New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-25
CURRENT TOPICS AT THE CAPITAL.
KENTUCKIANS AS TO THE TAX ON SPIRITS.


Yesterday, after General Raum. Commits
sioner OF Internal Revenue had addressed The Finance
Committee of the Senate in favor of the joint resolution
OF the House 10 postpone period for the payment OF
the tax spirits, Y. A. Karwiesc, representing 'he
wholesale dealers and rectihers OF Louisville n.y. ana
his attorney John n Oliver OF Washington were invited
into the room, and heard IN opposition the pm
cipa points Of their arguments were mat inc
present law works well, and there has been
no prctext for q change until recently. The persons
they represent have invested their labor and capital
in a business yielding a sure and steady revenue 70
the Government and have been SO sngage 5or tp
have reimbursed the diser for the production tax,
which money the Government has used, whlic IlISf
amount OF their stock romans on hhru no I'iu .
be afforded to these people by the resolution but the
benefit Will only to those who hereafter disli ana
overstock the market upon me promise TO iay tu INC
eminent per cent interest for NE indulgence. !he
books OF the Internal Revenue Once show that the
quantity OF distilled spirits In bonded warehouses on
the Is, Instant in OHIO. Indiana and Illinois was ~ lol-
and uimois 5i2Gs0 gallons. IT. quantity in wsr-
houses Kentucky the lst of February was D. 'us-
G65 gallons. The producing capacity throughout the
~ comparcd with 2I653O gallons on the Isl OF
MaIch 1877 and ,2l3 gallon, on tho lst oil maf'h'
1876.
A HINT TO EXPORTERS 70 GERMANY.
The United States Consul at Barmeu writes
that the American competition with Germany IN south
America ana the difficulty OF exporting prohtoby to the
United states, have produced growing feeling IN Ger
many in favor OF rosorting t. diGereutia duties on
American manufactures, entiiliug tho loss OF the
German market to American producers. Tie Consul
dwell. on tie imperative need OF Keeping NJ high stan,
dart of cyCcIcuce Ia American goods, winch now hhu
Europcnu martcts. ard especially canned provisions
Gases OF calpoisonug from imper'ecily sodcrcl cans
Teccytly conc 10 lilt The DID ELECTS OF luc hcodlc,s-
this regard are often Only 10 be efHdc'Vn %
TIE ElGuT-uOUR LAW AT NAVY YARDS.
A circular issued from the Navy Depart
neut Yesterday directs that the working hours at The
several navy yards aud shore stations throughout tho
United states shall be- between March II and sepIem-
Der ~ from u. to o1p. m aud between September
90 and March 90 from $40 a. IN 10 400 p m, with the
u1rtIncut viii contract for the labor Of mechanics fore
men leading AMI iaDor,rs on the basis OF esli
dy VIZ T r,,,oend,its arc instructed to inform tue
men Of these conditions, a"d t1y arc NJ ""eI'5 ~ az
cept employment un"cr them OF not
THE BLAME or A RECENT COLLISION
Mr.. Addison Low, supervising inspector of
eteatnhoais Of the second District having rrtNanlned
the testimony the OF the collision between the
e,yboa, James Fisk. r and the schooner Josie Crow
lev has forwarded his decision 10 Supervising Inspector
General Dumont. lie saws;
IL Il my opinion that II tho schooner a1 been supplied
with "a bell. required by law IN, d'n'. ilis. nav
been avoided. sound from bell j. easier ocAt, ana
attracts attention quicker than any DINER morse II was
bud judgment on Tho part OF ht n,le 10 l'n1r a., YES
improper for her to lie IN the position .ne dd WIN 'nt
individual Oh board brn,No inc hcclutut WAS
wholly due to those on board the schooner
NEWSPAPER TRANSPORTATION.
The section in the bill to classify mail mat
ter prohibiting the transportation OF newspapers eA-
cent through The mails, will probably be stricken ont
bv the committee. The Superintendent OF the Railway
Mail Service reports that It would be impossible
for that branch OF the public service win
ts prccnt facilities with that Congress would be
ikgly 10 avo 10 handle the entire editions Of all the
nrV.naIars published in tho United states whie the
snioli Increase OF revenue from postage would De
,-IGing Wncn compared with the additional expense
IN Which the Government would DC SUBJECTED by such
requirement. - -
THE BONDING OF IMPORTS TO THE WEST.
An important change i'll the manner Of
handing goods sent 10 the West under tho Transpoua-
,ion Act is to be recommended to the Customs Diy-
sion of tho Treasury Department. IL Is proposed that
the entry OF the goods shall be omitted from the bond.
and that the transportation company aching ~ con-
signee shall be permitted deposit the goods win the
collector In tie Western city after which the real con-
simpc may enter them at pleasure Ihls VIII place the
western Custom Houses upon The same FOOTING ar those
of Inc scaboard aud Is thought VIII prevent numerous
troubles now arising on account OF the bonds