Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-03-28
VI dsIIIIIS uuIt.
THE WHISKY TAX.

An associated press dispatch, of the
23rd, states that the senate finance
committee to-day heard Commissioner
Raum, Of the internal revenue bureau
in the advocacy of the favorable report
upon the house joint resolution to ex-
tend the time for the payment of taxes
on distilled spirits in bond. The COM
mittee also heard representatives of
forty-three Louisiana rectifers and
wholesale dealers in highwines in op-
position to the passage of the joint res
olution. They opposed the extension
of the bonded period for whisky made
after January 1st, 1873, but favored inn
mediate relief in regard to whisky in
bond Which was made during 1877.
PENSION BILL.
The house committee ON invalid pen
sions to-day agreed to report the bill
allowing pensions Of $72 per month to
soldiers having lost both eyes, both
hands or both feet, and $24 per month
to those having lost one eye, one hand
OF one foot.
WOOL TARIFF.
The ways and means committee
changed several classes of wool in the
new tariff bill and fixed the rate on all
woods from whatever country imported,
at % percentum dd UdLOreno. They
have also increased the rate on cloth
ing of all descriptions and of whatever
material made, from 40 to 40 per cent.
ad uaEorem. The bill is now completed
and will now probably be reported to
the house early next week.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC BILL.
An associated press telegram from
Washington of the 22d inst, states that
the committee on railroads, to-day had
the bill for the extension of the Pacific
road recommitted to the committee on
railroads. This was done in the hope
that the time might be extended ten
years instead Of eight as formerly re-
ported favorably by the committee.
MAIL CONTRACTS
Associated press dispatches from
! Washington under date of March 21st,
say the house committee on post offices
has entered upon an investigation into
the method of letting mail contracts
which is likely to become protractGd.
This morning they discovered con-
! tract in the name of John NJ Adams for
$4,000, This contract Adams sublets
for $4,000. pocketing the difference.
1t was stated that one ring in Washing
ton here controls 600 routes, none of
which are actually managed by the
holders of the contracts. The post
Office committee will endeavor to frame
general bill which will correct these
evils. The post Office committees of
the past five congresses have undertaken
to do the same thing, and have thought
that they accomplished it, bnt the ring
still seems to exist, and it appears to be
impossible for congress to enact leglsla-
tion that will prevent them.
THE BRAZILIAN SUBSIDY BILL
will be brought before the house at an
early day. Waddell, of the post office
committee, was instructed to present ii
to the house at the next call of the com
mittee. At that time he will make an
argument, maintaining that comfy be-
tween Brazil and the United States re-
quires the establishment of a monthly
line of steamships.
THE WHISKY BOND BILL.
There is likely to be more opposition
in the senate finance committee to the
bonded period whisky bill than there
was in the ways and means. Senators
Beck and Matthews this morning made
an argument in support of the bill, bu