Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-11
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
What the Nations Law
makers are Doing.
sTANFORD'S FARM LOANS SCHEME
The Meat Inspection and Food Adul-
teratiOn Bill Called Up.
Other Legislation.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
WASHINGTON, March 10.-Among the
bills reported and placed on the calendar
in the Senate today was one for the con-
struction of postoffice buildings in towns
and cities where the postoffice receipts
have for the last three years exceeded
$1,000 year.
The bill fixing the times and places for
holding United States courts in the State
of Washington passed.
Public building bills for the State oil
Washington were reported and placed on
the calendar, as follows: Tacoma, Seattle
and Spokane Falls, $1OO,OOO each Walla
Walla, 100000.
Stanford offered preamble and reso.
luton instructing the committee on
finance to inquire what relief for the ex-
isting agricultural depression may be fur
nished by the United States, and par.
ticularly whether loans may not be made
by the Government on mortgages on real
estate, independent of improvement, at
such rates and to such amounts as will
make security to the Government per-
feet, the Government to receive some
small rate of interest Zone to two
per cent. }, and to be able to call ina per-
centage of the loans from time to time at
Its discretion. He submitted remarks in
favor of the resolution. Referred to the
committee on finance.
Plumb offered a resolution (agreed to-
calling on the Secretary of the Interior
Tor statement as to the cause of with
holding patents for lands within the
limits of the Union Pacific land grants.
Inc Dill appropriating $500, 900 for q
public building at Salt Lake City, Utah,
was passed.
On motion of Sherman, the bill pro-
vldlng for the inspection of meats for ex-
portatlon, prohibiting the importation of
adulterated articles of food for drink and
authorizing the President to make pro-
clamation in certain cases, was taken from
the calendar.
Manderson suggested that one of the
great troubles in connection with the ex-
portatlon OF meat products was the mu.
nlclPal requirements offoreign countries,
and asked Sherman whether there was
anything in the bill that could remedy
that trouble.
Sherman said that for several years
past restrictions had been imposed in
France, Germany and Great Britain on
the importation of meat products. The
general complaint made in all these
countries was that there were no meat
inspection laws in the United States such
as existed in European countries. He
believed the passage of the bill would
enable the proper authorities of the
United States to procure and release
various restrictions more or less, and
would thereby add at least $50 ,000, 900 to
the American expectation of beef pro.
ducts.
Bate remarked that several bills kin
dred to this one were pending before the
Agricultural committee; that it was
matter of vast Importance; that the
pending bill was a substitute for the
originsl bill, and had only been reported
last week and more time should be al
lowed for the consideration of the
measure.
The discussion was further participated
in by Allison, Plumb, Teller and Ed
munds, when the hour of 2 o'clock
arrived, when the bill was laid aside
without action and the Educational bill
was taken up.
Higgins addressed the Senate in advo-
cacy of the bill.
Jones, of Arkansas, followed Higgins.
He said the Legislature of his State had
instructed her Senators to vote against
the bill, and he should obey those in
structions.
At the close of Jones's speech the SEN
ate proceeded to vote on the amendments
proposed by the committee, and they
were severally agreed to. The bill was
then laid aside, and after an executive
session the Senate adjourned.