The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-04-13
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WASHINGTON LETTEa
wAsnINeroS, April O., $780,

the Capital THIS week, the pToceeui"S'
LOT Congress being confined sio sub (
liects hereto lore discussed, and social
or other interesting events being ml5
usually scarce. The question 0. tariff
Legislation is probably The most inl-
portant and exciting the most aiten-
| ton Just now. .Phe contest last week
over the Improper reference Of MI.
Townsend's bill, served 10 show lhe
Ways and Means Committee aud tho
lprotectionist about how much feeling
there Is OIL this subject throughout
the West and South. And this rev
elation has moved tho committee 10
at least makest ieint ataactiohss The
committee now proposes 10 report =
bill TO the House containing The prop.
osition to put printing paper alid
wood pulp on the free dist. TO reduce
the duty on bichromatc of potash, ~ Z
put chrome ore oil the free list, and
fix the duty on wollens at forty per
cent. No doubt a bill toput printing
paper and articles entering into It's
manufacture OIL the Tree list would p
pass, but Other propositions which
the com mittee are tackiag sonsioiheir
| bill cab not pass and they kilow,htl
The object, apparently, is to nuke
4 llpretense OF doing, something, but TO-
constrnota measure which shalbai-
tagonizc so maay interests that notli- %
lug will result. AS 'stttcds last
week, there will be no Tariff lcggisa-5
tion this session. Too many Con-,
gressnIen are concerned directly oriil-.
directly in manufacturing Interests. ~
| Tho, position of partiesd0n Hps
question Ia about Ike the situation ip 4
the Ways and Means .Comnlilter.
The Democratic mcmbers are divided
\ by various conflicting interests, while
The Republicans are solidlyi lniitedas
tile party osprotection.s The liiaistrci
have Tor three years past adYapceh u
cautiously toward tl,is point avoid
ing Discussion Of the subject by all
ueuns in their power, but nj this
session they have with 'mo 70 bo'l-
I ness and aposiiiveness ihaho before
taken party groundas proiectiopists. :
i The differences of opinion among,
Democrats on this question are, well
illustrated by The proceedings last
week. Most Of the Pennsylvana'
4 lDemocrats, with some Others voted I
with the Republicans, and The Speak,
er is elso understood 20 be. as alPenn5 n
\ sylvania, protecti6nists II u cyl
| dent, therefore, that all general prop
ositions to liberalize must milih this
House. Why, then, do tho Demo,
Gratis press the matter on the liouseift
| It will be asked. For the reason, the
answer Is, that they believe It TO te a
real question and one in which tue
country takes All interest, the dis
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!. n'e "No" sal t3gasis 94s al,
II AS it seems probable that gasisto
be our light for some time to come
Edison andthe other geniuses iotlle'
contrary notwithsianding-any mode
: OF increasing its efficiency ofdecreas-
ing iiscost must bc welcome. lA1bill is
;, now pending in Congress which .pro7l
vides ior the appointment ora Com-
}. mission to decide, by competitive test,
the best appliance fort purpose
J. and directing the Secretary ofliheo
treasury to furnish the successful
apparatus to the various departments
and public buildings. Nobody but
the large consumers-and tile greedy
Fcompanies-knows howUs great this
waste of gas is aftcr-itspasso Tho
meter. The Government is The larg-
!. eat consumer IN this city or in the
= country. Its estimated that Unc;e
= Sam pays annually Tor gus from three
!, to four hundred Thousand, dollars---
! about one hundred thousand ~ this.
;, ;, District The cost of lighting the.
Capitel for q night session OF both
houses is set at five hnhdrcd dollars.
!, The gus bill heGovernmmi Print
y Ing Office sometimes reaches fifteen
= - hundred dollars . month, l0Ot this
y vast amount OF gas, it is estimated
~ !, that from 25 to 90 per cont is wasted.
:, A competiiivet trial OF fee0lioinzing APP
!. piiances al the War Department has
I, shown q saving Of ~ q per sent = A
!, saving Of 70 per cent, on thcentire
!, amount consumed ty the Goverli-
~ nient would amOihtto'ffom sixty TO
f.t "A dol llat-o as, .stts