The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-30
FREE SEEDS PUTBACK
House 0YePPules Chair to
Get It's Way.
APPALACHIAN RESERVE LOSES
Proposal to Take on Tariff on Lum-
Der in Order tn Fight the Trust.
to- Interfere with Enforcement of
State Food Laws-EIIIs Passed.

Congressional constituents viii be given
free seeds another year if the House Of
Representatives has its way. Such an
amendment was inserted yesterday in the
agricultural appropriation bill, but 1t was
only accomplished by a coalition Of il
number of Republicans with the Demo-
Gratis, and the overruling of the Chair
The bill was taken up in Committee Of
the Whole the first question being the
item relating to the distribution OF seeds,
Mr.. Gambler, Of Mississippi, leading the
opposition to the effort OF the Committee
on Agriculture 10 abolish the distribution
.of Dromiscuous garden and fam seeds,
moved 60 insert the provisions of the
current law on that subject appropriat-
ing $Z5S,000 FOR the purchase and distribu-
tion Of seeds under the old practice. Mr..
Jones, Of Washington, made point Of
order against the amendment that no
distribution Of seed was authorized by
law.
Sustaining the point, the chairman, Mr.
Foster, said the question was cOncededly
a close one. Were # new proposition,
there was no doubt in his mind that the
point Of order should be sustained. but
in view of the long-continued practice and
some precedents bearing upon IT, he felt
that the House should itself decide. To
give it the opportunity TO do this, he
sustained the point Of order.
From this Mr.. Gambler appealed. and
by vote Of 50 90 1SG. The amendment
was then agreed to and the subject dis
posed Of as usual for another year
a bin was passed providing for the
hearing os appeals and writs Of error
from the District Court Of Alaska for the
Ninth circuit at San Francisco, Port
land, or Seattle.
a resolution was adopted calling on
the Secretary Of the Treasury @ report
70 the House a list Of all properties iH
the District of Columbia rented for or
by the government, with details OF
amount OF rent paid &c
a Senate bin was passed increasing the
board Of assistant appraisers of customs
at New York from ten 20 twelve. and
providing that one Of them snail be
known as special deputy appraiser and
TWO as deputy appraisers.
AAEtA 4 AEnN A-alnHA trust
AIr Lacey, Of Iowa. moved an amend
ment 70 the agricultural bill authorizing
the Secretary of Agriculture % sell
maured timber on forest reserves at
prices which VIII tend 10 break down the
figures set by the lumber trust. and Mr..
Fitzgerald. OF New York, moved "a fur
Their amendment. authorizing the Secre-
tary If he finds lumber prices maintained
by "a trust 20 remove the tariff on
lumber. But both met a point OF order
made by Mr.. Wadsworth. Of New York.
in charge Of the bill
The paragraph appropriating $4,000 for
'the proper and economical admiuistra-
ton. protection. and development of the
national forests was amended. on motion
by Mr.. Mann, so as 20 restrict the ex-
penditure to the administration and pro-
lection of the forests. An amendment in
creasng the salary If the chief forester,
SIR Pinch0t, by $1,000. was stricken out.
Mr. Macon also caused the elimination Of
like proposed increase in the salary Of
the chief chemist OF the department. The
proposition To establish a forest reserve
in the Appalachian and White Mountain
regions came up on amendments offered
by Mr.. Lever. appropriatng 100000 10
enter upon the acquisition Of lands, and
by Mr.. Thomas of North Carolina
directing that SURVEY be made TO deter
mine the necessity and feasible b0unda-
ries of the proposed reserves. They were
rejected on points of order by Mr.. Wads-
worth. Against certain provisions de6u-
ing the duties Of the Bureau of Chemis-
Try as TO investiga tins food adu'terants
and coloring matters, which he said in
effect. repealed parts Of the pure food