Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-10
FROM WASHINGTON.
The President in No Hurry
to Take a Rest.
THE SORGHUM EXPERIMENTS.
The Contract Labor Act is Strictly
Enforced by the Collector
of New York.
IAssooiated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.


Washington before the 10Th of this
month, when he gees to New York to at
tend the Centennial celebration.
THE NEW SIOUX COMMISSION.
1t is understood that the new Sioux
Commission will consist of William War
ner, of Missouri; Charles Fister, of Ohio; i;
John B. King, of Nebraska Major Gen.
eral Crook and a Democratic member,
who has not yet been decld ed upon, from
Pennsylvania.
THE SORGHUM SUGAR EXPERIMENTS.
81. w. Wiley, the chemist of the Agri-
cultural Department, has completed his
record of experiments in the manufac-
ture of sugar from sorghum. conducted
at Rio Grande, New Jersey, Kinner, La,
and Conway Springs, Douglass and Ster-
| ling, Kansas. The work at Sterling diff
fered from that at the other places. 1t
was an examination of all obtainable
varieties of the sorghum plant, begun by
the Sterling Sugar Company and COM
pleted by the Department. The work at
Il 10 Grande, N. j., was carried on by I'll.
A. Hughes, whose purpose was TO deter
mine whether or not sorghum sugar could
be successfully manufactured on small
scale. Professor Wiley says he does not
see favorable re suit coming from the two
years. trial at Rio Grande. The practi-
cal experiments carried on at Douglas
consisted in thorough trial of the sys-
tenn of diffusion Hughes system), to
test its fitness for working on larger
scale. They were not success, owing
to the failure of the battery to work
properly. The agricultural results, how
lever, were of most encouraging na-
ture, showing that in that locality a crop
of sorghum can be grown, which, with
proper treatment, may be expected to
yield eighty or ninety pounds of sugar
from a ton of pure cane. Professor
Wiley devotes considerable space to
the presentation of facts to be considered
in building the factory. Southern and
| Eastern Kansas possess the best soil and
climate for sorghum raising go far as is
now known. Indian Territory is destined
to be the center of the industry. The
expectation Of establishing a successful
sorghum induetry in the great maize
fields of the country must now be defn-
itely abandoned IL details the bulletin
is very complete. 1t contains the reports
of the assistants in charge of the expert
ments at the several stations, with the
daily records of results in tsbulated form,
analysis OF the sugar beets grown in
KanEas from seeds furnished by Claus
Spreckels, and the effect of the diffusion
process upon the extraction of sugar
from the sugar cane. The latest report
on this subject showed that an average
of 1874 pounds Of sugar is made from a
ton Of cane,
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS.
Secretary Rusk has issued PAM
phlet giving the history of the agricul-
tural experiment stations which have
been established under the recent law OF
Congress, and which are now conducting
scientific and practical experiments in
regard to soil, tillage, manufaotu lures,
crops, stock, feeding, dairying
and horticulture in the various
States, All the States and one
Territory, Dakota, now have ag.
ricultural experiment. stations. The total
number Of stations now in Operation is
forty, and including blancn stations
nearly sixty. They employ more than
$40 scientists and agriculturalists, and
will this year receive $685.. 600 from the
national government, and about $125 900
from Fhe States and other sources. The
most cordial feeling is said to exist be-
| tw cen the stations and the Department
of Agriculture, which is charged by Con-
or ess with the duty Of supervising and
aiding the work of the stations.
THE CONTRACT LABOR LAW.
Secretary Window has sustained the
action of the Collector of Customs at
New York, in refusing to allow o Swiss
Immigrant named Flaig TO land, and as a
consequence he will be sent home at the
expense of the vessel which brought him
over. 1t appears that Flaig came to this
country in response to an advertisement
inserted in a Swiss newspaper
by George Baum, of Aracho, at
the instance of H.. Borneman, of
the Newark Embroidering Works.
1t was shown that Flaig paid his own
passage money, and had no contract
with the Newark Company. He, how
ever, brought q letter from Baum to
Borneman, saying that he had engaged
him as an embroiderer. He also ad-
mitted that he had made up his mind
six months ago to cope to America, and
had availed himself of the present op-
portunity to secure work in advance.
The Collector held that Flaig was pro-
hibited from landing by the provisions of
the contract labor law.
THE SITUATION AT PANAMA.
The Secretary of State has been in
formed by Adamson, United States Con-
sul-General at Panama, that the troubles
feared on account of the stopping OF work
on the canal have not occurred, and that
good order prevails in that locality. The
Consul also reports that great railroads
are soon to be built in Chill, and that
American capitalists are projecting ex-
tensive enterprises of similar nature in
Jamaica. He says that the Panama Ca
nal Company is ordering work done at
several points on the line of the canal.
but this is thought to be for the purpose
of preventing questions arising from a
total abandonment of the project.
THE PUBLIC PREMIERSHIP.
II is not likely that the appointment of
Public Printer will be made at an early
date. Private Secretary Halford said to-
night that there was no apparent neces-
sity for the appointment, inasmuch as
the last quarter of the present fiscal
year had already begun, and it was not
80 urgent now as during the last days of
March.
Walker Blaine filed dispatch this af-
ternoon from Charles S. Crocker, of San
Francisco, strongly urging the appoint
ment of Osborne for the place.
GEORGE GARD FOR MARSHAL.
General Vandever called at the De-