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importation of tobacco, we have a right to ask, expect and 

 demand, that we shall have protection, if we need it. We 

 have simply to show them whether we can raise tobacco or 

 not. 



I would like to ask Mr. Smith one question in regard to 

 the use of tobacco stems as fertilizers for tobacco. Whether 

 or not the quality of the tobacco raised upon land fertilized 

 with those stems is up to the proper standard. 



Mr. Smith. I refer that question to Mr. Hubbard of Hat- 

 field. 



Mr. Hubbard. There are some samples of tobacco on 

 the stand grown with stems. 



Mr. Fowler. A buyer told me that some growers had 

 ruined their reputation by raising their tobacco by the use of 

 stems as a fertilizer. 



Mr. Hubbard. Stems from the best seed-leaf that burns 

 white will produce white-burning tobacco. I would like to 

 introduce some resolutions in reference to this matter of 

 Sumatra tobacco. 



Mr. Hubbard read a scries of resolutions setting forth 

 the facts in regard to the effect of Sumatra tobacco upon the 

 market, and urging upon Congress the necessity of imposing 

 a duty upon it. 



Mr. Slade. I move that the resolutions be laid on the 

 table. 



The motion of Mr. Slade was put and declared carried. 



Mr. . I don't believe in shuttino: out debate on a 



question so important as this. There is no question more 

 prominently before the American people than this. 



The Chairman. I think that the debate on this question 

 has gone far enough this afternoon, and the majority of the 

 audience evidently think so too. The longer it continues, 

 the more liable we shall be to get into an uncomfortable 

 state of mind and temper. It will be better to take up our 

 regular order of business; that is, a paper on "Fowls for 

 the Table and Market," by Mr. Mason C. Weld of New 

 York. 



