Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-05-20


= GSvssnnsI4 naasy Dspastnsas.
Commissioner C0lman has established
! nsw division Ii his department and put
Ct he head Of Il Mr.. Allen Dodge. The
purposs b 10 take up and foster al indus
Try hitherto ignored BY the Department.
md hat h dairying. Mr.. Colman gives
70 his new branch the name Of .'ths Dairy
D~ivIsioh.s The idea IL that Mi. Dodge
and his Assistants viii give their atten-
tion wholly 70 matters Of special interest
to the butter makers. There are 1, 1000
900 mich cows In this country Mr.. Col
D said to-day, and I desire to recog-
nice THE interest 10 entitled 70 recogni-
tion and attention from the Department"
One Of the irst steps taken by the Dairy
Division will be to make the fullest In
vcstigation possible into the manufacture
and sale Of colored grease for butter.
I'VE know" said Mr.. Coleman, that
under the names OF oleomargarine, suine,
butterine, and 20 Oh, there IL a vast
amount Of stun manufactured and sold TO
the trade. But where do you find .
h~ousekeeper buying that bogus butter,
~ such, and putting 1t on the table for
food? We know that the manufacturers
HAYS improved on their processes to such
IN extent that only an expert can tell the
stun. These things we know in a general
way. 1t will be the business Of Mr..
Dodge to get at reliable estimates Of the
amount of this bogus butter that u man
ufactured, and to find out AZ early as pos.
sible to what portion Of the country it
goes. 1t will be the purpose Il make the
people fully informed as to the fraud
which Is practiced upon them, and then,
next winter. l shall urge the propriety OF
such law making as will put a stop to
this Ubiquitous traffic. This is . matter
In which every family in the country is
interested, and to the da;rymen it g
ruin0us competition. He sells his butter
for 20 cents a pound and has a profit Of .
cents; the colored- grease manufacturer
turns out his vile product at a maximum
cost Of 10 cents a pound. Think Of the
temptation between is cents and 80 cents
pound to all that engage in showing this
fraud upon the consumers
Red Clouds Claim.
1t appears that Red Cloud went to
Washington not only to wage war against
Agent McGillycuddy, but also to prose
cute his ancient claim for the ponies ia
ken from him by Gen. Mackenzie in
1875. He wants $2s, 600 for between
eight and nine hundred horses, the aver
age price as fixed by him being $40.
Mackenzie took these from him because
Red Cloud was away from his agency
and refused to obey orders to return.
His Indians were going north daily to re-
cruit Sitting Bulls band, and the Gov
eminent could not put down the Sioux in
the North until Red Cloud was sternly
dealt with. The ponies were taken vir-
tually from a hostile, Red Cloud being
then in sympathy with Sitting Bull and
assisting him in every way possible. On
this ground the claim will be opposed.
1t is understood that Red Cloud has
agreed to give DR.. Bland, his Quaker
friend and editor Of the Council Fire,
5000 II he succeeds in getting McGilly-
cuddy removed and this Calm paid. In
that event DIR. Bland intends to remove
with his wife, who is also q physician. to
Nebraska, and live on the edge of the
Reservation and practice among the Pine
Ridge Indians.
Farm Laborers' Wages.
The monthly statistical publication of
the Agricultural DepartmentwfmNay
contains the following ! I've
statement Of the wages paid to44lm la
borers in all parts Of the country, based
upon what Mr.. Dodge. the statistican OF
the department, believes to be entirely
trustworthy data:
Eastern States. $3.50 | Middle States. $23. 10
Southern States 14.27 Western states 22.26
Caiifornia ...... 1918
The mount Of labor seeking employ
ment In agriculture at the present time
IL unusually large, yet there are many To-
calities in almost every section of the
country in which there is more or less
complaint OF scarcity. The report closes
with the practical suggestion that in man.
ufacturing towns and cities Offices be
opened. either by labor unions or by pri-
vatc citizens, through which communi-
cation may be opened between unem-
ployed city workmen and farmers need
ing help, so that the reputable and
worthy city laborer may have means Of
making known his true character instead
of starting out on foot at a venture, SUBJ
ject to the risk of being taken for a pro-
fessional tramp.
Qaarrellns Over the steamship Subsidy.
The failure Of the Postofice Depart
ment to provide for the distribution OF
the 500. 900 appropriated by the last Con-
gress in the shape Of a subsidy for carry
ing the mails in American built steam
vessels, has excited indignation on the
part Of the Pacific Mail Company, as that
company was confident it would get the
bulk Of the appropriation, if not the en-
tire amount. When the sum was named
there was no expectation that sundry
other claimants would appear upon the
scene nor that the Postmaster General
would be puzzled how to carry out the
law within the meaning of Congress.
The Alexandria, the Ward, and the Atlas
Lines are. or may be, mail" steamers,
within the meaning Of the act, and they
now have their agents here to insist upon
their share OF the money. 1t would not
be burprising II. under the circumstan-
ces, the payments should be delayed I'M
til the meeting Of the next Congress, in
which case it 10 IN open question whether