Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-06-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Frog Our Regular cerre@spordentl
Washington ID. G. June %. 1906.
Nearly the whole OF long cabinet
session this week vas devoted to
cussing the Contemplated prose
cution II the Standard Oil Company
on the strength of the report that
has been made by Commissioner of
Corporations Garfield on the dis
crininatiOn practiced in the oil
business, particularly ia the trans
porialion Of the oil by the rail
road. Ii has been announced that
the prosecution will be instituted
and Special attorney for the prose
cutioD have been retained. Then
the question OF how the Standard is
going 70 meet the situation. This
will not be the first time the giant
company has been 10 the courts.
and II has always had money
enou9n IN buy the best brains on
the market and thus effectually de-
feat any attempt on the part OF the
government to curb it or exact even
approximate justice from il.
Tas chances are that the prosecu-
ton will be abont as great a farce
as an other OF the prosecutions Of
the Standard that have been institu
ted, Dat il will be rather interesting
to SEQ what sort Of farce it will be.
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There is = life and death struggle
going on ia the House tetwcen The
force Of the Pure Food Bill and the
loby OF the adulterated food manu-
facturers. This is a pretty fight.
1t Is interesting Ia watch and the
wonder - that any honest vendor Of
food feels that he can afford to fight
she measure that is being put for
ward. The bill does not prescribe
what the people shall eat or what
they shall buy. Ii merely insists
that when the finest imported olive
oil is really cottOnseed, the label
should say SO. Similarly it provides
that when the can Of vegetables YOU
get at the corner grocery or at the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES weighs only two
pounds and half, the label should
sta.G the weight and not let the Gus.
toner be deluded into thinking he
is getting three pound can for q
cents reduced from % "
There was a great show in th,
House this week when representa-
tive Mann undertook TO run a smal
grocery store OF his own aud demon
Strated 10 the House members som,
OF tue impositiOns that were prac
tiCed on them. He had bottles of gir
and whiskey, Marischino cherries
olive oil, pepper, canned meats anC
vegetables, tlavoring extracts, coffe,
anu orea FAST foods. He showed
th0m 10 the House, measured then
and showed that they were short o
weight and bulk, showed also how
they were dyed and treated will
chemicals aud in short made a pret
" Dad showing for a number OF firm.
ia me food producing business
Nearly all the samples that he hat
were Things that the average house
holder buys at least once a week
| from nus gruceryman or eats at Lh,
! huJci and restaurant. He said Their.
was no objection Ia anybody VIII,
Chose eating them or eating form
a!achyde Or boraX or anything else
that they choose. But what he did
object ~ was having the doctored
iJOl palmed oil on the public as the
.-ry best aud puresJ in it's line
=" IN nothing on the label 10 show
t~4t the claim was a lie.
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IuC bill will 20 TO "A vote next
week # a vote can be forced and If
A. ever gets as far as the White
House 1t will be signed, for the
tCesIdent Is heartily in favor of II.
Aut the chances are that it will be
lied in the House or Senate and
.-4t next session the whole ground
".l have To be fought over again.