New-York tribune., 1873-02-12
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
iUUoE OF MI fNf1oLIN 7 hIINHo'
Mr. McCLELLAND (Dem., PENN presented the
following petition:

Mr.. McCLELLAND Dem, PENN presented the
following petition:
CHINESE LABOR IN PENNSYLVANIA.
To ~ Honora9k ne Sa' and Houss Of Representatives Of ne
The petition Of The subscribers citizens Of the county Of Beaver in The
tAnese been cutlery company located in
charge iro the worEs Of he White AnecSa mechanic wonen that
zoo Chinese direct from China are said 70 be engaged and
sane eRph1y to s , exclusion & o9 the "Oss % s 81 our S G own
ior Of seTiu on their part 50 low as to forbid
competition BY american ils iheI are SO aoasag
brought With them thai their Introduction Io the Ua,sd
Working people of PunsJiysna and Of United States
inssmaeh as hat the protection Of IS 70 50 per cent
nose o protecting The American aboTsT against cheap foreign labor
Asa therefore to be saved from such evils and behalf Of our
hbng aber Importation Of Chinese sbore under contracts
n He' q such articles Or manufacture as are or NAV be pro.
tEsctel oT aul your petitioners viii ever pray, &c
APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr.. GARFIELD rep, Ohio, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported the sundry Civil Appropriation
bi which made the special order for tomorrow.
The bill approprates about s27,OOOOOo.
Mr.. SAWYER (Iep.. WIS.,, from the Committee on
Commerce, reported the River and Harbor APpropri-
alton bi which made the special order for Monday
next. Tue hiu apprOpriates $j5G,4OO
The majority aud minority reports on the subject Of
refundDg distiers money PAID for Ice meters were
made, from the Committee of WAYS and Means, by
Messrs KERR Dem, IndJ and BECK Dem. Ky), and
ordered 70 be printed.
BILLS PASSED.
Mr. BURDETT Rep.. Mass.l, from the Committee on
Indian Affairs reported bill TO authorize the President
10 negotiate with the Creek Indians for cesson Of
portion Of their reservation the seminOles and saes
Passed
The House then took up and passed the Senate bin to
pay 10 the heirs legal representatives OF George C.
Bestar OF Peoria, Ill., $4,000 for extra work done ana
losses sustained by delay in completing his contract for
constructing iron-clad steamer.
hour the bill reported last week by Mr PACKER tRep,
PENN. from the Committee on Roads and Canals, 70
authorize the building OF tue Montana and wyoming
Railroad. The bill was amended in some details and
CHEAP LETTER POSTAGE
Mr. FARNsWORTH LIB Rep, ILL, Chairman OF the
Committee Printing, reported bill to further amend
the postal laws making the letter postage after the lst
of July two cents &C. and the House proceeded to
Mr FARNswORTH moved to amend the provision
which allows weekly newspapers 20 pass through the
and published by striking the words actually and
wholly the object OF the amendment oeng not TO eI-
ouGe from the provision those country weekly papers
which have portion Of their edition printed IN some OF
The large eties The The amendment was agreed TO-
cate bill. and 10 give statistics showing what the
experience has been as to the reduction OF postage rates
in Increasing the mass OF correspondence by mail As
10 prepayment OF newspaper postage he made the
following statements The postage revenues last year
On letters tl9S540G on newspapers and period
ca t959lO SO the revenue for letters was 20 times as
were 20 times the weight and bulk OF the letter mail
In 1870 there were, IN round numbers, printed
nj
copies or an average OF over 25OOOOO day. OF weekly
pspers S6OOOOO copies, average OF over 100000
week OF monthly periodicals, lOO0O0OO copies or an
average OF over 81 millions month. The lowest Of
postage these publications was atpresen: On daies.
81 20 year weekes, 20 cents, and on monthlies IL
cents He thought 1t too much 10 say that 10 per
cent Of dailIes and so per cent Of the weekles
and mOnthlies passed through the mails. IL that
were So and If the postage had been collected on IT, 1t
should have yielded from the daily papers Of
S}OT692 the weekly papers OF tS46,l53, and from
the monthes OF 100000 making a total Of s2,9sSS45
while the actual receipts om these sources were only
t9S5 $40. IL therefore, manifest that put small
part the postage that which constituted the great
Department. He thought that eventually Congress
would REQUIRE every who the mails
there p'' Was now feeling Of deferehce
10 country weekly press TO OF allowing
their circulation free OF postage in the county OF publ
cation. As 20 the effect OF the proposed BILL 1t his
opinion while next year might show a slight def
cieBcy the postage received irom letter mail within
two the present revenue would be caught with
and passed As 20 the prepayment Of newspaper post
axe that not 10 90 INTO operation until the LIST Of
MT T. H. ROBERTS Csep. n. " moved to amend by
making the postage on daiy newspapers not exceeding
-four ounces N weight IS cents per quarter After dis
Tho amendments offered by Mr. GARFIELD Rep.,
Ohi0l 4nd HIBBARD Dem, n HI IN respect 10 lnaga-
zine and newspaper manuscripts were agreed To-
Tue DillHas then passed
1he bill as amended reads as follows;
That asr 6rs day Of July nsIt all
mail matter shieb wholly Or partly IN wnang eIeep1 pool MAGAZINE
manuscripts and corrected proofs passing between
r or I'll pSisd % srss as 70 convey sy
further ipfOrnsion than is eonVsIsd b. the original print
natter Which yOshOn Of sw the regulstOns Of
6e rate postage assigned postage shall be charged At the rate
f two cent half ooDes fraction thereof aud this provision
80 through tie postohees their eses
% sB3 newspaper manuscripts are hereby declared belong TIE
ssc TbI om and ls Of January
regulations and slh Rsnssf a. tle fUA % & osss sss pre-
s6s ibs class shall all es'es be prepaid and col