Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-01
Which Creates q Debate C0ndemnjng
Postal Economy.
Senator Frye Wants to Know All
About the Dominion.
The House Has q Squabble Over the
Public Printer.


tigstion as to the cost OF producing leading
articles Of consumption in the United
States and competing countries. Be.
ierred.
Among the petitions and memorials pre-
sented and referred were the following:
OF the National Board Of Trade in favor
OF reciprocal trade relations between the
United States and Canada; Of the Board Of
Trade Of Wichita, Kansas, in favor OF or
Ga ization OF the Territory Of Oklahoma;
OF the Cigarmakers' Union. No. A., St..
Louis, against interference with the inter-
nal revenue tax on cigars; Of the Chicago
Board of Trade for naval reserve.
Mr.. Sawyer, from the Postoffice Commit
tee, reported adversely the proposition to
reduce letter postage to one cent. It was
thought better to wait until the Postofice
Department was self-sustaining before
further reduction OF postage is attempted.
Mr.. Hoar desired to have put on record
dis belief that it was the duty Of the Gov
Esrnment and for the interest OF the people
8 Mr.. Beck said he could not understand
how the Government could afford to carry
bonnets and harness and merchandise all
over the country for q cent an ounce AID
not be able to carry Intelligence of the ped
pie at the same rate.
Mr.. Platt expressed his dissent from the
proposition that the rate of postage
ought rot to be coneidered at all with the
question whether the Postoffice Depart
nient was self-sustaining or not. The peo-
pie desired the best and cheapest postal
service.
Mr.. Salisbury, OF the Postofice Com
~
pared to advise a reduction of letter post
siSerable amount, which would have to he
appropriated by Congress to sustain tn
department. He did not believe that the
Senate ought 10 be devising ways ard
means to get rid improperly of the surplus
il the treasury.
Mr.. Beck said the resolution was not a
scheme to deplete the treasury. He wished
the adverse report placed on the calendar
so that it might be discussed. The report
was placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Plumb offered q resolution instruct
ing the Postoffice committee to i inquire
into the causes of inefficient mail service,
especially in the West and South and pre-
serted newspaper extracts and letters to
show the demoralized condition OF the SER
vice in Kansas, the result OF stupid at
ter pt to make a record of economy.
NJ. Frye offered resolution which as
ad4aasss-.i. calling ON the Secretary OF the
Treasury for iGformation touching the
transportatio of goods across the bOun-
Diary line between the United States and
Canada, in bond or otherwise, as to what
methods are taken to protect revenue de-
rived from bonded goods passing the IRON
tier both ways, and as to enforcing the
second clause Of the sixth section OF tie
Interstate commerce law.
Mr.. Frye also offered resolution in
structing the Commit on Foreign Rela-
tious to have prepared statement en-
tracing the following points: The various
political organizations OF the Dominion OF
Canada and it's several provinces (including
Newfoundland); treaties with the United
States in regard to the Dominion and it's
several provinces. the commercial status
established; the amount and value OF the
commerce and trade between the United
States and Canada; the amount and value
of the transit rate on goods uot subject to
duty; the area and population OF the
Dominion of Canada and it's province 9;
the amount of their funded and floating
debts, their revenues; their railroads show
ing mileage, cost, share capital, funded and
floating debts and guarantees given to
them by Great Britain or the Dominion;
cost of the canals, the number of vessels
navigating them and the average number
Of days that they are navigable; the dates
for a series of years OF the opening and
closing of navigation of the St. Lawrence,
and as to subsidies paid to small ship
and railroad companies. He said that the
information called for was exceedingly inn
portant and valuable. The necessity for
it was apparent. in view of the fact that
serious questions, commercial questions,
were liable to arise at any time between
the United States and Canada. The reso-
luton was laid over.
The House bill making an appropriation
to carry into effect the law establishing
experimental stations at agricultural col.
leges was reported from the Committee on
Appropriations and passed with an amend
ment appropriating money from the Treas
ury directly instead OF devoting the pro.
ceeds of the sale of public lands to the pur
pose.
The Senate took up the Blair educational
bill. Mr.. Evarts announced his intention
to speak upon the bill tomorrow.
Mr.. Edmunds offered a resolution which
was adopted calling on the Com mmissioner
OF Agriculture for reports made by Pro-
fessor Swensou on the subject OF sugar
making.
Mr.. Dolph introduced bills (which we're
reierred) to establish the Sun Dance land
district in Wyoming, and authorizing the
leasing OF school and university lands in
Wyoming. Adjourned.