The Middleburgh post. (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, October 25, 1900, Image 2
1 GREAT CRUSADE AGAINST ILLICIT OLEO TRAFFIC Magnificent Results of Governor Stone's Administration Un der the New Law. IMlTfJiON GUIIER TRADE OBLITERJITED Secretary of Aarrlcnltare Hamilton Ml .1 Dalrj anil Pood I'ommlMiMNI Copt HaT Jailed Man) violators of tin- Law, and Have llnndreaa Mora oa the Road to Prison, A Mle tlir Bain of Olrosaarsrarlur liar Fall en I rum Ni-orlv Eleven nml n Half Millions of Poanda t uder t c llnat Inux admlalstratlon t l.eaa Than Ilnlf n Mlllloa 11 t Prcaeati ami Sow It l Sold aa "Oleo." (Bpei i.ii Correspondence.) Harrlsburg, Oct 16. -Since the suc cessful r.ihls against the violator! of thi- pure food laws in Philadelphia and Pittsburg Oovernor Stone and the of ficials rif tli" department of agriculture, have received many complimentary letteri from farmer! and dairymen who appreciate the facl that the Illicit traffic- in Oleomargarine has practically been broken up. Oovi rnor Stone is determined to drive from tin' Btate or into state's prison all wlni violate tin- law which wai framed to protect the makers of butter unU the consumer! as well against the dishonest dealer who sell oleomargarine colored in Imitation of butter as the genuine product of the dairy. Never In the History of any state In the Union has there been as determin ed ami as successful a campaign waged against tin- frauds In the butter or oleomargarine business as that con ducted under Governor s: tie's admin istration. Before Oovernor Stone was Inaugu rated the official records showed that In one year there wen- gold In Penn sylvania tl normotts quantity of 11- 418.841 pounds of oleomargarine. It is a fai t that cannot be successful ly refuted that during the last year the sales nf oleomargarine in this state reit Deiow . .iiii.n. mi pound! .'ad the great bulk of this was sold legitimately as ' gjao. without deception. It hTtSTi ",:,t ""'r'' ni,vo 'lpn some dishonest deaie,? ?'h" bava Slll(1 ()leo colored in Imitation btTJuttS but j"" the aggressive measures taken by S0", rotary ot Agriculture Hamilton nnd Dairy and Food Commissioner "Farm er" Cope the violators of the law have reached the conclusion that Pe- iyl Ttnlo Is not a healthy pftce for tliedt, and they have tied to p;ri:r unknown. Many who violated the law have gone to jail, others have been fined, and many hundreds of eases are being pushed In all sections of the state, as the result of the energetic and satis factory work of the detectives and special agents under the direction of the eti te officials. PURELY POLITICAL ATTACKS. The department has come in for Its hare of partisan criticisms and at tacks, which have been visited upon nil branches of the state government since the breaking out of the political factional warfare In thi Republican party, with certain dlBgruntled politi cians Joining hands with the Demo crats to vilify and endeavor to destroy thi usefulness of every man Identified with the administration of Oovernor Stone, who stain;, for the stalwart Re publlran sentiment of the state, anC who has riven on.- of the most satla factory and manly administrations oa record in the governor's office, The pi opie. recognizing the honesty nnd efficiency of the heads of the de partmenl of agriculture, and knowing the great work that they have per formed since the Inauguratl n of Oov enur Ptone. appreciate the partisan naturt and character of the attacks of newspapers controlled by advertising patronage of Interests Inimical to the present Republican organization, They know that the facts to he ascertained from the official records of the crim inal and civil courts, will show that the violators of the pure butter law have In en arrested am! made to suffer the consequences of their crime, and that all the sensational partisan and debauched newspapers In the common wealth fannof refute the facts which they have from time to time given In their own news columns, the raids by the agents of the department of agriculture- and the trials in the civil and criminal courts. HISTORY OF THE LEGISLATION, The history of oleo legislation In Pennsylvania shows that it was only until recently that taose who colored clcn iti imitation of butter could be ttcce Bfullj prosecuted. By the act of May 5, 1Sfl!. tho sale of oleomargarine or butterine is per mitted in Pennsylvania provided It bo "free from coloration or ingredients that cause it to look like butter," and that those who manufacture or sell "Bhall first obtain a license and pay n license fee" and "shall stamp each paeki.se with the words 'ole, .margar ine' or 'butterine,' " and shall exhibit ;i "sign or ,!i;ns. clearly setting forth thai he. she or them are engaged in the manufacture or sale of oleomargarine or nuueriae, or any gimllar substance, as the ease may lie. which said sign or signs ghall he hung up In a COnsplcUOUl place or places on the walls of the room or store in which the oleomargarine or butterine or other similar Rubnajicp Is manufactured or sold." Under this law the enforcement lo placed exclusively In the hands of the dairy and food commissioner. Much of the matter that has appear ed in tho Democratic and insurgent newspapers relates to conditions exist ing before the Inauguration of Gover nor Stone, which took place In January, iIM9. Immense sales of oleo were msae daring the administration ; Governor Hastings and before the -sage of the act under which Governor Stone's officials are operating with such vigor and mainjif-cciil results. The sates or 11,433.341 pounos ui oicu Pennsylvania referred to above were made during the last year of Governor Hastings administration, and yet some of tho most persistent critics of Gov ernor Stone today are men associated politically with Governor Hastings. ANOTHER LIE NAILED. Some yellow journals charge that the present law was prepared by the de partment of agriculture and was pur posely left defective In order to pro tect oleomargarine dealers against pun ishment. This is wholly and abso lutely false. The license law of May 5. 1899, was prepared by the Dairymen's union and the State Orange of Pennsylvania at their meeting held In Wllliamsport in December, is;s. it was brought to Harrlsburg by the secretary of the Dairymen's union at the opening of the legislative session In January, 1.899, and was submitted to the legislature by the Dairymen's union .and the legis lative committee of tho State Grange, and its passage was urged by these bodies until it became a law. The de partment nf agriculture had nothing to do with Its preparation or subse quent passage by the legislature. What evervirtuosor defects mny attach to the new law are duo to the organizations that prepared It and urged its passage. The charge, therefore, made by the yel low Journals that the law was prepared by the department of agriculture and passed by Its Influence for the pur pose of protecting dealers Is without foundation and utterly false. Immediately after the passage of the present law agents of the department were then Instructed to collect samples and to submit them to the chemists for analysis. TEST OF THE COLOR CLAUSE. On the first of August, 1899. a sam ple of colored oleomargarine was taken from .1. K. Van Dyke, of Philadelphia, who represe nted the Oakdale Manu facturing company, of Providence, tt. I. The defendant was fined $100 and COltl. An appeal was taken from this decision to the court of common ideas, hut was not substantiated by Judge Arnold. An appeal was then taken by the defendant to the superior court of Pennsylvania and the decision of the lower court was affirmed by the su perior court In an opinion filed April 30. 1900. This was a case to test the con stitutionality of the color clause In Its relation to the Interstate commerce law. The day after the decision was ren dered a letter wr-.s Issued by the secre- : tary of agriculture, directed to the dairy and food commissioner, and a copy of the same sent to every agent of the department, in which the de cision of the court was noted after ex plaining the provisions of the act and calling for the immediate gathering of additional evidence. u THE GREAT CRUSADE. h iSC-rtel '.'!ly lnere ha Dcfin o let 1 up by the depiTtKut on th? 0J.eHlnar- 1 garine traffic In this state. ThoVft1n,ls of samples have been taken ana itS-" alyzed, and every dealer whose goods were shown to be adulterated was prosecuted criminally, there being al- most "00 prosecutions, every one on criminal charge. The allegation, therefore, that the department has been inactive Is utterly false, as shown by the facts. The facts set forth In the report of the dairy and food commissioner of 1899 show that the activity of the of ficers and agents of the department was not due to the sensational publi cation! of yellow journals or their ad herents. In the year 1899, under the disadvantages of the change from the old prohibitory law to the new license law. 1,169 samples were taken hy agent! of the department; 341 of these were found to be pure, 0S5 adulterated and 143 were tested hy the agentB and found to he pure, and so were not sent to the chemists. Two hundred and fifty-six prosecu tions were brought, against parties for ! illegally selling oleomargarine, 97 for selling Impure food. 43 for adulterated vinegar, 9 for not complying with the cheese law, 12 for Illegally selling renovated butter and 10 for selling Im pure milk. One hundred oleomargarine eases were brought to a successful termina tion, penalties were imposed in many cases, and some were discharged upon payment of costs, and others were dis missed, and In some cases the bills were ignored hy grand Juries; 7G c;ises were dismissed for the above reasons, and SO cases were pending Jan. 1, 1900. WORK SINCE JAN. 1. From Jon. 1, 1900, to Oct. 10, 1900. the department has brought over 935 suits and prosecutions, and taken over 3,000 samples. The charge, therefore, that the department is doing nothing to suppress the sale of oleomargarine In this state is thus shown to be utterly and maliciously false. The fact of the great number of sam ples shown to have been taken and suits brought Is evidence conclusive of the competence of the agents of the department, and yet in the face of these facts yellow journals continue to nssall the work of the dairy and food division and belittle that which has been accomplished, and continue to cast reflections upon the competency of the agents. Activity al the mines, factories and furnaces is tiest shown by the follow ing exhibit of pg iron production of the United States thus: Year. Tons. ISM 13,(120,703 191 6.657,388 Republican Increase 6.963,315 While the output of pig Iron doubled, those manufacturing Interests which used pig Iron or Its products In any shape must have doubled their busi ness within the five years. For three consecutive times Mr. Cleveland was the nominee of tho Dem ocratic party for the presidency; yet tho Uryunites declare that he was not a Democrat. Mr. Urynn Is the nomi nee of the Populists and free silver Re publicans; yet, according to his friends, he must be accepted as a simon pure Democrat. This Is the same sort of logic Mr. Bryan utilizes in his speeihes. GROSVENOR TENDED BAPY. Iilo'a Conareaaraaa Permit a Wom an to See the rVatlon'a Sacra ta Actloa. The other day a timid little woman with a baby in her arms was about to enter the gallery of the bouse of rep resentatives, but was stopped by tbe doorkeeper, who informed her that In fants were not admitted. She appeared; very much disappointed, save a Wash ington paper, and was turning deject edly away when a partriarchal-looking gentleman, with a wealth of white balr anil whiskers, who was passing and bad overheard the conversation, apparent ly attracted by the disappointment in the voice of the woman, stopped. me bold t he litt le one a moment, madam," he said, "while you go in and look over the great men. The mother was visibly embarrassed, but yielded. For two or three minutes tilie baby, who seemed to be entirely content with the new gunrdian. ran its chubby little hands through the elder ly gentleman's wbivkera and gave vent to a series of delighted "gon-gooa." Then the mother reappeared and thanked! the unknown for his kindness. The next day w hen she again visited the house the pat rinrchnl-looking gen tleman who had held her baby was summoned by Shaker Henderson to ' the chair tn preside In committee of the whole. "Who In the world Is that white haired man?" she asked. In great sur prise. "That," replied her neighbor, who happened! to be a Washington woman. In tone of pity of the other's ignorance, "la Oen. firosvenor. of Ohio." OTINESE DUEL IN PARIS. It Was Fuuicht ivlth Tun ti.- (he Only Weapons. Hat They AnnM-crefl. A duel in the native fashion Iwtween two Chinese occurred In the exhibition grounds recently, says the Paris corre spondent of tire London Tost. Pe-Kl-Txi-rSnng nnd Long-Sl-Thuong bad come to Paris partners in a little busi ness In the Chinese section. Both fell victims to the charms of a Japanese beauty employed In a neighboring pal ace, and tiie duel was decided on. Hav ing found a secluded spot, the tWO ad ve i-iurii-s -one big. strong and stupid, the other small, voluble and nervous placed themselves three paces apart. Then, In accordance with Chinese cus tom, they began to oull each other the hardest nnmes they eouldi think of. The big. stupid cotubatunt repented the same thing over and oTer again; but the other, Lng-Si-Thuong, Invented many remarkable expressions of con tempt: Son of ft dog, son of a sow, low est, bsekwooden baton of the lowest of unlettered men, unearthly and filthy cat, pig's flesh, and ro forth. Finally, after half nn hour's uninterrupted vo- '..lJt-'.,J"."-Jt so tV?rlf'"' ntU that he had an attach fit congst 'ion. When he was found in an unconscious condition, the police thought Pe-KI had murdered him. An Interpreter ex plained matters, however, and,, Long having been revived, the adversaries shook hands. The little business In the Chinese section will be carried on as be fore. TURKEY'S RESOURCES. Aecunllnv ( Thla mil It 1 One of the Richest Coaatrlea in tin- World. The Ottoman empire Is, In potential resources., pOobably the richest coun try In the world next to the United States. Kor years American and Turk rah statesmen bate been endeavoring 1 with ull their power to foster what little trade their countries have, nays j Collier's Weekly, unci to create new 1 trade channels to commercially con nect tho re pu biro nnd the empire. These endeavors have already borne 1 Um1 fruit and the future possibilities la that direction are Innnite. The mutual relations of commerce amount already to millions, and It would be most unfortunate that an untoward event should disturb in their growth those promising shoots of tradio and bring about a distrust which would cause the originating of new branches of trade to lie made luiimsslble for many years to come. The feeling of fellowship among na tions is to a large extent sentimental, esftcllly when there Is no social jiolnt of hostile contact. The Turks liuve been educated to know thatther Is a great, free nation far In the west, foremost In nil the endeavors of com merce. Industry and technical inven tions u nation to whom they could without any fear Intrust the develop ment of their magnificent resources. tVlmimiln'i Ilrrp Well. The well on the grounds of the Good Shepherd, in the town of Wauwatosa, Wis., has been bored to the depth of 2,330 feet, one of the deepest wells In the world. The contractor has con cluded that be cannot obtain a Honltig well nnd therefore stops. The watet 1 rises within SO feet of the surface, nnd Is soft, limpid, of exoellent qualify for . itrlnldng, for washing or culinary pur poses, and Is In such abundance as to furnish water sutliclent for the needs ' of 4,000 or 6,000 persona. The wnter ( will have to be pumped up byin engine, which will cost $5u0, and then the in stltution will have all tho water It re quires for u century ta come. The Loss of a Latter. A Philadelphia restaurant propri etor hung out a large blackboard sign, the other day, with the announcement: "You can't beat our 15-cent dinners." A young man of humorous turn of Hand came along, stopped and smiled. He wnlted until none of the employes was watching, and, taking out his hand kerchief, he erased the letter "b" from the word "bent." Tbrooah Fire and Water. "I will yet win you. lass." said he. "though it be through tire and water." And he went his way. A few years some short and some long had passed, and lo! his predic tion was fulfilled, even to the stipula tions. Gent reader, why not? What girl of good sense and mature years would hesitate at easting her lot with one of the best coal and ice dealers in the business 7 Indianapolis I'ress. A llnrlt H.jtif Mum-. She was sitting there thinking what his future might have beta if she had not married him. "George," she said, "what in the world WO aid you do If you were a Mor mon and had a dozen wives?" lie puffed his pipe in thought. "Well. Ella, he said, finally, "to tell the truth, if they were all pretty ! enough 1 should take them on the road i ns n burlesque show." Chicago Daily News. On tin- Hate siiic. Don't say that Belinda's business schemes Have nnt un Iota of reason or rhyme When i tell you she always bums per re ceipts. Lest the bills tie presented a second time. Judge. BREAKING IT OBKTLY. Fanny Now . when I'm asked' to sing. I never gay! "O, I can't I" I al ways sit down at the piano Annit And let the audience find it out for themselves? Cigarette. Not Appreciated. "I've lost my heart," the milkmaid sang, And the farmhand said: "B'gosh, I reckon 'twouldn't make- folki sad Bf you'd nlso lost your voice." Chicago Daily News. Boleaee i tin- Reaeae, Housekeeper Has any way been discovered to kill the pests that de- stroy carpets? Great Scientist. Yes, madam. Take up the carpets, bung them on a line, and bent them with a heavy stick. "Will that kill the insects?" "Yes, madam, if '" hit them." N. Y. WeeUlv. Ilniip;- KM. Mrs. Bllras' little bey so "Why hanftv i i .' "Why. lie's the only kiv in the neighborhood, and everybody's been borrowing him as an excuse to go to the circus. lie's been to every per formance, and is booked for the en tire engagement:" N. V. World. Mistress- i think vou whl prove sat- isiacioiy. inn i cannot engage you until i have consulted with my bus- band. Maid Oh. that's all right. I always get mi perfectly with the men. V, Y. World. Conflrmator) . Old Friend Lucilla, do you remem ber you used to say- all the nice men were married ? Young- Wife (of about a year's Standing) Yes, and 1 have found out now that they were. Chicago Trib une. ilia Favorite. First Boarder Jimson is going to sing us his favorite song after supper: "It makes no difference what you were; it's what J ou are to-day." Second Hoarder Great Scott! doesn't he gel enough hash here with out singing a tout It? Judge. Plenty r aUltasv Room. Ranchman's Wife-Drive over nnd bring our daughter in. You'll have to hurry, because supper will be ready in nn hour. Ranchman Where is she? Ranchman's Wife She's swinging on the front gate. X. Y. Weekly. Same old story. First Deaf .Mute We all have our t roubles, Second Deaf Mute That's so; r have to tie my wife's bands SO she won't talk in her sleep. Harper's liazar. 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