National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-22
FOREIGN AND coNsuLARNoTEs.
OUR FIRST coNsuLs.


Washington, in 100, appointed the first
five consuls who had the honor OF serving
the United States abroad. They were Sam
uel Shaw, Of Massachusetts,, at Canton;
John Marsden Pintard, of New York, ut
Island OF Madeira James Maury, of Vir-
ginia, at Liverpool William Knox, of Mas
sachusetts, at Dublin; Joseph Fenwick, Of
Maryland, at Bordeaux. Samuel Shaw was
the first consul to receive a commission In
the consular service Of the United States,
the commission being dated Feb. 10, 1900.
The government started out on mig
gardly plan with its consuls, and has always
found IL hard to overcome its first impulse.
None OF the five officers above mentioned
received salaries, but were compelled TO
serve their country for the glory and honor
Of the thing, and depend on stray fees for
subsistence. As there was no tariff of fees
In those days, 1t may readily be supposed
that they made their own prices and made
the most of them.
In 1878 there was an earnest effort made
to reorganize the service. Alarger number
OF officers were appointed, aud limited
tariff Of fees was adopted. In 1888 the in
voice system was ordered by the Treasury
Department, and the fee was placed at
$3.50. In 1s45 invoices were dispensed
with, but the Treasury Department urged
the necessity of the invoice system upon
Congress, and IN 1916 1t was restored.
Under the act of 1916 the service was re-
organized and greatly extended to meet the
requirements Of our growing commerce.
Since that time the only material change
was made by the act Of 1873, which is moth
ing more than the aggregation OF several
acts which had been adopted between 1914
and that time.
Messrs. Perry Belmont, Phelps, Hit, and
Grain have devoted their best energies to Sc
curing a reorganization of the service on a
liberal and Just plan, and we need not ro.
mind all of the friends Of the service that II
they fail, it will simply be because the
Democratic majority are "agin the reform
Of any service.h The reorganization bill
will not pass this session, and this gives
another year of the old fee system.
WHO IS MIR. M'ADoo9
Who is Mr.. McAdoo who has made so much.
adoo about publishing the consular reports?
INQUIRER,
He was born in Ireland in 1853, and is
young for his age. He came to this coun-
try when very small and settled in New
Jersey. Heis one of Mr.. Director Holman's
disciples, and is learning the ways of the
day he may get squarely in the way Of the
ball Of progress, and then there Will be
muchadoo about gathering up the political
pieces Of Mr.. McAdoo.
SOMETHING OLD, YET NEW.
BY the aid of the President, the Secretary
| of State, and Consuls Catlin, Clifford,
| Adams, Staub, and Rice, Congress has
learned more about,milk sugar than 1t ever
knew before, Notwithstanding the fact that
the making Of milk sugar is as old as the
manufacture OF cheese, which art was
known to the lake dwellers.
The sugar Of milk is component part OF
the milk Of all mammals, but 1t varies in
different animals Probably before the In
terestlng reports from our consuls In Swift
zerland were transmitted by the President
to Congress, not one member In one hundred
knew that hog's milk, for instance, contains
3per cent. of sugar; or that sheep, goats,
and cows milk contains per cent; or that
horses and asses milk contains 6 per cent.
or that the milk Of the female human con
tains about the same, except that that
| of the black female contains q larger
per cent. than that of the white female
Thus 1t will be seen that sugar OF milk exists
as a component part in all milks Except
| the Swiss milk Of human kindness, upon
which point the consuls are silent) In guam
| titles varying from to per cent, and To
prove that Switzerland makes 1t pay, we
need only to mention the fact that the town
Of Marbach has produced about seven
thousand tons at value OF IL 900, 900 francs
GOOD EEL OF oYsTERITY.
Secretary Bayard was working quietly al
his desk in the Department OF State when
he received the dispatch announcing the
seizure Of the second American fishing yes
sci by the Canadian government. He read
1t carefully, ran his Index finger neryously
between his neck and collar as is his wont
and, looking steadfastly at the important
missive, thought; "As for fishing outrages
here is q good eel Of impudence and oYs
| terity In q short snace OF time. 1t looks al
though Uncle Samuel would have to stur
geon Bull up In manner that may sucker
majesty's great seal from the belllgercni
fund and force the British lion to pike from
the domineerlng perch he now occupies. In
this squat we will not only have to tackle
the Canadian small fry, but the robust Johr
Bullhead may have to be taken into oul
consideration, II we wish to secure oul
porpoises we must fish II out on this line Il
II takes all our bait.n This looks as though
some whaling may DO done on the coddIng
| main.