Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-06-02
From washington.
Congress like a swivel gun-Olemarga.
rine-Presfdent's marriage-Fall cleo.
tions for COngressmen-Public Build
1Dgs at StauntOn-Hanging of an
Italian-PrOspectsO of wheat-crOP.
[From our regular correspondent. ]
WAsHINaToN Nav 30th. 1S26

raise revenue and State Rights, &c., came
in for full share. The main objection to
the bill was on constitutional grounds
That it was a subject which belonged to
the States and not the Congress to regulate
That if Oleomagarine was injurious reve-
nue. bill was not the proper way to reach
the evil. 1t was claimed Congress could
not tax out of existence one branch of bust
dess without trangressing its powers and
establishing dangerous precedent. There
were two reports on the subject; one from
the Committee of Agriculture favorable to
the bill imposing heavy tax on all imita-
ton butter and one from the judiciary
Committee adverse to it.
l enclose the following extract from the
report which will be interesting and in
structive to your readers
"They find that there are in the United
States over Ii, 200, 600 COWS, producing an
nually over 1000, 900, 900 pounds Of butter,
and 800, 100000 pounds of cheese, and that
the product is worth $3.50, 200, 900; that
about an equal amount of milk is consumed
as milk, so that the product of the dairy in
terest of the United States is worth $500,
600, 600 annually;
That cows were worth on an average $40
per head until the introduction of counter
making total loss of $3.50, 900, 900 in mich
cattle alone;
That during last year there were saugh-
tered in Chicago alone about 5000 mich
COWS, or an average Of 1000 per day; that
| there are from four to five million Ameri-
, can citizens engaged in the dairy business,
and that they must all abondon it, and be
driven into some other already overworked
branch Of industry unless they can be re-
lieved from the present ruinous competition
with cheap limitations of butter and cheese;
That the dairy interest is a necessity to
al. other branches of agriculture, as it is
the cheapest and most reliable means of
producing or continuing the conditions OF
soil necessary to the production of crops of
grain and grass; that the cost of producing
the usual limitations of butter is from to
cents pound, and the cost to the consum-
er has been and is about equal with the
price of genuine butter.
| That such limitations are not only dis
| astrous t., the dairy interest directly and to
all branches of agriculture Indirectly, but
| that they are detrimental to public health,
| being tie fruitful cause of dyspepsia and
| other diseases;
That among the articles and ingredients
used in the manufacture of such limitations
there are the following: Nitric acid, sugar
of lead, sulphate of lime, benzoic acid,
butyric acid, glyceline, cspsic acid, COM
mercial sulphuric acid, tallow, butyrie
ether, castor oil, caul, gastric juice, curcu-
mine, chlorate of potash, peroxide of mag.
nesia, nitrate of soda, dry blood albumen,
saltpeter, borax, orris root, bicarbonate OF
of soda, caparic acid, sulphite of soda,
pepsin, lard, caustic potash, chalk, oil OF
sesame Cor bene), turnip seed oil, Oil Of
sweet almonds, stomach of pigs, sheep, CT
calves, mnstald-seed oil, biearhonate OF
potash, boracic acid, saloylic acid, cotton
fariDaceous -four, carbolc acid, slippery. elm
nuts, sugar, caustic soda.
From The best and most reliable informa-
ton obtainable your committee believe that
about 900, 000,0 600 pounds of spurious and
imitation compounds and mixtures are now
being manufactured annuslly, which not
only takes the place of SO much butter, but
stops the consumption of much more by the
Decentralization of the trade.
| Your committee further believe that the
unrestricted traffic in counterfeit butter is
demoralizing in its effect upon the people;
That the existence ofsuch base counter
feits has already seriously impaired our ex-
port trade and will result in still greater
damage if not checked 1t further appears,
from all the information before your COM
mittee, that at least nine-tenths of the peo-
pie of the United States demand this legis.
lation."
| promised to keep your lady readers
posted in regard to the Presidents MARI
age. A large share of that promise will
have to go unredeemed. 1t would take two
or three papers the size Of the "SPECTA-
TOR" to print all the gossip that is afloat
here on that subject. 1t may be set down
as certain that the ''event" will happen
The President has certainly bought the
house of which wrote. He has the cage
and all the signs are he will secure the
bird. Miss Folsom has arrived from Eu-
rope and she has been seen and interview.
ed by Col. Lamont, the Presidents private
secretary, aud probably before this reaches
you has b, en- met by the President himself.
Sho is pronounced young and pretty and
smart a i indications are that she will be
mistress of the White House before the
| Ides Of June.
The Houses of Congress lave adjourned
over till Tuesday next on account of Dec
Grafton Day. There is feverish feeling al
ways about this season among Congress
|
next Fall. A few of the old members have
been re nominated some have been left,
but in great majority of cases the conven-
tiens are yet to be held. The Labor ques-
ton has complicated the situation this year
and made the result in many cases uncer-
tain. In some States the liquor question is
an important factor. Ohio has been re dis
tricted by the Republicans, and Indiana by
the Democrats, SO the parties in these are
at sea.
In regard to Virginia, | clip the follow
ing from tn StGr of this city,
| 1T is expected that all the Democrats
from Virginia will be returned, except Dan,
liel, who goes to the Senate, and there is nc
guessing as to who his successor will be-
| Tucker and Barbour have declined re-
nomination, but Virginia politicians unite
in declaring that they will be nominated all
the same. In both cases every man OF
prominence who has been named to succeed
these gentlemen has declined and insisted
upon their return"
My prediction in regard TO the bill fol
public buildings at Staunton has been Sc
far verified as to have received favorable
report. 1T provides for an appropriation
of $75, 900.
! Nardello, an italian, convicted of killing
a c0untryman OF his own last Summer, was
hung on Friday last, in Jail here, on the
same galows used for Guiteau. He died
declaring his innocence and ''goirg to glo-
ry" as they all do.
Since the above was written have passed
up the Valley, and was glad to find the
wheat, corn, and grass crops giving such
fair promise all along the route. There is
most marked difference in the wheat
prospects between this and last year at this
season. Without an unforeseen accident
the wheat crop will be very large and fine
The only apparent danger is from rust pro-
duced by the continued wet weather. 1t
is very gratifying to see such signs of pros
perity as are apparent all along in the Valley
counties of Virginia. Their lands are in
better condition than ever before since the
war, and their houses and other buildings
have neat, bright appearance, which
shows taste as well as thrift. M"
NJ B Oberdorfer, native of this place,
now resident Of Staunton, has taken a
prominent stand among the business men
of Staunton He has recently been ap-
pointed visitor to the Deaf, Dumb and
Blind ASYLUM. and he was voted for vester-