Omaha daily bee., 1890-03-13
Sugar Still Continues to Be the
Stumbling Block.
NEARER TO AN AGREEMENT
Metal and Wool Rates Will Soon BE
Adjusted-Duty on Mexican sill
yer Lead Ore-A Lively
Meeting.
WASHINGTON BUREAU THE OMAHA Bee
5l3 FOURTEENTH STREET.
WAsnINaroN. D. C.. March u.

republican members of the ways and means
committee and are intended to convey the
idea that there will be no tariff legislation
this session are unfounded.n
The committee is nearer n satisfactory
agreement on the several points over which
there naturally arose differences of opinion
than at any other time within the past two
or three weeks, and it is expected that there
will be an agreement on the sugar schedule,
the wool schedule and the metal schedule,
and that the bill will be reported to- the
house within a very short time
This announcement means just what it
says and no more-that the republicans are
nearer an agreement than they have been
for Two or three weeks-but they have not
agreed ami they are not likely to agree very
soon unless some of those who have sworn
to hold to certain positions ignominously
surrender.
There will be little trouble in fixing the
metal schedule The duty on steel rails will
probably be fixed Mt Sl3 a ton. The wool
rates will also be arranged within day or
two; but on sugar the difference seems almost
hopeless.
SILVER LEAD ORE DUTY.
Myer a Kansas City lead smelter, made
an argument before the house committee on
ways and means today in opposition to an
IS a largo consumer of Mexl-
can lead ore and said that
he represented twenty three lead smelling
companies in this country which consumed
nearly all of the lead produced in and im-
ported to the United States, and that an In.
crease of the duty would not be resisted If
the domestic production was sufficient to
meet the demands He claimed that the
Mexican lead ore cost as much as that pro-
duced in this country, but on cross-exam ina
tion acknowledged that the lead produced IN
Colorado cost the smelters 1915 ton more
than the Mexican article. He said that
Idaho and Montana produced 2S, 0O0, 600 tons
of lead ore last year. The committee, it is
understood, will report in favor of making
lead ore and lead in silver ore pay the same
duty as pure lead. Representative Carter
of Montana was present and suggested the
line of Myers cross s-exainination, which
dem on strated that the latter was interested
in American lead mines or represented those
who are interested. Carter succeeded in
breaking Myers testimony down.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The passage of so many bills by the house
of Representatives for erection of public
buildings throughout the country has stirred
up the senate committee on public buildings
and grounds to report favorably the bill In
troduced by Senator Paddock In the last
congress and again last December, provId-
ing for the erection of public buildings in all
towns and cities where the postoffice
celpts for three years preceding have ex-
ceeded $1,000 annually, The committee has
made some changes In the bill as introduced
by Mr.. Paddock. The substitute reported
provides that there shall be appointed su-
pervisng architect and superintendent of
construction exclusively for the postoflice
department, as well as for the treasury
and the designs prepared by him
for postoffice buildings shall be
approved by commission consisting of the
postmaster general, the secretary of the
treasury and the secretary of the interior
The bill requires that the designs and plans
for all the postotfice buildings shall be as
nearly uniform as practicable, both as to ex
terror appearance and internal arrangement,
and they shall all be fire proof. There is
considerable objection to this section, for
many of the senators do not want the public
buildings throughout the country to be uni,
form. They want a variety in architectural
design, but Mr.. MorriiPs plan is to have
everything uniform, ana he will try to carry
it.
LIVELY MEETING.
There was very lively meeting of tho
house committee on territories today. Messrs.
Springer and Mansure, the democratic mem
bers of the committee. very bitterly COM
piained TO the majority that snap iudg-
ment" had been taken upon them by the
majority calling up in the house on yesterday
the bills 10 admit wyoming and Idaho to
statehood before the minority had presented
their report. After sharp wranging the
majority voted to take up these bills for final
consideration in the house on week from
next Tuesday 1t is understood the debate
will be continued until both bills are passed,
PORK PACKERS OBJECT.
Representative Lawler of Chicago today
received telegram from the pork packers
of Chicago asking HIM to secure for them
hearing on the bill providing for an inspec-
tion of meats for expectation. The telegram
was signed by representatives of Armour q
Co., Swift 81 Co. aud Fowler Bros. stating
that the feeling OF the trade was against the
compulsory inspection of meats and that
those engaged in the packing business
wanted an opportunity to explain their OBJ
jections 10 the present form OF the bill be-
fore its passage. "What the packers want"
the dispatch said, sis government lnspec-
tion only when shippers or producers re-
Quire it. The bill would practically destroy
the export trade"
RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE.
The superintendent of the railway mail
service has issued the following orders:
Through registered pouches to leave CHICAGO
at 11:l0 .. M, via the Chicago and Nc
Gregor, Ia. railroad postoffice daily except
Saturdays and Sanborn at 40 "a. m VIA
the McGregor and Chamberlain railroad
postoffice daily except Sundays, commencing
the 18th inst. Pouches to leave Chicago at
II 10 p. IN, daily except Saturdays, aud Nc
Gregor at :52 p. m, daily except Sundays,
via the Chicago and McGregor railroad post
office, commencing the 18th instant The
exchange of inner registered sacks between
Chicago and Calmar, Ia, will be discon-
tinued on ana after the 18th inst.
THE ARMY.
BY direction Of the secretary Of war Cap
tain Junius l.. Powell, assistant surgeon, IS
relieved from duty at Fort Supply, Indian
Territory. to take effect at the expiration of
his present leave of absence, and will report
in person to the commanding. officer at Fort
Randall, South Dakota, for duty at that post,
and by letter to the general department OF
Dakota.
NEW POsTMAsTRRs.
j. Sketoe. County Line, Jefferson county,
Ia, vice j. +. Clark, removed; II. II. Fair
child, Farvlew, Custer county, Neb, vice
Mrs A. ID. Smith, resigned; w. II. Kruck-
man, Crandon, Sphinx county, S. d., vice
Flora w. Wagner, resigned; o. @. Fasset,
Glendale, Hand county, S. d., vice A. Ste
vens, resigned; A. T.. Boies, TetonSa, Sphinx
county, $, d., wee r. w. Towue, resigned.
~ THE SENATE.
Senator Mauderson introduced nil in
the senate today approDrating 500 900 for
the construction, under the direction of the
secretary Of war, Of suitable buildings for q
military storehouse and offices at the mill
tary depot in Omaha, the amount 10 be Im .
mediately available The appropriation Is
recommended by the secretary OF war, who
IA pH So