Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-14
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Three companies of grizzled ""Johp,
nile Rebs," armed with muskets and sa-
bers which they one day used against
the national government. marched up
Pennsylvania avenue under a special
permit from the district commissioners,
stacked their Anticipated arms outside
the Presidents Office in the White house
grounds, deposited their furled battle
flags, planted the Stars II Stripes,
which had headed their picturesque
column, and marched in to be received
by the President of the United States
with a handshake and a smile as hearty
as any he ever has given to veterans
who wore the blue. The mission of
these Southern veterans was to invite
the President to Nashville.
1t was said to be the first time that
confederate veterans in their old gray
uniforms, bearing arms and carrying
the furle6 flags of the ~Confederacy,
preceded by the Star Spangled Banner,
ever marched up Pennsylvania emu
Be hat az 1t may, the sight was a pic
turesque one, and it could hardly have
been witnessed in the capital of any
other country on earth. Nothing could
better have illustrated the obliteration
of the passions of the war time than
this advent OF white haired confederate
soldiers in the cupitai Of the nation
received by the President, although
they were in the uniforms which
stamped them as having resisted The
authority of the national government
with arms. They were entbusiastical-
" welcomed by the Southerners In
Washington, and particularly the la
dies, but even these friendly greetings
We're as nothing to that Of scores of
Union soldiers who are still to be found
everywhere about the capital, and who
welcomed their old antagonists with a
perfect fusillade Of Yankee cheers, the
shouts being answered with somewhat
husky "reminiscences of the famous
rebel YELL"
The FIRST cooperative experiment
ever tried In the nations capital is an
attempt by the $4,000 government em-
ployes of Washington to reduce the ex-
cessive cost Of living by organizing q
cooperative department store. A pre-
liminary organization has been formed
and plans are now being perfected. The
cooperative societies of England and
Australia are to be models The army
and navy and the civil service cooper
alive societies Of London have attained
worldwide reputation for their sue
cess, md a special committee Is now
in communication with their managers
to get details During the past ten
years the cost Of living In Washington
has increased from II to 25 per cent,
while the salaries Of government EN-
ployes have remained stationary. The
consequence is that government en-
ployes are praying for panic times.
| They say II this terrible prosperity con-
tinues they will be ground into the
earth. The plan for the new store is
to sell the goods at current market
rates, and then to return the profit to
members. Ten per cent will be set
aside as a sinking fund to improve
the store, An experienced man will be
! chosen for manager and will be paid
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Increase in the price Of meat, alleged
70 be due to the action OF the big pack
ing establishments in refusing to pay
commission men and stock raisers for
animals which fail to pass the govern
ment inspection required by the new
meat inspection law, will, in all prob
ability, cause debate and nay bring
about legislation in the next Congress.
The action Of the packers is expected
to arouse particularly those members
of Congress who have insisted that the
packers should pay the cost Of the
meat inspection, for which Congress
now a~ppropriates S3,00O,O00 annually.
One of the arguments used against this
proposal has been the allegation that
the packers would at C shift the cost
of the inspection to the cattle raisers-
Now that the packers propose to shift
the loss from condemned carcasseS
while at the same time they profit by
the advertisement of the government
guaranty of the wholesomeness of their
products the proponents of h plan to
make them pay for the government In
spection insist they have an argument.
Senators Beveridge Of Indiana Inc Gal
linger Of New Hampshire have already
promised to renew the fight in the next
Congress.
The governments definition of whis-
ky was settled finally by President
Roosevelt, when he approved a decis
ion of the Attorney General uphold
ing the opinion Of DR.. H. w. Wiley,
chemist of the Agricultural Depart
ment. That is, that all so-called whls
kies shall be labeled just what they
are, while the straight or unmodified
product is the only n to be labeled
whisky. The decision is made under
the pure food law and will affect 80
per cen Of commercial whisky.
49,
After the first of July no special de
livery stamp will be required to expe-
dite a letter through the p%ostofice. Ten
cents worth of postage stamps of any
denomination will make the letter sspe-
cial.' 1t is to be hoped that when the
ruling goes into effect the department
will take some pains to redeem it's inn
piled promise. As managed at present.
the payment Of ten cents scarcely Sc
cures as rapid delivery as the ordinary
letter enjoys in many foreign countries