The Red Cloud chief., 1888-02-10
BACON'S BIG JOB
Tho Investigation Of Trusts Q Stu
pendous Observation-Disclosures
lh1uonOoa
HOg.IArd and COttoR-Seed-Oil-SUo'
eess Of the Special Postal Delivery
System.
Hsn'y George Endorses President 0lsvs'
lands Administration Money Fess
College.

WAsHIx6roN, Feb. &-Henfy Bacon, Of
Now York, Chairman Of the House Com
mlttee on Manufactures, who has been d.
rected BY resolution to investigate the
whole subject ''Uf trusts" has been Ill for
week, but he managed to get out Sstur-
day to attend the regular meeting OF the
committee and again to-day to spend .
short time in the House committee roOmA
Mr.. Bacon is very much interested in the
huge task which the House has imposed
upon his committee, and he has . full %.
probation Of the importance Of making
the inquiry deep and thorough. 1t il plain
70 him as it IS TO his associates
that the work 10 full Ut difficulties
From the outset the committee will
encounter the hostility Of cotton trusts,
sugar trusts, rubber goods trusts, petro-
leum trusts and the many other orRauiIa-
tiOns intended to make their members rich
BY compelling consumers to pay prices net
regulated by free competition. A great
deal Of assistance will be expected from
the public, and persons who have infOrma-
ton that can be usad in enlightening Con-
gress should send in facts, nazes, figures
aud every thing else. The ground work Tor
the investigation has been laid, and it may
be some days before the committee will
begin taking testimony. Mr.. Bacon A.
signed to the task Of arraLeing the work
Nessrs. Breckenridge, Of A.kansas, By
mum, Of Indiana, and Hermann. Of Oregon.
He has cO-operated with this committee
and the four have assigned to each mem
Der Of the whole committee . special Iua$
20 be read up.
SAMPLES OF LARD.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE friends OF he
pure hog lard legislation hsve nled IN the
| Agricultural Department for analysis .
number Of samples of alleged adulfersfed
lard. This morning Congressman Phelsn,
Of Memphis, which is the chief center OF
she cOtton-seej-Oli interest, at which the
proposed legislation is aimed, called at the
department with d. F. Fox, the attorney
for the large refining interests. They A.
legged that spurious samples had been n
cocted, and asked that ali samples submit
! ted by either side in the Investigation 10
accompanied by afidavIts establishing their
authenticity. Commissioner COlman agreed
to this. They then asked 70 ne furnished .
list of the samples furnished by the pure
hog lard representative-Mr. kimball, OF
Boston-and offered 20 furnish lists to NJ.
Kimball OF all samples submitted by them
Mr.. Kimball vigorously protested against
this, and the Commissioner withheld the
lists TIL Monday.
SPECIAL DELIVERIES A SUCCESS
WASHINGTON, Feb. Ito the = ight Of
the officers Of the Post-ofice d, partment
the special delivery system has now proved
to he a success. Returns received from all
free delivery posi-nfices for the quarter
ended September ~. 1851. showed that
ga. SO special delivery letters hal been
\ nl.-o.. ,.-l,,,h ,,-.s n lnS,y. It.sean0A enuN
pared with tie previous quarters. For the
quarter ended December 81 the returns re-
ceIved showed an Increase vi l>.6 per cent
over the September quarter. III" normal
increase in the general postal busln- IS
during the same period was less than III
per cent, which shows that the special !e-
livery system is increasing more rapidly
than the general postal business. 1T is a
pronounced SUCCESS" said a prominent OF.
icer of the department to-day, land it.
best feature /, that the Government cau
not lose a cent for il no letters are de!iv.
cred no expense is incurred"
HENRY GEORGE.
WAsnINGTOS. Eeb. 6.-IH an interview
to-day Henry George SAID: Mr.. Cleveland
has Sc, ~, face c.e rrly IN tine direction Of
free trade. The length or lumber Of the
the s.eps il not # 50 much Importance q.
that Il step has been taken. Fres;den,
Cleveland Is even now III advance Ut his
party and has made the issue. 1t Can no,
be lodged or evaied. l All with The Ad
minis'ration and opposed to IA third party
Presidential candidate as 'olg a> the Ad
ministration and the Democratic party
tend toward freedom. have a strong be
lief that President Cleveland is for more
radical than h> party or even his message
and that n" Will at tire opPortune moment
take a s'rdr that will, mak his last ad
vance look insignificant"
4 BAPTIST BLESSING.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6-Major Warner
yesterday secured the passage of q bill i,
the House a%ppropriating g. 100 to the Bap
list Female College. Of Lexington, Mo-. II
payment for the three years the Unite,
States troops occupied the college buildini
during the war. The trustees have beer
trying for over twenty years TO collect tn
money. 1t is one Of the first claims Of tn
bind allowed bY Congress. Mr.. Springer
who offered the bill. argued that Congress,
had heretofore uniformly rejected all sucl
demands. The college Is to be cougratu
} a.ed- NJ. Warner says the claim Is q jus
one and there is no reason why it shoull
not have been paid long ago..
: DODGE MUST G {.
:. WASHINGTON. Feb. "a coumurics
ton signed by members OF Congress
I asking for the dismissal f Statistical
Oc'ge, has been received by he rommis
bic r Of Agriculture. The movement i.
, n: ierstood to nave originated with The 10
b:cco growers. Who Were aggr eyed " tn,
s.atlstician's crop report las: summer