Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1907 — Page 2

THE PURE FOOD LAW

Beneficient Results Have Attended the Forward Movement of. Indiana State Legislature. _ - J - i ‘ 1 HOW THE PEOPLE PROFIT BY IT The Consumer Relieved erf the Fear ©f Unwittingly Buying Unwholesome ... and .XJeteterLj.u* Foodstuffs=-Reforni. Due Almost Entirely to Republican Legislators. tape clal Corresponflence. J Indianapolis, Ind., July 31. The , first report of the State Board of ; Health on the enforcement of the new i Indiana pure food law shows that wonderful progress is toeing made. Such a great reform Is already appar- j ent as to warrant the prediction that j within a very short time no housewife need have fear as to the purity ' of any article she may buy, even an obscure store. This reform, which is due almost entirely to Republican legislators, national as well as state, is so far-ceaclv-ing th’at <-v+ry family in tbe grc?.’. Hoosier commonwealth will be affected. - - Up to this time Indiana has been I a dumping ground for Impure foods made at Chicago and other large centers. There was tic weapon —With which the health officers could meet the situation, and it is estimated that impure food and drugs cost thousands of lives. In fact, it will never be known what the loss of life amcninted to. People Slow to Move. Notwithstanding the notorious evils of the old system, the public was slow to take up with the pure food movement. The expense was heralded as an objection to it. Some of the Republican legislators who took an active part in agitating it Were hailed as cranks. It was significant of the general make-up of the party that the pure food bills were opposed by the Democrats. They stood out against the appeal for better conditions as long as possible on the specious plea that It would be unwise and therefore unnecessary for the state to spend the money and go to the trouble of inspecting food and drugs. The people could do it themselves or take the consequences, they said. Even when they were shown what the consequences were, they didn’t join In the movement for the betterment of the causu of humanity until they saw that the fight had bean won by the Republicans.

The Inspection Begun. After the law wa« enacted by the recent legislature the State Board of Health set about Immediately tn enforce it One of the provisions was that inspectors should be appointed with full authoritj’ to visit any place where food or drugs were made or sold and to take samples from which an analysis could be made. From that time the state laboratory of hygiene at the capitol building has been a very busy place. Hundreds of samples were brought in by the vigilant inspectors and they were examined as rapidly as possible. A record of every analysis was made so that the health officers would have evidence for prosecutions if necessary. Althongt the whole project of enforcement of the law is in its infancy, the splendid progress is a tribute to the men in charge and to the party that is responsible for the enactment of the good law. Conditions Are Better. The following is an extract from the report of the pure food inspectors: “Following instructions to inspectors in regaid to sanitary conditions, fifty-six cities and towns have already been visited, and 1.357 business places have been examined. Out of 4SI grocery stores, seventeen were found to be in an excellent condition; 170 were good; 229 fair; 52 poof, and 13 bad. The places reported as being in poor or bad condition were usually unclean or poorly lighted and ventilated. Of the 302 meat markets inspected. six were in excellent condition. 90 good. 165 fair. J 3 poop and IS bad. The meat shops were usually condemned as being poor or bad because of unclean conditions and foul refrigerators. The drug storms. 220 -of which we mspgcXwk Me Ml the whole kept In a much better condition than are the grocery stores aad meat markets Eleven were in excellent shape. 122 gooff, 78 fair, nine only fair, while none were so trianaged that they were reported as bad. One hundred and thirty bakeries and candy sbqpe were inspected and four fcand to be in cKceilcet condition, BO good. SI fair, 19 poor and six bad. The bake-shops were usually condrwned because of unCleitn conditions, a few were poorty lighted and bnMy ventilated. Of the IS9 hotels and restaurants examined, Moe were hi excellent eonfttlon, 67 goMl, 67 fair. 3> poor and eeven bad; €e existing conditions were usually uncleanliness and foul Sixty-one dairies here bean i—gected. at which five were excellent. 11 gooff, 27 fair,' *ls and five bad; the existing conditions were usually undeanllness and lack of proper ventilation and light. “Two hundred and thirty-fire second inspections have been made, which have shown in moot cases swfited Improvement in swnitgry eSM

WISDOM OF THE POLICY OF INDIANA REPUBLICANS IS SHOWN IN OPERATION OF THE STATE TAX BOARD

[ Special Correspondence.] Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 14.—The State Board of Tax Commissioners is now engaged with the most important feature of its work —namely the equalization of the assessment of real estate; The matter is receiving the careful attention It deserves and nothing will be done until everyone;-con-• cerned is heard’ A month will be elven to consider... atian of the valuation of real estate; It is practically certain that,, as a whole, there wfll be a slight increase tn the assessment, but it is certain that it will not equal the enormous increase in the valuation of farm and city property since the Republicans came into power in 1896. Time has qpt flown so rapidly that the cqndltloiTs of business generally during Grover Cleveland's last administration have been forgotten. There are thousands and thousands of people who have good cause to remember what happened to them then. Real estate prices went down to a very low ebb. In fact, it is not difficult to recall that good property could be bought for a song and that thousands of people were forced to the wall because they could not realize a cent on their holdings. But what a Change took place followlng the election of a Republican president. Prices of real estate advanced by leaps and bounds, and there have been few localities in Indiana where property could not be readily converted into money during the past ten years. The change for the better has been complete. In the matter of taxation the Republican state administrations have pursued a very liberal policy towards the owners of land. There have been more reductions tbafTlncreaees by the state board and generally where there has been an advance it has been where the conditions absolutely warranted it. It has been the policy of the board to fix a> valuation that would be fair to the state and the property owners. Owing to the fact that land values have increased enormously it has been thought that as a matter of course the assessment would have to be made a little higher. Corporations Turned Down. When the board met last May it increased the valuation of the property of the railroads and other corporations 19,000,000. There was nothing populistic about the board’s attitude towards the railroads. It merely held that they must pay their just burden of taxes. The railroads made a very vigorous effort to have the board alter Its decision, but it failed. The appeal session did not make radical changes in the valuation for taxation made at the first session, and ■the total increase In the valuation of the corporate property assessed by the board this year is about $8,500,000. The appeal session just, concluded reduced the original Increase of $9,000,000 about half a million dollars. There were no material reductions on appeal anywhere along the line. Big Ones That Failed. The list of big corporations that failed to get the board to reduce their assessments indicates that under the present Republican administration of affaire the great captains of finance must not expect any favors from the tax board. The list of big onee that failed to get what they wanted, follows: Railroads and Interurbans —Hamilton, Whiting & East Chicago; Pere Marquette of Indiana; Fere Marquette of Michigan; Kokomo, Marton & Western; Southern Railway; Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western; Wabash; New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois; Michigan Central; Louisville & Jeffersonville Bridge company; Grand Rapids & Indiana; Peoria & Eastern division of the Big Four; Lake Shore & Michigan Soufflern, Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Michigan Southern; Pennsylvania libes; Vincennes Traction & Light company. Miscellaneous —Western Union Telegraph company. Indiana Pipeline, tjfito Cfi company. Palace Pullman Car company, Telephone and Telegraph company c< Fort Wayne, Parke County Telephone company, Pike County Telephone compsny, MormU Refrigerator line. Democratic Howl Expected, As a matter of course the Democrat! wjll make a mountain out of a mole-hill as soon m the result of the board's work on rest estate is made known. Even if the increase Is only a small per cent compared with the amount as the increased valuation of jaoperty. the Democratic press bureau send stump speakers will try to •how that the Republicans have boosted taxes sky high and that the people are being oppressed. It Is very likely, however, that they wont eay a word about the assessment of raQsoada aad other corporate property during the last ten years. This increase exceeds SIOO,000,009 and the additional revenue from it has helped the state pay off Its Indebted nets and. enabled It to develop its penal, benevolent and educational institutions to a high degree of perfection during their years of partisan mismanagement. Tn spite of the deceptive practices the Democrats will use, the reaulta Show the wisdom of fee policy of the kapabitaans.

PUBLIC BENEFITED

Some of the Advantages Which Accrue to the People by Reason of New Law. THE RAILROAD COMMISSION 1 _ » Action of Republican Majority In Enlarging the Powers of This Body Has Been Shown to Have Been Prompted by Prudence.; and FarSeeing Judgment. ""[Special Currespondvnce. ] Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 21.—Without knowing it the public is being greatly benefited by the laws enacted by recent legislature giving the railroad commission more-authority over.railroads and traction lines. Traver~iß~ being made safer- —just how mueh no one not intimately Informed of the operation of the commission knows, but It can be Stated definitely that the commission, sided by the laws enacted by a Republican legislature, is bringing the roads up to such a high standard that it is a certainty that accidents will grow fewer and fewer from how on. Inspectors Are Busy. Under one of the new laws the commissionhas appointed inspectors whose _du ties are numerous. For instance, they examine all the bridges along a certain line and then make a report to the commission. If anything is wrong the commission calls in the superintendent of the road and instructs him to make the needed repairs. Again, the inspectors may be sent to examine all of the stations to see about the sanitary conditions. If the latter are bad then the commission orders the road to make them good. _ An inspector may be sent to exam ine the rolling stock to see if it is in dangerous condition. His report must be thorough, so that the commission can take Whatever steps are necessary to remedy the defects. Perhaps hundreds of lives are saved in this manner alone, as many trains are wrecked because of faulty equipment. Inspectors are being called on to examine the tracks to learn whether or ntot they are fit for the traffic they bear; whether or not the rails are heavy enough. In fact, there are. hundreds of things that the commission is looking into. Inspectors are making a thorough report on every system in the state. The railroad men themselves appreciate what ts being done to make the roads safer for the public and very frequently they aid in the inspection. , , , . The commission has employed as inspectors only men whose ripe experience in railroad work makes it possible for them to recognize wherein fault lies and to report it in such a way that the commission will know how to proceed. There is ho doubt that under this law the roads will be forced,to keep their property in such condition that it will be safer to travel and safer for their employes. Equal Car Distribution. Another good law put through by the Republicans is being enforced by the commission, and it is proving of great benefit to shippers. One of its provisions follows; 7 . , . “Each carrier shall furnish to the applicant in not less than forty-eight hours after 8 tfclock p. m. of the day of filing such application the care so required, unless the cars are apt so soon required, in which case they shall be furnished when required. The carrier’s agent at; every station shall record In such book the date the cars were furnished and billed, out and such other information as such commission may prescribe in the form of such record, and every such record, or a properly ’authenticated copy thereof, shall be competent evidence in all courts of the state and before the railroad commission of Indiana concerning matters required to be recorded therein. Any such carrier •hall not be required to furnish cars for shipment unless applied for as provided in. this section; provided, however, that the distribution and delivery of coal care to coal mines on suet carrier’s lines in this state shall not be 'controlled by the provisions of this section." ; The Intent of the act is properly to provide for car distribution. Big Money Saved. While the Democrats have been howling themselves hoarse about the cast of the railroad commission, they have not said anything about tha. great work it is doing. Recently it caused the railroads to Withhold an order for an Increase in freight on grain to the seaboard long enough to permit the Indiana dealers an opportunity to ship at profit This one act saved the grain men of the state over SIOO,OOO. The board la constantly compelling the roads to reduce exorbitant freight rates. It has broken up freight blockades and has enforced the laws enacted for the benefit of the trainmen. Under the new conditions no road in Indiana can raise a rate without permission from the commission, which in itself is sufficient cause for the latteris existence. The commission is pursuing a conservative, business-like policy, that has commended it to everyone save the Democrats. who as usual are decrying anything that the Republteaas fan tea feopten WaeflL

GREAT RECEPTION ACCORDED VICE PRESIDENT FAIRBANKS ON HIS RECENT WESTERN TRIP. NOTABLE UTTERANCES OF IN DIAN'S DISTINGUISHED STATESMAN.

{Special Correspondence.] Indianapolis, Ind., July 24.—-Vice-President Fairbanks has just returned from a long western trip during whicn he was enthusiastically received. Ha will be at home for several days, but the first week in August will go to Put-in-Bay, 0., to deliver the principal "address aUTfie ufiveiling of theTnonu- - ment erected Jn honor of Commander Perry. The first week in September he Is scheduled for an address before the National Irrigation congress at Sacramento, ;Cgl-. ■ The vice-president's speech at Fergus Falls, Minn., 'during his western trip is being widely quoted. At that place he said in part: “In the final analysis, the laws and courts of justice are but. expressive, of the best thought and conscience of the people. If laws are to founded in Justice And, administered, with flmniess and,..impartiality, it will be dne to the'existence of a state of public opinion which sanctions their inauguration and enforcement Those who make laws Xpd those who execute them can not .long run counter to the current of public opinion. Sooner or later they will run with the tide. Respect for the Law. “We live in. a. .fortunate period in our national history. We live in a day when there is keen respect for the law and its enforcement against those who transcend it , Nevertheless,, there is heard above the voice of the multitude, the note of the pessimist, the preacher of discontent, the prophet of discontent, the prophet of social and national decay. This, however, Is not unusual with us nor pteculiar to cnir civilization. ‘Ever since I began to make observations on the state of my country,’ said Lord Macaulay, ‘I have been seeing nothing but growth and hearing of nothing but decay. The more I contemplate our noble institutions the more convinced I am that they are sound at heart, that they have nothing of age but its dignity, and that their strength is still the strength of youth.’ "We have upon all hands evidence of a determination among the people that wholesome laws shall be enacted —-enacted to meet changing conditions conditions which grow out of industdial, social and national progress.

* Must Be Progressive. “The law has a growth as we have growth In commerce and trade. The law of a progressive people must itself be progressive, keeping step with the changing conditions and expanding needs. The underlying, principles of the law, however, do not change. 'Riey'are as changeless as the principles of the decalogue. Right and wrong were right and wrong yesterday, they are so today, and will conttWie so tomorrow. The principles of human freedom which found expression by our fathers in the immortal Declaration of Independence are fundamenta! in, our system of free government and do not change with the shifting seasons. Roosevelt’s High Example. “We rejoice in the fact that there 1S no present toleration of a lax and aimless enforcement of the laws of the Land. The dominant purpose of the people Is to see that laws are in:jpiru& by a wholegame sense of justloe and that they' are enforced with firmness and certainty. We gladly , XhftJoflexible purpose of fYeeldent Roosevelt to enforce the laws according to their writtap intendment,. ,He has set a high example, which,those, of lesser responsibility may well emulate in municipal and state administrations. This is not the time for men to shirk responslhdUtles which the law lays upon them, or to make the law ‘a hissing and by word,’ by permitting it to remain upon the statute books unexecuted. A law duly enacted and uninforced contaminates the statutes. It eooner or later debauches the public conscience and tn time corrupts the very fountains of our national and civic Ufa. Not to be Reproached. “Those who execute the law are not to be reproached for its prompt and proper execution. They are sworn to execute it, and they must execute It as they find it written in th® statutes by the lawmakers of the land, until modified or repealed. President Grant uttered a well recognized troth when he said that the surest way to repeal a bad law was to enforce it It is not the province of the courts or of the administrators of the law, in effect, to modify or repeal it by their own whim or caprice, for that would be arrogating to themselves functions of government which are reposed exclusively, under our ayHtem, In the law-making body. It la for the courts to give effect to the laws of the people, enacted by the law-making bo<Ty in the exercise of its constitutional power. “We have progressed as a people because we have adhered to sound and wholesome principles in politics and business. We have advanced through the co-operation of capital and labor, without which there can be neither social nor commericlal advancement. Each of these great agencies in our national upbuilding has rights which have been recognised by the laws of the land, and if we would attain to our highest developojent. we must continue to regard and rtwpeet them in the future. Neither ean be struck down without Inviting Injury te both." I

INDIANA DEMOCRACY HAS TROUBLES OF ITS OWN

[Special Correspondence.] ■; the’ newspaper bureau controlled by Tom Taggart, chairman of the Democratic, national committed and Crawford Fairbanks, the" Terre Haute brewer, si trying’to Sow' seeds of discord among the Republican hosts in Indiana, it is becoming more and more Apparent that the Democracy is living in a .glass .house and ,i§ in no position to throw stones. In other words it hkß troubles’ us Ila own — which -ft~ 18 trying to conceal by painting a falsejdcture f -of. tti,e Republican party. Taggart . and ’ Crawford Fairbanks are rhaklng a grand effort to chloroform their own party into the belief that. Alt U Tell and that they ought to be continued at the head of it so they can manipulate it to suit themselves as they did- during the recent session of the legislature when the Democratic members made an organized fight against all reform and moral measures. Taggart Vis making a very clever effort to, rehabilitate himself with, the .enh re x Pari.v before the. fipe works begin ’ next<. yegr. t As is generally known-he is a pastmaster in pulling the wool over, the eyes of his oppoand getting what he wants for h)mselt * ./ The tadlaatltaD-s are now that the -sama: forces that haw* controlled the Democratic party Uy .Indiana for several yeere ,wtU do so agsiln in the next campaign, and like the burned chfld that the fire 2 the -decent law-abiding , element will know better element' will nave nothing whatever to say in the management of the Democratic party next year and the progress and reforms as usual will have to be accomplished by and through the Republican party. Bryan Is “Knocked.** The “gold bug” members of the Democratic party tn Indiana evidently , will have nothing to do with Bryan and Bryanlsm and the “peerless one” and his followers who expect to sweep Indiana next year will find that they are up against it. Jim Keach, one of the leaders of the Democracy here, who is fighting Taggart and his machine, made -the following caustic comment about Bryan;

“The • gold Democrats generally,” continued Mr. Keach, “can be relied upon to help beai Bryan, either in or out of the Democratic party. I except, of course, r the politicians, because they will vote for anybody in order to retain their political home. Many .of the gold Democrats had about concluded that they were mistaken in Bryan and that he was good enough to be president when he upset the pitcher of milk by declaring for government ownership. ‘Tereonaliy 1 attribute an ulterior motive to - Mr. -Bryan. That ulterior motive is hie .determination to advertise himself and-bls paper at the expense of the ’ Democratic party, and he has done this until he has grown wealthy. I think he. would rather . continue to advertise his paper and continue tip grow wealthy than to be president I think Bryan is an excellent man to tear down anything that could be buildup. I. never saw any. Indication of him trjlng to build up anything. peter knew him to acoompllsh anything, and he has been the meet valuable asset the Republican party.has haff in my time. He even expressed, hfo complete, satisfaction 1 in being the tall 'for Roosevelt’s klte .aud’ln advancing the‘thought for Bcm£.,qf the tpost.,radlcal things that Roosevelt haA carried out.” Silver Republteane Sore. Thli u of j tAlk * from men of prominence like Kfeach ts causing the Bryan radicals all kind of pangs. But worse still, the so-called silver Republicans who were numerous in 1896 apd 1900, have gone back on them. Flavius J. Van Vorhis, the leading stiver Republican of Indiana, and exchairman of their state committee, said: “There Is no other man in American political life who fills me with so much dlsgttet as Mr. Bryan. There were 2,000)000 independent voters who supported Bryan tn 1896 and 1900. They will not veto for Mm in 1908, and, since he could not be elected with them, how can he hope to be elected without themT He has not only alienated therfi from his Bj hlg abandonment of the silver lune, but they have a grievance against him and will fight him to the lut ditch. Many of them left the Republican party to cast their political fortunes with him. It is no small thing to break away fraaa one's party allegiance, but they had faith that Bryan would continue the fight for free coinage as long, If neoesaary, a* there was life tn him. He bro»B faith «t(h ftaxn by shanflonIng wnnEV Utxwtioti and they win evdC the score In the election next year. - At tixis pathetic juncture the Hob. John W. Kern, twice a candidate for govgrnov. and onte of th* Taggart-Bry-an leaders, hee come to the fore with the oold statement that no Republican oould carry a precinct tn Indiana against Bryan. He may be right, but the fact that the Taggart-Falfranks machine hat taken up Bryan's cause, and that the gold Democrats and the so-called silver Republicans are against the erstwhile “boy orator,” has not tended to create harmony within the Democratic party. The Hearst men are getting a lot of satisfaction out of <he situation and are whetting their knfvua to take a 0?W scalps.

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