Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-05
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port to the state department on the Ger
man and Austrian adulteration of Ameri-
can products. Among other things he
says: "They can take, and they do it, too.
one gallon of our kerosene oil and make
one and half out of it. If you go into a
shop in Germany where this kerosene is
peddled you will be surprised to find the
oil, which you have already regarded as
possessing but one grade, transformed by
the Germans into three grades, and gravely
told, when You manifest surprise, that it
came from America that day. The first
quality viii be found slightly dashed, the
second considerably so, and the third so
heavily as hardly to be detected by the old
est and most intimate acquaintance. The
| science of dilution is carried into every
thing that is liquid, and adulteration into
everything that is solid. Their wines,
liquors and beers, their medicines,
and even their mineral waters
are full of all kinds of
concretions and foreign ingredients that
are dangerous to life and health. Their
sausages and hashed meats are melange
of doubtful ingredients. Even their wool
en- goods are adulterated with wool made
from rags. The rags are passed through
machine, reconverted into wool, then made
into cloth and largely exported into the
United States. It is well known and
abundantly proven that cloth made from
such wool retains through all its transfor-
nation and rough handling germs of
disease and disseminates them broadcast.
German dying of smallpox, his clothing
becomes useless for other purposes than
old rags. The American wearing suit
of German cleth thinks little of the risk
he is running, or the condition of the per-
son who has died, or worn at least part
of his suit before him. One must shut his
eyes and go it blind when he makes up his
mind to buy much that is brewed, baked,
or manufactured in Germany, and to be at
the reckless point that he does not care
what may happen"
PETTY DEsPoTISM.
The departments have been honeycomb-
ed with petty despotism. The big fish
make the smaller ones feel uncomfortable.
The latter take it out Of the general public,
as any one who has business at the gov
ernment Offices can testify. 1t is case of
Big fleas having little fleas
Upon their backs to bite them,
While little f1eas have lesser feas,
And 70 on dG iRinitum.
The navy department seems to be the
headquarters of this species Of despotism.
Some very curious facts are coming to
light, and congressional investigation next
winter is not improbable. For instance,
CommodoreEnglish has in his palatial res
idence a colored servant named Benjamin
Harris, who is down on the government
pay rolls as laborer. and receives $50
per month. Commodore Secord is not
house named George Sims, who
draws the same amount from the
national Golfers. Even the chief clerk of
the equipment bureau has fallen inte the
habit. A colorsd mar named Foster does
menial service in his family. Fosters
name, by the way, is on the pay rolls of
the navy yard. Of course, Secretary Bill.
Chandler is not left when anything of this
sort is going on. Four colored men, who
are on the rolls of the navy department as
laborers, are detailed each Saturday even
ing to act as servants at the secretary's
weekly receptions. These men have to sit
up nearly all night washing dishes after
the crowd has gone. They go back early
Monday morning to sweep out and place
the house in order. For this they do not
receive single cent from Chandler's pri-
vate purse. There are also abuses in the
postofice department. One of the chiefs
of the division has a colored messenger
whom he compel, to drive his family about
town and perform the work of hos
tier in addition to his work at
the department. He told the chief he
could not do all the work. It was then in
timated that if he found it impossible he
could leave. The colored man had a
family, and although only receiving $50
per month, he hired q man to do the pri-
vats work of his chief, paying for the same
out of his own pocket. It is openly
charged here that some chiefs of divisions
in the various departments compel some
of their clerks to sign blank pay rolls and
retain often as higha $40 per month per
man. They are threatened with dismissal
if they object to this blood-sucking pro-
cess. These are some of the means by
which Uncle Sam is cheated.
TILDEN's ACTIVITY.
Ali recent information from reliable po-
litical sources in New York city is to the
effect that Tildsn's friends are exceedingly
active, and the belief here among certain
Democratic politicians is that he will be
a candidate for the presidential nom
ination before tho next national
Democratic convention. His health is
reported to be unusually good. The opin-
ion here is that if Tildsn really wants the
nomination his chances for getting it will
be good, and his election is not questione
by his political friends.
NOTES AND NEWS.
There were twelve patents issued to-day
for electric lamps.
Of the 467 patents issued to-day, twenty
one were to citizens of foreign countries.
There have been thirty-one patents issued
for car couplsrs since the 18th day of
March.
The United States supreme court will