, 1879-03-07

dato v had bcnn thrown cyory time
Mr. scott sn!d tint was all tho moro reason
thess charges could be .nl,stantlated, ll'ey
slln.ild hc brought to he attention ~ tho Gov
crnn1rnt. nnl lle should ttko 10 seo this Assoria.
tim TO Y. tAppiauses:]
apno!ute!l tn consider The subject % transmrtn.
t!on to tle Pacific, rennrt upon It later In the
session, nr'l invite thu representatives Of tlic
t,so ronds TO come tn md sci lheenlsc!vcs right.
scott. Of luwa. Baker, Ut New York, nlitl uoocl,,
LATER In the day tile Committee reported
through ito CtinlrEnan. tho lion. doIln Scott, nf
.nrio. toTo e , rsp1ft p; .taed t exl,t rats: ",
un dressed p3uttry. prepaid, AeA at owners
fisk,-Sl.ooo per car,@t:'s! the tariff OH butter
a'nl egEt, which was NsD ter car. ull,l denUuuc-
y Justice, n,ni oppuseu to uut'tc poicy. In tllo
Comnittcc's 0lintot', thu TRANSPORTATION COM
panice, 90 being called tO task for all this,
would remedy the eyif,-tn otlscr words, the
anl approacfahla rs had the other great routes.
Lastly. tlE Committee recommended thu
adoption Of tic following resolution:
Mto!rta. That q con,mi'tce of thseu be an.
nnlnsed 70 canfr. with tho Hufhorites ~ charge Of
tbs overland rouie md 1 p1cstnt the facts Which
seem t0 favor reduction OF rates: alau. that the
Colnralec DC authorized to nrcsent tho same mat.
ter ~ the highest knuwn authority, II Il dues not
receive duu confederation st tho hatJ4 OF thats to
whon' fr1t prcscnted !
The resolution was adopted without debate.
a1ll the cnm,nlttee wh!rlt reported II cuntInicd
10 sec tint It's proy'sous nnA Intentions wcre
fully cerstel out.
NEW MARKETS ron DAIRY PROD
uCTs.
Tho fifth topic-the fourth being poesed
tcnporarlly-waa, "llow best can new maskets
for the American dairy products uc aprucd up'''
Mr.. Albro wanted nuw Eurupcan markets,
and favorel the scndtng OF real, live American
representatives to foreign countries II trade
wcro 10 he worked up, for It WIS useless to sit
here at home mid depend upon l!,c fosern mar
ket quotations whicI, ware often ~ Intcltfgl-
bic as SD luneh Grerk would bc to him.
Mr. Douglass said there must be reEulnr dis
tributIng agencies III furetgn muricts. 1t was
necessary to luke cure of thr niidsllenen. who
tnaug competition, fDr IN killing tl,etn of Tic
but laid the golden egg" This idea Of sending
American representatives OF tu some Iurctgn
Co,s,1try WIS well enough In the abstract, but e
doubted It's expctllcncy IN actual psartlcc. md
believed thoroughly in the system Of distrtbut-
Ing agcnc1ce.
t.oi. l.!ttler, speaking for the Iowa producers,
aafa they l,ad 10 desire to WING cut tlir middle
men. apl'rcrtattng as they did tue benefits Of
stratght commission bIls,rss. Foreign cnun-
tries had sent exhibits o THE International Fair,
and Iowa thought that, when such fair was
held on the other side, America would bo lnt-
orahly represented. Her fdca was not To wipe
out tie MtillteMcn as II ctaes. Ti,eru were two
kinds Of mtddlcmtn, howeyer,-onc that made
prompt returns, utd ory that madu no returMs
Mt all. {laugnter] All that Iowa was parIiru-
lar about wus to h1ye the star-spanElrd wave
forever, clc., the dairy product improved, uts,t
the conltntsston-ulcn grow stronger-Anl moro
honest. [l.nughter.1
The discussion was continued until near tile
hour OF adjournment BY Mr. Dexter, Mr. Scott,
md others, tie general opinion being thnt the
I foreign trade was something very desirable to
have, that America could havc 1t II stlu wanted
It, and TINT aic was neClccting her oppurtuni-
tics II sllc didn't Jump IN and grasp It, and hang
to y. Without taking any formal actioM on the
O'Clock. '"'''
On rensscmb!tng In the afternoon Alcssrs. G.
V. Stevenson an. NJ. D.. Lyon, OF Cincinnati.
and Mr.. A. a. Kennard of Baltimore, Vcc-
President for Maryla'd, put in appearances ns
delegates to the Convention, having arrived by
| the morning trains.
The sixth topic, which was next IN order, was
| with reference to thu huulfng urd transposta-
| tfon OF dressed poultry.
Judge TifTany, Of Michigan, claimed that, with
proper care. nnl the maintenance Of a constant
md low degree Of Temperature, soy 40 degrees,
| poultry. could be shipped, a,,d nrriyo Mt It's
destination in as good order nB when placed
upon thc eara; Retrieerator-carss, too often,
more than fro,n $500 to 8.D03 pounds OF LED to
tcu or twelve tons Of freight a,d tho cur should
| be insulated from the Influence Of outside at-
mosphcrc. Under such conditions. tile tct1t.
pgraturo could be kept even, and tic article be
safely transported from one point to another.
THIS proporttons, Of course, would vary with
different articles, aud tic first thing to do waa
| to determine 1uat the proper Temperature ncces.
| tary tu be maintained In the transportation oi
any particular article.