The National tribune., 1906-06-28

President quite recently say that they
got the impression that he believes that
Bryan will be the candidate. They
furthermore say that they" also got
the impression that the President is
booming Secretary Taft for the Re-
IL Secretary Taft has fully decided. as
announced, that he will don the ermine
of the Associate Justice Of the United
States Supreme Court in the Fall? Must
be mistake somewhere.
There was sure a funny sight in the
House the other day when Representa-
tive Mann, of Illinois. was demonstrate
ing the ''needcessity'' for a pure-food
law. Representative Mann set out his
samples of impure goods till the area
in front Of the Speaker looked like a
grocery store out in the swagger sec
ton of the city where the Diplomatic
red cherries, copperas-dyed peas and
that sort of canned misery which looks
mighty pretty. but eats like the-well.
yes. you know, 1t is bad for digestion.
He declared, and had samples to prove
1t, that so-called opium cures had
enough opium to give the habit to one
who had never tasted the drug, to say
nothing of sending to destruction one
who was trying to quit. He said it was
almost impossible to get even black
pepper pure, and read from the trade
circular of dealer in adulterants that
he could send to grocers a "filler' that
would defy detection. 1t was cornmeal
berry is a fraud, Mr.. Mann said. tapio-
ca being colored with lamp black and
mixed with the real thing.
AS for coffee, a page of The National
Tribune would scarcely suffice for the
tricks of the trade in that direction.
When you buy the ground stuff you
bread crumbs. The entire output of
Mocha and Java imported to the United
States was but 100000 pounds. yet
statistics show an importation of 20O,-
100000 pounds. Cherries. he declared,
are picked green. then bleached with
acids and colOred red with aniline. Bot
tied. they are labeled "Maraschino"
cherries, and make cocktails look pref
ty This industry is responsible for
the story of the girl who came to a
swell New York hotel from the West
with II trunks and money to burn. She
was given the swell suite, and soon
after arriving rang for a Manhattan
cocktail She got it. Fifteen minutes
later she rang for another Ten min
utes later her bell tinkled again, and
another Manhattan was ordered sent
up. This was continued at intervals Of
10 minutes until IS Manhattans and
as many cherries had disappeared In
side the Denver girls door, when the
clerk concluded that the thing had gone
young lady's room to tell her that the
hotel was not an asylum for Manhattan
cocktail imbibers. Entering the room,
the surprised young lady met him gra-
ciously, and he stammered out his de-
sire for her to leave.
But why?" she demanded. 81 am
able to pay; l am alone in this big city;
was sent here by friends. and l think
this Is not only unkind. but outrage
GUS"
We'll, the fact is" declared the en-
barrassed clerk. "a woman who can
surround Is Of our Manhattan cock
tails and stand as straight as you do
can't be desirable guest
Oh, cried the young lady, with al
fetching smile. II have not tasted the
nasty stuff. See" showing the amazed
clerk the table In the alcove. There
they are. 1 only wanted the cherry"
And there sat Is glasses filled with
Manhattan cocktails minus the cherry.
Then Mr.. Mann displayed a bottle
labeled pure honey" It even had al
the same. Mr.. Mann declared that there
was not one drop Of honey in the bot
tie. He declared 1t to be glucose with
some sort of essence to make 1t taste"
all right like buckwheat honey.
Taking another bottle. he held up al
notwithstanding powdery substance. |
This is freezine, powder sold to meat
dealers that they may keep their meatsi
sweet, to take the place Of cold stor-
age" Mr.. Mann said 1t might keep the |
meats from spelling. but 1t was most
Injurious to health. being composed of
sulphite Of soda and red coal-tar dye.
That's enough to ruin your dinner.
Before the closing session OF the West
Virginia Banks Association an addressl
was made by Secretary Of the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw. Secretary Shaw spoke
on Trade Expansion" and said, fnI
part:
''The fact. and / think 1t is a fact.
that the United States has the best
currency system In the world, does not
imply that the currency system of the |
United States Is perfect or that 1t can't
be improved. The system Is not per-
feet. largely because 1t is nOn-elastic. |
1t fails to respond in volume to theI
changing needs Of seasons and of To- |
calities. Attention has been called tOI
this many times and by many people.
That there will be no further currencyl
legislation until we shall have expert
enced panic occasioned by this wantI
Of elasticity / am convinced. The coun-
try does not appreciate the danger, and
until the danger Is fully understood no i
will be applied. We came near
er such a panic Sept. 80. 1902, than
most people appreciate. The fact thatl
we then escaped does not raise a pre-
sumption that we will always escape |
A glazing defect at a vital point will
some time, sooner or later. assert itself. |
Meantime a remedy should be dis
covered. discussed. and, as far as DOS
sible. agreed upon, SO that it may bel
promptly applied when the people areI
ready for It,"
The bill appropriating $4,000 forI
travelling expenses Of the President hasi
passed. and now Roosevelt says that he |
will not use a dollar Of 1t for his own
expenses. He Is Of the opinion thatI
what is necessary should be used forI
Government employees who travel with
him. and for any guests whom hei
wishes to take along with him, but forj
himself he will pay his own bills. AL
little quixotic. perhaps. but that is his |
funeral. AS a matter Of fact $5OOOOi
Is what should have been appropriated, |
and the President should feel free toI
use 1t to the last penny IL he likes. The
United States Is the greatest and the1
richest Government under one flag In |
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