The Arizona champion., 1891-05-09
ai Washington Letter.
( Itfom our Regular corrsspondsp,)
WASHINGTON. May 4. 1891


 From our Regular rcorrsspondsps)
 WASHINGTON, May f. 1891. The Senate finance committee met here this week, to consider what action it would, take under the Senate resolution adopted at the last session, ordering rhis committeeto investigate the general workings of the. Mckinley tariff act and its relation to,the busi- ness and industrial interests dfNthe country, 70 It was decided to intrust theihSesdgation to sub committee of five senators, three Republicans-- Allison, Aldrich, and Hiscock; and two Democrats - Carlisle, and Harris Tiiese gentlerpen will devote several months to collecting statistics. and will then take considerable pereonals testi. mony. 2 ''iH .s: 'tss., !;i''.'
 The resolution under which this sub committee is acting was adopted by the senate because of the refusal of the house conferees on the Mckinley tariff till to agree to ths very sensible and useful amendment proposed by ssna. tor Plumb aud adopted by the senate, providing for the establishment of a permanent, tariff commissiop;" the duties of. which would have been tc have kept thsms Ives posted our the cos, ofall classes Of manufacturers articles, including the labor, in this and all other countries, and to impart the information gained to congress, which would have given the profits of ou, own and foreign manufacturers as they have never yet beer given, snd would have enabled future congresses to hays legislation, or attempted legislatior 'o both political parties to much greater extent than they should if the interests of the whole country are to be con sidered, as they ought to be.
 | l have never been able to under stand why the house conferees refused Ito agree to that excellent amendment fSuch a c6mmissiouis absolutely 'fiieces sary; and have no doubt that it vii sooner. or later. be. established on , Istrictly non partisan basis. There is fno question soimpcrtant as tAs tarif upon which accurate inforInatioaiis x hard to obtain The reason is obvious It takes years of careful study t thoroughly understand it ih' all of iti manifold details, and the number o members of the ifty-srsti congress wh, SO understood it might have beer counted upon the fingers of one hand The average meWber of congress simply follows his. party leaders on the tariff, not having either the time or the inclin atien to faastsr the subject Tot himself which makes 1t all the more necessary to have q source from which such in formation may be obtained free from partisan or personal bias. This quest ion may appear dull and uninterestine to many people, but upon it depend, the future prosperity of this country
 Secretary Foster has been wrestling witbtGEe aspect of silver problem There ate sls;Oo0, 900 in silver hail dollars in thr.srsssurty, which all effort. have so far failed to put into circulation. In 2oO'nasionahs banks sea.Esisd all ove. bhe oonhtqy ths assyemmiSsnt has s24,, GOO, 900 despositsars sIt is proposed to check upon this 1moflSg from time to time, and to replace itvith deposit. of those silver haifs until thsy have all ben thug pvt into oirculatiCai It was absolutely ' necessary for ,Seecretary Foster to get the use of this mouey, a. on the lst of July he will have to pay about $50, .000, ,000,for pensions, ;sand the present available surplus n''the treasury, aside from these silver hSil dollars, is only SIP, 900, 900, and it is not expected that it will be materially increased by the list of July.
 The veterans of theii Sixth Massa. chusetts regiment which jwas mobbed | iHtHs streets of Baltimore in lS6 visi ted Washington this week. The present Lieut.. Gov. of New York, tJonss he pays the freight. was colonel of tai, regiment in ls6l:s ,Hs did:not accow pspy them. whether bsssssS hs v~asn', fasked, or. because his duties ct, Albany prevented, I an ssse to say
 Representative Jerry Simpson made . hit .srnong the old soldiers by . speech delivered before meeting .oi John, A. Logan command, Union Vet. LsrsAs, hers this weak. ssdyecating .fAt Epaymsnt by. tho spvsrnmeEt qf t6s difarsnos, between value oi the green backs paid the soldiers during tho late var and the value of gold st that time. l HsraAs9 sstsnsi9n 10 tho almost for. gotten fact that Con. Scott had prom, issd the soldiers that ths dollars they received would bs redeemed ia gold, and said dtthst, now whih. so many newspapers,s were prasting about the honest dollsrs was . good cine to make those dollars received by.ithe soldiers honest. ,s N@ r,t is, f Notice to Subscribers. E Al ypp.iS::sss sssssaifFiipsiSoins sis due .o and should bo paid only to the under. Iis Nn N-sL-t lstt.t st l. ..-A