The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-30
NATIONAL AFFAIRS

boc hat he Department nj
Co,,,,n, rrc and 7 ahnr is ooino after the Stand
ard oil Connanv If has been understood for
eo,,o ,;,,,e that Mr. Garfield the commissioner
NJ Corro, ,tions was enoaoed in an inouirv that
,,on1d ,1t;n,ataI,, 1and he Standard as = defend
ant in an action for rebates. unjust discrimina-
t;o, al y Combination IN restraint Of trade
~ + III. L,e hno,, rov;sed nv, = ,ict to Wash
inoton Of 7 D Kcaling United States District
Aftornev for Indiana Who snent two DAYS at the
1,enar4r5ent ~ Justice and had several meetings
viii, W. Garfield There have been several
othcr c;s,,ict attorneys from the middle west in
y,s,inoton recently and il is said that All these
visits live = hcar;no on thr prosecutions that
viii eI,ortI, I've in,,T~nr,ted The Interstate
Cnr,Ynrrn Con,n,;ss;0n has hacn after the Stan
rd ,nren+I,, on t1,e subject ~ DISCRIMINATION in
far ~ c+o,dord on If ,,,,+ I've understood
,1,ot Nv al II thc oil Drilled and refined in the
nnrth :. tho nrolrc+ ~ the Standard While the
enrfhcrn oil IS largely from indeDcndent re6ner-
;ce For some fine mast the rate az northern
III or;,,.x sa,,tb has hnn,, about half that o,
,a,,tIcrn 81, com;nm north The Interstate
Commrrce Commission ordered this discrmina-
t;nn ,t.nned R,,t thcre are other matters Of
t,rk.,,te and money rebates which if is UNDER
Stood have hecn CLOSELY, investigated bv the
Con,n,issioner NJ Cornorations ON if is on these
+1,,r tIc nrosncctvc actions are said ia be based
The Drrcau al Cornora+ions naturally will not
cav ,ny1l,inn ON the subject in advance Rut if
i Lc1irycf that the cases are already practically
,,,,d,. rt and win he announced some time after
+hr Christmas holidays
Tho E,irra,, 81 chemistry of the Agricultural
n,rorr,,op+ has d;ccovcred , rev. dodoe NJ the
for[i"n houses imnorfino food stnffs into this
c,.,nt, +, o,.olo i've law. The Rrrcof, has heen
.11a IT, contro1 ior.;or, ad,,I+nrotnd foods better
41,o, those NJ home ,,anufoctrrc nc il had =
rL,nce At trc ORIGINAL nacl;aocs a+ fine MORT Of
thr nn.rv ,yhcro9e thorc ;s nc VET no federal
purc-fo3d law under Which il can operate. One
~ fine favoritc nracticcs of the French EXPORT
orc v,o. 70 snnd srrore and st,1l,c ri mushrooms
tc this country nc chest French mushrooms"
The D,nartncnt Of Agriculture forced the i'm
norrr.s to liable Them in 1aroe letters rs "picces
and stems" undcr the nena1fv for false brandinq
}ut rcccnt1v the French cannerics have taken to
eer,in1 the scrans without brands Of any sort
and as they were not branded they could not be
sail to have evaded fine law, The labels OF
course were nasted on after they arrived and
there was no opinion possible except in such
states as have pure-food laws. DR.. WILEY, chief
~ tho f,roor of Chemistry thinks however that
he will be ablc to catch the SINNERS under their
customs declaration and force them TO declare
+he contents nj the cans in D1ain 1anrraoe
The lon~ exnected annointment Of a minister
to Norway has been announced and as fore
castcu in these letters some fine AGO if is Mr.
Herbert Pierce fine present Third Assistant Sec
retarv OF State There are \ number Of other
dn1oratic chances and amendments IlOvd
G. Griscom is to 90 as Ambassador to Brazil
and contrary TO General cxncctation the late
brazilian Ambassador David Thomson. will
he ,nno;rtod Ar,L,ss,dor 10 NIo>;ro u ,,oet that
he has long coveted, This will leave vacancy
at Tokyo Tor which no aDnointcc has vet been
announced There has been some tall, Of ex-
Actina. Secretary Of State I,oomjs landing the
lob bnt he has said nnbIiclv that he did not want
#. and if has been intimatcd in scmi-officia1s
quarters that he would not get if il he did,
One wholesome result of the campaen