Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-04

withheld. A. is nov peactised BIZ IL
Treasury Department., oe VIA ther "a
amounts shall be paid the companies il
ca sn- his Attorney General has give,
/ Tue opinion tha. the portion os thei
earnings derived from Government
transportation on unsuhsidizsd iease,
lines tnust bs paid IN cash. and caa no
legally be withheld. Tho question q
Issue involves large sum.
sent tp for Five Year,.
BcrYALo. Nay 3.-Joseph Birk, for
merry City Treasurer, and lateiy con
Victed Of the rniappropristion Of eity
bonds was sentenced this morning Ga
nve years hard labor as Auburn State
Prison.
Biiss Talking tho Third Bay.
WASHINGTON. May Sin the Star
route thai, Bliss cnnsiuued his Addruss
to the jury. IF Dorsey was an inno-
cent man, said he. "shy did he con
tinue keredeii in his employ after b.
Uncovered his character? WHY did he
seek 10 c1Inpound felony with him to
prevent him from tsssifJin2, instead Of
ssfyinR him {, do hts vorxtgs' Bliss ad-
mitsed that the Government witness
Moore WAS not = man of the highest
style. bat asked if it was natural that
contractors viii employ men Of high
character TO do Illegal work.
American Psrk 10 Germany.
CHicaao, May 3.-Sincs the publica
ton OF Minister Sargent's communica-
ton to this Government, concerning pro-
hibiti"n OF American pork in Germany,
pabiic interest on the subject has been
reused afresh. and the questions IN
volyed are being discussed anew in the
press OF this and other countries. Her
mann kesher, editor of the Illinois
Stats Zeit"ag. this morning, in reply to
u reporters request for An inter
view, said had it not been
for the pig-headed stupidity of
American pork packers. such pro-
hibition wouid never have gone into
effect. The Stats Zeitusg months
ago urged them to have measures
adopted to prevent it: but because the
price of pork just ut shat time was high
enough here not make the German mar
ket of any great account 10 them. they
wouldn't take anv trouble il the matter,
and allowed hostile measures to be CON-
pieted and To be put Into force, and
now they find themselves effectuaiiy
cut out from that market. II you
want to know how feel about prohib-
i'ion, will tell you that a few weeks
before Congress adjourned, at the LAT
session, ! had resolutions introduced,
which, had they been passed, would
have prevented any such legislation ia
Germany. but there was no time 10 get
them through. and Congress adjourned
without anything being done. These
resolutions we're 70 the effect that the
President should be empowered in case
any foreign country prohibited the i'm
pOrtation Of American products before
the ."eetirR of the next Congress, to re-
taliate by prohibiting the importation
of products of that country.
1t would not then have required
amy legislation by Congress TO have pre-
vented the German Law from being
passed. The more threat of retaliation
would have been sufficient 70 have pre-
vented any such Law being Thought of.
1t would have been sufficient for this
Government TO say: You have pr0hib-
tied the Importation OF our pork. We
are going tn retxliaae by prohibiting
the importation Of oil your exports"
Bat il q pretext ia wanted 1t is not NEG
essary to institute any investigation.
Their own courts furnish evidence
cuOuku bu6b oOuto Vi tOoIt Wluo u hOUt-
terated, and tn It should be Sufficient TO
warrant the prohibition Of it all. II
would be enough for the Government
TO say: "Some of your hosiery
contains poisonous dyes, and We mean
TO protect our people against danger
from them by total prohibition of their
The German govern
ment we'll knows that any trichine they
have in Germany they get from German
swine. look on their action rs an in
suit to this country. The position taken
by Sargent has been mine for years
past, and President Arthur should give
him his hearty cooperation. am not
lawyer enough to know il the President
has power to issue proclamation of his
own authority prohibiting the importa
ton of anything which might b. dan
gerOus TO the lives and health of the
people, bat / think he has, and IL he has
! am in favor of him using it without
waiting for the next meeting Of Con-
Rress, or for Congress to take any steps
in the matter.
Oaksla's Capital Fight
CANTON, May 2.-Members of the Cap
ital Location Comm ittee assembled TO-
day. The hotels are crowded with lobby
iafa and roal AstatA man SkrOno dale