The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-03-23

none out the pure iat Oh neditny sWHo hny
be sold under the label, pure, refined
lard; :" but adulterated lard may be sold II
labeled as such For first offense fine OF
$50 TO $50 4, imposed for subsequent Of
tense, $75 70 5000 The States attorneys
are charged with the enforcement OF the
! act.
IL appears that Miller, chairman of
the house judiciary committee, has not
been as graciously treated by his colleagues
as he might have been; and on Thursday
he took occasion In committee 20 wreak his
vengeance upon the republicans who have
so repeatedly sat on him during the SEES
sion. While the committee dozed In their
chairs or told stories he picked up and
read the Hunter prohibition amendment,
which had been sent 10 the committee
with the expectation that 1t would be for
ever buried tie said IL ought TO be acted
upon; and before the doing committee
men knew what they we're at they had
voted 70 report II favorably, and II will be
reported There Is no chance Of Its passing
the house; but the antilicense prohibi
tionsts or "the party" are wrath and the
atmosphere around Miller gets blue when
ever he puts In an appearance.
The Minnesota Legislature Is previous
They should walt until the Secretary OF
State gets his seat warm. Mr.. Blaine Is In
no wise loath to sit supinely In the State
Department without vigorous foreign
policy" on hand at all times. But with
grain going down day by day and no sound
OF "vigor" emitted from Washington du.
ring all the twelve days of the new admin.
istratiOn, Minnesota republicans are get
ting uneasy; and on Wednesday of
last week the legislature passed a
resolution calling for "vigor." The
preamble recites that, whereas the
cause of patriotism Is advanced by
the knowledge that the national flag
Ia seen all over the world; that time
Ia ripe for the commerce Of the Eastern
nations to move Westward to and through
the United states, therefore the legislature
resolves that the general government
should adopt a vigorous foreign policy;
that the United States should compete for
the commerce of the world; that money
should be appropriated from the treasury
for the constant construction and operation
of steamship lines from New York to Eu.
ropean ports and to South American ports;
also from San Francisco and Tacoma TO
Japan and Australia" &c. &c. Aside from
the old chestnut OF subsidies, this learned
body makes no suggestion OF a way to
bring about their desires The appeal for
the American ship has gone up many and
many time before In the last twenty-five
years; but somehow the appeal has been
without avail-the ship "cometh not
In spite OF our high tariff, which republi-
cans have repeatedly told Us Is a panacea
for all the Ills complained Of, the American
merchant marine is rapidly disappearing
practically has already disappeared. Yet
while In those terrible days of free trade"
the SOS, the American marine was pros
porous; II Is noticeable that from the adop
ton of the tariff of 1869 II began Its de-
cline. The following table illustrates the
point clearly, showing the decline of per
centage of American and Increase Of for
eign tonnage entering American ports from
foreign countries: