Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-05-01
Gallinser Declares the Title Should be "A
Bill TO Reduce New England to
a Dependency Of
England"
And Finds the Only Raw Material in
the Country, Democratic States
men from the South.
WAsnINGroN, April 80.
Senate.

Among the bills introduced ami re 'erred
were the following;
BY Mr.. Stewart to require the purchase
and coinage of not less than 81 900 600 worth
of silver bullion per month.
The bill was read the first and second time
and laid on the table
After the preliminary business, the inter
national copyright bill was taken up, An
amendment was offered by Mr. Morrill, as TO
republications of magazine and newspaper
articles but it was withdrawn by his authori-
ty.
Another amendment was offered for him
bv Mr. Chase. who said that he would accept
it as a matter of compromise. 1t was To the
effect that any publisher of a newspaper or
magazine may import for his own use but
not for sale, not more than two copies of a
newspaper or magazine published III for
eign country. The amendment was adopt
ed
Mr. Beck spoke against the bill as one
which proposed to give an absolute monopoly
to few favored individuals in the United
States in combination with foreign authors
He said that it was protection
gone mad. 1t was bill for trusts. pools
and combinations of exclusive rights TO GER
tain men. If the bill became law the
American people would no longer have the
benefit of cheap books. The union of pub
fishers and the union of printers would force
the publication at such prices as they saw
fit to ask. He was opposed to establishing
monopoly under the gui>c of promoting
science and useful arts. 1t was the worst
he ever saw. No tariff p o.cciion-
ist would ever have dared to deprive
the American people of their right to pur-
chase books choaplv The object of the
bill was to build up monopoly aud to give
to the publishers of the four great publish
ing citlcs-New York Boston, Philadelphia,
Chicago. the exclusi,s power to publish for
eign books and exact any price they saw tit
Ii the principles of the bill were struck
down it would be the striking down of the
principle which uuderlay all righ; of proper
ty-that of creation whether intellectual or
physical
Mr.. Call said that he was not prep red to
vote for that feature of the bill which created
a monopoly of thought and which attached a
condition TO il, requiring that the books be
published from type set up IN this country
Chace said that the bill simply extended
the provisions in the existing law to foreign
authors, and gave no privilege to them, not
enioved already, under the existing law by
American authors.
Jones VI -tIkdued>, iiO'ti W ctliNN 'hN an
of section .. (requiring as part of the condl-
of the copyright that printers of books of
art will be sent to the congressional library.
the books to be printed from types set with
in the Unltei States.)
The amendment gave rise to a discussion
participated in by Messrs Jones, Chace
kenna. Call, Gray.
Mr.. Chace opposed the amendment as
tending to emasculate the bill, destroy its
unity and throw it out Of harmony with it
self. The vote on the amendment was yeas
IA, nays 10. No quorum voting. The Sen
ate adjourned.