Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-16
MILLS BILL.
The Ways and Means Committee is
Still Pegging Away at the
Tariff Measure.
Report on the Bill for Fort Worth's
Public Building.
THE MILLS TARIFF BILL,

Special TO the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March 10-The ways
and means committee are still pegging
away at the tariff bill and are comparing
schedules under the present rates of duty
aud those proposed by Mills. They will
hold meetings every day next week and
will 60 carefully over the
entire bill, Looping on here and
there to bring the bill to
the point where it will be likely to COM
mand the support OF the party in the
out that they will have s united party,
will not offend Democratic pro-
tectionists, whom they count on
to support their bill. Mr.. Mcmillan
of Tennessee, q leading member of the
committee, said to your correspondent
tonight that they expected to report the
Mills bill to the House within the next
ten days and he thought no fair minded
Democrat would vote against it. He
said further that sill talk ABOUT the Re-
publicans as uIlt was pure fiction. He
knew positively that they were at sea
and would go to pieces in the
House as soon as they reached 8 dis
cussion of the measure. Mr.. MCMILLAN
predicted a tariff bill would pass the
House before May l, and whether 1t WAS
the Mills bill or some other measure the
country would see that the Democrats
intended to stand by the revenue reform
plank In the presidential convention,
and intended to redeem their
pledges made in good faith. He was not
inclined to think the party would throw
away this golden opportunity to place
themselves on record on the Presidents
excellent messages, and predicted when
the time came would be found in line on
the subject of tariff reform and reduc-
ton OF the surplus.
FORT WORRIES BUILDING
Congressman Abbott has been working
hard for the bill to give Fort Worth s
suitable public building, and expects to
get favorable report from the commit
tee at an early date. In re-
ply to question from your
reporter to-day regarding his choice
for President, he said: 81 favor Mr..
Clevelsnd's denomination and do not
think there will be serious opposition to
him. The Hill boom l DONE regard
as dangerous. but should it prove
so, l think it would be q serious
mistake on the part of the Democrats
for in my opinion it would lose US at
least three states IL not more. Cleveland
is our most available and safest candi-
date, and he will be renominsted without
doubt in my opinion. The Texas delega-
ton is for him, also the state"
WANT A FINGER IN THE PIE.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March I0.-The mem
bers Il the Senate commerce committee
have set their faces very sternly against
one custom prevalent in past years. 1t is
the custom of the House to prepare
and pass an appropriation bill so volu-
minOus and so extravsgant that the Sen
ate cannot in decency add anything to it,
bnt must needs cut 1t down.
The Senator's do not propose this session
the House shall do all the GppropriatiDg,
snd when the bills come over from the
House there will be gen.
erel slsshing and cutting out
of goose creeks and hogwallow appropriA-
lions and making room for appropriations
which will benefit the states rather than
congressional districts.
AGRICULTURAL REPORT.
WASHINGTON, March l0.-Statistical
returns of the Department Of Agriculture
for March relate to the distribution and
consumption Of wheat and corn stock in
the farmers hands, the proportion OF
merchantable corn and the average prices
respectively of merchantable and unmer-
charitable. The corn crop is the smallest
since 1884, and the remainder On the
farms is also the smallest in seven years.
II is estimated at sos, 100000 bushels
against sos, 100000 last year, and
79S, 100000 two years ago. The
indicated stock OF Wheat OF
1887 in the hands of farmers is I32, 900, 900
bushels, sgainst l22, o. {, 900 last year, or
29 per cent. Ct the crop, against 26 per
cent. lsst March. There has been used in
the seeding of winter wheat 81 1000 coo,
1877, 900, 900 in eight months consumption,
81, 600, 900 bushels exported in wheat and
-four, $4,000, 900 visible supply and an
unusual quantity of minor elevators and
mill stock IN course of distribution be-
tween farm stocks and actual consump-
ton.
THE COTTON CROP.
The report of the cotton market was
complete for eight states month ago,
but for the deferred returns from the Car
olinas snd Texas. The apparent proper
ttons forwsr led from the plantations on
the first of February were as follows:
Virgins, 80 per cent; North Carolina,
"a; South Carolina, 80; Georgia, "a;
Fiorids, 81; Alsbams, 80; Mississippi,
go; Louisiana, SO; Texas, "a; Arkansas,
80; Tennessee, SO; Missouri and the In
dian Territory, go. The general average
is 90 per cent. This indicates an in
crease of 5 or per cent. on the sggre-
gate of the county estimates of
the first of October, although Feb
rusry returns of the estimated product
compared with that Of 1856 were nearly
identical with November returns. This
furnishes further illustration of the local
tendency to under estimate the produc-
ton. II was suggested in the November
report that it might be assumed that deep
rooted and early as well as developed
plants would produce better than is exs
pected in their apparent loss Of copdi-
ton, snd thst if the outcome shouldsur-
| psss this first estimate, the ex-
cess might be due to this
cause. This view was corress
Allowance for the depressing effect 81
panic in local returns so stoutly opposed
by spectators is again proved to be neces-
sery. The quality OF fibre Is superior
condition clean and the yield OF lint lit
tie above go per cent. The value OF the
seed averages 16 cents per bushel on the
Atlantic coast, is Is in Mississippi, II IN
Tennessee, Is in Louisiana and IL II
| Texas.