The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-12
In THE DAIRY BUSINESS
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT WILL
SELL BUTTER TO ENGLAND.
Scheme of Secretary Wilson to show
Foreigners the Higii-Grade Ar
ticie Made in America.
Special to the India lapoiis Journal.

Special TO the India lapois Journal.
WASHINGTON, April 11.-Secretary Will
son. of the Department of Agriculture. has
inaugurated novel experiment for the de-
velopnlent of our butter trade with Eng
land. Under his direction the government
has gone into the business of buying West
ern country butter of fine quality. shipping
IL to England and there selling it. He has
been induced to go into the field of COM
mercial experimentation by the discovery
that Denmark and Sweden. which control
the butter markets of Great Britain, buy
millions of bushels of American corn to
feed their dairy cattle, and he determined to
prove by actual test that if these countries
can afford to bring corn from Iowa and
Illinois past England for their cows and
then ship the product of their dairies back
to London our own people should be able to
put an equally good article on the London
market for less money, having the cattle
and right at home and being at no
expense in the transportation of grain. The
first consignment of government butter is
only one thousand pounds, but as as
this lot Is sold other shipments will be
made until the English people have
chance to become acquainted with our
high-grade butter, which is the best in the
vide an outlet for our enormous surplus
of dairy butter. The West is especially in
terested in the success of the Wilson ex-
pertinent
On his return to Washington Senator Tur-
pie intends to enter Immediately on the
preparation of an address on the life, char
acter and public services of his late friend.
Senator Voorhees, Senator Turpie had
boundless admiration for his former asso-
ciate, and feels that he owes it as a sa-
cred duty to the deceased TO give his tes-
timony TO the dead StateSmanS many vir-
tues and performances in the manner in
dicated -
Postmaster General Gary and First Assis-
tant Heath, who has direct charge of the
free-delivery system, have determined upon
a policy acted yesterday for the first
time, in two letter carrier-removal cases,
of eliminating all question of time limita-
tion in the reinstatement of postal en-
ployeS. Old soldiers who were removed
from the free-delivery service on a general
charge without cause may be rein
stated. All other letter carriers are barred
from reinstatement unless they have not
been separated from the service for more
than one year. No persons removed for
good cause will be reinstated by the time
general charge prior to the issuance of
Postmaster General Bissell's order of June
2s 1894 which gave every letter carrier
take the civil-service examination and
again enter the service through that chan
nel If not otherwise barred by age limita-
tion or physical disability.
There was a sweeping reduction in the
force OF special agents in the General Land
Office yesterday. Twenty-Five We're
dropped. leaving only about half a dozen
on the roll. The reason for the reduction
given was lack of funds Most of the men
AFFECTED are now I'm the field in the West,
ana IL is said their dismissal will hamper
the work of the office. Relief is expected
! through deficiency bill.
i
| Lester F. Stearns, of Dunkirk n. Y, has
decided to accept the position of third as
| sistant postmaster general. and his nomina-
| ton will be sent in Immediately after Pres
ident Mckinley's return.