Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-14

the card 20 Speaker Cannon. The writer, a
citizen OF Columbus, o., urged the Speaker
to give us fewer battieship and railroad
wrecks smaller salaries and mileage bills.
briefer congressional records, more postal
routes and 1-cent postage" A platform
pledging these reforms would sweep the
inland states
The Interstate Commerce commission Is
confronting the necessity Of deciding very
soon. what It will do when Il receives and
becomes custodian of the monthly sworn
statement Of operations earnings, gross
and net etc, OF the railroads
These statements will constitute in the
aggregate. the greatest fund OF informe-
ton OF immediate value and concern to
the speculative world that will be gathered
anywhere, writes a Washington corre-
spondent The government crop reports
will not be circumstance in comparison
The questions Of whether the govern
ment shall assume the responsibility for
giving out these statements; how they
shall be issued; what sort of espionage
shall be maintained ever them, etc. have
been recognized as fraught with posi-
bilities Of the greatest difficulty, compll-
cations and embarrassment.
The scandals Of the late cotton leak"
would not be comparable to the pcssibl-
tiles that might develop in the handling Of
these railroad reports II an untactful or
clumsy method were adopted.
It Is expected that before long the
workings Of this feature Of the new law
will begin to worry Wall street. Prof.
Henry c. Adams statistician OF the COM
mission. has been working for a long time
on preliminaries. with a view TO inaugura-
ting a system Of monthly reports OF the
raIl ao 20 bo Ell rpxrarfpu thaiT
traflc and financial operations, revenues,
expenses. gross and net earnings, etc For
this he has been preparing a uniform sys-
tenn ~ reports 80 that the statement Of
every company shall mean exactly the
same ms every other company At present
there is no uniformity about these re-
ports, and they are VIGOROUSLY mislead-
ing and at times unfair. At present there
is no requirement that they be issued.
Speaking before the house committee on
expenditures in the Department OF Agrl-
culture, DR.. Wiley, and chief of the bureau
Of chemistry. made the statement that II
a man eats less than certain amount OF
dry food he will lose in weight and IL he
eats more he will gain. This will be good
news for the fat who want to get thin.
and the thin who want to get fat. DR..
Wiley says every Individual should consume
four and half pounds OF solids and liquids
every day, but in doing the ordinary work
of a government clerk this amount is above
the average.
What do you consider the best food for
a man to ent?" asked Mr.. Attlefeld.
II think a man ought to choose his own
ration" replied Or. Wiley. IL think we eat
/. too much meat for health. For the susie
nance of physical exertion. IL you have hard
starch or sugar. The cereal-eating nations
can endure more physical toll than the
meat-cating nations. That Is not the ac-
cepted view but It is true. You cannot tire
out japanese, who eats rice. He will
draw you all around the town on pound Of
rice, and be as fresh at the close Of the
day as when he started. You could not do
that on a pound Of meat to save your life"
DR. Wiley told the committee of the
boys" in his "poison squad" This Is the
fifth year." he said, that we have been
testing the effect upon health and digestion
OF preservatives, colors and other SUBJ
stances that have been commonly used IN
our foods.
THE young men are first allowed to eat
wholesome food" he went on. I'VE buy the
best in the market. It is carefully in
have a preliminary period. during which
we vary the ration so they do not either
gain or lose in weight Then we add a
small quantity Of one OF the preservatives,
like borax adding half grain day TO
their food. They eat that for ten/days.
Then we increase 1t to grain and they
eat that for another ten days.
Nothing is wasted. II they trim their
fnRernails they have to bring the trim
mings TO us, or II their hair is cut they
bring us their hair. 30 we can keep track
OF the income and outgo, just as you Keep
a bank account. In that way we can de-
termine whether these things disturb the
natural progress OF AFFAIRS.
1--WE keep that up until we make them
Ill; until we produce some effect, dis
turbance Of some kind. Then we put them
on the old ration and observe that for ten
or fifteen days until they are restored to
their normal condition. This requires an
enormous amount OF analytical work. and
vet It is the only way In which these great
questions can be answered. You can
theorize about Il as much as you like. but
the facts must be AScertained before final
conclusion.
zone of the interesting things we founc
was the effect OF fumes OF burning sulphur,
so commonly used In the preservation OF
foods We examined microscopically the
blood OF each OF our young men. We
counted the blood corpuscles, white and
red. and the amount OF coloring matter. |
and we found that the moment they began |
20 take sulphurous acid their blood cor
puscles began to fade and became dimin- |
ished in Rumber. the oxygen carrying ca
pacity Of the blood being diminished"
ssSEst sasNdes men accompany or closely |
SsRo4 the president when he goes on his |
siashing walks In the country, but MI !
Roosevelt is said TO have slipped away |
quietly during a heavy snowstorm the |
other evening. He took a long walk out |
beyond Georgetown. The occurrence re-
calls some remarks made by President Har-
rison on being demonstrated with for hRv- |
ing taken a ramble about the city by him
self at night. He was reminded OF the
danger OF assassination. but he answered:
IAN assassin cannot be lodged. am az
safe from harm on that score while walk |
ing from the White House to your resi-
denee after dark and alone as / am re-
ceiving callers OF going about the city I'm
the daytime under the watchful eyes Of
detectives and policemen. The assassin al |