The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-07

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| There are several kinds.
The moth is a burglar, anOctUIn'.l rascal.
There are many families Of them Il is worth
while, since 1t costs US nearly AS.lf million
| to watch this enemy, to know his power Do
not think it Insignificant, because it is of the
butterfly species. 1t bristes with aHteRnG!
From base to apex THESE dRtc1HG are pectlna.
| ted, especially in the males daughters; ana
they are formidable either IN the larva or
chrys state speak not Of the beauty of
their color; prefer to refer to The number OF
their eggs If there is one moth prefer to
smother it is the hawk moth but the lackey
Is the one have here pictorally illustrated
| (holding up the vOlume) The lackey moth
is represented in politics-frst, by this belt
of eggs second, as the caterpillar: third, as
the pupa in the cocoon; and then, the full
| fedged insect, tor which we pay so much in
this army bill. Laughter
| Now, after this analysis of this insect, |
would like to know from the distinguished
gentleman from New York, my colleague,
| (Mr Wheeler whether the moth, to protect
our army clothing from which he would give
this $4,000 is the PhatTHG moth of LinHeps
or the Lcpidoptera of other scientists
! daughter Let there be no Sinking that
question. Renewed laughter
| Mr.. Whceler-'rhe gentleman must allow
me some time to refresh my chronological
knowledge. Laughter
| Mr.. Cox-I knew that | could not get
satisfactory reply. When | first read the
item in this bill appropriating $4,000 for
protection against moths in the army, and
when | read that $350,000 had already been
expended for that purpose, I wondered in my
simplicity, why so much money should be
spent for such purpose, when we might SO
easily economic by selling out our old and
questionable army clothes, Casting about,
in my simple way, | remembered that the
only preventive of moths was snuff. Then,
40 an economist, | looked up the price Of
snuff and the tariff on snuff. | found the
tariff was so cents per pound Every sneeze
was about cent, to protect American manu-
facturers from foreign sncezes Hence, was
about to tell how much it would cost US, tar
if and all, to prevent these destructive moths,
by using this article of snuff. when, 10!
found an adjutant in my friend from Ken.
lucky, (hr. Beck
This pamphlet is the result of our inqui.
ries
preservation of clothing and equipagc Of
the Army and Navy by the process OF Cowles
& Co., for the prevention of destruction by
moth" etc. This is just out-1S73. There
is no tobacco, no pepper no camphor, no
leather chips, which our mothers used. In
plain words, they use some sort of solution.
| guess 1t smells badly-perhaps petroleum;
but whatever it is it costs money, and has the
tmDIt0tatttr of our best officers. This pam
pAlct has toleraby fair representation Of
the results of the microscopic tinean caterpil-
lar, which breaks its egg and goes INTO a CO.
coon made out of the stuff it feeds on, at the
rate of, say, 10000 Il year But how does this
plan We pay SO much for save our govern
ment? MessrS. COwles Il Co. say that they
soak every thread and fiber They leave the
goods in the solution for hours then knead
the goods in the fluid Then they dry them
on machine which makes, think, 800 rev
olutions per minute This makes the satura-
ton perfect. Laughter.
Mr.. Wheeler-I desire to ask my colleague
Il question. Has he studied the history of the
party moth? 1t has fed on his party, and no
chemical process has yet been invented, be-
! lieve, to stay its rayages. Laughter.
Mr.. Cox: | omitted, as the House will see,
out of Difference to the majority and their
feelings, to draw any partisan or political
lesson out of these moths and their preda-
tory habits Laughter. | have materials,
however, tor u speech of an hour and a
quarter on that point If the gentlemen will
allow me, | will say it is mostly IN cOnncC
ton with the Administration. Laughter
And, sir, since | am challenged to it by
my friend-not provoked for he never pro
vokes any one except to admire him, and
love him, the more one knows of him will
cndeavor TO read in the life and character OF
the moth some of those attributes which are
making the people regard the Admnistra-
ton so carefully.
The real moth that we have to deal with,
in a political way, is combination of the
lackey which generally haunts the
White House and hovers about the purlieus
of power, and the hawk-mOth, which is some
times in the army, or educated there. All
these moths you will find have n political
| and destructive significance. If you note
how they are hatched how they hide in
cocoons; how they creep in dark places
through crannies; how they 20 into closets
where goods are stored; how they lie all
summer quietly Laughter the members
gathering about the speaker
Mr.. Field rise to a question of order.
Let the house be brought to order Laugh
ter.
Mr.. Cox-I hope my friend OF the elegant
toilet will come down this way. Laughter
Here the hammer fell.
Several membcrs--"Go on" go on"
Mr.. Wheeler--,I hope my colleague will
have unanimous consent to proceed.
The Chairman-Does the gentleman from
NOW cIh lltIb W HIS
Mr.. Whecler-Certainly. | yield all my
time to him.
Mr.. Cox--I thank the gentleman and the
House very kindly. 1t is not often that we
havd~a scientific question which requires
such analytic research like this before us.
1t is not often the committee of the whole is
engaged in the mysterious analogics OF ma
ture and politics. It is not often, as friend
near me remarks, that take the floor on
questions of this kind. Laughter.
But il seems TO me something ought 10 be
said to Justify these moth appropriations
and said a little more seriously. May /
quote from Harris Treatise on Insects, to
illustrate the physical ndpolitcal relations
of the mothy I"Go onwl
The clothes moth, in its natural state''--
Like the politician
never leaves its cocoon until il energies
thercfrom rs a winged moth. Wherever it
is seen rs a naked worm, it is because il has
been disturbed and knocked out of its CASE
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