The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-03-06
He Introduces a Bill Identical With
the Demands
MADE BY THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE
AT ST. LOUIS.
Government Warehouses for
Farm Products.

Washington. March4th.-Last
week Senator Vance introduced
a bill covering identically one
OF the demands made by the
National ALI nee at st. Louis
last December. 1t is to es-
tablish a system of government
store-houses for agricultural
products. The bill provides
that whenever one hundred or
more citizens Of any county in
any State, the average value Of
the farm products of which
county for the two years next
preceding shall have amounted
to 100000 at the current prices,
shall request the location Of one
or more government storehouses
and the fact the farm products
Of such county shall be certified
under oath by the county clerk
or sheriff to the Agricultural
Department, 1t shall be the
duty of the Secretary Of Agri-
culture to Immediately cause
an examination to be made to
verify the representation of
such citizens, and if the ex-
animation proves satisfactory
then the Secretary shall at once
proceed to have erected one or
more Government storehouses.
But as necessary preliminary
il must be certified under oath
to tn Secretary that a site or
sites for the storehouse or
stOrehouses have been designat-
ed by a majority of the legally
qualified voters of the county
at an election held for that
purpose; also that at such
election, by a majority vote,
the legal voters selected suita.
BILE managers for the proposed
storehouse. 1t is also required
that the necessary ground fol
locations shall be donated tC
the Government by the citizens
These requirements having
been complied with, the Secre.
tary shall proceed, under laws
and regulations governing the
erection of public buildings, tc
have erected such storehouse
or storehouses as have beer
requested. Or the Secretary iI
his discretion may purchase OF
lease suitable warehouses OF
buildings for the purpose. Far
mels may store in such govern
ment storehouse the products
of their farms as are not perisha
BILE; no perishable or imported
products can be stored. It shall
be the duty of the manager tt
issue to the farmer a warehous,
receipt setting forth the quaint
ty, quality and value Of th'
products stored, the valne to b.
based upon the current marke
prices. The manager shall il
this receipt also set forth tn
amount of insurance, Of weigh
ing, chasing and all othe
charges against the farm pro
ducts stored. This warehous
receipt shall be negotiable.
: The products may to demand
: ed at any time by the holder Q
!, the warehouse receipt, but h
must remove them With
eleven months from date G
! storage. The Secretary G
!, Agriculture is authorized
| make all necessary regulation
for governing these storehouse
| Senator Vance Gays his bi
will relieve farmers. His pla
is that the manager of tn
! government storehouse shal
5 issue to the farm e
3 storing products, Unite
, States Treasury notes for eight
per cent of the value of pr
ducts shown by warehouse re
l ceipts; that the manager of til
l storehonse shall be a Treasur
f agent, and issue these note
q taking the warehouse receipt ,
. security, that within eleve
months the farmer must redeel
this receipt and his stored pr
a ducts, with Treasury note, ar
e to prevent imitation of I'll
currency, these notes must !
. cancelled. The farmer mu
o pay in addition tn insuran,
! and warehouse charges one p,
cent per annum for the loan a,
vanced him by the COVER
ment. If he fails to redee,
Il Il his products will be sold al
the proceeds paid to the N
q tiODal Treasury. Senator Van