Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-30

Education of farmers ew Silver
BiL-Mors War Claims.
peal of Interstate Com
merce Law, Etc.
General Washington Notes.


From Our Own Correspondent.
Representa- Q Fun ston or X nsas, who
represents one OF the largest and mos
progress Sive agricultural constituencies OF
the house, and who Is chairman OF the
comm I ca OF agriculture, intends TO push
TO sue, o sful issue his bill app opriating
81. 600 Tor the establ shnent OF national
agricultural laboratory in connection with
the agricultural department aud the
Smithsonian institution. A subcommittee
of the gricultural committee has several
times discussed the bill, and the members
of the committee are favorably disposed TO
il. Secretary Rusk, Assistant Secretirv
Willis, and in fact, all the prominent agri-
cultursts who have seen the bill heartily
approve of IL. Mr.. Funston proposes TO
have educated il this laboratory youEg
farmers who will enR0ge in tho sugar beet
production, Ind that each state shall he
entitled 20 one or more students to be edu-
Gated in sugar production. There has
been scme opposition to thisl st fe ture OF
the bill, on the ground that it, would not
yiold an Immediate return, and therefore
would not be pEoht ble for the govern
ment. Mr.. Funston SAYS the experiment
will not Z st over 1901 900 year, Hs It. will
only be necessary TO give each student "a
course of one year in order 10 proper
qualify him for the work; aud that II. after
a few years experimenting, IL Is seen TO be
an Improbable experiment. tho none wal
be well invested in finding this out. Prof.
Whey and others exper enced in sug =
beet cul ure are strongly in favor OF the
bill, and have pledged 10 work for its pass
ago.
The bill prep lred by the secretary OF the
treasury, and introduced in both houses
providing for the issue OF treasury notes on
deposits of silver bullion, embodles the sug-
gestions, in the main, IN do by the Secre-
m his annunl rpRDlttQ in
which the bill is not exactly in line with
those suggestions ii is an Improvement
For example, one of the strongest ob GO
tons TO the plan as originally presented,
was the possibility of the United States
minis and assay Offices being flooded with
foreign silver. The secret ry answered
this oh ection by showing that foreigners
could find no advantage in sending the r
silver TO this codn ry; but in Difference TO
the OPINION Of others he has entirely dis
posed of the OBJ ection by provid ing
in the oil that the bullion
upon which treasury notes shall be issued
must be the product OF mines III the United
States ar OF ores smelted or refined in tue
| I'm ted > ates, and that mo deposit con
sisting in whole or IN D II ~ silver bullion
| or foreign silver coins imported INTO tn s
| country, or bars resulting from melted or
| refined foreign silver coins, sh II be no
ceived under the pro isions of this act, "
thus etfectua ~ removing ull niger OF the
influx OF foreign silver One other Oh &c
| tion was that too great authority was
| given TO the secretary OF the treasury in
| giving him discretionary power TO sus end
temporarily the receipt OF silver bullion
| for payment in notes when necessary to
protect the government against comb.
| II lions formed to give an arbitrary anl
! fictitious price To 81 yer. The bill as in
troduced, gives the secretary the power to
temporarily suspend the receipt Of bullion,
-
w tn the approval Of the president.
| With these OF. ectons eliminated,
| the consecutive character of the
pan is maintained, without materi
ally impairing its purpose TO estab
lish and maintain, Through the operations
! of trade, convenient and economical use
OF ali the money metal in the country, 'and
providing IA desirable and acceptable paper
currency. The fate OF the bill is uncertain,
but it Will receive careful consideration
and discussion, which will do much to-
wards drawing TO it considerable support