The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-12
LAYING FOR Mr.. TALMAGE
THE GEORGIA RICE ASSOCIATION
STIRRED UP.

Some Facts About Mr.. Talnage's Con-
ference with the Partnership. Buch-
anau to Remain in Washington
Another Cargo Of Foreign Rice Ar
rived from Java-Testing the I'm
ported Grain.
The types yesterday morning made the
Georgia Rice Association decline" to stand
by the defining clause in the Mills bill,
when it should have read decided TO standby
the defining clause, and the cost of milling
the unclean rice should have read &C.
per 100 pounds, and not lGc. The context,
however, clearly showed the true action of
the association and the real estimate of the
cost Of milling.
The statements of Mr.. Talmage in yester-
davis MORNING NEWS are very generally
condemned by rice dealers, millers and
planters as inaccurate, while the reflections
upon Mr.. Buchanan are spoken of as I'M
justly directed. 1t has also leaked
out that Mr.. Talmage, in his adj
dress before the Georgia Rice Associa-
ton on Tuesday alluded to the
planters as ''narrow-minded" if they re-
fused to adopt his views and continued to
hold out for the retention of the defining
clause in the Mills tariff bill 1t is also
authoritativeiy said that the President Of
the association felt it due to himself and
his brother members to interrupt the
speaker with that is very broad re-
mark, Mr.. Talmage," and that the latter
took occasion to apologize for and qualify
the remark which had given offense.
TO REPLY TO MR.. TALMAGE.
The MORNING NEWS is informed that
representative rice planter of this city is
preparing an answer to Mr.. Talmage's
statement.
The information has also been obtained
that as result of the fight Mr.. Talmage is
making upon the interests of the rice
planters and millers Mr.. Buchanan was tele-
graphed yesterday to remain in Washington
until further orders.
On the heels of the rice discussion comes
another vessel loaded with a cargo of the
so-called uncleaned rice. The Norwegian
bark Stavanger, from Batavia, island of
Java, was boarded off Tybee Tuesday night
by pilot, but the weather being unfaVor-
able north shore wind prevailing, she
has yet been unable to cast anchor in the
roads. She has 975 tons of rice consigned
to Savannah to be milled here, which cargo
Is % tons in excess of the cargo of the Hos.
Mr. Talmage contended that the imports
OF this character or grade of rice last year
were only 4,OOO,OO0 pounds, but the cargoes
OF the Los and Stavapger foot up 3, $50, 900
pounds, and that is brought here because
the mills of New York are overrun with it,
The planters claim that the tariff on this
grade of rice being relatively lower than on
clean rice, and imported in this shape to
avoid the tariff on clean rice. is detrimen-
tai to the rice-growing interests of this
country, and as the cost of cleaning is COM
paratlyely trifing the importers have only
to establish small mills at a cost of not to
exceed $1,000 or $4,000 and virtually render
valueiess the more expensive plants in this
country required to clean the home product
in the various stages from the rough rice to
the clean rice of commerce..
STEPS LIKELY TO BE TAKEN.
The same q ade f uncleaned rice has re-
Gently been coming into the port of New
Orleans for milling and the New Orleans
Produce Exchange is trying to get the
Treasury Department to make ruling re-
fusing it to enter except upon the payment
of the tariff for clean rice
1t is not unlikely that some steps will be
taken here before the cargo of the Stavan-
ger is permitted 20 be discharged. Presi-
dent Ciinch, 1t is understood, took a sample
of the Hos rice, and submerging it in a
goblet of water the meal which had
been sprinkled on the rice remained on
the surface, and when it was poured off
with the fluid, and the rice submitted to
Mr. Talmage, without his knowledge as TO
where the grain had come from, he pro
nounced it clean rice. This corroborated
the views of the planters that the rice from
the Hos was cleaned rice, and over which
had been sprinkled the meal to secure for it
the grade of "uncleaned - as anything not
absolutely free from a foreign substance is
not the clean rice of commerce." although
it is claimed by some OF the planters that
this Objectionable Java rice is sold in the
West at reduced rates as clean rice with
out undergoing any milling process in this
country. The planters are thoroughly
aroused and are investigating all the facts
connected with the rice question.