Show The Affricultnral Appropriation Bill WASHINGTON March 2The changes made by the Senate committee on appropriation appro-priation in the agricultural appropriation bill wero few in number tho most important import-ant being the addition of a provision allowing I allow-ing manufacturers of sorghum sugar to remove re-move from bond distilled spirits not loss than GO per cent strength and fro of tax when used in the manufacture of sorghum sugar and to recover the spirits by redistilling redis-tilling under suitable bouds and regulation Otnor now items are To enable tho secretary of agriculture t continue the investigation in-vestigation concerning the feasibility of extending tho demands of foreign markets for the use of agricultural products 3300 to enable the secretary to collect and dis aeminato information regarding silk culture cul-ture to purchase and distribute eggs and mulberry trees and conduct experiments in silk reeling in the District of Columbia 23000 to the purchase and distribution of seeds to drought sufferers west of the Missouri Mis-souri river 150000 Tho committee increased in-creased from 5638000 to 37COO the appropriation appro-priation for agricultural experimental stations and from25000 to 30000 the stations from25oO 000 appropriation ap-propriation for experimental sugar manufacture manu-facture Tho committee on reform in the civil service ser-vice in submitting to the House today the bill sent in these dispatches Saturday for reorganization of tho civil service commission commis-sion says in part One objection to the present law is that a person appointed to a position after having passed civil service examination may be discharged by his superior even without cause This is not the intent and spirit of the law and the committee concluded remodeling was desirable de-sirable in order that the duties of the commission com-mission and of the appointive officers appointve oicers may be clearly stated and denned |