Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-25

affecting the fsrmsrs OF the countrf. 1t
is particularly opposed to the dealing In
futures on farm products. The delega-
ton also called upon the House commit
tee on agriculture 10 put the New York
Cotton Exchange out OF business They
declared that The practices Of the ex'
change wire vile, immoral ADD viscioua.
Ten men absolutely control the to-
bacco and snuff business of this CONT
nent, with the exception OF the mann-
fac;ure OF cigars, and the colossal trust
which they managed within the last
few years lhFottled almost every vesiige
of real competition. They have gained
their foolhold on the trade by the M.
scrupulous uae of vast sums of money,
by deceiving the public, by resoiting TO
all manner of schemes, and by the
fercest price.cultiOg that the CONNER
cIsl world has ever known. These are
in brief, the conclusions reached BY Her
bert Knox Smith, chief Of the bureau Of
corporations, the trust probing end OF
the Department OF Commerce and Labor
Mr.. Smiths second ipttsllment OF bis
report on the tobacco industry was made
public today, aud in 1t be deals With
the Organization OF the combination, its
degree Of control, its growth, and lis
present oyerioweriug position In the
trade. In future chapters OF his story,
be writes the president, he will handle
the subjects OF prices, profits, and COM
petitive methods. The American To-
bscco Company and its three great sub
sidisry combinstioDs-the American
sauff Company, the American Cigar
Company and the BTitish-Americsu
Oompsny-Comprise some 81 subsidiary
concerns 10 the United States, Cuba and
Porto Rico, according to the Smith re-
port.
The House today passed the Omnibus
Cannon bil'' providing for the donation
by the government to various states,
municipalities aud organizations of con-
demned cannon for Orr aments. Among
the items In the bill was the following
Alexsndris, Va, nine cannon carriages.
1t is understood that these carriages will
be used for mounting the old cannous
which are now planted at different street
corners 10 Alexandria.
The House today on Recommendation
OF the committee on elections, disposed
OF the election conies. case Of Dele
gate Andrews OF New Mexico by hold
Jog that he vas duly elected
A report fayoriug the adoption of the
Senate bill providing for q mail subsidy
for steamships was ordered by the
House committee on poslofices and
postroads today. The vote 10 favor OF
the report was ten to seven. The bill
gives increased pay to second Glars
steamers aud is intended to increase the
mail service to SOUTH America, Aus
iralia and Asis.
The Federal quarantine on account Of
foot and mouth disease was today still
further modified BY the secretary Of
agriculture, the territory under qusran-
line being reduced 30 as to include only
the particular townships in which the
disease existed, together with certain
adjoining townships.
The use OF benz)ate of soda ss food
preslryatiye will be permitted hereafter,
socordiDg to an order issued today by
Secretaries OortelyOu, Wilson and Straus
composing the governments board Of
food and drug inspection. The order is
in accordance with the the recent find
ings OF the referee board Of experts, who
held tha. the drug was not deleterious to
health. The order provides that each
package containing the drug shall be
labeled 30 as to show the amount con-
tanned.
Action upon the report of the commission
recently appointed by him re commanding a
plan for the reorganization Of the Navy De-
partment, President Roosevelt today. in
making that report public, announces the
the appointment Of a joint commission Of
naval and army officers TO deal with the
question of the number and location Of navy
yards. In sending this report and the an
nouncement Of the new commission to Con-
gress today, the president says among other
things THE whole object Of the organiza-
ton Of the Navy Department is to erect ma
chinery which will, in time Of peace, prepare
for war; aud such, no less, is the whole OBJ
ie,t of the War Department" All the ad-
ministration machinery OF the two depart.
ments should be considered from this sand
point. The two secretaries should be SUI
prems but they should have the best and
most responsible military Sc vice.
The bill passed by the Senate for the cree 9,
ton of a commission that should recomme ad
for reinlistment members of the Brownsville
battalion able TO prove their innocence WIS
considered by the House committee on mill
tary affairs today. 1t was recommended for
passage by the House by vote of ten to FIVE.