Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-05

Taft, who was already seated in the auto
Realizing only then why the Long
Island congressman had not at once
greeted his wife the president smiled
and remarked: This Is really the first
time have ever been known to stand in
Mrs Tafts way"
The secretary OF the Wholesale Grocer's
association announces that the executive
committee Of that body has decided to Of
fer help in passing at the coming session
OF congress a bill requiring the branding
on food products Of the exact net weight
or measure. There Ia no doubt that the
public at large, following the lead OF the
commissioners OF agriculture OF many
states and the repeated declarations OF
DR.. wiley Of the United States de-
partment Of agriculture, feel that they are
entitled to know the weight and measure
Of the food products which they buy.
Some legislators have even gone so far
as to assert that the passage OF weight
or measure brapding statute would add
some points Of interest to the question in
which the entire country is interested-the
high cost OF living.
The secretary OF the association, in COM
menting upon the subject. said that reports
from various sections of the country indi-
Gated that consumers were not satisfied
with the weight and measure branding
clause OF the naional food law, which pro-
vtdes that IL the weight or measure be
stated upon the package II shall be the
true net weight or measure, but that rep
resentatlves Of the association IN the vari-
GUS states found that there was a strong
public demand for a national weight and
measure branding law that would require
that the net weights, measures or count
should be branded on food products.
A good story about the elections down
in Arkansas has drifted into washington.
The Arkansas election laws are strict and
framed with a view 70 securing to the
oolored voter the full rights of citizen
ship. The law prescribes, for example,
that upon the arrival at the polling place
Of a colored voter, who processes himself
unable to mark his ballot without assist
ance, he is 10 be accompanied into the
booth by one of the attendant judges
This judge has been sworn to mark the
ballots in accordance with the wishes ex-
pressed by the illiterats voter.
Upon the arrival of one OF the colored
voters at the polling place the following
dialogue ensues:
Good morning judge. Guess / wants
little help TO mark my ballot"
"An right, Joe. suppose you're stin
rock-ribbed republican,"
Deed is, Judge"
Well. then, / suppose It IL your desire
10 eliminate each one OF the following
republican candidates." and the Judge
reads the names OF the republican nomi-
nees.
sure. dat's right Judge. wants to
Eliminate every one"
And the Judge marks the ballots in ex-
act accordance with voters directions. All
OF which indicates that Il will stin be some
time before the solid south loses its solidity.
When = small army OF architects and
artisans finishes the work now in progress
on the United states Treasury building,
the beautiful old structure will show the
first material changes since 1863. Archl-
tecturally II shll will represent a pagan
temple, representing, many folk say, the
American peoples worship OF money But
the visitors to the nations capital who
have not seen the treasury in forty years
will find many changes for efficiency and
economy.
The double stone staircase leading up
20 the coiOnnads on the Fifteenth street
side has been torn away. Architects said
Il spoiled the beauty OF that side Of the
building.
The thirty granite monOhths. each OF
which cost $500 and weighs thirty tons.
row stand IN an unbroken row. They
are said 10 be the finest examples Of their
kind OF the stonecutters' are. Il required
ten men working sixty days to produce
each OF them, and q solid train Of thirty
fiat cars brought them to Washington
from the uuarrles in Massachusetts.
The appearance Of the front OF the
treasury has been marred. the artists say,
by the commercial aspect, which the
scores OF trucks and wagons backed up
20 the curbs gave to e. So a private
driveway has been built into the oourf.
When Il IL finished the big throe-horse
truck which brings up It's rich cargo OF
currency every day 20 the vaults from
the bureau OF printing and engraving will
carry its precious load practically into the
building instead OF depositing Il on the
sidewalks. Express wagons. which carry
off hundreds OF valuable packages, viii do
the same.