Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-28
From Washington.
tCortss9 sn6sass OF the Aierauirs Gazette.
Washington, Janusry %.

ago TO try and raise money for the sp'
proschipg congressional campaign. Wall
s rect, 1t 10 ssid, didn't give up because
Il does not like The snii.lfus! program OF
the administration. That Is the reason
Senator Root lateg rusb 8 pCssimistic
veg of tie republican situation Ia New
York.
II The U1i'ed s aes iGp1r'ed $780,
600 600 worth more crude io0dsufls Ia
1909 han the year before, and txpor ed
s53, 600. 600 les. why, is the cost o.
liz ug jumping 20 rapidly? This Is the
gu stiOn that IS pvzz'ing statislic'aus
who elesne1 the export aud import
figures from p 6ulle'in issued lOday bT
the Department of Oommeics aad L1bor.
fhs bulletin points on! that We Gddsu
o our beef available Tor local coDsum.
o'iOp, 81, coo. eco worth by al Increased
10 po,,alioo, and 50 coo 600 BY oar d..
c,essed export4tiou. Whst happened
to this 81 coo, 600 worth Of beei? Way
diin't it loaer prices by O7efsuppl ying
the demand? Il addition to this We
exported, il psfllg manufactured food.
s.ufig GAO. coo 600 less than 2 yesr BE-
lore. OF THE, We kept 500 600 600
aortn OF mta: end dairy p oducls for
d1m,s.lc use. Bl. beef and butter
prices went eeTcplaa.ng nevertheless
Now public and private investigators Of
he ss3endiUg prices are erdesVoriog to
end the fla Ia the 3 gamelt that II
9e kfp. our food st home, sud ALEC
Drought mere In from abTosd, why
shonld1't that intr1assd supply lover
The price.
A report to the Sonata ICc mmendiog
be passage Of The p,s 81 savings bsni
bill was decided upon b. The Senate
POS ofic} committee today. Ssra'or
Osr.er was Instructed to make the n-
port.
G,oe,sl Manager Rice, Of the c., B.
& O.. ard V c. President Snitb, Of ihs
Sss Yrk Oeltral, told the interstate
GLE cree committee Of he House TO-
lay that Il Would cost the railroads o.
he couolry $4,000, 900 annually Il
eqlip all the lines ia tbs United States
vi b txlFs trAigmsn IS required by the
bill the committee is BOW considering.
a. least 20, 000 tx.fa men would hsyt
to BE- hired, they laid, and tbs roads
would not be handled auy better than
they are ct present.
IA informal discussion of The Tai
o'n to amend the intersislo commerce
lsw and The Olmmibs bill, which desls
Nth tie saNe subj CT, occurred at
meeting Of The Sns!e committee o.
j1tsrslafs commerce today. II was de-
cided before taking 40 the bills seriously
TO have u'lic hearings, The fist Of
watch will be held at 10 O'clock neg
Thursday mornin-. A chance vii
hereby he given those interested
m either side Of tho question to proven
their views. The question whether toe
presidents forthcoming federal charter
should he referred 10 The in.eis'a Q COM
mites VS. debated on r motion by Neg
lauds (iem., N3s.). that II should be 81
referred. NsRlands d0sliy Withdrew BIZ
motion and the committee will pass upon
tue q les,ion alter lis members have setL
The bill.
Swift q O)mpany nov control the
prices Of poultry in Baltimore, Philadel
pbia aad Washington, according to
letter Introduced in euidenc9 before The
District Of Columbia investigating c0m-
miitee today by RpttseotaliVo Moore
(vp. Pei during The hllh prices 10
quiry. Inc letter, he explained, wa
written By a rsiisbe persou aud slated
that that through tue purchase OF
poultry storage warehouse aud slaughter
log house st HartisoGyile, Va, toe
packers can Dow conttOl The prices OF
poultry. Tbe pacing house ia SaDte
hO SAID, merely to cooitol ice pTicss
DR.. Wiley, gho YVES before thu commit.
tee, testified that this packing house
controls the prices in this vlcin-
lty because of the immense out
put. Egg', cheese, ? u y, but
| ter, oleomargsTiDe end oysters were
inquired into by the committee today.
Mr.. Wiley stated that bntItr should
be ea'en IS socn 20 il ia msde, bot that
it csn be safely stored Tor nine months
if fresh when put inIO cold storage
The col0ri0g Of butter Was scored by
the cbiei,chemist, who declared i. to be
specifically Tor purposes Of fraud and
deception. DR.. Wiley deplOted the
( ct hat the law rCcogaiz Ih3 cclofi0g
gf butter. The tx On OlrOmsrgaliuP,
he said is jasa6lble, because 1t is neOes-
sary for Congress b take oleomaTtarine
in order 10 coolrOl lie production. The
present lsw with regard 10 p1ultry ilSpeC'
t on is sdCq istc, stated DR. Wiley, bat
more money is needed t, pay inspector.
There ia 20 rsBsOn wby chickens csn-
not be shipped alive" he fRid, "ADd
killed as they arc needed" Cheese,
the doctor ea'd, Cannot be kept long
alter It is ripeDed, without btiag iiozsr.
The Department Of Agriculture, Or.
Wiley explained, is Ceiling good r5sulis
from liz inspection OF the sh'ppiog Of
oysters sud there Is nov no reason why
people on the Pacific cOSst csnnot get as
good oysters Is the people On he Ailsn-
tic. is probable that the District
committee will frame drastic bill gov
erulog the stJlage If food products 10
the District OF Columbia and rrq1irirg
al food SLOTS 10 be m0re plsiDlY la1tled
than the usionsl pure food la@ rtqlirt'.
The management Of The Bal imore
gu hss passed iIom the Aheii family to
CHARLES y, Grs'ly, formerly publisher
of The Egeni0g News, of that city, and
the cut has r,lRsd the fse to Mr..
Grssly Of tho One-third Interest owned
by Walter W. Abel, and M'. Crafty
becomes president Of the a. s. Abel
Company. The Abells still relsin large
Interests in The paper. Charles Aoell