The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-31
HALE OPPOSES
 B|C HARBOR BILL Senator Frye Says AppTopTia-
 ton Will Pass M 'GHf BE KILLED BY TALK Senator Frye Thinks Rumors of Post ponement Without Foundation. Cotton Standardization Com plete With Nine Grades.
MIGHT BE KILLED BY TALK

Washington, January 3O.-(Specal.) J. Much will be heard from now on concern ing the fnte of the rivers and harbors bills. It is always 2 fruitful source of speculation The oid rule will hold good. The bill ill pass for the reason that this is the long session of Congress and it cannot be talked to death. because Con- gress does not adjourn on any given date. There is opposition to the bill, how ever. Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania today said: Ut Is the opinion of such lead- CTS as Senators Hale and Aldrich that 1t would be folly to pass river and harbor bill carrying $35. GOO or S400O0.00O in view of the present condition of the treasury. The matter has had consideration by the recently created committee on public ex- penditures of which Senator Hale Is act ing chairman, and while no definite action was taken the situation was pretty thor oughly gone over.
 An opinion exists that if we provide for projects now building under continuing contract provisions 1t will be about all the present Congress can reasonably be expected to do. Should we do but this the sundry civil bill will carry in the neigh borhood of s15.0O0,oo0 for continuing the work of river and harbor improvement
 ''Of course.' continued the senator.
 conditions may change as to the treas ury deficit in which event a river and harbor bill would in all probability be given regular consideration"
 Senator Frye of Maine, chairman of the commerce committee and an uncompro- missing friend of waterway improve ments. takes diametrically opposite view of the situation.
 The only way a river and harbor bill can be defeated" said Senator Frye, Ifs to have it reported so late in the session that 1t might be talked to death. It cer- tainly cannot be defeated by votes have not heard the rumors about disposition on the part of some senators to postpone consideration of a river and harbor bill but in view of the Presidents recommen- dasions in his special message to cpn- gress, cannot believe there Is any foun- dation for the rumors."
 The commission appointed to stand ardize' cotton grades has completed it's work and reported to Congress- The de- partment of agriculture is now preparing the standard samples, showing the nine grades established by the commission me commission, for whose work $10,0O0 was appropriated was appointed in the | make nine standard grades to take the place of the 36 classes then used by the New York and other cotton exchanges.
 fof the preparation of the sets of sam pies S25,Oo0 is available, and 1000 sets to be sold to applicants at s@ set. the cost of making, will be ready for distribution September l.
 The regarding of cotton was determined oy congress at a time when there was general complaint in the cotton trade against the delivery of low classes-lIttle if any better than linters-on the call of future contracts on the New York ex change. The cotton utilized for the set dement's were stage properties, compara lively few In number and swapped about at each climax. Attempt to spin the cot tons was rarely made and were generallv unsuccessful It, therefore, resulted that when future contracts were made in good faith and predictative of actual settle ments by delivery of spots, the buyer re- ceived, when he received at all. very spotty spots Under the new grading there can be no deliveries of grades so low as to be useless
 There is another chief purpose that the commissions work will serve the de- termination of the classes by nine grades instead of 36. discharging much of the intricate and involved classification pre- NiouSly Used. In the cotton country there have been small towns without clas- sers, and the grading of cottons has been impossible, except by the importa ton of classers for the work The sam ples. when prepared for employment, will show the nine grades so simply that any, body at all familiar with the subject can class his cotton.
 The samples of 'standardized'' cotton will be so arranged that there will be al most no possibility of mistake. The nine grades samples will be in boxes. glasses and covered, and readily visible. To pre- vent any confusion of grades that might result from dscoloration of the cotton by time and light, photographs showing the color are attached to the boxes
 Many experienced cotton men regard '.the standardization as one of the most beneficial works that Congress has ever done.
 The commission that standardized the grades was composed of well known cot ton men, who served without compensa- tion.
 Under orders issued by the interior de- partment over 2oO0 acres of public land in Winston county has been withdrawn from homestead entry for the purpose of forming a forest reserve.
 Representative Burnett is trying to have this order revoked and believes he will succeed. The Alabama member says the tract Is too isolated for a for est reserve and in many instances peo- pie have already made application for entry.