Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-04-26
turn tho committee down. I feel
sure you will do it.

Mr.. Chairman, do not desire TO
consume tho time of the House. |
have said about all | had to say, OK.
cept that it is provided in this
amendment that | have offered that
on page 26, line 1, instead of "June,"
tho word "March" shall be inserted.
The object of this is that these bull
lctins, when unclaimed by members,
may lapse tt the Secretary Of Agri-
culture, 80 that he may reallot them
to members of the House after the
3lst day Of March instead Of the 30th
of June.
Now, it is hoped that Congress
will adjourn by the 18th Of June. If
we leave here by that time, these
bulletins, under this bill, will not
lapse to the members until the 30th
of June. ask that that change may
be made, 50 that the members of tho
House may have the privilege of
these bulletins which may lapse on
account of members not taking them.
All that any member has to do in
order to retain his quota is to notify
the Secretary Of Agriculture that he
desires his quota Of bulletins, which
can be held there. Without this
notice, let them lapse on the 3lst Of
March, to be rcdistributcd by the
Secretary.
MR. BUTLER. Will the gentleman
from South Carolina allow me to put
a question to him2
Nix. LATIMEE. Certainly.
Nix. BUTLER. Does the gentle
man contemplate asking for an adj
ditional appropriation by way Of an
amendment to the bill to provide for
additional Ycarbooks, increasing the
number when that part of the bill is
reached?
MIR. LArlMER. No, sir; this
amendment that have offered is
simply in regard to agricultural'bul-
lctins.
MIR. BUTLER. | understood the
gentleman to say that he intended
also to ask for an increase in the ap-
preparation for Yearbooks. Did |
misunderstood the gentleman
MIR. LATlMER. You did. should
be glad to vote for an increase in
the Ycarbooks and horse books, but
that is not contemplated in this
amendment.
MIR. LATlMEK. Mr.. Chairman, no
man in this House has greater re-
spcct for the Secretary Of Agrcul-
turc than | have. l think every
member Of this House will agree
with me that no man bis filled that
position since the Department has
been organized who has given such
satisfaction. went to the Sccrc-
tary to find out if | could get an ad-
ditional allotment Of bulletins. He
said to me that alt the bulletins that
have been appropriated for have
been allotted to Members of Con-
grcss and Senators ; and if bulletins
lapscd last year, it is for the reason
that they did not lapse until the 30th
of June.
Members had probably gone to
their homes. Bulletins were allotted,
and those that lapscd are now in the
allotment for this year, and divided
pro rata among the members of the
House and the Senate. l say to
members of this House that the
Secretary Of Agriculture does not
object to our having an increase of
$4,000 for the publication of these
bulletins. IT matters not whether he
has recommended it to Congress or
whether he has advised the commit
tee to make the appropriation or not !;
that is not the question involved.
lie did ask you to give $4,000
for the purpose OF assisting the
Agrostologist in his work, and you
refused and only gave him $4,000.
You have not followed the Sccre-
tary and his recommendations cx-
ccpting when they met your will.
The publication Of these bulletins is
n matter of interest to every mem
Der of this House. We are spend
ing $1SO,OoO for maintaining cxper-
imcnt stations throughout the coun-
try. want to ask gentlemen OF this
committee and members of this
House, why continue these expert
ment stations at the cost Of &780,0DN
annually if we refuse to send out the
information acquired through these
institutions
1t is valuable information which
every farmer ought to have; and
want to say to the gentleman from
Illinois that out Of the 200 bulletins
which have been printed there are
at least 100 that every farmer in
yOIlr district wOul1 like "a road ho