Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-02

mes 10 annual eosveution a, the d.
partnent Of Agriculture TODAY. yiee
PRESIDENT a. C. White, Of Georgia, in
the chair. -
mr. coleman, Con % issloner OF Acri-
culture, delivered al address IN which
aitsr Declaring bis entire sympathy
AID That OF The farmers Of the csautry
10 sns object Of ihe Association. which
- 70 sec1re uniform analysis of fer
TIMERS, be EXPRESSED the hope that the
ASSOCIATION voald extend its delibera-
hons to rnsshods OF chemical ANALYSIS.
he thnn9ht the Association should al~o
III ihe standards Of purity fer
different kinds Of food and eststhsh
meth DDS for the detection Of aduI,era.
tons He thought the general Govern
uent oaght TO Co Operate With the re-
spectivs State governments IN PASSING
tie most stringent laws sgsins, adulter
alton OF foods Upon thi. point be
said: In 50 simple a matter as the
adnlterstIon Of milk ii would be hard 70
secure the CONVICTION IN a court of
justice OF any person practising IL, be-
caoss Of the absence Of any sficiaI
standard by means of which the extern,
OF the sdulteration could be measured.
10 should not only be the object of the
cosmicai agrieultRrists TO see that aben-
dani crops should be produced, but also
10 sse that she products of the Geld
should be delivered to consumers free Il
any cheap or deieterious adsl-
teratisu- In the question Of
food adulteration I have lorg
beea greatly interested and am anxious
that some steps may be taken by means
OF which the extent of 1t may be dimin-
ished. | have already directed The
chemist of this department 10 give a.
tenHon 70 adDlteration. The frauds
praetieed upon the public in adding
cheap and harmful ingredients to the
food We eat IN order 20 make greater
profits ought to be exposed IN no IN
certain way and the perpetrators should
be held up before the public as objects
of scorn and detestation. To such an
extent is the sdultera,ion Of butter
and the man ufaesure of Q counterfeit
article carried on that the great dairy
interests Of our nation are nov almost
PROSTATE. The honest producer of
pure article Is impoverished, while
manufacturers and dealers in the
fraudulent article are enriched, some of
them having become niIlionaires by
tAis iliogitimste work. The same may
be said IN relation to the adulteration
of our syrnps and sagars.
At the conclusion of Colemau's ad-
dress the reports Of committees ap-
pointed at the last meeting Of the As
ISOLATION upon the best methods of de-
termininR phosphoric acid and potash
IN fertilizers were read and debated.
Prof. i. 5. Gladding read a paper on
each subject.
The G.sf,~ N.vt.x
LITTLE Rock ARK }, Sept. IAN In
dian Territory dispatch says that the
removal OF cattle from the Chsysnne 4
Arapahoe Reservation il progressing an
rapidly a. the conditions permit. Sew
eral Of the largest cattle owners have
removed their entire herds. excepting
such stock as escaped the recent round
up. Within the past two weeks more
than 1900 head Of cattle have
besn driven of the reservation,
removed. makes total of over 10000.
manning ia between $1,000 and 5000
head. These will be taken out as speed
lily as possible. Only few days be-
yond the date fixed by President Cleve-
lands proclamation will be required
to clear the entire reservation Of all
cattle whioh do not rightfully belong
there. The eattlemen accept the situa-
ton oheerfully and there is concerted
action among them to comply with the
Executive mandate. The removal will
oause loss estimated all the way from
$4,000 TO $I5, 900, the bulk Of the cat
tie being driven or shipped 10 the west
ern ranges.
who Holland Is.
ABILENE tkan.), Sept. III. j. Hol-
land, wAe killed Thomas Davis in New
York yesterday, was recently a saloon
man here, and is not known as q real
estate agent. He left here about ten
days age In company with City Marshal
Hill, stating that they we're bound on
detective business. He has no family |
or connections. but has many friends |
bad scrape.
All Quiet,
Ell PAso, Tex. Sept. l.-Goverunent |
Inspector Armstrong has lcst returned |
from an H. spection of the Indian agen- |
cies in Arizona. He reports shat among |
the residents of that Territory all fears |
Of further Indian depredations have |
disappeared. and that the Apsohes at
San Carlos Agency have raised q large |
crop Of grain this year. and are peace
full and oontented.
Baseball. |
New YoRk, Ang. 3i.-Metropolitan l,
Athletic 4.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 3l.-Baltimore l.
Brooklyn 6.
PHILADELPHIa, Aug. 3l.-Nsw York 5,
Philadelphia 1.
eHroAe-, Sept. l. Buffalo I, Chicagos :.
NV YoRk, Sept. l.-Metropolitans 6.
Brooklyn !.
Providence. Sept. l.-Boston 2. Prov |
idenee 0.
sr. LOUIS, Sept. l.-St. Louis 3, De
troit 4.