Mr. CATTELL. Several of my colleagues upon the ComFinance have spoken upon this subject. I agree with them that we gave a great deal of time and attention to this subject of flax seed and the oil produced from it, but it was finally a question of compromise without anyone of us being satisfied with the result. The real difficulty in this case is just here: in order to produce oil from flax seed you must find a market for the oil cake. Very much the largest partin bulk of the production must be reexported from this country to Europe again, simply because our people have not yet become accustomed to the use of oil cake as an article of food for cattle. As a consequence, it is absolutely necessary that something a little out of the ordinary course shall be done for the crushers. Under the old tariff the crushers of oil had a drawback as has been stated here, and that really reduced the duty on linseed to ten and a half cents. My own impression was at the time the committee made the report, and is now, that under the present rate of duty the important interests of the linseed crushers on the sea board cannot live, and that they do need something more; the relative difference should be something more, and the proposition which has been made by my colleague to fix 20 and 30 cents respectively I think is one which could be fairly accepted without doing any damage to the western interest at all, and one which would just about save the interests of the crushers on our shore and really do nothing more. I am perfectly satisfied that under the arrangement of 16 cents for the seed and 23 cents for the oil, withdrawing the drawback, you close our oil factories on the sea board. Besides, while I am on my feet I will say in reply to my colleague on the committee, the Senfrom Oregon, [Mr. WILLIAMs, that my impression is that we shall benefit the revenue by putting the duty at 20 cents. As many bushels will be brought into the country under that rate of duty as there will be if you put it at 16 cents. Consequently we shall doing 2 good things: increasing the revenue and permitting the linseed crushers upon the sea board to exist; and without such an arrangement I do not believe they can exist. Therefore, although I agreed to the report, I feel very much as if I should be glad if the Senate would accept the suggestion of my colleague. I think it is perfectly fair.