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Show the, movo herald . was nof a trac of real fruit ia its composition. The dy, ' that was in the mixture colored indelibly a great piece of cotton cloth which waa steeped in a small quantity of s - ihe jelly mixture with water.--- In the committee room there w'as "honey" which no bee ever had gathered.Tiere were "pepper corns" made jwholly oftaj)locaLaridJaniia)IackadrlbeM-Jother things of curiqus mixture masquerading ujider the . s names of legitimate food products. - The manufacturers and the packers of perfectly pure goods admitted,. that , the proved fact that some of tbelr .brethren were not , I'honest waa the stumbling block of their hopes that the ""Impure food bill should not be parsed IsJoo drastic a fona. other words, a. lobby that was toute nd could not write letters or send telegrams did the major share of the the passage of be national pure 7 4 , K - - . 7". gMT IP --I- n wcurk-itkecu-- -- lng food law. . - ' In the department of agriculture there Is a 5 ment called the biological surrey- .- H Is the duty of the . officials of the survey, who are all scientists, to do what . they can f to enlighten the country concerning 4h nhltL-, of birds, mammals lind insects, to let it be known Just f a eBac. zwhat creatures are-- a Ueneflt and justfhst-ar- e to those to tie Ivwar, ttBX&ek.-?- i garteerer,-:n- in eoij pursuits generally. . been Las recognized tot lta the .survey The"workpf ' excellence for years. At one time the house, committee on agriculture' decided, in franilhg the agricultural. op-- ..... propriation bill, that It would omit all mention, of tbe Jalluxfi to appropriate ;; biological "survey , It 19 money, would wipe the survey out of existence. said that there were personal reasons for the attempt ta " end of this bureau.of the government, but " the usefulness - - - -: tnlg is true "or not Is "ajthlng apart. - As soon as it was known tnatr . the committee had decided to kill theL -- sub-depar- t- 'i t I 111-- jDbawwgs .aata d -- Whenever the statement U made that the sessions of fongrew "Washington Is full of lobbyists, h seems that the general impression created Is that a hprde of men bent on preventing the passage of good legislation has descended upon the cajiiiol. The word lobbyists seemingly lias oo.jie to mean only one- thing. In. truih lobbyists are oflwo kifids, the.TdnJ that Mvants to prevent Jthc psssage of legislation that Inimical- to private 'interest, and tl;e kind that .ants to securethe pas- bd&e of legislation that wJl redound or that - It is luprjosefl will redOuTid lo the public good. In the hotels of this city It is an easy matter to pick out the" inof ::..- tfvidual of. one species of lobbyist;- - They ar the- their business a'nd it raay.be 8aid that one of these ear. mar'ia'cr-i-- . 7' ",,r.. tfaarfly .larln-- appearance of sleek prosperity.- it Is Imjjoj&UUeJQ. " - pick out the individuals of the other- - species of lobbyist or a. sa- VS II 1XGT0N, v m. m - ana-thuaby- .jjgy - 5 .i- - Mm 1 - - ear-mar- 7-- . of a "fudge-- lnTreatT naliTir'-lJ- n gome Instances the second class of te&bvUts lias the 'unmistak- ' bl air ofjlbe phUauthroplsl whlleTriother cases their couipan-T-lo- a lobbyists look simply like ordinaryPverydayAnierican-riti-:37Len8,"ljicir:6Duslness"anessiotia and in tnanyi--taseinenef- - the-pr' - women. No lobbyist, however .wrongful tnay be biB purpose In coming to ; j Washington, fulfills the somewhat widespread idea of a man hosepockets are bulging with bank notes- - with the corners showing In ' rder to tempt some member ofcongresa to forget his duty to his constituents and to his country. It la a much harder matter, to co some people believe.iThe "ffupt a congressman tBan lobbyist whoould jmake a direct offer of mtjney except in rare than any cash that he might hap-pe- a p eases would get .a b"law harder to possess. . " The tobbyisi.s.ha thinks that some corporate- - Interest 1s to-br . fnjured by prospective legislation jaud who has been hired to- - rep- - " s J: ' - '-. 'i-- t - v . to-the know.-wby-4he- --: y W 1 e V . v w 1."." 1 Jri i ill I - It-d- uy------- -Jl - t - 'X , ' -- Jh --- m- v I, - Sf.J 11I 1 t 11 U . - 1 1 aii " 1 Ill . V 1" i ke-th- " - T I - 1 mi iWJ AW-AA-f f : Mi l T:J til. . I if iI . U W M ;,?BVk MMim Ml!.. XtiU M'flf .. VI US' V mmhr. .iff a ... . iii-.tr . -- - - - It not the Intention to attempt to discuss the rights or wrongs of any la -- -- .specific pieces of legis- - ' latlon which have passed congress, but the lobby-- ; r lng attempts pro and con that have been made to prevent orto secure' " the 'enactment of nation-- " ' al laws may be recount- - v - ed without- prejudice. been that said it har mm ' - - . resent that interest at the. nsea .argument and there are women lobbyists. i'The particular kind of worn oot money,, and he depends forcapital the strength of his argument - ia lobbyiiits which has been pictured, many times baa no s wrgtly upon the fact that laws passed to regulate the "exlstencei or If she exists she keeps herself so well in "Biness hich. he icpresents may voastbly- - have a-- bad hiding thataWrTeroirinrplmown-i-- f the persona whose . upon the commercial life of the specific district . dutx it is to write the news and the news comment of v mm ice,, member approached renreaent. It ta trim thft flflV Trior niA SltttA Wntnnn InrihtrlKt- - ItnwAirA that dinners are given at times to "members of women who are moved to lobby by what thoy think 1b cqngresB ly the- - lobbyists on behalf of special interests. It is right, though admittedly thousands of tholr countrymen MUbled if those Jinners-or-thpleading words which and their country women disagree with them in specific between the courses and after "the coffee have any cases in which they have exercised their activities. particular weights. The ordinary congressmaajwho wants -- The woman lobbyist as a rule Is moved by high moral-- ? Ffn' ia congress realizes that he has- a duty to his c . . , nnrt .that ia uvcdii i uu il no uiu r. i mi v win .Ht.1, ir ic Kin ' uau navttAAn rti .vi., aira rnn i r.rn .iil 1.I1H. Nlltl IMiGIi vuo nncrn VUOC. nf Ul.LUH orbuylng t lcket,erery-- pf the coutltrf , lor example.iit was the woman "MAm-ZZ,;Bia: . IK v ;, YM) 1 r. A - m 3 VA . -- J , ci.t fj m F" Scr The SLEfc ,i j 1 7 ' a mm M, m 1 : -- -- t iff, 3towft-.jneM- 7tasal -- : n - I 11 r behalf of thlsganfcaffonf 'tlought that the .canteen was an Iter present "teS" lrgls.atn aud kept the country Informed as to tlon to the soldier to drunkenness, and while it u uuir opinion, was good ortad iajawr ,thaf Tiafl ttatrmost ! was. established in; Washington ; Uhis end did not nete d one-tent- h part of their. lobbyin w This people's; lobby vWu jTcpuspd for passage the contention rthe women carried the day and the can-l- , v ha w passed out of existence; but there is a greater : ; teen waa abolished. . . ;;v-iotiy wwch has been in existence ever since s , The persons who Fere Instrumental in eecurine t)i s tn existence to I'Juuui'u, ana tR law Whlrh fnrhnda wnicn.is luumry -passace Of . ;i i ..V.WUVIIC; duio U(i Ktit tv luva a i una TOr M nrmyrposia, moved were bv a. llch fc FC.n'imont, and 4 dozen- times" moral een If a nossfblv mistakpn imnniia um. t ftw jvara it h.s overridden all the arts, - lata lust'as much.is an. fti mm h ,A the urs uments.-r.nd-th.2 threala of the i-n- istatlon that is coins to' hurt thtr wvkw.w . , . . . .. ia h'Ufa I rti , f 4 rKn,n. 10 ao gooa to the country at uw,v ti,iu flu - isJ going large. The Inten- "l soi's 10 snow .. on is. only to show that' MIolbvif ls not ' neceasarily a a of the poople in the great mass word of contempt--:-'.-'I'.aC the will of the country ; The pure food law when It waa in process of consideraor any money that can tion was productive "of the greatest lobbvjns ' nctivitiea wha. U wot-kv" It y V Ir'.'.-i-rospibly vvvr known In consft-bsThu- re lobby rresfeut ani at lut j.rcucnl ur hi '"they -- s - 1 i; irl-- -- t iu - . i91". X s3nere. va called 'Tie tuple's .active - W w tlme TaUhol v ..:at, iu ;. a' " ... ZKZ!Li::'lJJZ. e c.ii.a-ituen- j -t- d of t -- ton correal poDdenfs "" t eTegraj.hcd lhe news of the matter to their papers. l. , : "Instantly" the bird protection - societies, the tarmerV- institutes " nd the farmers Individually all oyetI..: . the oountry became busy. t Letters, and tele rra .8 of protest " poured Jn on the toiii'nittee Nor waa . thecommiu.ee-alone the object at pro- test. Every senator and every repre- - , sentaUe--i- n .congress bsaa o-e-:"? celve . letters- - andwhich - - 7 ' piTed up" until Ihey telograms were almost "be- " yond the power of reading unless 1h8 man gave all the time at his disposal task:. Members who hardly knew what the biological survey was began to.. Thy . wanted to farmers were so Interested, and why the bird " o "much to protectors, had takenihe, matter-sem id not- ta find tiut. heart. to long , CI ' The committee was unmoved by. the appeals from the country, but congress was moved, and when the agricultural bill was reported there- - were scores of members ready to insert a paragraph In the measure restoring the appropriation for the survey. The appropriation was restored despite the action of the committee, and the next time that an ""agricultural bill went through, the money given to support the scientists was Increased largely. The farmers and the nature lovers generally had noJobby1n .Washington at that time, but - unfor-tunatel- actJvltx.of .l&estleutJsts3y JteJure: to reportto the house a melssure for their support, some Qf the Washing-- L - - ..,a. with 'dee or by letter and tele- . Rtwul lD .Ta8f iney red. 1 T they had a great lobbr at a distance, and the lobbyist In doing their good work: to WashtngttnrTjn"rluklIif Reeently there-ca- me -c- onnected with the rtghta of certain Indians formerly on . the Rosebud reservation, an Indian whose name originally waa Quick Bear, but who known as Reuben Quick' Bear. Some time ago It was proposed by a syndicate that it buy a large-traof land from the Indians at $5 an acre. Afterward the land doubled in value Reuben Quick Bear feared that when the reservation was closed Uncle -- Sam would not allow a ' r,rt right 'inrt fles,reuceeeded ,a 5f"m ' - ' !?LcP"lLot : f - .b made top wx.awu v. vuo ivuy Jaw in the room f the committee on interstntoatc nni tnn eiga mmerce the most powerful lobbyist .that appeared on behalf of the measure was on the center table: It wag a collection of ""oienared frwvia 'trnthavA ' VtU TQI1U 1H . - no-l- s ct " -- C3 war label that .were on the outside of tha i)ackaeea, lThpr letter,; thereby showing that he knew something of the were, plenty of proper foods, on the ways-- of a certain class of white men: x market, but; the foods which, the committee ha 19 in namei1 foods they might U called., wen of th Washington stat- r ' 2 50 an mre than would want to eat. . Representative Mann of llinoi9 cre, 1 was He haS beeD Bent by the PePle tter6 in charge of the fv.d food he Presided over h? e the display that the commiS f yv an on that the mo,t effective o?iam grocery ZA JZl had r xhiWttoa. that.' was markrd as being he is don by the" WtnR '9and - J'"'1 b' telosrams. Jn reality- the" KM.fr . w wL'Ut.-- T(l SOine Of course -" - mm. w.. - j i ' stance saeetrncd and then colored with a "ui. uuio ui ancn numoers as to convince dye. There the congressmen tLat the LoIe country is aroused. are,-an- ' tJl mV ahopv-MivMa- jtV Sr?blrt - ."J?"1?? Tl T tZJY - - - i |