Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-11

the pending amendment being that Of
fered by Nutting, restoring the existing
duty on starch.
Hopkins, OF Illinois, moved to strike
from the definition of uncleaned rice the
words "rice free from the outer hull"
Gear, OF Iowa, and Bayne, of Pennsyl-
vania, criticized the Committe for plac-
ing the farm products of the East and
West on the free list and imposing du-
ty OF 100 per cent. upon the rice product
of the South.
The amendment was rejected.
Warner, of Missouri, offered an amend
ment fixing the duty on cleaned rice
at twelve per cent. The amendment
was rejected.
On motion OF Mcmillan, of Tennessee,
the duty on rice flour and rice meal was
fixed at fifteen per cent. ad valorem.
Boutelle offered an amendment fixing
the rate of duty on dextrine, burnt
starch or its gum substitute, or British
gum, at three cents pound. Rejected.
DUTY ON RAIsINs.
Vandever, of California, moved to in
crease the duty on raisins from % to 2
cents per pound (the present duty. The
raisin 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, 900 boxes. This year 10000 acres
were in raisin grapes, producing l 500, 900
boxes, valued at not less than SO ,000, 600.
| McKenna earnestly supported the
amen dment, and appealed to 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 by the Mills
bill as now.
Morrow, of California, said that the
industry was a new one, in which q
large amount of capital had been invest
ed and he feared reduction of the duty
would be injurious.
FELTON,, of California, urged the adop-
ton of the amendment as being in the
interest of agriculture.
The amendment was rejected, 81 to n.
FLAX CLAUSE.
On motion of Mcmillan an amend
ment was adopted fixing the rate of duty
on flax, hacked, at $40 per ton.
Phelps moved to increase from 25 to 4C
per cent. ad valorena the duty on fax and
linen thread, twine and pack thread and
other manufactures of fax.
Pending action on this motion the
House took recess till SP.M.
EVENING SESSION.
The House at the evening session
passed the following bills granting thu
right of way through Indian reservations
to railroad companies: Through Wine
River, Wyoming, to the Wyoming Mid
land Railroad Com pany; through Font
Du Lac, Minnesota, to the Duluth an(
Winnipeg Railroad Company; through
Indian Territory, to the Fort Smith, Pari
and Dardanell Railroad Company
through Nez Perces, Idaho, to the Oregon
Navigation Company; through Indial
Territory and public land strip, to tn
Montana, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Company /; through Payallup valley res
ervation, Washington, to the Payallul
Valley Railroad Company; through For
Hall reservation, Idaho, to the Utah ant
Northern Railroad Company; through
Indian Territory, to the St. Louis ant
San Francisco Railroad Company
through certain Indian lands in Mime
sofa, to the Moorehead, Leach Lake ant
Northern Railroad Company; through
Sioux reservation, Dakota, to the Aber
deem, Bismarck aud Northwestern Rail
road Company; through Slick reserva
; ton, Oregon, to the Newport and King
Valley Railroad Company. The Hous
then adjourned.