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The evening times., 1898-03-22
OPPOSES ADULTERATIoN.
Mr.. Wilson Tells Why lie Approves
of Pure Food Laws.

Secretary Wilson is trying to Impress
upon Congress the necessity Of passing
pure-food law that will protect the
export trade in honest agricultural pro-
ducts from the designs of SPECTATORS
and INSCRIPTIONS producers of bogus
and adulterated foods. He does not de-
mand prohibition, for that would be i'm
practicable but insists that all articles
OF food that are sent TO foreign markets
should bear a certificate of Government
inspection and that they are exactly
what they pretend to be. If filled cheese
is exported ii should go on the mani
fest as filled cheese, and the purchaser
on the other side of the water should be
made fully aware that he is not buying
the genuine article. The same with
hour. which is now being largely adul-
terated with cornmeal. There is moth
ing unhealthy about it. 1t is probably
just as nourishing as if it were all
wheat, but it is not worth as much
money as the pure flour, and the secre-
tary insists that every barrel should be
marked "a per cent pure" or go per
cent pure or bear some other inscrip-
uon that will enable the buyer to know
Nothing can be more outrageous
said the secretary, than for a man 10
attempt to make money by selling what
Is not pure or what is not the article
1t is represented to be. This is the
meanest kind of swindling. To take the
cream, which is worth 20 cents a pound
away from the cheese and replace IL
with a cheap substitute worth / or . |
cents pound and sell it to men who
1hprlnR /
is actual robbery. The amount is small |
10 be sure. Ii is the difference between |
Z cents and 20 Cents, but the principle is |
the same, and ii is just as bad to rol; |
a man of a shilling as of Sl,OO0,OOO.
This great country, with the fertili- |
ty of its lands, the ingenuity and in
dustry of its people, the development of |
us manufactures. is getting ready fol
an enormous foreign trade and will
soon be able to feed the whole world.
We can produce meats. dairy products.
Dreadstuffs poultry and everything
hat the manufacturing communities of |
Europe require cheaper than il can be
obtained anywhere else. but we can ca
'ily destroy our foreign markets by i'm
posing bogus goods upon the importers
II Europe, and the temptation for un- |
traders to take advantage |
# the situation is very great If some
# us send honest creamery butter
broad and others send oleomargarine
n the same kind of package and under
he same label sooner or later the
raud will be exposed and the whole
ation will suffer for it. | have no OBJ
ection to the exporting of oleomargar-
ne, but 1t should be shipped under thar
ame, and not as butter The Depart
nent of Agriculture is making earnes,
forts to introduce American foods in
all the foreign markets and extend
he trade in honest goods, and we want
make 1t impossible for any rascal to
estroy the results of our labors."
The evening times., 1898-03-22

eseapable deduction from what is said
today in the Administration press. 1t
may do him injustice. and, il it should
transpire that il does, nobody will be
happier than The Times. So much for
the Maine incident. The general Gu
ban question presents an equally grave
come entangled with that of the other
in such a way as to defeat immediate
action. Yesterda IL believed that
the President had determined to rec
ommend recognition of the Cuban Re
public. and the hopes of the Spanish
Cuban bond conspirators appeared to be
blasted. Today. it is said that the Ex-
ecutive is much perturbed because he is
unable TO find precedents, and it is OBJ
noXious TO his disposition to establish
one. His uncertainty on this point is
much TO be regretted. If he were like
ly to accept our advice. we would say
to him that if precedents are really
wanting, something We do not i'm the
least believe. he might recognize Cuban
independence on general principles, or
lin the name of the great Jehovah and
the Continental Congressr' 1t is re-
ported that Great Britain is inclined to
follow our action, and Immediately TO
recognize independence, if we do Also.
it is asserted, that most of the South
American republics are likely to follow
suit, and that Mr.. Mckinley thinks il
would be well to ascertain if this is
really so. Now, there is something
about this particular bit OF Administra-
ton leakage the color and aroma of
which we do not like. Why should we
be forever hanging by the eyelids. wait
ing for assurance of sanction by foreign
governments to excuse the performance
Of our own plain. national duty? Either
it is right and wise for us to recognize
the already notorious fact of Cuban in
dependence, or it is not. In either case
it is impossible TO see what concern other
powers have with our decision. This
eternal fear to adopt any course. upon
any matter. however trivial, is humiliat-
ing to our national pride, and an out
rage upon the American people Be
sides that. if Mr.. Mckinley has informa-
ton that the British ministry is anxious
to recognize the government of Presi-
dent Maso, perhaps he will be good
enough TO inform us whether it is pro-
posed to make that recognition uncon-
Hional or with terms attached, II
seems a trifle queer that a government
Influenced as greatly by the house of
as is that of Great Britain.
should express willingness to join with
America in a movement which would
wipe the Spanish-Cuban bondholders
rom the face of the earth,
The evening times., 1898-03-22
10000 CnnieS
TUESDAY. MARCH %. 1895.
the President md Congress

in the chief Administration organ in
New York. the Heraldo, as well as in
some other newspapers Of the same
character. there is today a Gym
ical. not to can it an impu-
dent, assumption that the repre-
sentatives Of the American people in
Congress assembled are not to be trust
ed with liberty Of action in the present
crisis, but must be suppressed in the
House, and hampered in the Senate, un-
til the executive branch OF the Govern
ment can find means 10 have its own way
in the matters at issue, and settle them
according TO the interests Of those who
control its policy and purposes. After
Speaker Reed left the White House yes
terday he is reported to have made the
characteristic remark that the conference
was to provide against an inside eXplo-
sion I'm Congress, although there might
be an outside one" Mr.. Hanna also was
closeted with the President for some time,
and SO was Mr. John J. McCook. Late in
the day. according to the New York Her
aldo, leading Wall Street houses were no
tifying their customers not to be uneasy.
as the Administration had fun control of
the situation and there would positively
not be any war" On the contrary, they
declared that every preparation had been
made to prevent "hasty action by Con-
grcss. and to settle all difficulties by
means of delicate diplomacy" All these /
things are highly significant and deserve /
the most careful and wary attention, at
the hands of those who desire to be true /
to the honor of the nation, and the inter
ests of justice and humanity.
The evening times., 1898-03-22
MR.. M'KINLEY DID NOT KNOW
The Mexican Minister Was Invited
to Meet the BeIgian Prince

There has been little furry in dfplo-
matte circles because the Mexican minis
ter and Mrs. Romero were invited by the
President to meet the Belgian prince. and
Count Lichtervelde, the Belgian minister.
and his pretty wife, have been making
the most of it. Belgium and Mexico have
no relations because of the sad fate of
the Princess Carlotta, the sister of King
Leopold, who was the wife of the arch
duke Maximilian of Austria, who at
tempted, by the aid of France. to erect
a throne and create an empire in the land
of the Montezumas. Maximilian was ex-
ecuted by the Mexicans and Carlotta be-
came insane. She has been for nearly
twenty years an inmate of an asylum
near Brussels. Because of their harrow
ing experience the Belgians and the Aus
trians both have declined to renew diplo-
matte relations with the Republic of Mex
leo, and, although the representatives of
all these countries here preserve their
amiability in social affairs, the Mexican
minister is never invited to either the
Austrian or the Belgian legation, and vice
versa. 1t is not probable that President
Mckinley or Secretary Porter, who made
up the dinner list, were aware of these
facts. and Mr.. and Mrs. Romero were in
vited because he is the oldest foreign
minister in Washington. and it was ap-
propriate that he should be selected with
the ambassadors to represent the diplo-
matte corps.
The evening times., 1898-03-22

If the New York Heraldo is correct.
and there is not a doubt that it gener-
ally reflects Administration sentiment
very closely, 'the President wants more
war. because the country is ready for
that. HE wants time to avoid war.
and bring about a peaceful and honor
able settlement of the whole question. ="
So, then, all these conferences with Han
ma, Reed, Hale, Hit and McCook are in
the nature of preparation to secure de-
lay! Perhaps the Heraldo is so far right;
but it is mistaken in another direction.
1t declares that the leaders in both
houses are not favorable to the recogni-
ton of Cuban independence, because: In
the whole history of diplomacy there has
not been an instance when the indepen-
dence Of a country was recognized when
in order to send diplomatic representa-
tives to such a country IL would be nec-
essary to send them through the military
lines of a third power at war with the
nation recognized There are two er-
rors of fact in the Heraldo's story. In
the first place, there is hardly a man in
either branch of Congress. outside of the
Spanish clique, who is opposed to recog-
milton; and certainly not on the ground
stated, because that would be idiotic
For hundreds of miles of the Cuban coast
the approaches to the island and to the
capital of the Republic are as bare of
military lines" and of Spaniards as an
egg is OF hair. Vessels visit the harbors
in the control Of the patriots, deliver their
cargoes, and depart at leisure, without
the least difficulty. There is a possibility
OF capture by Spanish gunboat, to be
sure: but the same danger existed when
we sent Benjamin Franklin and Silas
Deane as commissioners to France at the
time of our struggle for independence
Nothing more.
The evening times., 1898-03-22
AID FOR THE BLIND.
A Meeting of Ladies' Interested In
This Work.

The executive committee of the Aid As.
sociation for the Blind met yesterday
morning in the office Of the organization.
1907 O Street
1t was decided that meetings should
be held weekly, and should begin at IC
a. m.
The president Mrs John Russell
Young, asked Mrs. \. c. Bracket. vice
president to take the chair As stand
ing committee on printing. Mrs. II. p. r
Holt, Mrs. Mary NJ. North and Mrs Ma
ry E. Milmore We're named. 1t will be
the duty OF this committee 10 DubIisl,
handbook for the association. which
shall contain the constitution and by
laws list Of officers. standing commit
tees and the names of honorary vice
presidents. Twenty-nine persons have
responded 10 the invitation to become
honorary vice presidents.
vote of thanks was given Mr.. Holt
for the part he took in making the re-
cent entertainment a success. Some
aid has been rendered since the last
meeting. and a temporary home found
for a blind girl.
The evening times., 1898-03-22

The Presidential program, as it is OUT
lined from inspired sources. is that, on
receiving the Maine report Thurs
day morning, Mr.. Mckinley will
discuss it with those in his con-
fidence. and finally decide what he
will do with it, and with the
Cuban question at large. In order that
he may have time to work out a plan,
beyond doubt already agreed upon be-
tween himself, Mr. Hanna and other ad-
visers the Senate has courteously agreed
TO adjourn from Thursday to Monday.
During the interim all the influences that
work for peace at any price will have
a last chance to accomplish their de-
signs. 1t is probable that the report will
be laid before the Sagasta government
by cable before the American Congress
learns a word of its contents The OBJ
ject of such action is conjecturaL If
taken il will result in giving Senor Sa-
gasta valuable time in which to prepare
his diplomatic defenses for the eventual
ities Of the following week On Monday
il is understood that the President will
send the report to Congress, with
message stating that he has communi-
Gated with the Spanish government. and
that, on receiving a reply, he will commu-
nicate further with Congress. Then the
report will be hustled into the Foreign
Affairs Committees, and be held 'fncom-
unicado' in their respective fortresses
until an answer shall come from Spain
and be transmitted, in course of time
to the Senate and House of Representa-
lives. This scheme, it is hoped at the
Executive Mansion and the State De-
partment, will avert the threatened in
ternal explosion, and make II possible
for the Administration TO progress so far
toward a settlement that, by the time
Congress can no longer be held in check,
IL will awaken to the fact that its guns
have been effectually spiked.
The evening times., 1898-03-22
The Briggs Institute.

The regular Monday "at homes of the
Briggs Institute, South Carolina Ave
nue. and Sixth Street. was held last
night Music, recitations and speeches
were INDUCED in till a late hour The
program included interestin gtalks by
MIR. John Wallace Hutchinson. Prof.
Ray Beatty, Judge James and Col B.
r Hawkes., a paper on the School of
Arts, was read by Mrs. Medley. late of
Paris. poem by Miss Delphine Baker,
authoress and founder of the National
Soldiers Home and song by Miss Pos
tell, of the Dresden Conservatory of Mu-
sic, accompanied by Mrs. Schacakoph
The evening times., 1898-03-22
PENSION TALK IN THE HOUSE.
Numerous Bills Passed at Last
Nights Session.

Mr. Brucker of Michigan at last night 5
session of the House took advantage of
an opportunity, and forced every mem
Der present to vote for bill that in
creased the pension of Mrs. NJ. Louise
Anderson, widow of a private soldier,
from sl2 to s2i a month.
The members had been all the evening
making campaign speeches to catch the
vote of the old soldier next fall. and by
the time four $50 pensions had been rec
commended by the Committee of the
Whole the love for the veteran had be-
come so pronounced that the Committee
of the Whole set aside the recommends
tion of the Committee on Invalid Pen
sions, to pay the widow of Brig. Gen.
John ID. Stevenson a pension of $50 a
month, and increased IL To $50
Mr.. Ray of New York, chairman of the
committee, protested against an in
crease, with the same vigor that has
characterized his opposition to pensions
during the entire session, but his remon-
strances were of no use.
Immediately following this the widows
of two private soldiers were granted Si2
pensions, and then the bill to grant an in
crease of from s12 to SIS to Mrs. NJ. Lou
Use Anderson came up.
Mr.. Brucker said that he had heard so
much during the nights session about
the love for the old soldier that he pro-
posed TO test the sincerity of these pro-
fessions. He said that after many eulo-
CYSTIC speeches had been made to raise
the pension of a widow of a brigadier
general, he wanted to see how much of
the love for the private soldier remain
ed, and to ascertain this he moved to
Increase the pension of Mrs Anderson
from sl2 to s2i.
Mr.. Ray of New York looked aghast.
and the other members of the Invalid
Pension Committee were equally stun
ned. The friends of the liberal pen
sions laughed when they noticed the
shock the amendment caused. There
was no debate on the amendment, and
by viva voce it was carried almost Unan-'
imously Some one called for di-.
vision, and when ii was ordered not
single member. including Mr. Ray Of
New York, had the moral courage to
vote against the increase which had
been asked for by Mt Brucker. more as
a joke than for any other reason. for he
had no personal interest in the bill
Other bills passed granting pensions
were as follows: A. V. Bloodsood SSa:,
Daniel Phillips. $50; Ellen O'Rourke. s.;
Mary F. Hawley. $50; John J. Boat
wright, Sl2; Gratia II. Martin, S12; Han
ma {. Pile. widow of Gen Pile, $50:
Charles McAllister. s24; William H. OIL
iver $50; +. L. Botkin. SIS: Sarah
Il. Ineham, $l2; Joseph V. Bowie $50;
William III. Johnson. S12: Eliza b. Low
ry, w; David y. Thompson. $50; Will
lam ID. Foote, $50; John w. Claiming.
$50; Mary Hayne, So: Bethiah II. Rollins.
$12; Frederick q. Moore. $50 d.
Mr. Ray requested that the bill allow
ing pension TO the widow of Gen. Ste.
venson be laid over until Friday, when
he will demand yea and nay vote, and
the House consented.
The evening times., 1898-03-22

fastened upon any subject that interested
him
Nearly every man has il in his power to
live to green old age like the great states
man of England II is simply a matter of
little daily thought and regard for health
If when a man feels that he is little out
of sorts, he will resort to the right remedy,
he will never have to submit to the more
serious ills of life. Most men, when they
have headache, feel drowsy during the
day and are restless during the night, and
find their appetite falling off, pay little or
no heed to these warnings The inevitable
result is some dangerous and possibly fatal
malady. The doctor may call it consump-
ton, malaria or biliousness, or perhaps
some blood or skin disease. 1t makes but
little difference These troubles all have
their inception in the same cause - i'm
proper and insufficient nourishment. DR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery corrects
that cause. 1t makes the appetite keen
and hearty, the digestion perfect, the liver
active and the blood pure and rich 1t is
the great blood maker and flesh builder
1t facilitates the assimilation of the life.
giving elements Of the food, filling the
blood with the -nutriment that makes new
and healthy flesh and nerve tissue Medi-
cine dealers sell it,
Last summer" writes Miss Laura Piersel
Of East Bethlehem Washington Co. Pa " was
going into consumption. Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery completely cured me-"
A man or woman who neglects constipa-
tion suffers from slow poisoning Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation
One little pellet" is gentle laxative,
and two mild rcathartic.
The evening times., 1898-03-22

Totals 81. ............. POO 2Sl.5sg ST,5S0
The Star may have more one-eyed
readers than THE TIMES. and more
Hospitals and Insane Asylums may take
Il in. But OF PAPERS PRINTED AND
SOLD PER WEEK. THE TINES leads
The Star more than
$4,000 Copies.
If this fact cannot be established, $500
awaits some good charity.
THE TINES.
The evening times., 1898-03-22
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

The Evening Star keeps standing at the
head OF its columns the following:
The regular permanent family circulation Of The
Evening star IN Washington is more than double
that OF any other paper. whether published in the
morning in the afternoon.
Now. the circulation Of The Star and
THE TIMES for the week ending Fri
day. March Is was as follows:
The evening times., 1898-03-22

Pultneyville, y. Y, March H. Is9s-To the
Secretary of the Treasury-Sir: Having held the
office of deputy collector of customs at the port Of
Pultneyylle, district of Genesee, for a period of
four years, this day tender my resignation to
the department '-... $50 --0l..'.l
There is about as much use for a collector of
customs at this port as there would be for one on
a trout stream in the Adirondack Mountains There
was no money collected during the wear 1897:
practically in 1896. and the aggreGltc 70.
oepts for the four years while have heeI, in Of
fee were less than $50. while my salary for that
time was s., $50. Respectfully yours. % ..s... .--'
JOHN w. ROWNELI
The evening times., 1898-03-22

This purpose is not attributed to Mr..
Mckinley directly by us. 1t is the un-
The evening times., 1898-03-22

The following letter which explains it
self, has been received at the Treasury
Department. ....-.... '.... ...
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prim. heavy fowls Oes.:onally reach &C. bS, s.
about steady Fancy duck. AID geese have S little more
call and tribe ,e.aisr 6u. average grades sont.nu,
slowly s:''si s,s II %5
sad s a? .sSa Il s % ?:.
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f ola hem; % DO aS ga Sos. ' S
poor g, s ana prime
p p do fair to- s 90 s ann sn
choice Sc, do scide ed Sc 81 wes,s5D good
sew' mixed. Western. prime. 7sass; DO fair 70 good;
ssd 70 prime DO
pcd PRIME sGS PRIME DO T Ws.e4 do ssseS d DO
fair 70 good eae old cocks, sc ducks nearby prime
4aec: geese Maryland good PRIME sGicc: do West
large. white per Dozen 81 so do small and dark 81 $50
ms but plenty @ Slowly at
Irregular prices Prime cartridges and dark grouse in
plenty %lls ducks selling .Oxly. English sTpe a5oa,
supply and ony @ ne n sasea @
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4oc; DO sreenwng teal 25Gsoc; do common. 2oa25c.
Rabbits andrawn pair. 2Og25c: do drawn. l5aisc
POTATOES AND VEGETABLES Irish potatoes are in
f1s '"PRy ' Sso S. ssd "'Iss
range in quality value: demand is good for choice.
Russia turnps firm. Squash and local winter vegetables
show material change Florida vegetables In light
ceip and moving slowly with prices slightly lower Nor
folk kae and spinach in quite free supply and weak with
Plates island: per Ss 81 5Ss$ DO Maine
Hebron sack 81 5Oas 49, do state and Western per
$50 n 81 25dsi So do sack 81 25a$l 40; do Jersey.
slasl 81 Sweet potatoes Jersey, Dbl. 81 2JuS2 30;
do Southern 5OaI5c. Onions. white, per Dbl s2uS5 do
Connecticut red. 81 J0uS2 do yellow. 81 50TSl -, do
Western New-York red 81 25Gsl 10: do yellow. 81 25T
low. 81 25asi -. Beets per Dbl. 75cqsi cucumbsrs
Florida per sds2 50 dollhouse per Dozen 5c9
81 80 Celery per dozen. l0dJ0c Cauliaowers. Dbl.
sldsi so cabbages 100 s2as4 Elephants, bbl.
81 Ods So DO per box slGs2 Green peas per basket
81 5oaS2 So Kale. per Dbl 50Q75c. Spinach. slqs %
Lettuce basket 81 50m$3 Okra per carrier. sidS2
PEPPERS per carrier. 7Jcdsl 23 Tomatoes per carrier
Russia, per Dbl GocG$1.
HAY AND STRAW-HAY-The market has had a sat
stactory Of the week. and the close prices
firm with some advance for lines that worked out
freely the active ~ the week Receipts mod
crate. the blockade the New-York Contra, pre-
venting due arrivals Clover mixed and clover are
going out better when quality suits Some handsome
t2i7c We Prime 65c per 100 10: No L. On62isc'
latter for bales No . 50d5Iiac: No ,. 3l1uiI2c.
clover 42snjOc. fancy 52iac. clover, 3I7ni2i2c
.STRAWStraw is in good market shape. and the
ought TO help prices We quote;
Best rye. 45c other lines 3OG+oc The receipts
change today were: Hay-fiudson River Kail
road 300: Erie 900 Pennsylvanis. 90 West Shore 40:
Lehgh Valley So Central OF New Jersey 50; river boats
100, tota,, 2fO tons Receipts Of straw. so tons.