The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-07-16
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Secretary Wilson, Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, believes deer can
be raised the same as beef cattle, ana
the Departments experts have set
themselves to the task of populariz-
ing venison. A bulletin on deer farm
fng will be issued shortly.
The idea is to have stockmen raise
deer Just the same as cattle, and the
experts declare that they are easily
raised and require but little care
while their meat commands high
figure Surprise is expressed that
they should not have been raised on
a commercial scale long before this.
In many States there is law
against killing deer, but it is thought
that if farmers started to raise them
these laws would be repealed.
The employees of the Post Office De-
partment get 80 days leave with pay
and 80 days sick leave with pay. Now
1t has been decided that all the horses
employed in the work of the Depart
ment shall have 80 days leave for
rest and recuperation, with ''rations. -
1t is intended 10 send them, few at
time, to the country to pasture for
a month each. 1t is humane idea.
Algernon SartoriS, grandson of Gen.
Grant, has been appointed Secretary
of the Legation at Guatemala. Young
Sartoris was born in Washington, but
never lived here long at time. He
has always been restless sort OF a
boy, and got no better of it as he
grew up. He served in the spanish
War as First Lieutenant of Engi-
neers In March, 1899, he became a
Captain in the Sd U. S. Vols. and was
mustered out in May of that year
In 1902 he entered the Regular
Army as a Second Lieutenant of the
LOT troy rnd
to the 10th U. S., and resigned from
the service April 1, 1908. He is now
travelling abroad.
1t was a sore blow to his grand
mother, Mrs. Julia Grant, when he
resigned, for she wanted him to fol-
low in the footsteps of his distin-
guished grandfather. There was a
Slight mystery about his resignation
which has never been cleared up. He
resigned abruptly and peremptorily.
A catastrophe might have happen
q ed in Washington last Monday night.
There were three alarms of fire, all in
: important shopping sections of the
city, and all within half an hour OF
each other. The three calls brought out
every fire engine in the city. Ii a
fourth call had been turned in the
!. section of the city in which the fire
occurred would have been at the
mercy of the flames, as it would have
been impossible for the Fire Depart
ment to have responded to another
- call. Washington has a splendid Fire
Department, for the size of it, but it
is inadequate to the needs of the city.
Washingtons Police and Fire Depart
ments are both much too small, in
: fact, and Congress is to blame for it.
All these things have to pass thru the
hands of Congress. and it refuses to
make large enough appropriations to
satisfy the great demands upon the
Il funds for the District. Lack or the
Fire Department was not all that was
making for serious trouble, however. 1t
was found. quite by accident. on the
night of the fire. that rats had put some
Is fire alarm boxes out of commission
/, 1t was found on investigation that they
had gnawed thru a lead pipe an eighth
OF an inch thick, cutting a slit three
inches long. Rats had also gnawed off
all the insulation on the wires. Ii
seems incredible, because rs volts was
the strength of the Juice" going thru
the wires at the time they were being
cut by the rodents. 1t is thot that a
thousand or so electrocuted rats will be
found in the mains when they are
opened up to fix the wires. and cleo
~ fricians say that every rat that touched
the wire must have been killed imme-
diateIy. AS the gnawing had evidently
been going on for months, the census
OF rats in Washington ought to be de-
pieted little. anyhow.
Rumor has gone so far as to fix the
price that the President will get for
each word that he writes Of his trip to
Africai 1t is little previous. perhaps,
but it is known that the President signs
to kill big game, and he can get bigger
game, more plentifully, in all probable
fly, in Africa than he can get anywhere
else. 1t is said that he is putting in the
hot days at Sycamore Hill reading Al
rican literature that he may thoroly
familiarize himself with all conditions
there. Secretary Loeb has denied T."
truth of the statement about the al i
Giles, however. II was said that Ger
tain great magazine had engaged all
that the President should write about
his African trip at 81 per word. Score.
fary Loeb declares that this is not true
The highest price ever paid per word
was to Rudyard Kipling, 25 cents pei
word. Again, it has been stated that tbs
President has made arrangements tc
build him a handsome home in New
York, one that will occupy the center
Of block. This also is denied.
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Secretary Wilson. of the Department
Of Agriculture, has announced that ths
manufacturers of eleomargarine mus
abide by the Department regulatio.
providing that their products be stamp
ed. The decision of the Secretary fol
lowed closely on the heels of hearing
held at the Department of Agriculture
at the request of attorneys for tn,
American Meat Packers Association.
The oleomargarine and dairy inter
ests were represented at the hearing
the oieomargarine manufacturers pro
testing that the Government mark o
inspection on their product was unnec
essary. They stated that the cost of ad
ditional marking would burden a heav
fly taxed product, and that under tn
meat inspection law there was no powe
In the Secretary of Agriculture to re
quire the mark, since the whole subjec
of marking was covered by the reguia
lions OF the Commissioner of Interna
Revenue, issued under authority of tn
oleomargarine act
The representatives of the dairy in
terests wished the Government mark Z
be placed on oleomargarine. The rul
ing. In effect, says that upon eacl
wrapper or covering of cloth. paper. o
other material, of individual prints o
bricks or rolls of oleomargarine whic
are inspected and packed at official as
Establishments, there shall be placed Tia
~ recognized mark of inspection. whic
shall include the number of the officia
establishment in which the product
prepared.
Secretary Wilson. after giving the en-
~. tire matter his personal consideration
has decided that the regulation sha
stand as made.
There is rejoicing at the big Publ