The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-01-31
The Question of Reducing
Postage Causes Discussion.
DOINGs IN THE UPPER HOUSE
~Hext Friday, the Committee Will
Hear Arguments on Pending Mea-
sures Relating to Utah."
SENATE,

TO I0OuCo leLtoE pObtdBS. W IL. hc
stated in reply to Beck that the COM
mittee had made no written report, but
that he did not think it prudent to at
\ tempt to reduce postage at present.
The postofice department was still
running behind and it was thought bet.
ter to wait until it was self-su staining
before any further reduction of post
age was ATTEMPTED.
Roar desired to have it put on re-
cord as his belief that it was the duty
of government and for the interest of
the people to have postage reduced to
1c.
Beck said he could not understand
how government could afford to carry
bonnets and harness and merchandise
all over the country for 1c. an ounce
and not be able to carry intelligence of
the people at the same rate.
Mr.. Plat expressed his dissent from
the proposition that the rate of postage
ought to be considered at all with
reference to the question whether the
Postoffice Department was self-suppor -
ing or not. People deserve the best and
cheapest postal service.
W
mittee, said the committee was not pre-
pared TO advise a reduction OF letter
postage, because 1t would involve very
considerable amount which would have
to be appropriated by Congress to sus-
tain the department. He did not be-
lieYe that the Senate ought to be de lis
ing ways and means to get rid i'm
properly of the surplus OF the treasury.
Beck said the resolution was not q
scheme to deplete the treasury. He
wished an adverse report placed on the
calendar, so that it might be discussed.
The report was placed on the calendar.
Plumb offered a resolution instr1ctiug
the postoffice committee TO inquire into
the cause of insufficient mail service
especially in the west and south. He
said that the late Postmaster General
had seemed to be possessed of frantic
effort to make both ends meet aud that
he had in that effort deprived the
= people of what they always had had
until within short period The postal
service in the west had como to that
point where its condition was abSo-
lutely unbearable. The resolution went
over.
The following bills were reported
from the committee on public lands.
To estsbli=h public pa'k at Pagosa
Springs, Colorado. l''''''''''-7'-'''' r
To extend the laws of the United
States over certain unorganized terri
tory south OF Kansas.
Among tn - emoriaiS presented and
referred were the following: OF the ma
tional board OF trade in favor of recip-
roeal trade relations between the United
States and Canada; of the board of
trade of Wichita, Kansas, in favor of
fho, ,f1lt ~ nf
Oklahoma; of the Cigar Makers Union,
No. IA, st. Louis, ag inst any iGter-
ference with the international revenue
tax on cigars; of The Chicago board of
trade for 4 naval reserve. 81 Gee
Hoar, from the conmitte on priv
leges aad elections, reported pro-
posed constitutional amendment as to
the meeting of Congress, and said he
would ask the Senate, to -morrow to
take it up and deal with it. va
Delegate Voorhees,, of Washington
Territory, this morning, addressed the
Senate com mittee on Territories, in
support of tn bill to annex the pan
handle Of Idaho to Washington Terri.
tory, and Governor Stevenson, of
Idaho, replied, opposing the change.
Next Friday, the committee will hear
arguments on pending measures re-
George introduced a joint resolution
directing the commissioner of labor to
make an investigation as to the cost OF
producing the leading articles of 'coa-
sumption in the United States and COM
peting coEntries, Referred.
FRYE offered resolution, which was
adopted, ca ling on the Secretary of the
Treasury for formation touching the
transportation of goods across the
boundary line between the United
States and Canada, in bond or other
wise; as to what methods we're taken to
Aprevent revenue derived from bonded
goods passing the frontier both way s.,
and as to enforcing The second clauFs Of
the sixth section of the Interstate COM
merce law.
Frye also offered q resolution in
structing the committee On foreign re-
lations to have q prepared statement
of the following points Various political
organizations Of thelDominion of Can-
ada and its several provinces (iDoluding
NewfouD dland). treaties with the
United States IL RI ard 70 the Domin
:. ion and her seYe ela provinces; COM
4 merciAI states IS 9bhshi1g the Rmount
and YSue OF commerce hnd trade be-
tween the United States and Canada,
the amount and value Of the transit
rate on goods not subject to duty, srea
and population Of the Dominion OF
Canada and its provinces, smount %
their funded and floating debts. thsir
revenues; their railroads, ahoWiug
mileage, cost, share, capital fund and
Heating debts. and guarantees given
them by Great Britain or the
Dominion; tneIr Canals showing
size of locks. cost OF - cana's,
number of YES els navigating, and the
average number of DAYS that sbey are
nayigable, date for ths SERIES OF yeas
+, of the opening and ciosin Of be nayi-
4 cation OF the st. Lawrspce, and as g
EsHbsidies paid to stesmsbip and rail-
road companies. BE said that the In
formation called fer was exceedingly
mpertsnt end valuable, and he ne
cessity for il vas apparent IL the tact
that se-ious questions, coulIeercial