Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-10

About 6O,0O0.000 gallons OF Bourbon
whskey were represented by the Kentucky
crops OF 1881 and 1882. There are near
ly 10000, 900 gallons OF that amount still
in hand, about G. 00O, 900 in foreign coun-
tries and the balance has been consumed.
OF the Christian convention at North
field, the home of Mr.. Moody, the fol-
lowing incident il told: AN umbrella
stood, untouched ,unsnatched. unborrowed,
all day long in open sight. in the much
freguented reception-room of Marquand
hall,-and there was a sharp shower at
4.30 for all that. 1t was good umbrella.
too. Further words on practical piety
are unnecessary. The little end of the
millennium has evidently reached here"
The refusal Of the Austrian government
to receive Mr. Kelley is now definitely an
nounced The State Department is not
informed Of the reason tor this action. but
the fact is no longer disputed. Whether
gracious proceeding is a matter OF slight
consequence. The court has displayed the
same candor which our own government
has shown when foreign ministers were
Objectionable to the State Department. 1t
has declined to receive him for reasons
which it considers valid and has suggested
that the interests Of both governments will
be promoted by the nomination of his
successors.
Investigations made in Chicago-the
country's greatest meat markedly the
Chicago News show that many diseased
cattle and sheep are slaughtered there
every day. Some cf this meat is sold in
Chicago. but a great deal of it is sent to
other parts of the West in the shape of
dried or corned beef. The News re-
porters discovered that many diseased cat
tie were shipped to Chicago, and that
these. with many other animals that had
been manned and mutilated IN transit and
had become unfit for food. passed the in
spectors and were put on the market. SO
large has the trade in this kind of cattle
become. owing to laxity of inspection,
that is well defined. and those engaged
in it are called "scalpers.' Diseased
sheep are openly sold A reporter in
found diseased sheep in twenty ight
OF them. "A thousand diseased sheep
are bought at the stock yards daily by
scapers." it is said. land sold to the I'M
suspecting public as good mutton In
Chicago. in New York. in Brooklyn, and
doubtless in many other cities there are
INSCRIPTIONS wretches whose main bust
ness is the poisoning of their felow-men
by selling decayed meat. The buyers are,
almost without exception. found among
the poor and the ignorant They are the
greatest sufferers. but the rich and the in
teligent also suffer indirectly. The
"accursed love of gold' which Virgil long
ago exclaimed against is at the bottom OF
these abuses. The unabridged hardly
contains words strong enough to express
thoughtful persons feelings at this traf.
tic in human lives-for it is nothing less
The decision of Attorney General Gar
land in regard to the whskev business is
certainly praiseworthy. if its language
conceals nothing, 1t is pleasure to be
able to commend Mr. Garland. because
his performances in many respects have
called for much criticism. The apparen,
purport and spirit of the opinion he has
given. regarding the duty of Government
officers in the matter of whiskey exports
can be unreservedly commended. 1t is
true that the phraseology might prompt a
suspicion that something was concealed
Thus there might be a question whether
the recognition of the power of officials
to extend indefinitely the time for export
ing whiskey did not open the door to
wholesale frauds. 1t is to be questioned
whether such discretionary power ought
to be intrusted to any official whatever.
after reasonable time for the perform.
snce of The declared intention to export
has elapsed But it will soon be seen. by
the construction which the administration
permits subordinate officials to give to the
law, whether the object is to defeat it while
publicly pretending to enforce it with tidel-
ity. 1t is right that the object of the statute
should be respected. The administration
has no business to construe the laws
against the intention of their trainers. in
order to serve the interest of individuals,
But the public has no right to assume that
it will be guilty of such a wrong. The
intention OF the law clearly was to secure
the full and prompt collection of taxes on
whiskey. and, as respects the exports. to
give fair opportunity to those. and only
to those. who were honestly desiring to
send American products to foreign coun-
tries for consumption. 1t was never the
intent of the law to give any privilege or
favor whatever to those who send pro.
ducts abroad in order to evade domestic
taxation Having this clear purpose of