The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-02-26
THE NOTE.
Ananessa. ana. - ~

In the Houee of Representatives.
Febrnary 9Th, during the discussion 81
the Army Approp ptiation bill, the
question Of an appf0pf pfia Jon o. S50.-
000 FOR the use Of preparation 70 pre-
serve WooIen and cotton fabrics from
mildew being before the House, Mr.,
Cox said: sz as't
/ move to strike out of the bill
g $50.0eO,D and insert q $25,e GOO, in
line 120.
1t is curfous that 90 much money
should be expended for preser wing
from moths the cassiIners, kersey s,
cottons, tents, and clothing on hand.
This house was hardly prepared for
the statement of the KehtIenaan from
New Z ork IATr. Wl1eelerJ that there
were $7,000,000a worth of uniforms
now on hand. satA ss lsat i3e
have 4 report before me from
Quarter master General Meigs--pef
haps the best officer IN our servicg. 1t
shows that We are spending hun afeds
of thousands to fight moths. They
are worse than foreign or domestic
Before I come to that, may 7 refer
to The report of QnaFterina Bing-
ham, of Dec. SO, 1872 This report
shows that we then had $1s, 455s s62l.27
in wooIIen clothing ana tents silly
the former. This did not then iteldde
some forty -tW0 thousand blankets,
woeth $3.50 Nor did this incl u1e
coats, Jackets, trousers, flannel sacks,
blankets, goods made. up and not
made up. These items run into the
millions, and the moths run into them.
lI1ang hter. aSi stase sa s
sslislSs room Fok MOTHS.
Here are $S. 600 600 worth OF coats,
jackets and trousers. Nearly eight
hundred thousand of these articies OF
apparel for an army Of thirty thou
sand. Our approp atioa il q dollar
and sixty -six aud W0-t hitds cents per
soldier-not per month. Omilting
the wooden blankets and "hIo0Gted
great coats (for the .cayhl lTys 1 stlf-
pose.1 aud the sky blue kersey i, 3
there is q splendfd objective point FOR
the army of moths, which no great
general or that corps should omit to
attack, il feeling wells Did the moths
fail Z II they did, what need Of this
appropriati0n2 tes.f s5rsf. IS 5,s
s In this liet Ne haFelat least one mil
lion and . quarter saEds Of flannel not
made up. We have MILLIONS of dol
lars worth of this pecnliar IWoolen
property not yet made up into uni
forIas.a ralsf q eEtsss4 q e5-s5s.stfs u Is ~
1t is subject to the attack of the
moth A large part of his ID still on
hand either ia uniform or otherwise.
The gentleman eQnfesges to. aeRen mil
lions. Nov according 5 to the report
of the QuaFterm9ster General just re.
ferred to- there were $45Q, 900 appro-
priated in 3 couple OF years last past
for peculiar kind of process, which
is said to prevent moths getting Into
this cloth and clothing. THIS @ iarter-
5eneral in this report asks this
Congress this year for $1e0,O00.
copy his statement:
The expenditures on account Of
the moth and mildew proof process OF |
George A. CoWIes 81 Co., turing the
dsca1 year have been $350.0D. This |
includes $500, coo apprOpr for the
current fiscal year, bat MATE availa-
Dle for expenditure during the last
iscaI year. To prepare such articles |
II woolen and cotton fabrics on hand |
IS have not yet been sHbmitted to the |
an additional sum of 500, 600 |
las been asked IN the estimate for the
coming year."
I would prefer, rather. than be fight
ng moths at such an, immense ex-
)ense,. 70 give these uniforms away.
Observe those eminent .cOiored patri- |
ITS in the gallery I They sit with us
% regularity IGreat laughter. They +
oil not iaughters] neither do they I
pin. They are the lilies OF Che val
cyl Yet Solomon in all his glory
you'd not be arrayed ike them IL they
we're clothed with these : eky-blue1
Iniformsl tRenewed laughter. They
it yonder, uniformly day after day,
nd why not in uniform? Let them
ppear in the gallery properly array
d in the cOlors of the Republic
blue IIaughter.1
Why do we keep such = lot of
lothing on hand to feed moths? This
) not e. political conundFuna. Why,
there is so much clothiDg on hand,
oes the Quarternastef say that the
for clothing for the past
seal year was $900,0002 Why
5ere the expenditures en- account Of
lothing and eqqipage during the
anne period $685. AZ. .072.
saa MOTHS AND THTEvEs.1
Oh, it is said that there are new
Eyles. New STYLES! New uniforI7s
re ord cred for Che army. Well, why
hould not the fresh fashions be made
( new goods, under fresh contracts,
rom time TO time. Why not foil the
10th Of llis prey puts 8* e
Now, sir, what, or rather who are
lese moths? It ihsa matter OF much
onceFn to our fam ilies. Our women
ugbt 10 know. Science ought TO tell ..
8. Scripture ah,taI see my friend
.om Massach hasetts Is impatient. He
about TO rise. am afraid che will
lake a seFiptural iIluetfation. He is J
linking of that place 9 where moth
nd rust do not corrupt Laugh
sr. .E9 az safa
Several Voices Where thieves
reak through and steal. 2
Mr.. Cox-I did nOt know that the
Jouse was so accomplished ia the
criptures. fLaughter.l ,
fthfnk the gentleman (Mr. Dawes .
,as about 10 apply It 10 the Demo
ratio side Of tile House. I have ans !
cipated him by anIoIe appropriate
pplication. The whole House, in
Iuding tile IfIiies OF the gallery, know .
ISL WDVA = kA4Ao 4uObe4eAOAAf f4HgC- ]
What is the moth. Mr. Chairman ,
haYe looked him up [laughterl. and
lolding up an iIIustration in Cham
er's Encyco pedia, volume Q, here he !
!. [Great laughter. There are sew
raj kinds. ~
The moth is burglar, 3 nocturnal
ascal. There are many families of :
lem. tits worth while since II costs
s nearly haEf million to watch this
nemy to know his power. Do not
link 1t insig gnitIcant, because it Is of !
,e butterfly species. It bristies with !
From base TO apex these J
ntenne are pecfinated, especially in !
lie males flaughterh and they are for
lidable either iil the larva or chrysa- !
5 state. / speak not of their beauty :
color, prefer to refer to the num- !
or of their eggs. II there is one moth
prefer to another it is the hawk !
10Th but the lackey is the one have !
ere pictoriallv illustrated [holding
p the volumel. The lackey moth is !
spresented IN politics; first, by this