Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-22
special Telegram to the Globe.

Special Telegram TO Un6 GlODe.l
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-On the next sus-
pension day in the house a motion will be
made to suspend the rules and pass the
bill for the division of the territory of
Dakota. Mr.. Burrows says he has consult
ed with several leading democrats, includ-
ing Messrs. Randall, Carlisle, and Holman,
all Of whom assure him that they will not
oppose the passage of the bill, and do not
think there will be any opposition from
the Democratic side of the house. The
question IS not party one in
any particular, and has no bear
ing @upon the question of the
admission Of the southern portion of the
territory as a state. Mr.. Burrows says the
increased population of the territory, its
vast resources and growing industry are
becoming too great for territorial form
of government, and if the southern pCr-
ton of the territory is not to be admitted
as a state at an early date, it is only just
to the people of the northern portion Of
the territory that they be allowed sepa-
rate territorial government for themselves.
AS the question has no political bearing, and
is conceded by all to be only an act of JUS
tice to the people of the northern portion
of the territory, Mr.. Burrows thinks there
will be no difficulty in passing the bill
through the house.
ON THE BLACK LIST.
The postoffice department has decided
that E. Ellsworth, alias Jay Williams d
Co., 486 Fifteenth street, Detroit, Mich,
are conducting fraudulent business, and
registered letters and money orders are
directed to be withheld. This fraud
is out of the usual order. The publishers
say they have superior facilities in having
the manuscript of young authors printed,
and will take commissions out when they
receive the money. When the manuscript
is forwarded it is discovered that great
genius is developed, but the writer is in
formed that it is crude in its construction,
and that if So are forwarded writer in
the Office will put it in shape, and it will
then be sold for $3.50 to certain paper
that is waiting for it The
money is usually forwarded by the expect
ant author, and, of course, that is the last
that is heard of the money or the manu-
script.
GREEN BOTTLES.
The way that the green bottle makers
got ahead of the astute Morrill,, the willy
Beck, the facetious Vance, and the rest of
the wise men who fill the seats in the SEN
ate chamber, is causing great deal of
amusement among outsiders. When it be-
came definitely settled that there was to be
a tariff bill this session, the green
beer bottle makers came forward and ask
ed that specific instead of an ad valorem
duty be placed on bottles They declare
that the present tariff, while it was pre-
tended that it protected them, gave them
little or no protection whatever. The SEN
ators best informed on the tariff discussed
the bottle question for two days, and fin
ally agreed to specific duty of q cents
bottle. The present tariff is 30 per cent.
ad valorem. The bottle manufacturers,
therefore, got an advance of nearly 100
per cent. The fact is, however,
that they need no more protection than
they already have. They have a little
scheme of their own by which they hold
the market at fair prices and keep out
competition. On all the beer bottles they
make is to be found in raised letters,
''This bottle cannot be sold" The con-
sequence is there are no old bottles for
sale at low rates in this country. All that
are imported are bought up by the home
manufacturers and destroyed. When a
brewer or any one wants bottles, he
has to pay the anufacturers'
prices, and those prices are just what the
manufacturers choose to make them. If
old bottles could be sold, the trade of green
bottle manufacturers would be greatly
damaged. In Ohio there is law which
provides that any one who sells a bottle
on which the fact is stamped that the bot
tie cannot be sold, shall be fined not less
than so. A distinguished Ohio lawyer
called Morrills attention this morn
ing to the sharp schemes
of the green bottle men. The senator
seemed surprised and was inclined to
doubt the statement that he could not buy
an empty beer bottle. The lawyer said,
$50 down to the senate restaurant and
try. Mr.. Morrill, went down to the senate
restaurant and said he wanted to purchase
an empty beer bottle. The polite bar
keeper took up one of the bottles and
pointed to the words, 'This bottle cannot
be sold," and said he could not accNnmo-
date the senator. brewer can get the
bottles in which he sent out beer if
he wants to, but he cannot buy them back,
nor can he get the bottles of any other
brewer. There is, consequently, no trade
in second had bottles, although they are
as good as new for bottling beer. If the
senate tariff bill becomes law, the green
bottle makers can about double their
prices for bottles.
THE ADMISSION OF SOUTHERN DAKOTA.
There has been good deal of talk
among democrats during the last few days
to the effect that they would not
object to the admission of
the southern portion of Dakota.
as state, provided Texas was divided in
to three states. They argued that Texas
was large enough to make three states as
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