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-Oitata H at a dJaoonpt.
laally wm not a word of
•« the Mot raaolaUan pro*
• aonatitatwaai oonrantioo. -*
•padal ordar for tba day wa»
na aaeoad raaditur of Hanator Yoa*
’•*•'• joint molntion ealtinga Con*
•dtattoaol Umrantioti. The report of
t|a oonadttae had beea. Jhvorabla*
Then wm no debate. The yea» and
oar* ware Jataaaded, ami the rota
raoaHad: Yea*., 17; nay*, 14; not
■»ataf,4.
The Chair annonnoed that the joint
• reeointion had patted ita Moond read*
lae.
Banator SoiTtbe madainqolry arbeth*
or the reeolouen eookt come op for a
third readtaf, haeiof failed to ttcort
tba two-tblraa ooaatitational majority.
Tba Chair stated that in hit View the
ooaatitadoiial prorltiou applied only
to the inal paatafe of the reaolotlon.
The yen and nay* bad not been called
to-day under the oonstittntlonal man
date, hot at the demand of two mem-
ban. On the final reading the Chair
woo Id order the vote by yea* and nays
M required by the Constitution. In
the view of the Chair the requirement
of a two-thirds majority did not apply
to the votes daring the transit of the
reeoiation through the Senate, hot
oaly to the last vote when the question
of nesting it most arise.
After a short executive session, in
which the Governor's nomination of s
supervisor of registration for Aiken
oooaty. wm confirmed, the Senate ad
jotarned.
flOCth Or RKrKMBXTSTITKS.
The entire day wm spent after the
•anal foraaU of the morning boar in
the discussion of the bill to utilise the
labor of prisoners confined in county
jails and the insurance bill. The first
named was passed and the latter de-
• tatad. The oonvlet bill wm taken up
flrei. The .bill in brief provides that
ail ooorts and mnnidpai authorities
which under existing laws have power
to sentence convicts to confinement in
prisons other than the penitentiary,
shall wHhln their dlseretlon Impose
the Amber punishment of bard labor,
aad tba oonvlet so sentenced shall bs
required to labor upon the highways,
roads, bridgas and ether pnblie work)
of the county, or upon toe streets oi
other public works within the limits of
the city, the work to be under the
snpervision of the county commission
era or the manldpal authorities, as the
ease may be.
Mr. O. W.
bin,
W:
Drown, the author oi the
411. supported it in a short speech, to
rhioh be showed the advantages of the
Then followed a long discussion and
Um nsnal tinkering of the bill. Mr.
Douglass, of Fairfield, advocated its
B > In a very clever and earnest
In whjch he pointed ont the
ty which existed for the passage
of such a law. It would give, he
urged, to the counties and municipal!
ties an increased laboring force, and if
the House passed the bill be would
seek so to amend it that the peniten
tiary would be relieved of quite
number of short term convicts, who
conid be utilised to solve the vexed
question of public roads, which had so
long agitated the public mind in South
Carolina.
Mr. Aasel, of Greenville, who has
iasirarrived at the eapiial, opposed the
bill in his nsnal vehement style. It
would, be said, encumber the counties
with the cost ot bailding stockades,
etc., and its practical
would be to commit the
State to the principle of working the
lie roads by taxation, and he didn’t
hiring guards,
result after all
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lit
lieve that the people of tbe State
were ready yet to commit themselves
to U>e theory.
Haskell, of Colombia, said that
Um more be looked into the bill the
more be wm convinced that it would
bo a flruitfni aonroe of trouble to tbe
State. He moved to rooommlt it.
Mr. Brawler doubted wbather tbe
meaeore would be of •oonomic value
la Its praetical operation; that, ho said,
WM the judgment of the Judiciary
oommittes last session, and that was
tbe reason It bad been reported an*
fovorabty. With certain amendments,
however, be thought the scheme might
be worth trying. Tbe amendment he
suggested provided that such convicts
should be employed as labor oaly in
thOM oounties or towns where it shall
be made to appear to tbe satisfaction
of tbe Court that suitable provision
can be made for tbe use of snch labor.
The amendment was lost.
Mr. Douglass offered an amendment
authorising the anperintcudent of the
penitentiary to torn over to the sheriff
of a county snob convicts as are sen
tenced to tenug of leas than one rear,
upon tbe demand of tbe coantr Tbm-
nuseiouers. Agreed to.
After some forther dlscusssiou the
motion to kill tlie bill wm lost, ayes
46, nays 47, and after undergoing some
additional amendments the bill wm
pasted aad ordered to be eugroMed
for a third reading.
After an extended disenssion, in
which a number of Representatives
participated, a motion to table a motion
la rseonekler tbe vote wm then adopt*
ad—ASM 47, nays 44—which put a
Parliamentary estoppel on the valued
policy bill, so far m tbe House of
Repreeentatlves is concerned, for this
BMahm M least.
*a»sUar,
BuXATS.
Tbs first measure up for a third read
lag wm Senator Youman’s joint reso
lotion proposihg a ooastituUoual con
vention. Its author made a strom| and
Ingenious speech In its flsvor. He ex
plained that the purport of the resolu
tion wm not to call a convention, but
to give tbe people an opportunity to
sajr whether they favor one or not.
He cteverty appealed to tbo sympathies
of these members who desired snch
> m have recently been proposed
tbo CoostHaUoa and laws, indioct-
to thorn tjbat tba formation of a
~Hittioa autbodying tba de-
•uaaonaqfM would bo a short out to
tte attainment of their detiree. He
•mod earnestly against tbo oontiou-
omo of u Ctaanturthn which tbe while
‘ i of the Stao tad tod no purt ia
whish wm a boteb-potoh of
r
logs 4»
All the other third rmriBogbilts,were
passed and Wbrk oral began on the
goaorai orders, When ibo hour tor the
joint asaamblv arrived. Tbe Henate
repaired to the Hall of the House of
Representatives, where the president
of the Senate presided over the |oin'
meeting. Tbe business before tbe
Assembly wm tbe election of a com
missioner of agriculture, two members
of tbe boot d of agricnltare, two direc
tors of tbe penitentiary and a registrar
of tnesne conveyance for Charleston.
First oamo the election of a com-
mlsaioner of agriculture:
Mr. Melver, of Darlington, in very
fitting remarks, nominated the present
incumber, Col. A. P. Butler, which
wm seconded by Senator Youmans.
Senator Moody nominated Mr. H. L.
Donalson, of Greenville, seconded by
Mr. Boggs, of Pickens. The roll of
the Senate wm first called. Commis
sioner Butler's strength wm soon
shown by tbe drift of the vote. Twen
ty-four Senators said "Butler,” while
only seven said "Donaldson.” A
larger proportion ot Representatives
voted for Mr. Donaldson, but even in
the Hoose Commissioner Butler re
ceived seventy-three votes, against
forty-two for his opponent. Tbe total
votewM: Butler 97, Donaldson 49.
Neoessary to a choice 74. President
Sheppard announced the election of
the tlou. A. P. Butler to the office of
comroiMioner of agriculture for the
ensuing term of two years.
Nomtuations for two members of the
board of agriculture being in order,
Mr. Hutson, of Hampton, nominated
tbe Hon. W. D. Johnson, of Marion,
one of tbe incumbents. Mr. Parker,
of Abbeville, nominated for re-elec
tion the Hon. A. 8. J. Perry, of
Charleston. There were no other
nominations, and the two gentlemen
received the total vote of the General
Assembly—197.
Next in order came the election of
two directors of the penitentiary.
The nominating speeches were very
brief.
Mr. G. W. Brown, of Darlington,
nominated Mr. John 8. Scott, of
Marion. Mr. Spencer, of Chosterfleld,
and Mr. Blue, of Marion, seconded the
nomination.
Cel. Slmonton, of Charleston, nom
inated Mr. E. B. Murray, of Ander
son. Mr. Aldrich,of Aiken, seconded
the nomination.
Mr. Thomson, of Spartanburg, nom
inated Mr. E. S. Allen, of Spartan
burg, formerly an efficient director.
Mr. MMsey, of York, seconded the
nomination.
As his name was called each member
-voted for two of the nominees.
There were 142 members voting and
72 votes were necessary to a choice.
Mr. Scott received 119 voles, Mr. Allen
89 and Mr. Murray 74. The two high
est were elected
Tbe election of a registrar of mesne
conveyance for Charleston followed.
Senator Bnist nominated tbe incum
bent, Mr. Charles Kerrison, Jr., and
Mr. Burke seconded the nomination
Mr. Kerrison was unanimously re
elected, receiving 127 votes.
At the dissolution of the joint as
•embly the Senators returned to their
chamber.
Horsa or Representatives.
At 12.14 the special order for the
day came up, this being the bill to
f irovide tor tbe submission to tbe qual-
fied electors of Abbevile county of
tbe question of license or uo license in
the Incorporated towns and villages
of tbe county. After the first section
of the bill had been read Mr. J. Au-
crum Simons moved to amend tbe bill
bv adding Oconee county to the bill.
This was promptly laid upon (he
table. Mr. Simons then moved to
amend the bill so as to include all the
counties in the State, and obtained
the floor for tbe purpose of urging his
amendment. We have, he said, a law
in this State which prohibits the sale
of liquors outside of incorporated
towns. He saw no reason why Abbe
ville should be accorded this special
privilege.
A motion to table the afnendment
wm carried.
Mr. Kennedy, of Charleston, moved
to amend the bill so as to provide for
tbe payment of election expenses by
the county instead of by the towns.
Amendment was tabled.
Mr. Graydeu the only Anti-Prohibi
tion representative from Abbeville,
moved to strike out tlte enacting clause
thus bringing it up on its merits He
wm opposed to the bill because a ma
joritv of the voters of his county did
not desire its na^a/c. He opposed it
because "probibiticu does not prohi bit, ”
and in support of this proposition, cited
an umber of States and comities nomi
nally prohibitive, but really under the
demiuat iouof men who sold liquor with
out license. He said he was a temper
ance man, but believed that this ten
deucy to legislate paternally and to in
terfere with the .rights of the people
would remit in reaction, which would
do the cause mors harm than good.
Mr. Parker said that while he was
not a Prohibitionist, lie had under
taken to engineer this bill, and he
wonld not shirk the responsibility. He
admitted that on sale days* it was nec
essary to employ an extra police fore:
to keep order’ when tbe barrooms
were crowded with people. He re
viewed the coarse of nrobibtive legis
lation and stated that in no case had a
repeal been asked for* At the close oi
Mr. Parker’s speech the Houss ad
journed till 10 a. in. Wednesday.
Wednesday, December S.
SENATE.
The Senate to-day wm distinguished
more for the work it postponed than
for that which it accomplished, and
yet there wm a session.
Maav new uteMnres were introduc
ed in tne Senate to-day, including a
usury bill, a bill to give the Chancs-
ton polioe jurisdiction over Charleston
Neck as tar as the county line, two
joint rusolntions to amend the Cousti
tution by allowing tbe Federal census
to be taken for tbe apportionmeut «f
representation, and a bill to appro
priate 920,000 for continuing tbe work
on tbe Columbia Canal A bill to
reduce tbe Lieutenant Governor's sal
vitaMytait
is §« fndlmti
ir people aad not
He ciafaned
ary to $10 a day daring tbe eessiou
sod mileage waa killed by a bare ma
Jority vote. Tbe Patterson bill relat
ing to forfeited lands was, after some
discussion, made tbe special order for
to-morrow. Onlv half tbe bilie on tbe
Calendar wen disposed and tbe
Senate will hereafter meet at 11 a. m
or earlier
Hflfoai on Representatives.
* A pitched battle was fought on the
of Representatives
that floor of tito House
tsts. Tbe speeches
of both sides were
ta earnestness aad re-
ware Uatoqid to with •
ik« mi, mu
tiie members are deeply impressed
with tbe Importance of the issae be
fore them. It is the opinion that the
Abtn-ville bill is beaten beyond resur
rection, although tbe vote was criti
cally cfose, it is doubted if any pf the
other bills wilt pass. '1 bore seems to
bet growing feeling that there is al
ready snffi lent Prohibitbui legislation
on the Mattie book- and that In having
the privilege of ordering an election
Ih any ntituicipal Incorporation, m
they hate now, the Prohibitionists
have oil that ti-ey oould teasonbly expect
The Abbeville hill, which wm nnder
difcciiK.sioti, sought to order an election
in the whole uouiity to determine
whether the town council of Abbeville
should he allowed to grant licenses
after the voters of the town had al
ready decided by an election to license
the kale of liquors.
The whole day was consumed in the
disettstiion of (his measure. The Abbe
ville delegation was itself divided on
the subject.
Thursday, December S.
Senate.
Tlte Senate to-day worked hard to
suppress i.s gradually rising Calendar,
and succeeded fully. A great many
meustircs of miuor interest were dis
posed of. On half a dozen bills there
was u good deal of debate.
The tax exemption section in tbe
Mason Cotton Gin Company’s charter
passed by a vote of nineteen to thir
teen despite Senator Bobo’s opposition.
This looks like a test vote on the ex
emption of manufactories from taxa
tion, but Senator Bobo is couSdent
that the Senate will later repeal the
law.
The proposition for a constitutional
amendment allowing Judges to charge
juries on questions of fact was defeated,
9 to 23.
The stenographers’ bill for the Third
and Fourth circuits was unexpectedly
successful by u two-thirds majority.
Tbe forfeited land bill was postpon
ed until to-morrow.
New bills continue to pour in. Prop
ositions to amend the Constitution have
been very numerous.
The Senate concurred in the House
resolution to elect Judges in joint
assembly at 1 o’clock to-morrow.
The House devoted five hours to-day
to tlte disposition of work on its Gai
dar. No measures of public interest
were considered.
The Phohibitionists evidently realize
their defeat and to day made a formal
surrender by withdrawing the bill to
provide for a Prohibition election in
Aiken county.
Tbe judiciary committee of the State
last night answered the Governor’s re
commendations in regard to the num
ber of Circuit Judges, and agreed to
report a bill increasing the number
from eight to ten. A sub-committee
was appointed to draught a bill. In
some way the House resolution pro
viding for an election of Judges to
morrow was concurred in by tbe
Senate before the sub-committc could
arrest action. The Senate had pre
viously declined to enter into an elec
tion until the Governor’s recommenda
tions as loan increase of Judges should
be considered by that body. The
election to-marrow will be for Chief
Justice and for Judges of the 1st, 2d,
4th, 7th and 8th circuits, now prmuded
over by Judttes Pressley, Aldrich,
Hudson, Witherspoon, Wallace and
Cothran. No opposition is manifested
to the incumbents in any of the cir
cuits except the 2d, where Judge
Aldrich will have an honorable com
petitor in Gen. James W. Moore, the
Senator from Hampton. Gen. Moore’s
friends think that lie will have a large
vote, and are hopeful. It is impossi
ble, however, to say what is the rela
tive strength of the candidate, because
members are, us a rule, very reticent,
and many have not made up their
minds.
The following tills received their
second reading: To prescribe the
width of public highway! (twenty
feet) ; to change the dates fixed for the
meeting of boards of equalization so
as to conform to tbe time of listing
property for taxation; amending the
General Statutes relating to railroad
corporations by adding a section; to
authorize defendants in actions to re
cover land to ict up claim for improve
ment; relating to the formation and
proceedings of the College of Electors;
joint resolution to amend tbe Constitu
tion relative to justices of the peace
and constables; to repeal Section 304
and amend Section 311 of the Code of
Procedure with respect to lien of judg
ments and executions and the mode of
enforcing the same.
Tite concurrent resolution to adjourn
sine die December 19 was postponed
temporarily—yeas 18.
Unfavorable reports were made on
the bill to re-establish the usury law,
the hill to establish the office of county
solicitor, the bill to abolish the depart
ment of agriculture, and the House
to utilize the labor of jail and munici
pal convicts, and they were pieced on
the Calendar.
House of Representatives.
The House devoted five hours to
work and managed in that time to get
rid of four pa^es of the thirteen-page
Calendar which now confronts it.
There were no debates of a startling
character and no measures of great
public interest passed.
Mr. Massey presented the present
ment of the grand jury of Lancaster
county on the subject of the sale of
liquor in the town. The report asks
that either the sale of liquor by drug-
gi-ts bo stopped or that the Prohibition
law be repealed. A bill will be intro
duced shortly repealing the law, the
people of Lancaster having evidently
found that Prohibition does not pro
hibit. A petition was also presented
from the citizens of the town of Ches
ter praying tbe repeal of the Act pro
hibiting tite sale of liquor in that town.
The following were among the most
Important new oilis introduced:
Mr. Pope, bill to repeal the Act reg
ulating the hiring out of convicts.
Mr. Richardson, bill to charter the
Chadbourn and Conway Railroad in
Horry comity.
Mr. Donaldson, bill to proride for
an election in Greenville county on tbe
rohibition of the sale of spirituous
iquor.
Mr. Thompson, bill to apportion and
diatrlbate the school tax between tbe
schools for white and colored children
of tbe school districts.
Mr. Brown, bill prescribing a mode
of devising tbe right of dower of In
sane married .women.
Of tbe bills on the Calendar disposed
of those of public interest were: A bill
to charter tbe Greenwood. Abbeville
and Elhcrton Railroad; to incorporate
tbe Troy Cotton Seed Oil Oo«tP4M;
to Hicorporafo Itar town of Waterloo,
la Laurens county; to charter tbe
Savannah Valley and Elberton Rail
road, and to prescribe the prioritise of
oertria liens.
A6BICUL1
Psarat YUmt.
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No doubt, ere loog, "peanut flour*
will be an Importsmi pmdnct of tbe
Sooth. Virginia is set down tills veer
for 2,100,000 bashols, Tennessee for
240,000, nnd North Carolina st 134,000
batheltf, these being the ehiot States
engaged in their cnItiration, and (hose
in which It wm first introduced from
Africa. In Virginia they are called
"peanutsin North Carolina, "ground
peM;”in Tennessee, "goobers;” and
in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi
"plnders.” Virginians are beginning
to turn the peanut into flour, and say
It makes a palatable "biscuit.” In
Georgia there it a custom, now grow
ing old, of grinding or poundjpg"i1ie
•helled peanuts and tnrning them into
PMtry, wltich has some resemblance,
both in looks and taste, to that of cocoa-
nut, but the peanut paatry is more oily
and rieher, and we think healthier and
better every way. If as some people
believe, Africa sent a curse to Amer
ica in ilsrery, the certainly conferred
upon her a blessing in the universally
popular peanut, which grows so well
throughout the Sonthern regions that
we shall soon be able to cut off the
now large importation altogether.—
Savannah Telegram.
Peanuts produce as well in Missis
sippi and Alabama as anywhere, yet
we import from other States nearly all
the peanuts sold by venders in these
two State*. lu tbe aggregate, the sum
paid out is large. Peanuts are rarely
raised in the sections named, except in
very small patches; very rarely do we
hear of m much m an acre or even a
half acre being planted. The crop can
be raised at little cost and with profit,
upon land that is too poor to make
cotton in paying quantity. Why not
raise more peanuts? Why should
Tennessee and Virginia atid North
Carolina monopolize the peanut busi
ness? Let ns at least raise enough for
home consumption, and a few bushels
to sell. In these small crops, proper
ly managed, there is monev, snd it is
money we are all striving for.
Try an aero in peanuts and see if
you cannot find a nice profit in this
crop.—A’. M. in Live Stock Journal.
The South ne a Dairy Sertlou.
Northern people have never yet got
an accurate conception of the possi
bilities of the South. This may be
partly owing to ihe prejudices which
the war engendered, and which make
il next to impossible for those who en
tertain such prejudices to torm a can
did investigation of the resources of
that really fertile section. There have
appeared in our columns from time to
time, letters from the South extolling
it as a dairy region. Then we have
had letters which rather ridiculed the
idea. The fact is that the South is cn
tering upon a new life. Things have
changed since the war. The people
have been compelled to adjust them
selves to the new order of things, and
in a measure they have had their prog
ress retarded because (heir surround
ings were new and strange. It has
been a very natural thing for many of
them to feel irritated over tlte emanci
pation of their slaves and no doubt
that many of them have spent valua
ble time in chafing when they should
have devoted themselves to improving
their condition. But they have made
improvement notwithstanding, and
arc making more every day. 'I lie im
poverishment ol the South, ns thu re
suit of the war, has not liven an un
mixed curse to them at they will yet
see, if llioy have not already sees ir.
Their section is ueturally tertile Nat
urally they have a great deal of good
land. But much of it lias been abused,
and it hun not been made to produce
its host. (Jotlon and tobacco have been
the ruin of the South. That i- u curious
remark to make in view of generally
recognized facts, but we brlu-ve it is
true. And furtheV many in the South
have been led to tie it. The) have
seen that genet al farming will pay
them better than eternal cotton ant
tobacco growing. More will see it,
and the live stock of tlte South will im
prove greatly in the next twenty-five
years as a consequence.
Among the industries that are to
prove profitable in that section is the
dairv. They have all the surround
ings to make dairy profitable; and
having a climate that favors alnxitrons
growth ot grass, ami a soil which cuu
be mode to grow it luxuriantly even
though in sections it may now be run
down, why should the diary not find a
comfortable home there? It is assert
ed that there is now better grass there
titan there is at the North. There crab
grass grows well, grows every where
that it has the chance, nnd makes ex
cellent pasture and excellent hay.
Glover anti timothy. Henry Stewart
recently said in ihc American Agricul-
turalixt, do better than they do in the
North. Oat grass flourishes. Enough
has been said to show why the dairy
should do well in that section. They
can grow ail that is needed to teed tite
cow; she can run out in the larger
portion of the section, ail the year
round; food can he produced cheaply
and if the business of dairying cannot
he made to pav there, if jmi|ierlv man
aged, it cannot he made to pay any
where. But the South, taking it alto
gether, must get better stock, and
here will be one of the most lucrative
fields to operate in that our breutie
have ever found.—No. Lies Stock
Journal.
“What’s the Matter With You.’*
“Well, not much in putticular. But
I’m n little ailing all uvur. i-4 don’t
sleep well, and my kidneys are out of
order, and l can’t enjoy my meals, and
I’ve a touch of rheumatism, and once
ina while a twinge of nemalgia.”
Now, neighbor, you seem to want a
general fixing up, and the thing to do
it is Brown's Iron Bitters. Mr. A. J.
Pickrell, of Ennis Texas, says, ' I wm
a sickly man. Brown’s Iran Bitters
made me healthy and strong.” *
8:
—Ferdinand Ward’s work hint been
lightened in Sing Simr. Instead of
grinding stove castings he acts as an
errand boy or porter, carrying cast
ings from place to place in tbe build
ing.
A BUM
Miss Minnie Wallace, of Atlanta, lost
her hearing, her sight and sense of tMte.
Sores covered her body end limbs. Her
joints were swollen and painful, her limbs
appetite lost, and sheWMekinoL
ont a miserable life. Slxbettiesof B. B. B7
restored her sight and hearing, tslieved ail
aches and pains, added flesh and strength
and she Is new a wall woman. Write to
her.
A prominent Alabama pbysielaa said:
"A patient who wm almost dying from tbe
Um
The annual report of the third a*-
sistant posi muster-general shows that
tbe total revenues during the year were \p
$42,640,848, expenditures, actual and
estimated, including compensation to
Pacific Railroad, $40,842,415, leaving
an excess of the evtiimtcd cost of the
service over the gro** receipt* ot $8,-’
881,671. The estimated (iellclfilcy for
the next fiscal year ia $7,443,9|4. Tite
gross receipts ate $764,114 oqjl.7 per
cent, lean than the tear ending June
80, 1884. A part of the decrea-e is
attributed to the increase ot the unit of
weight on second'class matter from
two ounces to four ounces without
change in the rate of postage; but tbe
more potent factor was the stagnalion
of business throughout the country.
The amount required for the compen
sation of nofetimosicrs during the year
exceeded the amount appropriated by
$243,848, which must be provided for
in tbe deficiency appropriation bill,
while in other items there were ex
cesses of appropriations over expendi
tures aggregating $1,074,361. The
loss that will result from the reduction
of poatage on second-class matter
(mailed by publishers) during the next
fiscal year is estimated at $1,200,568.
SUGAR MILLING.
The annual report of the commis
sioner of agriculture states that the
experiments undertaken with the pur
pese of checking the present enor
mous waste of sugar—fully one-half—
in the milling process, met with high
ly gratifying results so far a« the di
rect purpose was concerned, ninety-
eight per cent of the sugar present in
the plants subjected to experiments
having been secured.
food adulteration.
An important seriesofinvestigations
in food adulterations hits been com
menced. The work so far has been
chiefly with butter mid honey, hot it is
proposed to extend it until uniform
methods of examination and standards
of comparison are established.
THE IMITATION BUTTER KRADUS.
The commissioner describes the re
sults of the work of microscopical di
vision iu the discovery of a method of
detecting counterfeit butter, nnd in
this connection says: The unparalleled
increase in the past few years of the
manufacture and sale of various com
pounds of animal fats, vegetable oils
and other substances, which are fraitd-
ulentjy represented to. tite public as
blitter, threatens the destruction of the
legitimate dairy interest*, which are
ot the largest magnitude and afiects al
sections of the cauutry. It is not, he
says, competition with dairying that
is deprecated, hat tlte stimulation of
true dairv products, the deception of
a misleading name, the use of impure
substances and the dishonest sale at
high rates of product* otherwise of
little value, practices which demoral
ize trade, defraud honest industry and
deceive thj buyer. To piotect the
public from these deceptive practices
he earnestly recommends the prompt
passage of a stringent law by G'ongress
to prevent the continuance of this bus
ines*, except tinder such regulation as
the necessities of the ease demand.
Tite enforcement of this law, if thought
advisable by Gongress, is to he placed
under the control of the internal reve
nuc department.
FOREIGN MEDICINAL PLANTS,
The commissioner, referring to the
request of the American i’harmaceuti
cal Association that the commii-sioner
of agriculture take measures for {the
introduction into cultivation in this
country of .-uch important foreign med
cinai plants as would he adapted to
our climate in order that they might
be readily obtainable in a fresh state
and that another industry might be
be added to our country’s resources
say* there is no doubt that many of
the most important medicinal plants
are adapted to our climate and couk
be cultivated in perfection; and it
would seem well that mean* should be
taken to give them a proper trial
Fear* art* expressed, he adds, that
some of these plants are liecoutlng ex
terminated in their native station*, ant
in respect to some of them, as for in
stance the ginsing plant, the time hM
come when they may probably be
made objects of profitable cultivation
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