Griggs courier., 1886-06-11
Official Paper of Griggs County
Our Washington Letter.
WA~ulNGToN. June I. 81

WASHINGTON. June I. S6.
The past week WAS one of excitement.
Beginning With Decoration Day, and in
cludmg in the week the wedding at the
White House. everybody has been in a
rush and IN a state of expectation.
Grover Cleveland and Frank Folsom
were married. quietly and unostenta-
:iously at the White House OF the eveil-
ing OF the I'd inst. Nothing that has
taken place daring the present admins
istratlon in which the chief actor has
taken part, passed off more pleasantly
or limNnioUsly. Although there is Il
great disparity OF ages, Nc; there are
none in this broa; land who do not wish
the newly married couple much happi-
ness. 70 Mr.. l>an f.amont more than
| to any one elsa is due the excellent man
agement from first TO last While there
was a protuslon OF costly presents,
! flowers in abundance. and good things
without stint, take the wedding all in al.
1t was very republican one, and pos
sibly the other parties dissatisfied are
the few little sprouts of nobility who
wanted an opportunity to show off
When the President and his bride, who
is very lovely young woman. return
from Deer Park, things will doubtless
60 Oh much the same as before.
Congress during the week aid but
little business comparatively. About
the only thing of consequence was
the passage of the Oleomargarine 5i!l by
the house. Mr. Hatch OF Missouri, who
had charge Of the bill. fought a good
fight and deserves credit for faithfully
and earnestly looking after the farming
interest in this matter. His strongest
opponents We're representatives from
Chicago. especially Mr.. Dunham, who
neglected nothing to defeat the bill.
The only thing accomplished by him
was securing u reduction of ) cents per
pound in the tax on all limitations of
butter. The fate OF this bill in the Sen
ate is very doubtful. In fact the op-
ponents of the bill. will prevent it from
being taken up this session If they cam
The fact is that Influence with them,
will be no object. it they can accom-
plish their desires.
''The bill as it passed the House con-
tains the following features: Butter is
defined to be good product, made ex-
clusively of milk or cream, OF, both, with
or without common salt and with or
without additional coloring MATTER Ole
omargarne is defined as 'sall substances
made OF oleomar, gallne, oleo. oleomar-
garide Oil. Dutterine, lardine. sumo. and
neutral; all mixtures and compounds of
oleomargarine. oleo, oleomargarine Oil.
butterine, lardine, suine. and neutral:
all lard extracts and tallow extracts:
and all mixtures and compounds of tai
low. b eff fat, slIet, lard, lard oil. veg
etable oil, annotto. and other coloring
matter, intestinal fat. and otfal fat
made in imitation or scmblance OF but
ter. or. when so made calculated or in
tended to be sold as butter OF for but
| leI. tSItGlill lttAtS HlF lillIt)St'tt DIS lOl-
| lows: On manufactures. $500: on whole
sale dealers. $3.50: on retail dealers. .;S4s.
The existing internal revenue laws. so
! far as applicable. are made TO apply to
these special taxes. Penalties are I'M
posed on any person who shall deal in
olecmargarine without paying the sre-
clal tax. Provision is made lor the pro-
perstamping and labelling of every pack
age of oeomargraine. \ tax Of ) cents
a pound is imposed on all oleomargar-
inc manufactured and sold, and a pen
atty is prescribed tor the purchase CT
reception for sale Of oleomargarine not
branded or stamped according to law.
| \ number of sections Of the bill are de-
voted to providing machinery to Garry
the law into effect
The Blaine men are iublant over his
speech at the Portland Irish meeting
last week. While it is doubtful Wheth
er Mr.. Blaine intended anything more
than to place Oh record his views on
the Home Rule legislation, it is a fact
! that nothing he has ever said or done.