Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-28
TAX ON HEMP
The Flax and Hemp Growers Protes
Against its Reduction.

against Ato AeGuuCSnOms
The annual meeting Of the tax and henri
growers and spinners' association was held at thu
Ebbitt House this morning. A. X. Turner was In
the chair, j. e. Il. Downs was elected temporary
secretary. There were sixteen members present
President Turner read lengthy report showing
by statistics the status Of the fax industry in thu
United states. He said: 81 will venture to say
that the President Of the United States is wearing
shirts and uses towels that are made of foreign
made linen"
number OF communications were read from
manufacturers and growers throughout the coun
try protesting against the passage OF Mills tariff
bill
The annual election OF Officers resulted as fol-
lows: President, A. K Turner 1r.; vce-president
WIN. Barbour; secretary and treasurer, Bruce X
Ware, and board OF government, MeSsrs Christie
Pher Bailey, c. F. Wyman, r. B. Simmington, E.
r Sparks, Abram Bently, H M. Allen, VIM. Bar.
pour, and Geo. II. TORI.
OPPOSED TO TAX REDUCTION.
A resolution was adopted protesting against a
reduction of the tarin on fax and hemp, and q
committee was appointed to present copy OF the
resolutions to the ways and means committee OF
the House.
KENTUCKIANs PROTEST.
letter was read from number of Kentucky
Dealers dated at Lexington, assuring the associa-
ton OF entire sympathy with its efforts to defeat
the change Of tariff 1t says that the signers are
c0nversant with the wishes OF the hemp growers,
and know that they are opposed to any reduction
OF the existing duty on hemp or its products and
I1rtner states that the president Of the Farmers
w. 9. p. Breckinridge q letter assuring him that
the farmers cannot compete with foreign hemp II
the present duty Is taken on, and urging him to
The President urged that the individual men,
bers OF the association continue the warfare
against the tariff bin, and announced that a
great number OF protests against 1t have been re-
cetved from both republicans and democrats.
RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED
petitioning Congress for an appropriation OF
s2 900 for the purpose Of collecting and printing
Information about the hemp and max industry,
and for making experiments, and Messra Harris.
mittee to secure this appropriation. The meeting
Where is Representative BeImontp
A RUAoR OF HIS SUDDEN DEATH PREVAILED AT THE
CAPITOL TODAY.
A rumor was current at the Capitol to-day that
Representative Perry Belmont had died suddenly.
The source of the rumor could not be traced but
as far as could be learned 1t had no foundation In
fact Mr.. Belmont was supposed to be in
New York, and is expected here tonight
or tomorrow. A dispatch was received at his
mouse this morning from his father, August Bel
mont asking where he was II here yet, and It may
grew. The denial Of the report il probably as un-
authoritative as the rumor Itself, but there Ia no
reason to believe that he is dead.
Representative Nlilis Much BETTER.
Representative Mills was much better this after
noon when STAR reporter called at his residence
Mrx Mills said that her husband passed COM
Portable night, and has slept over four hours to-
Gay; no had Just finished hearty breakfast
Ohio Rspublicans.
CONVENTION IN TIE xfoHTH DISTRICT.
A telegram from Springfield, Ohio March "a,
says: The interest OF the eight district Congress
sional and national delegate convention held here
to-day, conferred in the selection OF national dele
gates Gen. J. Warren Keifer, Hon. Festus Wal
ters, John Foos, and Judge VIM. Lawrence, FORM
erly controller Of the United States Treasury
were the candidates. Keller and lawrence were
Senator T snss%sn choice although both Walters
Keifer and F0os, both Of Springfield, became very
bitter, but half an hour before the convention the
teress q harmony. john Zoos and Ssssus waters
were chosen as national delegates, and w. ].
Means and John n. Boyer afternatea Toland
Emmett v. Rhodes state committeeman. Gen.
Ketfer presented the name OF Gen. Robert p
Kennedy for Congressman. He was nominated by
KAKrnQuAKs SHOCKS IN NEW HANrsamk-T There
Nashua early sssseTSsy mosnSe rSs r.
Ssent severity 70 awaken the people and percept-
seconds, and was followed by second shock at 2
O'CLOCK
CROWDS CHRKx GEN. DouLAN0RR-Crow0s
Rathefe0 ABOUT Gen. Boulanger1 Hotel IN PARIS
iass night sang1ng and shouting "vfve Dou.
snees M = reported that n. n. Freycinet and
lioquet urged upon President Garnet that The ~.
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lnto efeatG prominence, and tnat u would 6e bese
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