Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-02
CONGRESSIONAL
Bills Presented and Measures Discussed in the
House and Senate of the Fifty First
Congress Yesterday.


WASHINGTON, May 1.-Mr. Vest from select
committee on meat products, made report and
accompanied it with an explanation. He said
the committee had investigated the subject very
fully, and had now reported four measures for
the consideration of senate. The first was the
concurrent resolution asking the president of the
United States to inaugurate a diplomatic cor
respondence with the authorities Of Great Brit
ain to bring about Q repeal or modification of
united kingdom. The next measure
was providing for national
inspection law, and requiring That all live cattle
shall be inspected when exported, and also that
the cattle intended for the expectation shall be
subject to inspection at the places where
killed. The next measure was intended
practlced as to storage capacity of steamships
carrying cattle to foreign countries. The evil
pute about it, that at the port OF New
York the practice had obtained among
steamship companies belonging to for
eign nations There being no Ameri-
can lines) of leasing contracting some
times single vessel, sometimes all the vessels
of the line for number OF months in advance
to one person, and the result was that the ship
per who was not the favored contra ctoR had no
opportunity of putting his cattle on the foreign
appeared before the commission and frankly
avowed they did not propose to divide
stowage capacity Of any vessel between
two or more shippers, and had given as reason
for it "a reason satisfactory to the commttee)
that when they had divided up their stock
capacity between two or three more persons it
resulted in difficulties and squabbles between
the employees of cattle owners to the annoyance
and Inconvenience of the officers of the vessels
Another biH reported was intended 70 prevent
belonging to the trunk line association land
that embraced all roads running from Chicago
east) under which no mileage is given TO
any of the improved cattle cars carrying live cat
tie from west to east. The evidence showed that
on the lines west of Chicago belonging to the
4arN nr.ae~4
two and half cents mile was given TO cattle
carried, whether improved or unimproved, that
belonged to private individuals as between rail-
road Companies A custom had obtained and
was generally observed by which company
using cars of another corporation paid mileage
of three quarters of cent each way for the use
The evidence showed that on lines east Of
Chicago refrigerator cars in which dressed beef
quarters Of a cent each way, although
they were hauled back empty; but i'm
proved cars in which live cattle were transported
on the same roads received no mileage at ALL
Since June, 1880, by resolution of the Trunk
line association the judgment OF the committee
was that that was an unjust discrimination
had reported bill amending the
interstate commerce act so as to prohib-
it that abuse. Those bills (he said were sub
nlitted with the report. He calls attention of
the committees on each side Of the chamber
which had control OF the order of business of the
the cattle interests Of the United States,
which is now in a very depressed
condition. TIE select committee was powerless
TO bring about an early consideration Of those
bills. The matter was Immediately under con-
troll OF those two committees, and of the senate,
eventually and he asked, in the name OF the
cattle -aisers Of the country, that the bills be
taken up and considered at an early day. Mr..
Plat said he regarded the subject OF great i'm
portence, and ought to be considered BY the
senate at an early day He assured the sena-
tor from Missouri that so far as he was con-
eerned. aud 30 far as he represented his friends
on his side Of the chamber. he would do his best
in that direction.
Nj. CuIIom. chairman Of tina committee on in
ter-state commerce, recognized the Importance
Of the measures reported. and declared himself
anxious to secure their early consideration he
asked Mr.. Vest If the report was very long or
whether it could be printed soon. Mr.. Vest re-
piled that the report covered about one hum
dred pages OF type written matter, and he sup
posed It could Be printed in very few DAYS
4r, Coke-The report slavery exhaustive one
and treats Of one OF the most important sub
jects now before congress, onf in which great
number Of people are very mdth Interested
Tbs honse amendment tos,the senate bill for
public building at Aurora, III, vas nor-con-
CURED in, and q conference ordered
The bill went over until Tomorrow with
aszrsssent with the senate that il shall proceed