The National tribune., 1906-06-28

for President. Some statesmen who
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
publican nomination. How can this be
if 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 a mistake somewhere.
There was sure a funny sight in the
House the other day when Representa-
tive Mann, of Illinois. was demonstrat-
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
grocery store out in the swagger sec
ton of the city where the Diplomatic
Corps buys paris-green pickles. anime
red cherries, copperas-dyed peas ana
that sort of canned misery which looks
mighty pretty, but eats like the-well.
yes, you know, it is bad for digestion.
He declared, and had samples to prove
it, that so-called opium" cures had
enough opium to give the habit to one
who had never tasted the drug, to say
nothing If 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 cf dealer in adulterants that
he could send to grocers a filler" that
would defy detection. 1t was cornmeal
Drowned and ground. Even the pepper
berry is a fraud, Mr. Mann said, tapin-
ca being colored with lamp black and
mixed with the real thing.
AS for coffee, page of The National
Tribune would scarcely suffice for the
tricks of the trade in that direction.
When you buy the ground stuff you
are securing well-brnwned sawdust and
bread crumbs. The entire output of
Mocha and Java imported to the United
States was but 12,000,000 pounds. yet
statistics show an importation of 20O,-
600, 600 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 pret-
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 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 #
10 minutes until Is Manhattans and
as many cherries had disappeared iG
side the Denver girls door. when the
clerk concluded tat the thing had gone
far enough, and made a visit to the |
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
aole 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"
well, the fact is," declared the en- |
barrassed clerk, "a woman who can |
surround 13 of our Manhattan cock
tails and stand as straight as you do
can't be desirable guest"
"Oh," cried the young Lady, with a
fetching smile. Il 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 13 glasses filled with
Manhattan cocktails minus the cherry.
Then Mr.. Mann displayed a bottle
labeled pure honey" 1t even had
bee embalmed in the amber LIQUID Just
the same, Mr. Mann declared that there
was not one drop of honey in the bot
tie. He declared it to be glucose with
some sort of essence to make ii taste
all right like buckwheat honey.
Taking another bottle. he held up a
powdery substance.
This is freezine, powder sold to meat
dealers that they may keep their meats
CvT-1a tn toll tba F.Ia .f Il ..tn
age" Mr.. Mann said it might keep the
meats from spelling. but II 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 NJ. Shaw. Secretary Shaw spoke
on Trade Expansion" and said ini
part:
THE fact, and I think it is fact
that the United States has the best
system in the world, does not
imply that the currency system of the
United States is perfect or that it can't
be improved The system is not per-
feet, largely because 1t is non-elastic
1t fails to respond in volume to the
changing needs of seasons and of To-
calities. Attention has been called to
this many times and by many people.
That there will be no further currency
legislation until we shall have experi-t
enced a 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
remedy will be applied. We came near
er such panic Sept. 80. 1902, than
most people appreciate. The fact that
we then escaped does not raise a pre-
sumption that We will always escape
A glaring defect at a vital point will
some time, sooner or later. assert itself
Meantime remedy should be dis
covered. discussed, and, as far as pos
sible, agreed upon, so that it may be
promptly applied when the people are
ready fer it,
The bill appropriating s25.OOO for
expenses of the President hasi
passed. and now Roosevelt says that he
will not use dollar of it for his owni
expenses. He is of the opinion that
what is necessary should be used for
Government employees who travel with
him, and for any guests whom he
wishes to take along with him, but for
himself he will pay his own bills. A
little quixotic. perhaps but that is his
funeral. AS a matter of fact s5O000l
is what should have been appropriated,
and the President should feel free tol
use II to the last penny if he likes The
United States Is the greatest and thel
richest Government under one flag in
the world to-day 1t cannot afford toll
be mean and niggardly with its public
servants anV moro than a rich nj