The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-02

NSt va AhPoA SohI ChduSCS. IL Is
harmony with the great inspection
bill Which will be disposed of during
the present week, and with the
amendment to the agricultural appro-
priatioon bill providing for wheat in
spection. The latter falls far short
of what it should be, but in the hands
OF this administration it will be eff
fective for 1t will establish national
grades, and as Ion gas there is in
tegrity in the administration fthe
law 1t will afford reasonable degree
OF protection
In some respects the rascally manu.
facturers, as 1 used to style them in
The Record, received harder jolts than
the meat packers were given, and
their jolt was sufficient to jar the
world, for their misdeeds have become
known wherever news is flashed by
wire and given currency in the pub
lie press.
Representative Mann had pure
food" display arranged on the floor of
the house quite as attractive as that
of your Eighth street grocer, and
proceeded to prove that if you saw
it on the label it was not true. The
coffee men got the first dose and he
demonstrated that the pure Mocha
and Java was no such thing and
showed that untold millions of pounds
of coffee was misbranded and the
cheaper articles, in many instances
adulterated, were sold for the stand
ard high priced goods. He demon
strated the frauds in pepper and
spices, and produced the circulars of
those dealing in cheap adulterants
which were quoted to manufacturers
'at reduced prices in twenty ton lots"
Some of them had Reconsideration
to use corn meal, which was harm
less, while others dealing in the pure
and undefiled pepper berry" made 'em
out of tapiOca stained with lamp
black.
The whole range of food adultera-
ton was covered comprehensively,
showing that adulterants were used.
Taking up the whisky question he H.
Illustrated by quoting their own cir
culars to the trade how pretty nearly
the whole range of popular and high
priced drinks were manufactured las
good as the imported" at mere frac-
ton of the cost Some sixty odd ex-
tracts were quoted that were used in
connection with spirits, alcohol, syrup
and rain water to do the business. He
showed fraud in weights and meas
ures, and in misbranding.
Mr.. Mann was ably supported by
others. Mr.. Stanley of Kentucky
stood for the straight stuff and gave
an object lesson in mixing liquors.
He said II have no objection to man
blending two kinds of whisky, but
do object in his making any kind of
whisky while you wait. Here is
quart of alcohol 100 proof strong. 1t
will eat the intestines out of coyote.
1t will make a bowling deverish out of
an anchorite. 1t will make rabbit
spit in a bull dogs face. 1t is pure
rectifier he will put in little coloring
rectifier he will put in littlecoloring
matter and little bead oil tillustrat-
ing). | drop that in it. Then l get
little essence of bourbon whisky,
and there is no connoiseur in this
house who can tell that hellish con-
coction from the genuine article; and
that is what I denounce. l say the
coloring matter is not harmful; but
whisky | made Is rank alcohol, and
when it gets into man it is pure
he'll"
Continuing he said "pure alcohol
can be made out of rotten potatoes,
it can be made out of the garbage
barrel; it can be made out of dead
body or anything else that will de-
cay. Being pure it must not be I'M
piled that it is not harmful Raw
alcohol and new whisky are deleter-
ious to the health of every man who
drinks them, and by adding colOring
and fiavoring matter these substances
are falsely sold as old whisky by the
rectifier."
During the discussion it was shown
that an ounce of pure eight year old
whisky was mixed with a quart or a
gallon of this internal compound and
the whole sold as choice eight year
old whisky. And then think of the
miserable wretches in our state, viler
than the woman who sells her charms,
buying 80 cent wood alcohol, every
drop of which is poison, and selling it
in the blind pigs as whisky, gin or by
some other name, all made out of the
same barrel.
Then the drugs and medicines were
touched up in the same lurid light.
The report of Cleveland coroner
was made part of the record in three
cases of death of children by medi-
cine known as the "Baby's Friend"
The baby took teaspoonful, shivered
and fell into stupor from which it
never awakened. They gave thirty
drops to six days old puppy. The
puppy is sleeping yet Kitty took
twenty drops and slept four hours.
The next day she took thirty drops
and remains pacified for eternity.
These are only samples of the dis
cussion to show you what mess our
man McCumber was so largely in
strumental in stirring UP and the re-
suit. But the other members of the
delegation have been doing their part
too. Senator Hansbrough rung in the
wheat inspection amendment on the
agricultural appropriation bill, and is
member of the conference committee
on the meat inspection bill. And while
the house was at work on the pure
food bill yesterday the senate was on
meat inspection business perfecting
that measure.
During the week Senator McCumbsr
spoke with his usual vigor in oppo-
sition to the bill providing for the
payment of the presidents travelling
expenses.
The bill was passed by party vote.
Senator Hansbrough made a vigorous
| fight against the canteen at the SOL
diers' homes of the country and sue
ceeded in securing an amendment to
the appropriation bill that puts an
end to the canteen at these institu-
1 lions as we'll as in the army. He sue
ceeded some days ago In getting the
Fort Rice bill tackled on to Utah
bill of similar nature and passed it