The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-11
HOUSE.

In the Holse to-day. VandeVeJe, of
California, moved to increase the duty
on raisins from ~ to cents a pound,
the present duty. After considerable
debate the amendment was rejected by
vote of 81 to II.
After reading the journal the House
went into committee of the whole on
the tariff bill pending amendment, be-
lug that offered by Nutting restoring
the existing rate of duty On starch.
Hopkins, of Illinois, moved 10 strike
from the definition Of uncleaned rice
the words rice free of the outer hull. "
Gear. of Iowa, and Payne, Of Penn
sylvania, criticized the committee for
placing farm products of the east and
west on the free list and imposing duty
OF 40 per cent. Oh rice, the product of
the south. The amendment was re-
jecjed.
Warner, of Missouri, offered an
amendment fixing the duty on cleaned
rice at q cent. per pound. The amend
ment was rejected
On motion of Mcmillan, of Tennessee,
the duty Cd rice -four and rice meal
was fixed at 10 per cent. ad CaLOrem.
Boutelle offered an amendment FIX
ing the rate of duty on dexterine,
burnt starch, gum substitute or British
gam at 3 cents per pound.
Va2devene, of California, moved to
increase the duty on raisins from ~ to
? cents per pound (the present duty.)
The raiain industry was, he said, of
recent origin in California. Three years
ago the production in that State was
800 900 twenty pound boxes. Last year
it was 800 600 boxes. This year $50
acres were in Taisin grapes, produc-
ing 1900 600 boxes, valued at not less
than So ,000,00
McKenna earnestly supported the
amendment, and appealed 10 the Demo-
cratic side to allow it to go through.
Biggs, of California, contended that
the industry would be as well protected
under the reduction MADE under the
Mills bill as now.
Morrow, of California, said that the
industry was new one in which
large amount Of capital had been in
vested. and he feared the reduction OF
the duty would be injurious.
FELTON,, of California, urged the adop-
ton OF the amendment as being in the
INTEREST Oh agriculture. Inc amend
ment was rejected, 81 to II.
On motion Of Mcmillan. an amend
ment was adopted fixing the
rate Of duty on fax, hacked, kno.n
as dressed line, st $40 per ton
Phillips moved to increase from Is to
40 per cent. Gd vatOren1 the dury On flax
thread and the manufactures Of fax.
n ~
8 p. NJ, the evening session to be toI
the consideration Of the bill granting
the right of way to a railroad COM
pauy through the Indian reservations.
The House, at the evening session,
passed the following bills. granting the
right of way through the Indian reser-
yations to railroad companies. Through
Wind River. Wyo., 10 the Wyoming
Midland Railroad ComUany; through
Fond Du Lac, Mimi. to the Duluth &
Wianipeg Railroad Company; through
the Indian Territory, to the
Fort Smith, Paris & Dardanele
Railroad Company; through Naz perce,
Idaho, to the Oregon & Navigat'o
Company; through Indian Territory
and the public landstrip to the Nor
tana, Kansas & Texas RailrU, d
through the Yankton Reservstion.
Dakota, to the Yankton & Ms
souri, River Railroad Company
through Puyal'uy Valley Reservation,
Washington to the Puyalleys Valley
Railroad Company; through Fort Hall
reservation, Idaho, to the Utah &;
Northern Railroad Company; through
Incian Territory to the ST. Louis & San
Francisco Railroad Company; through
certain Indian lands in Minnesota,
to Moorhead, Leech Lake & Northern
railroad company; through the Sioux
Reservation, Dakota, to the Aberdeen,
Bismarck & Northwestern railroad com
pany; through the Slick reservation,
Oregon, to the Newport G. Kings Val
lev railroad company.
House then, at $50, adjourned.