The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-03-17

bor Hill Strangied i'm the SeDate--
Some OF the More Important Meas
ures that ssGOt Left,--The aggre-
gate Amount of Appropriations as
Compared with Those of Previous
Session.
During the Forty-seventh congress
l0,670 bills and joint resolutions have
been introduced in the two houses Is, ,ol8
in thehouse and 2, ,652 in the senate), and
of these S32 were introduced in the
mouse, and 357 in the senate during the
session just closed. In each house a
great majority OF these measures still
remain with the committees to which
they were referred, and OF those reported
from committees the larger number re-
main upon the calendars of the respect
| I've houses. Aside from regular annual
appropriation bills, 163 bills and joint
resolutions passed both houses during
| this session and became laws. Among
| the more important of these are the fol-
lowing:
The tax and tariff bill, which modifies
| the existing tariff and revenue laws and
reduces the receipts from these sources
about $40, 200, 600. The tariff portion
of the bill goes into effect July 1st and
the abolition of certain internal revenue
duties commences on the 1st of May.
| The taxes abolished under the internal
revenue act include those on bank capi-
tai and deposits, stamps on bank checks,
/ matches
tions, and all articles In schedule {" A. -
The tax on tobacco has also been re-
| duced, on cigars to 50 per 1000. on
| cigarettes so cents per 1000, and on
snuff and smoking tobacco 8 cents a
pound. The tariff portion of the bill is
| the result of a compromise between the
| high tariff republicans and the low
revenue democrats. Each house passed
, bill OF its own, but the measure finally
| agreed upon, with alterations by con-
| ference committee, originated in the SEN
| ate. The senate bill left the duty on
silk, tobacco, hemp and fax, and liquors
practically unchanged; it reduced the
| duty on chemicals from 20 to 30 per
cent; reduced the duty on iron and
| steel 20 per cent. made reduction on
| sugar of from Is to 28 per cent. on cot
tons, excepting fine work, 30 per cent. !;
| books III foreign languages were placed
on the free list and on others reduction
| OF 33 per cent. was made. The total re-
| iuction by the senate bill was estimated
at 80 per cent. from the existing tariff
A conference was had, however,
and a report agreed upon recon-
| mending the adoption of the SEN
| oh hill Nth favx- oh Of <,oyoroI -,
| pOrtance except Ia the metal schedule.
! The changes recommended were: On
steel valued above cents and not above
cents per pound, a specific duty of 2
cents per pound; on steel valued at not
less than cents and not more than IL
| cents per pound, specific duty of q
cents per pounds on steel valued above
II cents per pound, q specific duty of 81
cents per pound; on steel rails duty of
81 per ton; on iron ore Is cents per ton
instead of 80 cents, and on pig iron
310ths Of a cent per pound (the rate
proposed by the tariff commissioD) In
sugars an increase Of q cents per pound
was recommended on grades above No.
13 and not above No IS Dutch standard,
The senate had fixed this duty at q
cents per pound. The only change made
liz the wooden schedule was to impose a
duty of 45 cents per pound, and 40 per
cent. al U0JOrenl upon women's cloaks.
In the glass and earthenware schedule
the committee recommended a specific
duty of l centper pound on glass bottles,
and transferred printed and painted
crockery to the china clause, thereby in
creasiDg the duty from so per cent. 0d
UGlorc1n to 60 per cent.
The bill modifying the postal money
order system so as to authorize postmas-
ters of money order offices upon author
ity of the postmaster general to issue
postal notes in denOmInatioLs of 50 and
under. 1t authorizes the issue of money
orders without corresponding adyices of
IS and less, to be on engraved paper,
and known as postal notes, payable to
bearer, such notes to be invalid after
three months, out the holder can after
that time get the par value o the note
by applying to the poEtoffice department
at Washington. For issuing a postal
note a fee of three cents shall be
charged. It also authorizes the issue of
money orders in denominations of 500
or less, but none for more than 800 can
be issued. The following fees are fixed
to be charged for money orders: For
orders not exceeding SO, s cents; from
80 to Sl5, 10 cents; S15 to $50, Is cents;
$50 to $40, 20 cents; $40 to $50, 25
cents; $50 to $50, 80 cents; $50 to $40,
35 cents; $40 to $50, 40 cents; $50 to
500, 45 cents.
The bill granting an increase of pen
sion to all union soldiers who lost foot,
hand, leg, or arm, or were otherwise
equivalently disabled while in the ser
wee. 1t provides that al soldiers Low
on the pension rolls, or who may here
after be granted a pension, who lost a
! foot or a hand, or were otherwise equally
incapacitated for the performance of
manual labor while In the service, shall
receive a pension of $24 month, and
| that all soldiers who lost an arm
above the elbow, or a leg above the
| knee, or were equivalently disqualified
| for manual labor shall receive $50 a
month. This act increases the monthly
| compensation of the first class mentioned
above 80 aud of the second class SG a
month. According to the official re-
ports furnished in 1870, the total
number of 5oldiers who suffered ampu-
|
| borhood Of ID, 900. OF those nearly one
half are now dead, the mortality among
the men who lost limbs in the service
having been appalling. The number of
those who suffered disabilities equivalent
to the loss of foot or hand is, how
ever, very large, and it is therefore esti
mated that it VIII require from 81, 800,
600 to g, 900, 600 additional to carry on
/ the provisions of this BILL
The bill providing for the appointment
of civil service commission with CON-
petent chief examiner, whose salary is
to be So, 900.
The river and barbor bill appropriat
ing IS, 047, 900, was strangled IN the sen
ate, by a motion to lay 1t on the table
upon the last dag Of the session.
Under the head of /" Bills from the
sonate, on the first and second reading,
! there re nipety-five bills unacten on tina