The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-07-12

wish to preserve the beauty of the
Capital, to show what would be the
result if other plants were granted
concessions to locate in Washington.
However, those who want to hear the
whir of machinery and see the belch-
ing of smoke from tall chimneys are
losing no time in doing all they can
to make Washington manufacturing
city.
Ii there was ever government
official in Washington who was mad
through and through, the Comptrorell
of the Treasury was that man on one
day of last week. His wrath was all
due to the fact that the American Ex-
press company had presented bill to
the Government for the sum of one
dime to cover the cost of procuring the
signature of an army officer for
acknowledging the receipt of package
sent him by the War Department,
upon which the transportation charges
had already been paid. The comp
troller put his foot down good and
hard when the case was presented to
him and in refusing to consider the
claim took occasion to remark in
| official language that he considered
the charge a case of unadulterated
nerve, as anyone knows that an express
company was in duty bound to obtain
the signature of consignee without
the payment of single cent.
This claim for ten cents probably
passed through red tape enough before
it reached the Comptroller, to cost the
Government fifty dollars and the many
papers pertaining to it appeared much
like one of the big petitions sent to
Congress. No one will deny that after
such great expense it was we'll that the
Comptroller saved the Government ten
cents.
In order to restore public confidence
at home as we'll as abroad, in the
canned meat products of American
packing institutions, Secretary Wilson
of the Department of Agriculture will
make personal tour of the packing
plants, starting this week, to see for
himself that the inspectors are doing
their duty and that everything is as it
should be. 81 will be on this work
until late in the autumn" said the
Secretary. ''Not one packing plant,
no matter how large or small, will
miss my inspection. The people may
rest assured that the law will be
thoroughly enforced. The Civil
Service has secured for us about one
hundred new inspectors and fifty more
are coming. Most of them understand
their business and l look for good
results.
Secretary Wilson is of the opinion
that the new law is fully adequate and
will insure absolute purity and cIeanli-
ness of meat from pasture to package.
The Federal stamp will be upon each
can thus guaranteeing the healthful-
ness of the animal and insuring that
the product was prepared in absolutely
sanitary surroundings. Therefore,
from now on, any meat food product
bearing the Government stamp will be
fit for food.
1t seems certain from present indi-
cations that it will be early in the fall
!, before the flag will be hoisted on the
great government built battleship
! Connecticut, which a year ago was
expected to be in commission last
month. She is destined to remain
; with her guns wrapped in canvass
, and her decks deserted until The
money is forthcoming to make hel
completion possible. There is not
, cent OF the money originally appro
priated for her construction left un
used, and it has been nearly two
years since stroke of work has beer
done on the big fighter. Months age
the naval constructors in charge
. realized that unless Congress acted
promptly and literally, work on the
ship would have to stop. Congress
, failed to act and the workmen were
discharged. There is still about
S4OO,OOO worth OF work to be done on
the ship and as any amount appropri-
ated now would not be available for a
month at least, it will be October OF
November before she will ride the
waves.
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