled In aimed goods. A box of French peas. for instance, may contain one can that has been carefully unsoldered, loaded with sparklers, revealed, nnd put in with twenty-three Innocent cans. I,et an In spector find these diamonds, ir lie thinks he can. Another way Is to secrete Jew cIh In the clothing of children. A few years ago a woman was coming down the gangplank carrying a child that was howling ns If a vivisection op eration weio being performed upon It. The Inspector who was on the job evi dently had children of his own. for he quickly observed that the child was cry ing as he had never son a child crv before. Mndnnie," he said, "you will have to M-p ln here anil let me see what's tho matter with your child." Are you a physician?" asked the ladv quite coldly. , No, I am not," replied, "but I II have to look the baby over anyway; mayae I can do something for him." The youngster's clothes were removed nnd a chamois Fack, containing thirty stones, was found betwen the baby's shoulders, Evidently the sack was not put down the child's neck until the Inst moment, ns the string that closed it had become untwisted nnd ono of the dia monds had fallen nut. Unfortunately. the stone hnd nestled between the child's flesh nnd the mother's supporting arm. Thus was another poor woman's Income cut off. It may feeiti dlflleult to beat a game that can be plaved In so many different ways. It l.i dlflleult. The Maiden Imo Importers, however, believe they can beat It. Hero Is the way they hopo to do It: The law requires that every shlriper shall declare his shipment beforo tho neatest American consul. The nntl smugglers want the foreign merchant also to roport to the American con-Mils the names of nil Americans to whom they sell precious stones, together with a detailed description of the purchases. Then, If nn American who Is known to them at a consulate, he can be wntehed, nnd by extra diligence of tho customs officials on this side, perhaps cnught. Bo the whole problem revolves around the question of whether foreign mer chants onn be Induced to co-operate with the Hulled States government In nn ef fort to prevent the smuggling of Jewels. Foreign dealers aio like Americans some nro honest; some nre not. Those who are conducting tho campaign against smuggling on this side believe there are enough honest dealers abroad, so that a good beginning can be mado in tracing the purchases of American firms. And, any foreign dealer who shall refuse to co operate will thereby afford tho'best rea son for putting a watch on his place. Any way you look at It, It Is a hard task, but New Vork Importers say tho only way to stop Jewel-smuggllng Is to begin on the other side. It a mon board a ship tuisiif.pected. nnd, even If he have diamonds on his person, It Is almost Impossible to find them. Collec tor Ioeb, a little while ago, made two diamond merchants Dull off every stltcn of clothes they had on. only to discover tlmt thev were Innocent of wrongoouiK, vr.,u,nh!v ha hnit Home uDecUl reasons for suspecting them, but a Maiden I"8 man nv tlmt Mr. ijioli. iinroru""" " happened to hold up two of the '"' re" putubl men In the business. fnct that the recKUi bout Ufiit- strnlt Is almost always stormy, It is nearly nlways quite Impossible for white men to land on this Island. The native, by long practice, has learned how to land his big skin "oomlak" and to lnttnch It even when the bravest white man would fear to approach the rocky shore. In launch ing their hlg canoes several men get In nnd then canoe nnd all are. thrown upon the surf as a wave Is ebbing. Although Klng isltvnd Is a barren rock, wth practically no vegetation, the hundred or so natives whp live there do not starve. In fnct, It Is Just possible that the nvernpe white fam- 11 v is not much better off In the way of eating, when taste Is left out of the question, than nre these belated cliff dwellers on Kings Island. The sea nround them abounds In walruses, and when the ico pnek, begins mov ing through Herlng strnlt Rreat herds of walruses may be heard through the long sunlit night bellowing like wild cattle. Ti nr. Eskimo a walrus If Just plain meat, and from the time that the first sonorous roar of the great sea monsters comes over th Ice until the last ton of blubber Is stored In the great cave no one sleepi on Kings Island. Sometimes sixty walruses have been killed out of one herd by these daring sea hunters. The Ivory from these rr"tures runs Into n.mv hundreds of dollars. These cave people who live just below the Arctic circle are nlso great whalers, nnd there Is seldom n year goes hy that some of these levl.ithans of the deep do not feel the snvage thrust of the cliff dwellers' hnrpoons. With wnlrus nel !" nnd hundreds of seals nnd thousands of llerlng sen tomcod, the Kings Isl- nnder mn" ' ' "' Probablv the finest Ivory crlbbage bonrd In the world come from Kings llnnrt. Not only Is tho carving of thee crlbbnge boards remarkably well done, but the drawings of nearly (From the Kutlund Herald.) Clio business of testing Vermont cattle for tuberculosis hns received a pretty thorough tilal, both under nnd unlimi ted appropriation nnd under the moagor $0,000, to which the late lamented Leg islature limited the expense. It might be going too far to say Hint no gain hns been made In the fight nirnlnst bovine tuberculosis, but It Is true that as a measure of radical house cleaning it has been at least Ineffective. What frequently happens Is that tho1 Slate ie.ts a man's herd, kills the di seased cattle and pays him the "bounty" thereon, whereupon ho buys n nondes cript lot of untested cows, Incorporates theni In his tierd and speedily gets him self back Into the snmo condition which prevailed before the first test. He then cnils upon the Stnte to test them ngaln nnd pay htm If the herd ngaln proves to be diseased, thus keeping tho matter in an endless circle. The Herald hns held and with good reason It seems that the State, having once tested a herd, should require the owner to keep It clean, furnishing simp ly tho test and requiring Ihe owner to bear ills own losses' from slaughter. The pereentnKc paid for cattle found dlsenseul Is probnbly too high at CO per cent, nut It would pay the Stnte to Incienso this to lll per cent and then place the burden of maintaining a clean herd upon the fa-mcr himself. In this connection a tested herd's label on butter, cheese, milk nnd cream, changed annually and Issued only on ex hibition of a certificate from a reliable veterinary, would bring tho matter with in the State's .proper police powers and establish a business footing for this whole costly arrangement from "which both the State and the stock owners would profit In the end. It Is proper for the State to under take this cleaning up of bovine tuber culosis onte. After that the burden of responsibility should be placed on the owners. The Lessons of the Recent FSre Have Been Learned Not. tho Jpnst of those is the lesson that teaches that it is unwise to keep valuable papers outside of a strong fire-proof vault. The Burlington Safe Deposit Company lias for years provided the public with insurauee against losa through the medium of individual safes which are rented nt a very low rate. Burlington's Original Safe Deposit Co., City Hall Square, North. Winooski Savings Bank Continues paying FOUK PEE CENT, interest as it has for tht past two years. $2,000.00 or less, free of Vermont taxes, can he deposited ia this bank. i Deposits or withdrawals can be made by mall. Vermont Mortiratre Loan Solicited nt. lowesl rates. Further infnrmntinrt glndlv fnrnlofl nrinn tnnntri' ORXAND COI.E. rresldeat. BSIORY C. MOWER, Vlrr-Preslaeat. B. f!. URAT, Treasarer. OHMAH P. RAT, Vlce-Prcsla-smt. Mi K DEPOSIT BOXES FOR VALUABLE PAPERS, (3.00 PER YEAR. FOUR PER CENT. was voted by the trustees to be credited depositors on January 1, 1910. $2,000 or less, free of Vermont taxes, when deposited In this bank. We have mono'' to loan on Kood security. KONG Dl STANCH HEATING. I From the Swnnton Courier.) A man out ln Waltham. Mass., who owns a small factory has solved to some extent the problem of waste heat by building a larKo apartment house within a short distance from the factory which he heats from the snme boiler room that runs his machines. Ho says that It doe. not cost him a cent more to heat the house, as nothing but heat that was for merly lost is used. ExrhanKe. Col. Slnek, a prominent manufacturer of Springfield has developed the same Idea for heating his residence. He built n concrete dam across Black river last fall, und laid a six inch steam pipe with a wood jacket around It, ncross the dam and about six feet below the crest all enclosed In solid concrete. It Is connect ed with the steam boilers in tho elec tric light station and heats his home about six hundred feet distant. No dust, ashes or any trouble except to turn on the steam. Cm HOME SAVINGS BANK IWIAil. rient. N. K. BROWN, Treasurer. i J the surfaces are exquisitely done and make the boards very attractive to white purchasers. AMr.nicAX Finitraw in canaoa. (From tl e National MaKazltie.) It Is not necessary to dwell for Ions up on the physical prosperity that Is being enjoyed by the Americans who have moved Into the Canadian Prairie Provin ce. They would not stny there If they noro not doing well. Though bread and butter nre gre.tt sorlal nnd polltlcnl ae cllmatlzers the fmlninental contentment of the American in Canada is the prod uct of something more thnn growing thirty bushels of wheat to nn acre, nnd seeing his land multiply In vnlne. For your American abroad Is nothing If not intensely patriotic. Ho cnirtea a watch in ono voat pocket nnu Kiel uiory in me other. Wlie'ever an opportunity arises he sings. "My Country, 'tis of Thee," snd If an opportunity does not soon ante, ne oulcklv makes one, I nave Joinext scores of tline.i In Klngmg tne urst verse or inai sonorous hymn to the tune which pome of lnv friends believe bus been appro priated by England for what they sup posed was a parouy on tno junior na tional nnthem, There must be something xtraordlnary In the political atmosphere which reconciles the Immigrant from be low forty-nine to life In a foreign coun try. For the American doea not live by bread alone. The truth l. of course, that when Americans come to western Canada they don't find It foreign country nt all. In soil, climate, transportation, agricultural machinery, currency, social observances, phurches In everything except the out ward political forms, the differences which they thought would be tremen dous are only Irlvlal, in most ensea they are In favor of ths adopted lund. STATE AND NATIONAL FORESTERS. (From the Montpeller Journal.) The Journal regrets to learn that such an excellent official as State Forester Hnwes should tako occasion In a public address to say of nlfford Plnchot, re cently discharged from the office of chief' forester, that "on account of the fact that he Mood up for the people's In terests as against the trusts he has re centlv been exnelled from office," As the Journal understands the situation Mr Plnchot was expelled for Insubordln ntlon so flagrant that It could not be Icnoied hy any self-respecting chief ex ecutlve. Mr. rinchot was "expelled" by the Trcsldent of the Cnlted States and If this action was taken becaueo tho chief forester "stood up for the people s inter ev-t.s as against the trusts" then Wit llan H. Tnft should be tried before a court of Impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors. The charge made by Mr Hawes Is a very grave one. HOWARD NATIONAL BANK BURLINGTON, VERMINT Capital $300,000. Surplus and Profits $200,000. OU may have many friends, but you will find none so steadfast, so ready to respond to your wants, so capable of pushing you ahead as your little pass book with the name of this Bank on its cover. Make this your money home. F. E. Durgraa, President. H. T. nutter, Cashier. Rllaa Lyman, Vlee-PresUent. II. 9. Weed, Assistant CasfcUr. J. H. MAY & CO., STRONG BUILDING. INVESTMENT SECURITIES, Real Estate. 0,eod&w,tf, MEIKLEHAM & DINSMORE Bankers, S!i nroad Street, New York. HIGH-GRADE INVESTMENTS W. P. Hendee, Burlington, Vt. Lecat CorrespoaaVnt. ODE TO, THE CANDy KIP. Marshtnallows often haunt my dreams, And fudgo la' (lna and dandy, I dearly loye my chocolate creams, IJut, oh, you..pean,ut candy -Judee. IS nARTER STILL LEGAL? (From the Montpeller Journal.) Purely as a matter of pubic convenience the Journal In printing the time of the arrival nnd departuro of trains. This Is done without any compensation other thnn the knowledge that In so doing this pnper renders a service to Its readers. It Is a service for which u newspaper has a light to expect compensation from the railroads, and one for which the railroad companies would gladly pay In mileages were it not for what the Journal believes to be an absurd and Illogical construc tion of the law, whereby tho railroad commission has refused to permit the railroads to make such un exchange, If a farmer may exchange his but ter or his eggs for the grower's tea and sugar, why may not tho newspaper ex change Its advertising space for mileages? It does not seem to this paper that tho higher courts would bear out such a con struction of the law, for It strikes nt tho rooti of barter, the oldest kind of trado In the world. Not nil business Is done on a casn nasis. rjven now tne rnrmer, ror example, often has moro produce than ready money, and will buy certain goods only on condition that ho may pay for them In the articles which ne raises on his farm. Railroads some times find It easier to pay for adver tising In mileages than In money. Why should this be refused? A bill legallilng such exchange was before the last Legislature and was beaten by methods not at nil credit a hie. The contention Ihat newspapers would be subsidized by permitting a fair exchange of commodities ought to be too ridiculous for sorlous consideration. Apparently It was believed by members of Ihe last General Assembly, In earl ier days, when a publisher took a cord of wood from a farmer In payment for his paper there was no 'hint of an Im proper transaction. If a mnn who owns a nowspapcr cliotes to take from mer chants who advettlse with him a bonk or a dress pattern, a box of pills or a bag of beans. Instead of money, ho ought to have, the privilege Uccauae one party to n transaction Is a railroad the prin ciple Involved It not different. The men who sought to conjure up dark plots and discreditable transactions out of fair and this advertising; at the regular tarlfS rate, two cents a mile, credited the news paper on account with as mucin as each exchange amounted to, and straightway went out on to the stroet and sold Its mlleiiKes for cash In ten mlnutea. Tho railroad got Its advertising. Tlie newspaper got Its money. The public got a better service from the public service corporations nnd from open business methods did not add toj,no umTspupars because railroad time their fame as statesmen or to their use fulness an citizens. Tho questions mere ly resolves Itself Into a mntter of book keeping, and is so simple that It ought to bo easy for nny person to understand the merits of the care. If the publisher may tnke the money of a railroad for Services rendered he Is not likely to be debnuched by taking mileages and turn Inu those mileages Into money. A PLAIN HUSINEHS MATTER. (From the Ht, Albans Messenger.) Tho Montpeller Journal, In nn edltorl- nl reprinted elsewhere In this paper, puts up o substantial argument nalnst the prohibition of tho exchange of railroad mileages for newspaper advertising. Tho suggestion ihnt the railroad companies practically subsidized tho Vermont press by this exchange Is too' childish to bo discussed seriously. The whole affair was never anything more or less than a reciprocal business proposition and so understood by both parties. The railroad, on Its part, could at fold, to pay for the publication of lis timetables, for advertising excursions, clutnges la train schedules, reductions In fares, and similar Information, by mileages when It could not afford tho actual expenditure of money, It could afford to do a moro liberal advertising of this kind by paying for It In mileages, than It could nnd does today becnuso It must pay in money. The newspaper, on Its part reckoned the mileages received In exchange for tHbles and all other similar matters of every day puUle Interest wcro liberally advertised. And how wns the pte.ss corrupted be csuso It "barteted" with t'ie railroads Intitnart of doing business on n strictly cat.li basis with them? Who can pnint to a slnglo Inatanro thnt even Mtggests suspicion of If There is not a mira Independent public press ln all Independ ent old New England than Use news papers of Vermont. And nny man fiat knows the political history of this Stato for the past ten years knows that r.ll the tlmo the newspapers were accepting mileages In payment for railroad ndvt tlslng, these very sanio newspapers were f.norlng the adoption of some of tho most radical railroad legislation tho State of Vermont has ever enacted, und somo of that very name legislation Is now held by certain authorities to cut ott the right of newspapers to accept such exchange of mileage any longer! When the cold facts are looked square ly In the .'ace. It Is hard to persuade most sensible men that a newspaper can not as honestly accept from a railroad a mileage figured at Its tariff valuo for an adequate amount of advertising a It could nccept from a farmer a dozen or two of eggs on a subscription. The newspapers will give tho public better news servlco, tho railroads will be able to give the publlo extra trans portation facilities and Inducements mor.i frequently, when the sensible reclprocnl arrangement of former days Is restored.