The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-01-12
FROM WASHINGTON.
MIR. Reed Introduces Bill to Aid the
Cooperage Industry.
Messrs. BoutelIe and Miiliken ASK
for More Lighthouses.

lOpccldl W tHe TRESS.l
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.--Mr. Reed today
introduced a bill adding quarter of cent
on pound to the tax on sugar imported III
bags, his object being to bring before the
House the cooperage question. Under the
present duty, he said, sugar is mostly I'M
ported in bags because they are the cheapest
mode of conveyance. This practice is
great detriment to the cooperage industry,
and by placing this additional tax on sugar
imported in bags discrimination will be
made in favor of sugar in hogsheads, or
other cooperage packages, which it is hoped
will lead to their use, thereby beneftting the
cooperage interest. The same result would
also be reached by reducing the tax on sugar
in hogsheads or other cooperage vessels or
by the imposition of some such tax as is now
imposed by the Spanish government on
American imports to the Spanish Islands.
A bill was also introduced by Mr.. Boutelle,
to establish a lighthouse at Lubec Narrows
and Mistake Island, the west entrance of the
Bay of Fundy.
Mr.. Milliken introduced bill to establish
lighthouses on Green Islands and Great
Duck Island.
is understood here that Civil Service
Commissioner Eaton has expressed his opin-
ion that the action of General Anderson in
the matter of appointmentssof inspectors for
the winter service was not in contrayention
of the civil service laws and that his course
was liberal and fair.
For Relief of American Shipping.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Senator Frye has
s,14,, IL fn,. liaf af hn
jean merchant marine. 1t repeals the stat
utes requiring the payment OF fees for ma
rine documents, certificates, inspection, etc,
and provides that the collectors, whose duty
it is to furnish these papers, shall be PAID by
vessels are authorized to employ a shipping
commissioner to ship crews. The limitation
clause of the last shipping act concerning
liabilities is extended to vessels in IN
terror waters, and to those engaged IN
law of 1883 authorizing a drawback on bit
luminous coal, the benefits of which under
the rulings of the Treasury are now enjoyed
by foreign vessels, are limited by the Amer
lean vessels. The bill also extends the pro-
visions of the statutes in relation to the
free admission of material entering into the
construction or used in the repair of Amer
lean vssels, so as to include the material
used in the construction or repair OF vessels
engaged in the fisheries and in whaling
News in Which Maine People Are
Interested.
MI Dingley introduced today mass of
petitions against the commission to arrange
concerning the free admission of Canadian
fish.
Mr. Hale introduced in the Senate Mr.. Mil
liken's bill to make Mount Desert Ferry
port of entry.
Mr. w. Gordon has been appointed post
master at Fryeburg, in place OF Tobias l..
Eastman, who has been removed.
Nominations Sent to the Senate.
The President sent the following nomina-
tions to the Senate today:
Gideon Harris of Alabama, to be register of the
land office at Montgomery, Ala.
Nominations Confirmed by the
Senate.
In the Senate executive session today
nearly 800 nominations were reported from
committees, chiefly postmasters. The NOM
nations sent in by the President last
Wednesday and today were referred to the
committees and the following nominations
were confirmed:
of customs for the district of New Orleans.
Alfred P. Edgerton of Fort Wayne. Ind; Will
liam d. Trenholm of Charleston, s. c., and Dor
man b. Eaton of New York, to be civil service
commissioners.
When the nomination of Eaton came UP,
Senator Logan made the point that he
Eaton was Mugwump, and that the spirit
of the civil service law required that one OF
the commissioners be Republican. Senators
EVarts, Hoar and one or two others vOuched
for his being Republican. There are said
to have been fourteen votes cast against
him, one-half of which number were those of
Republicans.