Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-26
CAPITOL COMMITTEE WORK.
Aid Asked for Agricultural Colleges
Other Matters of Interest.

The Senate committee on agriculture and
education today received a committee Of the
Association of American Agricultural Colleges
and Experimental Stations who presented a
memorial of their needs. The committee
consisted Of Henry E. Alvord, president
Maryland College; James H. Smith, Indiana
Merrill Z. Gates, New Jersey; James W. Pat.
terson, Kentucky; Henry NJ. Goodell, Massa-
chusetts. The memorial says that agricultural
colleges established under the United States
law Of 1862 are now educating nearly
10000 students. Large numbers of the grad
states engaged in useful vacations. The
memorial says: These colleges have now
reached point in their development
where their future growth and useful
ness il conditioned upon their securing
increased facilities for doing larger work,
that Is, upon increased endowment or annual
income. The next five years are critical years.
The memorial asks that at least $4,000 year
be provided now for each state, to be increased
until limit of not less than S25, 00o is reached.
The memoriaiists say they are willing this pro-
vision should be made either by the Morrill, bill
which the committee has under consideration,
Or in any other manner it sees fit to pursue.
After the memorial had been read the men,
bers of the comrIIttee questioned the signers
for some time. No action was taken.
PENSIONS FOR DISABLED VETERANS.
Senator Ingalls,, by request, introduced bill
today to pay soldiers who lost hand or foot or
an arm or a leg, in lieu of the pensions now
paid them, the sum of $50 a month from June
II, 1873
MEMORIAL FROM THE NATIONAL GRANGE.
Senator Paddock today presented pamphlet
from the legislative committee of the National
Grange, containing their memorial in favor Of
legislation to prohibit the adultera-
ton of food, gambling in farm products
and the formation and continuation of trusts;
also in favor of the reconciliation of silver
and a revision of tariff in the interest of agri-
culture. The memorial is signed by J. X.
Bingham, Delta, Ohio; L. Rhone, Center Hall,
Pa; John Trimble, Washington, DC, commit
tee.
THE CHAPLAINs SMALL AUDIENCE.
When Chaplain Butler lifted his voice in
prayer for the benefit of legislators at the north
ern end of the Capitol this morning the
only Senators in the chamber were
Senators Sherman, Hoar, Spooner,
Teller, Sawyer, Chandler, Allison. Hiscock,
Evarts, Allen. Jones of Nevada and Sanders.
On the democratic side every seat was vacant.
IN FAVOR OF DIRECT IMPORTATION.
Ex-Representative Darwin r. James Of
Brooklyn, member of the New York Chamber
of Commerce of New York. is here today to see
members of the ways and means committee to
secure the incorporation in the tariff bill of a
paragraph in favor of direct importation.
Previous to 1882 all goods coming from India
and other countries east of the Cape of Good
Hope were subjected to an additional duty
of 10 per cent if they did not come direct In
that year the clause assessing this additional
duty was stricken out and it is urged that the
effect has been to make London and Amster-
dam instead of New York, Philadelphia and
Boston the great distributing points for United
States purchasers of such goods as tea Spices
dyestdtfs, MANILA and other eastern
products. Eastern importers say that the re-
establishment of penalty for reshipment will
not only materially benefit American i'm
porters but will also serve to rehabliitate the
American merchant marine.
BILLS PASSED BY THE SENATE.
The following bills were passed in the Senate
today: Senate bill TO amend the interstate
commerce act Gas to modes of procedure); Sen.
ate bill to pay $s6,202 to the Mobile Marine
Dock Company for the use and occupation of
its property from April to November, 1865.