Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-04-30
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Riaa and hsmp hare essa sdvanos1 spoa
IL positive evidsacs THAI the time has eons
ID sncourays thsss two industries from
an agricultural standpoint The farmsrs
thsuselse. are ready 70 enter largely upon
Ii. cultivation of aax and hemp fiber under
adequate protection Tue diversity Of our
soii and climate beyond question invites Us 70
the establishment II thess industries
Hemp culture Is receiving attention
Throughout the entire north. and se<,d viii b.
sowu durisg the present. season in many statss
vber~ il has NOT teen heretofore cultivated.
exr<pt to desermine the Adaptaoility Of soil
and climate In the grain growing states
With the protsction otsrsd BY this bill -
sur~i, the farmers will SON produce all the
dbsr nec<ssary to bind their grain VIVA Amer
ican made wine from American grown hemp
JurE. MANILA AND sIsAL
Thsse fibers have bsen piArvo upon the ire
hss, and the cordags aud t~iue manufactures
,hsrsfrom greatly reduced. the reduction In
the binder Irvine being from So rs''s per
pcsud 10 N ceats psr pouud. NorwitA-
standing this, when hemp has been given
fair srial - . binder Irvine it 10 believed,
from the facts before your committee. thath
will displace that manufactured from the
foreign grown fb<rs With q cheaper and better
article.
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Ramie will accomplish for the south what
aax aud hemp will for the north. 1t % ar~
markable hber, which will, II encouraged, b
soon woven into . great variety Of the
dnest and most beautiful fabrics rhe pre-
enr season ramie 10 being grown b every
southern state, from South Carolina to TexaA
1t has Just passed the experimental stage, and
. great and valuable industry will b secured
to the south through its protection.
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Several years ago the government began
in systematic way to investigate the quss-
ton Of silk culture in the United StatsA
Twenty thousand dollars has been annually
expended by the department. Of agriculturs
for this purposs, and the results achieved
fully warrant this COMMITTEES In the belief
that successful and profitable silk production
il entirely practicable In . majority Of the
states Of the Union.
1t was not thought wiss 1t this time to i'm
pose . duty on rsslei silk. Your committee
found that the American silk rssler, in com
petition with the cheap labor Of Europe and
Asia, would 10 ~ . disadvantage Of at least
81 per pound for each pound Of silk produced.
The protection therefore necessary would
have Eesn given by duty in this bill but for
the fact that it would greatly embarrA8 the
silk weaving industry operating here under
existing conditions until the production OF
the reelsd silk in this country more nearly
approximates its consumption Hence. In
order to secure this industry - speedily a.
possible, and with the least expenss under
the exceptional circumstances, your CON-
mittss offer the necessary differential Of .
bounty OF 81 per pound-about the equiva-
lent OF 20 per cent on tho market value Of
good silk.
As the most important reason for assisting
in establishing the silk Keeling industry is to
aid the creation OF . market for cocoous.
which are an agricultural product, 1t was
thought by the COMMITTEES that the chief OBJ
ject in view would not be attained unlsss
direct encouragement were given to the pro
Queer of the cocoon. For this reason . bounty
b also provided for In the bill, amounting TO I
cents per pound OH fresh COCOON This also
i about equivalent to 20 per cent. Of the value
Of the product. This industry has been a.
sisted in the past by bounties granted by colo
NAL or state legislatures, but in general they
were primarily to encourage the planting Of mul
berry trees, else they were given for lots Of CO
coons or ailk larger than one person would be
likely 70 produce. For this reason they failed u
| accomplish their object.
By the provisions OF the bill these bounties are
b. paid for period Of ten years in order to give
| the industry . reasonable ASSURANCE Of psrmA
aency-
The committee have recommended that paint
ingS In oil water colors, being the professional
production Of painters and statuary, cut, carved
hxh
or mass OF marble, and being professional pro
duction of a statuary and sculptor only. shall h
relieved OF the - per cent. duty now imposed and
| be transferred Ia the free list The removal Of
| q, duty or tax from works Of art has long beer
| petitioned for by American artists. In 1894 the
| So iety OF American Artists passed . resolution
against the continuance Of the tariff on works oi
| art. In 1885 committee was appointed TO ascer
| tain the sentiment Of the artists Of the Unite!
States and, to that end sent 10 every artist and
every art institution and teacher of art whose I'D
dress could he found. asking for their views upon
the proprety OF continuing aboiishing the duty
To that circular the committee received AS re
plies. and out Of that number ,3a5 were in favor
Of . total abolition Of the tariff on works Of art
ADDITIONS TO THE FREE LIST.
The free list has been enlarged by the addition
| Of the following articles: Books and pamphlets
| printed exclusively In language other than Eng.
lish books AMI music In raised letters printed CT
ciuhlVeIy lArSsS, 0Afl.
bristles, raw; chicory root, raw, dried or undrcd
| but uheround; coal tar, crude, aud pitch OF coaj
tar; dlnde,ion roots, raw. dried unground;
| acorns; beeswax; floor mating manufactured
from round or split straw, Including what In com
| monty known As Chinese mating; zante and other
currants. dates grass and hbeIs; jute jute butts
! manila; sisl grass; sum and all other tex tile
| grasses or fibrous vegetable substance. unmanu
| factured degras and other grease; hair, human
raw, unceaned and not drawn; moasse5, under
| 70 degs; needles, hand sewing and darpng; nut
oil or oil OF nuts; olive oil for manufacturing and
mechanical purposes, unfit for eating; opium un
manufactured; ore, nickel; potash-cride or black
salts, chlorate Of. nitrate Of crude sulphats of
! crude. red earth or raGde. used for POLISHING
| lenses seeds; hemp rope, bulbs, dubious roots,
| not edible; shotgun barrel or barrels rough OF
bored: sponges; tar and pitch of wood tinsel wire
| lame or lain, tnbacco stems; sulphur ore as py
rites or suphuret Of iron containing an excess Of
sulphur; spirits Of turpentine; unnanufacturet
brar wood paintings in oil, water colors statuary
sugar up to and including No IS Dutch standard
| In color
INTERVAL REVENUE.
The committees have reco.nm enied changes In
| the Internal revenue Laws as follows
| First-Aboishins the tax dealers In leaf to
bocco which will relieve $S7a taxpayers and ~
duce the revenues Sts.5708b
Second Abolish NJ the tax on dealers In manu-
featured tobacco which will relieve 5ao.013 tax
payers from the payment Of a small hat vexaiions
tax, and viii reduce the revenue 81, aso. 0i59 s
Thirl-Aboshin2 the tax on manufacturer Of
tobacco. which will relieve 902 taxpayers and 70
duce the revenue s. lS323
Fourth -Abolishing the Tux on manufacturer
Of cigars, which will relieve ~. 6Ss Taxpayers and
reduce the revenue SID 1883
Fifth Abolishng the tax peddlers of tobac
which will relieve 5000 taxps yers and reduce
the revenue sl27, 0i0Ss
The committee recommend a reduction Of the
tax on smoking and manufactured tobacco from
Scents 70 cents per pound. which will effect Q
reduction Of the revenue Of s. So. 43oT
They also recommend Q reduction OF the tAx %
snuf from cents to cents per pound, which
will effect q reduction Of the revenue Of Sa22
54l.9lS
They also recommend the abolition Of the tar
on retail dealers in leaf tobacco enecting . re-
ducton Of the revenue Of SzU4
The committee have recommended that all pro
visions Of the statutes imposing restrictions Of
any kind whatsoever upon farmers and Rrowers
OF tobacco In regard n the sale thereof 10 ~
pealed This will enable the farmers and plant
sell their t1tapco uh nd IN hcr,~.,