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to know the facts, would seem to in.
dicate that but little additional dam.
age to anybody could be accomplished
through the publication of the report.
GOVERNMENT HOLDS TRUMP
CARDS.
Commenting on the question of the
constitutionality Of the amendment Il
it should become law. in that it in.
terferes with state rights. prominent
Government official remarked that in
any event the packers could be forced
to terms. They are very anxious over
their great foreign meat trade and
this is largely dependent upon Govern
ment inspection of carcasses. Abroa !
the Government inspection tag i
looked upon as a guarantee, and with
out it foreign meat trade would suff ar
inestimably Should the packers ra-
fuse 10 allow the Government to 1I-
spect food for home consumption. the
Government could in its turn refusa
to inspect meats for export.
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Senator Beveridge presented rad
kcal amendment to the agricultural ap-
propriation bill the other day which
was passed promptly. Back of the
ease and celebrity with which this ac-
ton was accomplished is story. 1t
is an interesting one too, for it shows
how the President for once. at least,
was able TO hold the big stick over the
Senate, and the great packing inter-
ests and forced the amendment with
which he was in accord.
The rider that was tackled on TO the
sI,SOO.OOO appropriation bill in the
Senate at the last moment without
discussion, provides for the same sort
of an inspection of meats for home
consumption that is provided for those
which are sent abroad. 1t will cost
the great packing house industry sew
eral million dollars each year. for
they will have to pay for the inSpec-
tlon, When the question came up be
fore Congress as to who should as
sumo the expense of this work the
packing house lobby objected siren
uOuSly to putting up any money for it.
Notwithstanding the fact that some
months ago when there was an In
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ont scandal If it can he. but with
scandal if il must. He recognized that
there were many innocent interests
which would be severely DANA ged by
the publication of this report. What
he was after principally was results
for the future.
There is another peculiar feature
which is having some weight in the
ease with which the inspection law
gets past what would ordinarily be an
almost insurmountable barrier. 1t
seems that Mr.. Sinclair is writing an
other book. 1t will be more damaging
than the Jungle. 1t is to be an expose
of the whole packing business from
the report of the "Embalmed Beef
Commission" down to the present time
and the combination of official dOcu-
mcnts and statements Of eye wit
nesses. When this book appears the
packers are very anxious ~ be able
to say that the practices alluded to
therein are a thing Of the past 'and
that no such conditions can exist nm
der the present Government inspec-
ton"
The new act provides an inspection
that does not stop at the gate of the
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The fact that the meat consumption
entered vitally into every home,
coupled with the terrible charges,
made not only in the jungle but
through many other credible sources,
has aroused Il state of public senti-
ment which is akin to revolutionary.
ON the whole in the face of an in
tenscly suspicious public, an aroused
Congress and a determined President,
the beef trust is now up against the
fight of its life. While the President
Intended to use his private report as a
club to force legislation, and to with
hold its publication unless it was
found necessary to bring the packers
to terms, the overwhelming current
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Signals on Rural Mail Boxes.

The Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General has issueu An order providing
that after July l next, rural delivery
carriers, when making their trips, will
visit and examine only those boxes for
which they have mail for delivery and
those on which the signals are dis
played to indicate that there is mail
for dispatch.
Those patrons who are now main.
tanning mail boxes on which there are
no signals will be required to procure
some sort of device which will serve
as n signal to carriers.
By this new arrangement it is ex-
pected that the delivery and collection
of mail along rural free delivery
routes will be greatly facilitated.
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THE ORIGINAL. SWIFT MEAT-PACFsIN PLANT. CHICAGO.

packing house, but follows tho animal
through all departments until 1t
reaches the can or the cooler.
There is some antlEonism presented
to the hill iu the House, ON the
grounds of constlmtlonallity and other
excuses. but If any actual opposition
should develop it will mean "A thor
ough hearing in committee on both
sides of the question and it is pre-
sumed that this Is about the last thing
the packers actually desire.
Seldom. if ever, has the public been
more aroused over any public question.
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One on the Professor.

Prof Barrett Wendell, of Harvard.
lightened with an anecdote an English
lecture.
There was certain instructor" he
said, who was always impressing up
on his students the need Of perspicuity.
"A young man came to him one day
to get back an essay that had been
submitted,
"A very good essay said the in
structor, as he returned the paper.
but Mr.. Smith, you should "lte al
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CAUSED PACKERS PLIGHT.
Interview with Author of the Now
Famous "Jungle e"-Expose OF Meat
Packing Methods.

Upton Sinclair, the author of the
Jungle which has in reality started
the entire packing house scandal. is an
advocate of municipal slaughter
houses. He believes that this is the
only effective solution of the problem
although he says tha' the Beyeridge
amendment is good SO far as it goes.
Interviewed recently, he said. There
is no doubt that this amendment will
become a law; but a few months
after its enactment it will be forgotten
and former conditions will be resumed.
say former conditions, because the
Chicago packers have cleaned up
house and are now able to make n
show of virtue which they never pos
sessed, but it is impossible for them
TO conceal the fact thai ,ey have sent
out millions of cans of 'potted chicken
made of bob, or day-old veal, millions
Of cans of roast beef made of COW
udders and gristle. and that all this
vast output has been treated with
chemicals to conceal putrefaction
and to preserve the stuff sold under a
false name.
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In the Bank of England there are
ingots Of silver that have been there
since the seventeeth century.
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HOW THE TROUBLE BEGAN.


Some time ago Upton Sinclair pub
lished THE jungle" 1t was novel
and horrible. 1t showed that the in
spection service at the Chicago pack
Ing houses was wholly inadequate. II
was proved that the Government in
spectors passed on the conditions Of
the carcasses when the animals We're
killed; but after that there We're no
Inspections and the conditions We're
Incredibly revolving. Presto mt Roose-
welt read the book and is stated to
have been outraged Mt the statements
made. Were they true or were they
exaggerated? He made some inquiri :
and found that the statements We're all
well founded. Then he was genuinely
angry. Secretary Wilson sent com
mission out to look into the condition
of affairs. but the President was ap-
pareutly not satisfied with the Govern
ment commission. so lie sent his close
personal friend, Mr.. J. Il. Reynolds, a
prominent social worker and man of
means. and Mr.. Charles Z. Netll, the
United States Commissioner of Labor,
on purely personal Inspection tour.
The expenses OF the two investigators
We're paid by the Government but the
men received no salaries and the in
quiry was, in n way, unofficial.
There has never yet been any writ
ten report made public from these two
Investigators; likely there will not be,
but the President knows all they
found out, and the packers know it
too. Both the President and the
packers were horrified; the reasons
were different The story around the
Capitol regarding this Investigation
runs something like this: The packers
said, IF this sort of story gets out
1t will ruin our business abroad" The
President remarked in effect, If II
your business at home too
Now" said the packers. "make any
sort of an inspection law yOu want.
pass it and we will stand for it, and
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-07-06

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ways so that the most ignorant per-
son can understand every word you
saw
The young man looked up anx-
iously.
"'What part of my essay was not
clear to you, professor he asked"
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-07-06

Some will tell you there is good paint any
Others that there good painters. Both
statements are incorrect. The trouble is years ago
you could scarcely go wrong in painting. for there
little paint used but pure white lead and oil. Nowadays
there almost many alleged paints as there
rival dealers to sell them, and many socaIIed
white leads which not white lead, there pro-
prietary paints.
Yet good white lead and nseed oil paint is as
good as it ever was-and better. If you are in real
earnest about getting paint which will look we'll and
Iast-the good old kind of other days-Iet us tell you
about our pure white lead
Booklet " O" free.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

VALUABLE SCARF PINS absolutely protected
by our patented thief proof Simplex Pin Guard"
Ask dealer or send IS to-day for gold plated
sample. II. Rypinski, 1l2 West l65th Street, New
York.
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MALE HELP WANTED.

IF YOU HAVE retail experience and want TO go
the road. write toda, otraISnt salaries ~aLt-
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association. Room u - MONROE Street BROOKLYN
-. \.
WANTED: Amateur photographs suitable for
art and advertising subjects. Mail print and price
with postage for return II not accepted 70 ne Geo.
~.
WE WANT A HuSTLING AGENT in your town
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Statesmen TO SELL the largest line OF souvenir
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and Prompt settlement Alfred Hickman, Pub-
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Trade Complete the course in or months. gu-
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REAL ESTATE.

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Southwest Kansas hat have you for sale -
years buying and selling Kansas dirt. Choite go
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CALIFORNIA COLONIZATION LANDS. Tracts
of 5U to a,uU acres low prices easy terms; level
rich. alluva soil; abundance OF water; best climate
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COUNTRY PROPERTY ONLY-EvERYwHERE
Farms, residences. hotels, stores, etc, Catalog
call or write at once. Phillips Wells, SIX Tribune
Building New York.
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POINTS OF BEVERIDGE MEAT
INSPECTION BILL.

Provides for rigid postmortem in
spection of all cattle, swine; sheep
and goats killed for human consump.
ton. All meats found healthful shall
be tagged. and all meat found un-
healthful shall be destroyed.
All slaughterers ant packers and
all others engaged in preparation Of
meat products must admit inspectors
to all parts of their establishments.
All canning, rendering, sailing. and
packing products are included, and
any products treated with dyes or
deleterious chemicals or presevatives
shall be condemned.
All establishments must be main
tained in a sanitary manner, accord
ing to rules and regulations prescribed
by the Secretary of Agriculture.
After January /, 1907, no railroad or
any other common carrier can trans.
port any meat product not inspected
or passed, and no ship with such
articles on board shall be given clear
ance papers, nor can any common
carrier transport any meat product
that is prepared in an establishment
where specified sanitary conditions do
not prevail.
All canned, potted, or canvased
meat products shall be labeled as in
spected and passed and shall not be
offered for sale until so labeled.
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sufficient appropriation for foreign in
spection. a number Of large packing
bOuse concerns voluntarily offered to
dcfray the cost involved.
CONSUMER PAYS COST ANYWAY.
1t is stated that, Of course. the pack
ing house people. otherwise the beef
trust, will pass the cost of the inspec-
tlon along to the consumer; but as it
will only amount 10 about . or g cents
head on each carcass the increase
win not be appreciable in the indiyid-
ual beef steak. at least it ought not TO
be. but the combination of packers.
dealers. wholesalers, retailers, etc.
will doubtless make an excuse for put
ting up meat at least n cent Il pound,
and thus make an Investment of many
hundred per cent. off the amount
which thoy pay for the Government
inSnpPfipU.
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BEEF TRUST RIDER.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL

ing American Meats Tackled on Agricultural Bill.
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BUSINESS EQUIPMENT,

CALIGRAPH TYPEwRITER slOm Remington.
Yost. Densmore 4 Jewett. tl5y00 each. Electric
Commercial Graphaphone Outfit, new taper.arm
disc phonograph cheap. Edison Mimeograph tl0.Uo-
o. Hacker. Park Pl.. y. Y.
BOOK-KEEPERS-Keep out OF trouble Remove
bots and Incorrect ntries without scratching Our
Eradicator falls Send &c. for bottle. Best
terms TO Agents. II. A. Ink Eradicator Co, 1900
Washington Ave. New York
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GOVERNMENT SLAUGHTER
HOUSES IN EUROPE.

Every slaughter house in England,
Germany. and Belgium is owned by
the government. There is no chance
to graft. because the slaughter of cat
tie and the sale of meat is distinct and
separate. The government kills for
anybody, and charges so much head.
Twelve samples are cut from each
animal and subjected to a microscopic
examination. If the meat is unhealth-
full it is condemned and destroyed.
The slaughter houses are as cleanly as
modern hospitals, and not to be com
pared in any way with the filthy
shambles we endure here.
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WANTED: Amateur photographs suitable Tor
nrt and advertising subjects Mail print and price
with postage for return not accepted 70 Ihe Geo.
H. Lawrence Company, "a Wabash Ave, chicago,
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ANSWERING A HOWL.

"As an additional precaution against
graft, it is provided that the loss in
cident to condemnation shall fall on
the breeder or seller of the cattle and
not to the buyer. This compels the
cattle breeder to care for his stock
in a scientific and sanitary manner.
That answers the violent protests of
the Western cattlemen, who were
forced by the beef trust TO inundate
President Roosevelt with kilograms of
objection to the Beveridge bill, until
it was discovered that the making pub
lie Of the Reynolds Neill report would
work more damage to the business of
canning dyed bob veal and selling it
as chicken.
THE opposition to the bill was not
because the packers feared it would
Interfere with their fraudulent prac-
tices, but because it would impose up
on them tax of S2000,0O0 a year, to
pay for the inspection, which is moth
ing more or less than advertisement
for their bogus goods in foreign
countries
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MIR. sINCLAIR's SOLUTION.


Every city in the United States
should have municipal slaughter
houses. All private slaughter houses
should be abolished. The result of
such a condition would be to break
the power of the packers trust. They
would have to sell out at cost the
slaughter houses fit for the killing of
food animals, and destroy those that
are unfit. That is the only solution of
the problem, which is now recognized
as of huge Importance to the people
of this country, and the only way that
public opinion can be enlightened is
to permit the commissioners appointed
by President Roosevelt to make pub
lie the full story of the horrors they
found in the head center of the great
depot of reception and distribution in
Chicago.
.'The packers know that their very
life depends upon the approval of
foreign nations, and they know that
the stamp of governmental approval
abroad is regarded as the hall mark
of excellence. They know that the
millions in Europe understand official
Endorsement to be an absolute and
una nassailable guarantee and they re-
gard official Endorsement by agents of
the United States government in the
same light and with the same con-
fidence."
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-20
No Answer Handy.

This is only worth the telling, writes
correspondent, because it contains n
retort which, though trium ph of in
consequence, seems TO me quite man-
swerable. happened to be reading
some obvious newspaper proofs in IL
train when the good natured man next
to Inc, with the intention no doubt Of
making himself agreeable. asked, "Ah.
are you connected with the press?" l
lntimated briefly and perhaps not over
courteously that it was none of his
business. He persisted that it was a
quite civil inquiry, which l met with
the remark that l had not asked him
whether he was clerk or a shop as
sistant. AS he was obviously neither,
this nettled him. IF / knew" he said.
what newspaper you belong to
would never buy it again" -London
Chronicle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-20
POiSONS IN TOBACCO.

Tobacco destroys the taste. smell and
digestion.
Tobacco kills mental moral and
physical vigor.
Tobacco paralyZes the mucous mem
branes and glands.
Tobacco's most dangerous poison,
nicotine, is without antidote.
Tobacco contains prussic acid am
monia. carbonic oxide and nicotine.
Tobacco contains stronger poisOns
than opium, alcohol, absinth or choral.
A single leaf of tobacco or single
cigar contains enough of this poison to
kill a man if applied properly.
Nicotine is the most deadly poison
known to the pharmacopoea. 4 single
drop or grain will kill large animal
Nicotine resembles prussic acid in ap-
pearance, effects and activity. Nico-
tines victims die in violent convnl-
sions.-New York American.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-20
New Device For Autoists.

An ingenious Viennese has invented
an extraordinary contrivance. now on
view at the automobile show in the
Austrian capital. The apparatus, call
ed the kartograph enables the motorist
to know exactly where he is and
whittier he is going either by day or
night Ii consists of a map of the
route to he taken. printed Oh band
of paper, which. with full particulars
as to points of interest on the road.
unrolls itself automatica by connec-
ton with the wheels of the car The
kartograph even has indentations in
the paper at points where there are
sharp corners or any other reasons for
special caution, which indentations
catch a lever which rings an electric
bell to warn the motorist. - London
Graphic.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-20
Buffalo Calves.

bunalo calves, as a rule, are born
In April and May. They are active,
vigorous little creatures, mild eyed as
domestic calves, but possessing much
greater strength and endurance. In a
FEW seconds after birth they can get
on their feet and in twenty minutes
they are ut TO fight for their lives.
Usually 1t Is unnecessary for them to
defend themselves at this tender age,
as buffalo COW is quite capable of at
tending to any business which may
arise In connection with the defense of
her precious Washington Star.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-20

Commercial Agent Shots reports
from Sault Ste Marie growing interest
in the water powers OF Canada. Many
plants are now utilizing the power and
others are being built or planned which,
all told, will form a very small per-
centage of the available power. The
Canadian Pacific and the Grand Trunk
railways are planning TO use some of
this power for running trains on
branch lines and possibly in some cases
on the main lines.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-20

THF BALKY HORSE.

IL you have ever tried to make
A balky horse get up and shake
His hoofs and trot off down the way
If you have ever tried. | say.
Right out upon the public pike
Why, then you know what troubles
like
And six or eight kinds Of distress
Without me telling you. | guess.
Bill Jones sat in his shaky cart
And waited for the horse TO start.
Bill was patient man. and thus
He smoked his pipe and didn't cuss.
But sat at ease and quite resigned
Until the horse should change his mind,
And all the neighbors gathered round
And offered him advice profound.
Get some old leaves" said Sleepy Jim.
And build a fire under him.
Then when the flames begin to smart
He'll think it's up to him to start.
/ knew man UP on the crick
Who tried it and pronounced 1t slick.
That horse he shot off like Sam Patch.
Say, try it, Bill. Who has a matoh?'
Tom Burns said Jim had lots to learn.
He lowed the horse would stand and
burn.
He says: II know a better way.
Jest go and get a bunch OF hay,
And when he takes a bite or 80
The baking he'll forgit and go.
And If there amt no hay in sight
A peck of oats will do all right"
Joe Hall suggested: Twist his tail
That works when other methods fail"
And several other rubber necks
Said they would Just let out his checks
Says Bill. twinkle in his eye:
I'm much obliged friends. but goodby.
I was Jest waiting fer my pap.
Get in, dad. So long. boys Gitapi'
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-20

and as the strain is released on the
hauling rope the lock moves down with
the rope over the pulley, but constant
ly approaching the latter till at the
nearest point the levers strike the hub
of the sheave. 1t is only in very ex-
IRENE cases, however, that the lock
will go so far down. Ordinarily 1t stops
in about the position shown in the H.
lustration, due to the pressure on the
rope.
1t will be noted that the strain of the
load as held by the lock tends to pull
the latter down and grip it tighter up
on the rope-that is. the lock Is really
held in position with n force practically
equal to the pull on the rope that il is
holding, and consequently no acciden-
tai Jar or tapping of the hauling rope
in the guard ring would have any effect
to release 1t. 1t can only be released
by actually moving both rope and lock
together upward for a slight distance
till the grip piece swinging on the cen
ter from the pivot at the back edge of
the case moves far enough away from
the rope to clear it, AS soon as the
lock is disengaged from the rope its
position. of course. is controlled by the
guard ring at the opposite end of the
lever-that is. by the angle of the haul
ing rope.
This device renders It possible for
one man to lift very materially more
with these blocks than with equivalent
blocks without the lock. for the lock
will hold all that he can gain in the ex-
treme effort. which any one will rec
ognize is materially more than can be
maintained in a steady pull.