Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-19
AGRICULTURAL BILL PASSED.
Members Of the House Continue to
Attack Morton.

Washington. Feb. 1s.-The house to-
day passed the agricultural appropria-
ton bill. 1t carries $3.15S,199. The sec
ton Of the revised statutes for the pur-
chase and distribution of rare and un-
common seed which Secretary Morton
declined to execute in the current ap-
preparation law was repealed. the APP
preparation for seed was Increased
Increased from 100000 to $50 600 and
Its execution was made mandatory up
on the secretary.
Mr. Cousins Of Iowa introduced his
amendment to reduce Mr. Morton's
salary from $1,000 to S2j until he ex-
pended the appropriation in the current
law, but the amendment was ruled out
on a point OF order.
Several amendments to the meat in
spcction act OF 1891 recommended by
Secretary Morton, which would have
given MIN additional power to enforce
regulations and have strengthened the
law by the imposition Of penalties for
violations, We're stricken out.
Bills were passed to permit the Kan
ssa City and Fort Scott railroad TO
extend Its line into the Indian Terri
tory to dispose OF the Fort Klammath
Bay reservation and to grant the Col
umbia and Red Mountain railway a
right of way through the Colville In
dian reservation.
A resolution was adopted directing
the ways and means committee to in
vestigate the effect of the difference
between the gold and silver standard
countries upon the manufacturing in
dustries OF the United States
Notice was also given that the con-
tested election case OF Van Horn vs.,
Tarsney would he called up next Tues
day.
Mr.. Newlands, who presented the
ways and means investigation resolu-
tion, stated thnt the chamber Of Com
merce of San Francisco had called the
attention of the country to the lnvas-
ion OF products from oriental countries.
especially Japan. California had al
ready felt the effect of this competition.
Chinese and their absorption OF every
industry which they had attacked and
which had led to their exclusion.
The Pacific coast he said, was now
threatened with the invasion of the
production of the cheap labor OF the
oriental countries He gave some in
formation regarding the cheap prices
at which Japanese watches, brushes,
cottons, woolens, etc. were being sold
in the San Francisco markets. Even
bicycles. he said, were being imported
and sold for tl2 a piece. He described
how bicycles could be manufactured in
japan for sl2 In silver and sold here
price of silver, he thought, would take
from the oriental countries the advant-
ages they now possessed. The house
then went Into committee of the whole
and resumed consideration of the agri-
cultural appropriation bills.
Mr.. Cousins Rep., la, In crlticlslng
Secretary Nortons course. character
lied 1t as the grossest usurpation Of
modern times.
Mr.. Panye CRep., n. W made n point
against provision in the bill TO COM
nile the records OF the tests OF dairy
cows at the Columbian exposition and
TO prepare the same for permanent
preservation"
Mr.. Richardson CDem., Tenn) intl-
mated that this provision was intend
ed to advertise certain herd OF dairy
cattle.
MIR. Connell Rep., ND on the other
hand intimated that there was mn at
tempt to smother the results of those
tests in the interest OF various breeds
of cattle which were afraid to enter
the competition.
The chair sustained the point OF or
der and the provision was ruled out.
The bill as amended was passed.
MIR. Lacey then called up the bill to
extend for FIVE years the time for
bringing suIts TO vacate and annul pat
ents TO public lands under the railroad
land grants. The bill extends the time
Ave years.
without action on the bill the house
at o'clock adjourned.