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lishments of that kind. There is quite a demand for it in mane parts 
of the country. 
Mr. JoserH W. Bartry. I would like to ask the gentleman from 
Tennessee what is the purpose of the work? 
Mr. RicHarpson. This is the report on ethnology. 
Mr. Batmry. Yes; but what is = object of publishing it by the 
Government ? 
Mr. Ricuarpson. Has the gentleman ever examined it? 
Mr. Batter. Yes, sir; I have. 
Mr. Ricwarpson. Then the gentleman is just as competent to testify. 
as I am. 
Mr. Barry. The gentleman answers my question by asking another. 
I hope he will give the information I have asked for. 
Mr. Ricnarpson. I can not say, of course, what would suit the taste 
of my friend from Texas. If he would like to inquire and learn any- 
thing about ethnology, he will find the information in this work. 
Mr. Frank E. BettzHoover. Mr. Chairman, I rise to a question of 
order. What proposition is pending before the committee? 
The CHarrMan (Mr. A. M. Docxsry). There is no amendment pend- 
ing. The Chair has been indulging this debate by consent of the 
committee. 
Mr. Buack. Then I will offer an amendment if necessary. 
Mr. Ricnarpson. If the gentleman will permit me, I will move to . 
strike out the last word—a pro forma amendment. 
I was going to say, Mr. Chairman, that these are very scientific and 
valuable productions, and are valuable not only to ourselves and our 
Government, but to all scientific people everywhere. I do not under- 
take to say that they would suit my friend from Texas or his taste 
for literature, but they do suit the taste of many people. 
Mr. Barry. That is precisely the point that I wanted to develope. 
Then this is an effort to promote science, as I understand it. Now, 
the only power of Congress to promote science is derived from the 
Constitution, which expressly authorizes it ‘‘ to promote the progress 
of science and the useful arts.” How? Not by publishing and dis- 
tributing such works as these, but by securing to authors and invent- 
ors the exclusive use of their writings or inventions for a limited time. 
And, as I take it, when Congress has done that it has exhausted its 
power to promote the progress of science and the useful arts. 
Mr. BettzHoover. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment to this 
section or paragraph of the bill. , 
The Clerk read: 
Amend by increasing the number in line 46, page 35, to ‘‘14,000;’’ and in line 47 
change ‘1,000” to ‘‘3,000,”’ and ‘‘2,000”’ to ‘‘6,000.’’ 
Mr. BeitzHoover. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman in charge of 
this bill, the chairman of the committee, will give me his attention, I 
