The National tribune., 1905-10-12
wAsHNaToN THuRspAY

ident took a trip last summer. or from
accident In hunting Z bfg game. The
country has q right to know that the
President is at all times perfectly safe
from danger. Presidents are costly and
precious pieces Of National furniture.
On his return from the National En-
campment of the Sons OF Veterans at
Gettysburg, Maj. George Gels, the Sem
Tor Vice commandments Of the
Sons OF Veterans. visited tWashington to
take TN the sights Of ethel National Cap
ital Maj. Gels is one of the leading
Sons of Veterans on the Pacific Coast,
and Will be heard from hereafter. He
served in the list N. G. 8. N Y and the
Astor Battery in the Philippine trou-
bles He was with the expedition to
Mindanao and made the tour OF the
world.
At last the small packers are to have
a show. The big Packing House Barons
have been having things all their
own way. and were about to crowd
out the small packers. In the first
place, the big packers took all the Gov
eminent Meat Inspectors. because their
meat could not be exported until it had
been inspected and so tagged, and there
We're not enough Inspectors to go round.
That did not hurt the small packers so
much, because they did not send much
of their productions abroad, but where
the shoe pinched was in the home mar
ket. People get fool notions in their
heads once in q while, and one of these
is that meat must be inspected by the
Government before they will buy it.
AS the small packers did not have the
pull, their meat was not inspected, and
so the sale was hurt at home. But worse
than that, the Packing House Barons
had money enough to buy up City AL
dermen or Councils. Kansas City, Mo,
which does not have any of the big
packing houses, all of them being in
Kansas City. Kan, passed a city ordi-
nance that no meat could be sold in
that city by the Big Muddy unless it
had the Government tag of inspection.
OF course, that was the death-knell
to the small packers, whose market was
largely in the big city. A few other
cities passed the same kind of an ordi-
nance. Ex-Representative Peters, a
Populist, and blatant one, but a good
deal of a man for all of that, allied his
fortunes with a small packing firm in
Kansas City, Mo-, and soon walked up
to find that the life was being squeezed
out Of him by this city ordinance. He
couldn't get that changed, for the big
packing houses had the pull; but he
tackled the Agricultural Department.
and the things he told the Secretary of
Agriculture were a plenty. Secretary
Wilson had no idea that things were in
such condition, but he began to stir
things up, ard now the small packers
are assured that they will be able to Sc
cure Government Inspectors just the
same as the Beef Barons. That's the
kind of a hustler Peters is.
Representative Hull, of Iowa, Chair
man of the House Committee on Mill
tary Affairs, is back in town. and of
course has been asked what he "though1
about things" What he thinks" and
what he "says" for publication are
probably two different propositions. But
on the question of tariff modification"
he has positive views He believes that
if the revenues Of the Government keep
on increasing for the next six months
as they have the last three there will
be no need to do anything more toward
raising more money. He thinks also,
that appropriations should be cut
down-not on the military side, how
ever-on the Navy bill, or some other
bill. in all proba bility. practice econ
omy and make our expenditures come
within our income" is his motto.
Now the railroads are getting It
where the turkeys life will be let out
Thanksgiving Day. The United States
Government has put It's great, big, COM
prehensive foot down that all railroad
trains carrying United States mails
have got to be on time to the dot" or
get locked for non-fulfillment of con-
tracts. An order to this effect was is
sued last week, and 1t means business.
There are mail trains in some sections
Of this stupendous vineyard Of the Lord
that think nothing of being five hours
late five times out Of 10. People miss
connections, merchants miss their i'm
md {c sfroy h nc
and more troubles" Can the Govern
ment enforce such a rule? Probably
not. II there Is a situation Of this kind
that railroads cannot explain away and
get around as IAN action of Providence
it is something that has never yet hap
pened.
George NJ. Bowers, Fish Commission
er Of the United States, says that the
Fish Commission distributed in the fis-
cal year 1905 about 200,0O0,000 more
fish eggs, fry and small fish In the
streams of the United States than in
any other years in history. The total
output of eggs and fish from our Com
mission was 1,759.719,S5O," said Mr..
Bowers. This was 100000. 900 more fish
and eggs than in any previous year. OF
the total, 1.337,371,13S consisted of
small fish, known as fry.
1IlHCC I1CAIy COIc, Dut
Prince Louis will, and SO long as the
toadies have Prince to entertain and
kow-tow to it does not much matter,
though the nearer the blood royal the
better, of course. Prince Louis Of Bat
tenberg, the royal blue jacket" Of the
English kingly house, and his staff and
squadron will visit the United States
about Nov. 1. Now, maybe there isn't
doing in the Navy Depart
ment. Annapolis is the objective point
for the Royal British squadron. and
most distinguished "doings' will take
place in that quaint old town.
According to the present arrange
ments, Prince Louis's squadron will
come to Annapolis on Wednesday, Nov.
1. The rules Of naval etiquette will be
followed in the reception of the squad
ron. On Nov. Q Rear-Admiral Evans
will entertain Prince Louis and his off,
GERS at dinner aboard the flagship. The
following day the Prince and the off,
GERS of his SQUADRON will come to Wash
ington, and on Nov. 4 reception will
be given at the White House in honor
of Prince Louis and his staff. The re-
ception will be held at o'clock in the
and will be followed in the
evening at 8 o'clock by dinner.
The fO1lowino dav tho M rfv will ro-