Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-03
Tho EUuding Bill.

tlO0 OI tue I100lnc Dill SNAIL rG9Q Is IOllOWs.
ut shall be the duty of The Secretary Of tho
Treasury, uader such rules and regulations az
bo may prescribe. 10 authorz, public subscrlp
tops, at DOT less than par, to bs received at oil
repositories ol the United States, and ct all
national banks sud euoh other batk' as ho may
designate, fer the bonds and for the Treasury
potes hereio provided for, for thirty days be.
fore be shall contract for or award any portion
of said bonds or Treasury notes to aoy syndi.
cate Of Individuals or bankers or otherwise
than under suoh public subscriptions; end if it
shall happen that more than the entire amount
of said bonds and Treasury notes, or of either
OF them, has been sub. ctioed within said thirty
days, be shall award the full amount subscribed
TO ali persons who shall have made bona-6de
subsorpttoas 10 order of time of said subserip.
lions. q: rates most advantageous to tho United
States" Section ? amends section of the
samo bill 50 ss to authorize tho Secretary of the
Treasury 10 uso from time to time. not exceed.
Ing $50 600 coo at any oEo time Of the stand.
ard gold and silver coin in the Treasury, for the
purposes mentioned 10 said section. Section 3
amends section of the Same bill ty adding
thereto The following: Aud provided further.
That nothing 10 this act shall be so construed
as to repesl. modify, or 10 sDy manner affect
sections 1920. 1921, 1922, 1928, and 1924 of
the Revised Statutes of the United States"
10 the Senate yesterday MIR. Hoar offered IS
90 amendment to the deficiency bill. an &C.. pre-.
cisoy Il niar to The first section of the funding
bill. 1t provides for loan of $500, 900 900,
bearing ; per cent. interest, $500 900 700 Of
waich shall be 10 $50 bonds, aud $500, 600, 900
10 l. 10 treasury notes The details are left to
ths Secretary of tho Treasury. Mr.. Hosr of.
tered the bill 90 the supposlion that the fund
ing bill would not become law this session. or
that it may be vetoed. Tho amendment Was
referred to tho Fioance Committee.
ADULTERATIoN IN FooD.-Tho adueration
of our food, d;ink and medicines. which it is
now sought to prevent by national legislation.
has already attained surprising magnitude.
Experience warrants tho belief that, if not
efficiently checked. it will be much more ex.
tensiVa 10 the future than now. The work of
adu!teralion il one Of growth. L. beeips 10 q
small Way and ends nowhere. In coffee, for
example. third OF century ago it was adul-
terated with chlcory to the extent Of about two
and half pounds to tte buodred. From that
point 1t grew 10 foW years to fully so per can't.
! Then the ohiaory itself was subj c.ed to adul-
tsraton aEd now it is not impossible to obtain
samples OF 80 called coffto which do not contain
more than Is per cent. of tho genuine artice
Even the man who buys his coffee in tho berry
10 es liable TO receive viIlainous admixsure
OF real b'r.ies and Other stuff which has been
nodded luto the true shape. but contains none
OF the true material. Parties 10 the trade can
remember when per cent. of adulters,ion
10 pepper was about IS much as was considered
safe and now tho bogus amount 10 worse cases
IS not far from 5los tenths OF the whole. And
10 thts', 90 we'll az other c,ses too hume Jus to
mentioo, Vller stuff is now used as q substitute
than people dared to employ at the outset.
There Is no limit 10 tho fraud when oros it is
s'srled, or at least tho limit is only reached on
tho utter extinction of the genuine srtiole,
That limit has already been touched ia the
CASA OF not lew drugs. 1t il nearly reached
10 tho naoufac ure OF artificial honey, and su-
gar snd butter ara already tsr gone 10 the pro-
oess of deterioration. Surely it is lime to stop.
Tho greed which would anass riches OF The
risk OF causing disease ard death to thousands
bss had play enough. 1t has become o Guess
tlon OF sait.perScrVstlon to the great mass of
o1Dtumefs. They mus die it the adulterators
os permitted to ply their nefatous srts much
onvtr Let US call halt along the whole liae-
AID tt ouoc.
oddly GMrUrATED.-A singular and shock
ing accident occurred on Saturday last, at
rf &C lixvllle, Pc. The circumstances attending
Iowa a Ca, s,.. a.