The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-07-01

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and % cents for each subsequent insertion.
The latest bulletin from Charles D.
Woods, director of the Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station at Orono, in relation to
the inspection Of foods is very encourag-
ing. Both the spirit and the letter of the
Maine inspection laws demand freedom
from adulteration and truthful labelling,
and Prof Woods finds that the terms of
the law are being generally complied
with. Of a few samples Of soda and
cream of tartar sent in by correspond
ents all We're found to be practically
pure. The quality of the sweet corn
grown in Maine had led to labelling corn
as Maine corn that was grown in other
States and the National food and drug
act forbidding this practice has greatly
helped the corn packing industry in this
State. Samples purporting to be Maine
packed were collected in retail stores in
different parts of the State and were
found on investigation to be strictly
Maine produced, and free from adulter-
alton. While there has been marked
improvement in the quality Of maple
syrup on sale in Maine the bulletin says
the situation as to maple sugar is not as
good. Of samples of sugar bought at So
different places practically so per cent
were found to be adulterated, but in the
great majority of cases the box from
which the sugar was taken was properly
labeled. A half dozen samples Of special
" prepared fiours were examined and
found to be true to name and correctly
labeled. Samples Of spices and peppers
put up in packages were subjected to full
chemical analysis and microscopical ex-
animation and all We're in conformity
with the standards. Samples of cider
vinegar We're all found TO be pure and of
lawful strength. In the December bull
letin the statement was made ''that there
was practically not pound of rice pro-
duced IA or imported into the United
States without it being coated with glu-
cose and tale This condition lis being
changed, says Prof. Wood, ''and it is
now possible to buy rice that is neither
coated with glucose Or tale nor artifcially
colored, but is a straight natural head
rice. If the housewife will insist that
her dealer furnish her with uncoated rice,
and if the dealer demands uncoated rice
from his jobber. it will be only short
time before the adulteration of this staple
will have ceased" A local grocer says
that the uncoated rice can be had if peo-
pie are willing to pay four or five cents
more per pound for it. The coating given
the rice, he says, is to protect it from in
sects. and it comes off when the rice is
washed, as is customary before using.
There is a general movement all over
the country for a sane and safe Fourth
of July. The observance of Indepen-
dence Day has degenerated into a time
of discomfort and of danger to life and
property. The list of casualties attending
recent celebrations is appalling and the
newspapers are calling halt In one large
city, al least, the sale Of fire works and
cannon crackers is forbidden. In the olden
days one Of the features Of the day was
a public meeting at which the Declara-
ton o. Independence was read and
speeches made David Barker made the
celebration Belfast in 1858 the subject
Of cne of his poems.
There 5 feeling that the tariff bill
is going 10 te about right, and as gener-
ally sarz factory as could be expected
it VII. certainly be revision downward,
but SUI, a thoroughly protective meas
ure.
No, Mr. Bryan will notgo to the Senate
unless some emergency" arises. He
wants just one more" try at the White
House, and the Republicans will hope he
gets it-tnat is the try"
The Democrats are not so confident as
they were about electing majority of
the next House of Representatives. They
will be fortunate, indeed, to hold their
present number of seats.
And so il is to be Bryan La Toilette &
Co Wen. both parties can spare them
and one or TWO others, but the party will
hardly have enough following for Ma
tional Convention.
The evening sessions of the Senate
were discontinued because it developed
that three or four progressive and insur-
gents consumed all the time in addressing
the galleries.
The White House these days is the
quietest place in Washington, and the
newspaper men find it hard to get a NOR
sci OF exciting or even interesting news.
At last so called Free Art has won-at
least in the United States Senate.
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