The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-03-03

| $50 it alone has 1t that the HreSl-
dent offended the Senator 10y re
ferring to the present Attorney
General an amendment which the
latter had proposed. Senator
Knox who is cx Attorney General
of the Administration is SAID to
have resented the idea that Mr.
Moody should edit his work and
decided to present a bill of hlN
own and one which was not fay.
orable to the Presidents views on
the subject
The passing of the pure food
bill 10y the Senate was in reality =
case of "white feather" all along
the line. The bill passed by Il
vote of G3 to and was II great
triumph for the public.
Ii has been well known that the
Senate was opposed to the pas
sage of the bill because of the
damage it would do the personal
interests of many of the members
but the public clamor has arisen
to such an extent that the bill
carried and for once the Senate
went down before Il popular de
mand The bill provides for
sweeping reforms ia the prepare
ton and packing OF food stnifs
and requires such labelling as will
make it possible for consumers to
know precisely the ingredients of
the articles they buy. Ono Of its
principal objects was the breaking
up of the SO called patent medi-
cine industry, which has in reali
ty long fiouriShed as an alcohol
and "dOpe' business and which
under the new law requiring all
bottles or packages to bear III full
a statement Of their contents
must be greatly suppressed. The
bill seriously affects great varie
ty Of industries which have
thrived alone by the receptions
they were able to practice upon
the public and some of these in.
dustrits were Of such wealth and
power that they were powerfully
represented in the Senate by
prominent Senator'S The work of
the magazines and newspapers
though exposing them has led to
the food of demands from the
public for reform laws which
carried the bill to a favorable con
clusion.
Washington's birthday was the
occasion of two notable addresses
delivered by Members of the
Presidents Cabinet which have
caused wide discussion at the
Capital. Secretary Taft speaking
in Chicago before the Union
League club urged at considerable
length the need Of larger and
more efficient army in his country
He dwelt with emphasis upon the
policy of being prepared for war
in order that peace might be in
snred and denounced the parsim
ony and prejudice which opposed
the establishment If an army
large enough to protect IN case of
need the interests Of the United
States. At the same time Secre
tary Ronapal te of the Navy was in
Baltimore using the same quota
tons from Washington to urge
the creation of larger navy that
Secretary Taft had employed 10
demonstrate the need of "a larger
army. 1t is known that the Presi
don't fully agrees with both Of his
Secretaries on this subject but his
recommendations to Congress- in
his message have not yet been
sufficient to persuade that body
to make any adequate aoprOrria
ton for the purpose.
q
The settlement for sixteen
months of the tariff dispute be
tween the United States and Ger
many is the chiefest accomplish
ment of Secretary Root since he
assumed the duties of the State
Department, and will add to his
already great prestige He has
alseady taken place with Seward
Hay and the other greatest of