Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-27

ha .nsr,..aj ,s,lin,, xb;nh tho h;il ~,
laid on m. "a ,Ie and ordered IN he nr,p,si
III, mariou of Nj Heath nf E.pnaha,.
Riil an act +, amend eh.rrar "a ~ ,b.
Reyis.d Stasnrss RELAXING IN n,,.a da..,
e.riboa and otnsr Will game nm its ps...y.
To be engros.-d. Wa. laId On the tabia n,
nation OF NJ Heath
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Mr.. Collins from the Committee of Con
ference Oh the dIsagreeing vote of the tw,
branches nth reference Io the bill 10 tix tn,
weight of bushel OF Va $ at 50 pounds re
ported tina. the Senate should recede iron
It, acuon lnIe tultely postpaniug the bll
and coAear attn the House Ia It's passage.
The report was accepted and the BIZ
passed 10 oe engfossed.
MIR. Haines OF heunebec subsequent,
moved to reconsider the votes pas.Iny the
Jlll and ACC ptlny the report OF the ruufer
ence Committee. lie sal that two years az,
The Iaw was passed TO tx the weight OF .
1u.hel OF oats AT 81 pounds, thereby c1n
forming to III. standard weight thruughou
the cuuatry. Alter ouly two wears trial /
was proposed to repeal tnat law, because III,
county OF Aroostouk and a portion of Wash
Ingtou lad expe rienced some difficulty fron
II uH account OF the manner IN when busI
ness MA. tran.arted bttse.n the farmers an,
luulb-ruen A.. those cou. .trs EXPRESSED il
they ,i,tt,'t yet any more for A bu,hel of oat
mn. man Ah.n tne v.4yht wa. r,,d al a
..,utt. a "A 1hev ask tn4 other cnnntle, 1,
change back again. Nearly all the uthel
q mans sr4 unr. h.,er, trun tha west aui ne
,ilt mol believe II was the wish of the people
mat thry shot,ll he cuunell-d to submit L,
IL rhan.. ~, tnnuyur rhnsa asking ia,
r.naal u,,utd s,,n srcusrom themselves II
the situation when there would be no de .irr
a, % back ia The tnrmer weight.
Nr. RYDER az p-nooseot u,l not protess Ia
ne y,r.ai in syr,cuiture but knew that the
,.w nf tvo wears ago was very unsatisfactory
e., tho ea.t..rn ..,'Ii,n of me State Tine
Committee an Ayrieulture VIII, were ali
.uricuttn,i.ts had waited for a reuaal and Ia.
trou,hr ,n,. farmers nt the St,tp knew thpir
want. Win ref.renc.a IN the charge thar
onix The eastern :, ctlou wants the change he
s,,i th,. Cnm,nitt-e on Ayreul ure was 81.
lectea t,um .li n,rts of the Stat. anda large
n,i,r,t> d.,I ,.ot lye m tne ea.t vel my
v,.I. r.-sum,.d IN yoice th, Wishes of Their
,,,n.tit,,, MT. m rennr,.,,,s the bill H.. honei
tho S..n,t. .o,,l, ,,ot re.consiter H.. act,o,
In acrep i'm, me- conference rruort.
MIR. tte,le, repAed. STATING tnat the agri.
cnlturai cun,m.t ee OF two wears ago was
taken from The state at large and re-
p,,ft.d unanimously Ia favor of 3!
nou,,t. IN bu-hel In the
nr..,,.,t cas,. IT WAS not the sense of amai,r..
~ ot the Committee To repea!; but they
tnoupht il tar To All psrtles to have a b.i,
r.uortrd and have thr matter discussed by
th,. Legislature. Ir the present las wa,
surAIls sucn al lniary to AGoustouk as to
de u.ud a sacrifice o The part OF tie rest OF
the cu,intles. t,en he would not object; but
n, thought after a IuEther trial II would be
tuul,d satisfactory. 1t seemed to INN that
the biti would ue absurd legislation and not
Al til. nierssts of anybody.
i. Sir. Lipb, OF CumbeJland did not know
tiat he Iullv uativrstoo1 the bearings OF the
qti. sLl4A; but one fact had e me To his al
ten ION when, If true led muI t. think the
uul ought hot 10 pass. a dealer hal SAID
t.aa II the bul b, came II Jaw II Wou,d yUte
$1,000 lulo his picket Oh his present stock ct
u.ts, that lie was wiillug To have 1t done II
tur stale desired, but Regarded 1t IL, absurd
legislation. MIR. Libby saId he uuuersIoo /
the standard weight is - pounds 10 a bushel
iu all the States bu. Ihsee, and tnat our
people are large purchasers OF
me West. IL seemed strange TO hun that
the farmer who is gNlhg ~ pounds To IA
Dushel cannot get any more tian II he were
giving 30 pounds. The luIeili geuce OF the
tanners would be aUie 10 cope with thai
problem. He believed the effect of the Dnll
woulu be to tax the ptopie, tne great niaJOri-
" OF whunI are purchasers, aod the Ivsuit
would be no benent 10 them but TO tue md
die men alone.
MI LuiIlns Of Aroostook said his county
was lafs,l engaged IN raising oats d"d
pUtato.s, ;, 10 when they were principally con-
nned on account of Their climate. lie
bought yedriy about 10000 bushels of oats
auu raised 5000 aud 1t would be Tor his
Interest to have the present Law; bat 1t was
t.r the interest OF his constituents To have
the weight fixed al 10 pounds 10 bu'hei,
because oats IA has cOunryi o. account oi The
season, do not average more than that, and
II they had 10 sen 81 pounds Tor bushei,
there weie 2 pounds III got nothing tbr.
inns he knew 10 be II fact from an
experience OF thlty years. The change
OF Two years ago ~ds made by the ADVICE of
an AroustoUk senat1r; tut ihat genttenlaii
didn't know uis business and was ~orKihS Ia
the interest OF tue consumer and no. tae
farmer. lie malulained That the producer is
the one to be projected al such matters.
Mr. Hiines replied, saying thAt Oa.s as
IA rule are hisntr III Aroostuok tnau
IN any other par. Of the State, aud that no
one cuuid MAKE hIm believe the farmers uf
tudt count, did not know that 81 pounds OF
OATS a.e worth more than 30 pounds. 1t
Those people hadn't got enough tor their oats