Telegram-herald., 1886-05-19
OUR FOREIGN MAILS
They Occupy the Attention OF
Both Senate and House
SENATOR BECk ON 0LEONl86l8.AL
ne Thinks Bogus Butter Should euher
MOI Be Sold or Not Taxed
Coogressman Burrc~s on
the Mail Subsidy

Wt-Hlser.>. May l--la lhr Hoa,e co.
day ,he foloaius bills eere reported By
Mr Harris. of Georgia alll amending re, l-ed
statutes So a, to reduce tae prual SANS 81
the BOMBS OF cisar manufae. Do $3.50
witb au additional $50 llr ea.l person pro-
posed o. be- employed bg Them 800 the work
ing cigars Referred 90 l4e committee of
the whole By Mr Sadler of Alabama.
adversely q b..l o. regulate tAe manufacture
and sale 0f Intoxicating liquors in tle terl-
tones. Tabled By Mr Hatch. of Missouri.
authorizing exhibition 0f species uf tail-
t0ruia Six ln the cap.tal b4lding Calendar.
Mr Biouut, of Georgia reported BACK the
Post0ihce Appropriation bail with Senate
amendment, and lle House Immediately
went into committee oi the whole
for the consideration oi tle
amendment Mr. B.oants remarks were
addressed chiefly 90 the amendment appro-
puauns s-00Op0 Tor carrying ihe Central
end South American mails. he claimed
that no advantage in the WAY oi securing
additional trip, would Doe obtained. Mr
Bl1uut declared tlat tIe drc iue 0f Ameri-
can commerce was mot due t0 The refusal
OF the United States 90 pay slb-
sidy u lbs steamship companies
bur 90 the uarruW-mluded pJi4Cf which
forbade American citizen from purchasing
ships abroad Mr Burrows. of Michigan
iu supporting the amendment maintained
that all the tals about Subsidy va. SIMPLY
an appeal 90 the PREF udlce instead oi an
appeal % lhe reason ui reasonable man.
The proposed increase Don the facilities for
mail transportation. De said. w0lld have
tendency % extend our commerce relations
with Mexico and Central and South
America lie showed that in twenty-five
years Great Britain bad paid S-.5u0ol0 for
mail service 10 South and Central America
while in the same iime the nited States
paid for tue same service only $4,000. lie
quoted statistics showing that the South
American raie was almost controlled bv
@ eat Britain. and >aid.that OF the $1,000 e.
900 of manufactures impO' ted into Chill the
United States furnished only per cent. lie
would not permit England 20 hold this
market on the threshold of this country, if
by The pay ment of liberal compensation for
carrying the mails the United States could
rescue the trade from her. and he hoped The
Senate amendment would be adopted with
an amendment which De would ofer au-
thorizng the Postmaster General to expend
100000 of the appropriation on existing
lines. and the other SfU0UOJ in putt ~ ser
vice on new lines.
Mr. Riggs. of Illinois. opposed the for
eign mail service amendment and sail that
the figures cited, instead of showing that
TOO little was paid ioi The foreign service.
showed that too much was paid for the
coastwise service. II the gentlemen wished
% build mp American commerce by grant
ing subsidies let the transaction be- called
by its right name but the government
should not grant subsidies under the pre-
tense of paying fair compensation for the
transportation of the mail.
Mr. Wakefield, of Minnesota, earnestly ap
proved the amendment and regretted thar
his well known opposition 10 the subsidy
clause bad subjected him TO gr0undless at
tacks A Washington despatch TO the ST
Paul Pioneer Press had declared that the
opposition shown by Mr. Gunther and himself
% the clause had been iustigafed hy Capt.
Goldman as the request Of the English steam
ship companies This, he said was an in-
| famous and iueXcusable iaisehood.
Mr. Milliken, of Maine, argued that the
subsidy clause would not give .he nited
states more vessels or lines u line was
subsidized for five years mO1opOly would
| be created. lie would not vote for this
misappropriation OF the public money. He
| for one. was willing % stay here rather than
| WELD rather than De Coerced into submis
| SION 10 the dictates of subsidy hunters be
was determined 90 stay here. and ln the
| language OF AN immortal he'd fight 10 out
| on this line If 10 takes all summer APP
/ pausel
Pending further discu ssi0n the committed
/ rose and the House al 4.i5 adjourned.