The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-31
MINOR MATTERS.

The Revelations Regarding Food Adultera-
ton "Aimost Alarming"
| special to the JPdianaDoiis journal
WASHINGTON, March 30.-''They are almost
alarming" said Major Conger. of Iowa. mem
Der of the House committee on agriculture
'the revelations that have been made before the
committee in the lard investigation. 1t is nearly
shocking to hear some of the statements made
and am not prone to believe all of them. 1t is
my impression that there will be no legislation
on the subject of lard adulteration at this ses-
sion of Congress, and maybe not during the
next session. / believe. however, that, sooner
or later. there will be kind of legislation on
this subject. This will meet what is demanded
on the subject of lard without singing out a
specified article and stigmatizing and degrading
It on the market. It is probably not right to
direct the attention of the world to a special
food commodity, .inasmuch people generally
are inclined TO be squeamish over what they
eat"
This lard investigation is a matter of great
Importance to not only hog producers. aud pork
packers, and refined lard manufacturers, but
the consumers throughout the country. It is q
qestIon of high price for all of these articles
Ii does not necessarily amount TO better quality
1t becomes clearer every day that this matter
Will De deferred till there Is legislation upon the
whole subject of food adulteration. Men in
Congress are of the opinion that it will not be
more than two or three years before there will
be government inspectors at every establish
ment where food and every article that enters
into food to any degree Whatever are manufact-
ured, and there will be rigid inspection at the
wholesale and retail establishments OF food
products.
The Mesdames Logan and Blair Pension Bills
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, March 30.-The House to-day
passed the Senate bills placing on the pension
rolls, at s., 600 a year each, the widows of the
labe Generals John A. Logan, of Illinois, and
Frank p Blair. of Missouri The vote on the
first bill was 154 to 3d. and the latter, 148 to
81. TIE bulk of the votes against the bills were
from the South. although many Northern Dem
ocrats opposed them. Only two Republicans
voted mo- They were Cheadle. of Indiana.
and Flood. of New York. Cheadle pri-
vate In the Union army, and voted against the
bills N general principles He does not be-
lieve that the widows of commissioned officers
are entitled TO any more pension than those of
pr1VaGes, who encountered equal hardShips and
dangers and whose lives were as sweet to
themselves and precious to their families as
those of the men In command. This was TIE
ground of opposition from most of
the opponents of the bills There some
confederate outcroppings in the many speeches
delivered in opposition to the measures,
especially while Bourke Cochran, of New York
Was speaking In advocacy of the Logan bill
When he intimated broadly that had the war
terminated to the contrary OF what it did there
was a probability that those who fought for the
Union would not have been so generously re-
ceiyed by the victors the confederares had
Deen oy me JntonteJS. the confecerates sprang
to their feet In anger and entered protests. All
of the Illinois members voted for the Logan
bill. and all OF the Missouri members for the
Blair bill excepting Hatch and Burns The
votes the bills We're in detail almost
identical, the decrease of the vote on the Blair
bill, when COMPARED to that the Logan bill
beng due to members leaving the House after
the passage of the Logan bill.
All OF the Indiana Democrats except Howard
voted against Mrs. Logans bill, and al! the Indi
ana Republican with the exception above
stated voted for the bill Chairman Niatsen of
the committee invalid pensions spoke
worked, and voted against the pill. Bynum.
III Gilman. O'Neal. and Shively were all actively
oppos ed to the bill