The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-12-01

will be seen that Dubois county 10 one o
the nine counties 10 Indiana to rcceiv,
On award on public school work. jasper
College, also, obtains On 3awsrd amon(
the higher educational institutions.
From Our Regular Correspondent
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
4 WASHINGTON, d. c.. Nov. ~, 1893.
Every animal 10 the republican men.
sgerie IL to-day bowling In concert
The nsw democratic tariff doesn suit
them. This is not strange, although
they pretend to think It so. The Chi.
cago platform declared against the doc.
trine OF protection and In favor Of . tar.
III for revenue only, and the Wilson tar
If bill is In letter and spirit strictly In
accordance Herewith. 1t gives the
largest free list the country has ever
had and 10 accordance with tho express
cd wishes OF hundreds OF manufacturers,
In that free list is included much Of the
raw material used by American manu-
facturers. Among them the folio wing {:
iron ore, coal, pig tin. hemp, fax, jute,
silver, lead ore, copper, wool, salt, crude
borax, binding twine, cotton ties aud
lumber not advanced In preparation Ue-
yond 50 wing. II cuts about every pro-
tective item in the Mckinley law down
to strictly revenue basis.
The new bill is In the main satisfac.
tory to democrats, although there are
some things on the free list that some
democratic members Of the House would
have preferred seeing . small duty re-.
tanned upon. Prominent among these
are iron ore, lead ore and coal, but the
democrats on the committee after care
fully studying the matter from every
point Of view, concluded that 1t would
be nndemocratic to make fish Of one and
flesh Of the other, aud they were accord
ingly put on the free list. Those who
are best informed believe that the judg.
ment OF the majority Of the Ways and
Means committee will be endorsed by
the majority of the House, and that the
bill will be passed by that body substsn.
TALLY ~ II is to-day. The action OF the
Senate 10 not 80 certain. The opposi.
ton will be concentrated upon the SEN
ate, because Of the slim dem ocratic ms.
jority in that body.
There are several reasons why Q Sec
ton providing for . personal income
tex vas not attached to the bill In the
fret place there are quite q number Of
democrats who are opposed to person.
81 income tax. But probably the strong.
est reason Of ell was the desire to know
just how much revenue 1t will be neces.
sary to raise by On income tax before de.
Gliding the rate and method Of that tax, q
knowledge that could could not be oh.
tanned until the new tariff bill 'ecomes .
law. Meanwhile the tax imposed by
the bill upon the net earnings OF corpo-
rstions may prove . Satisfactory substi.
tute for more general income tax.
President Cleveland will not. am 10.
formed on good authority. 60 into the
Hawaiian matter In his annual message
further than to say that 1t will be fully
treated ia special message later. lie
prefers to wait until the episode 10 closed
before dealing with II in message to
Congress.
Secretary Lsmont's annual report was
the first 10 be made public, those OF the
other members OF the cabinet. with the
exception OF Secretary Carlisle will fol.
low during this week. Secretary Car
isles report will probably 60 to Con.
gress before Il Is published.
Why shouldn't the u. 8. government
print its own postage stsmps. Chief
Johnson OF the Bureau OF Engraving
Ind Printing isn't the first man who has
has asked that question, but he has ask.
I'd It 10 . very practical man ner. by sub.
hitting to the Post Master General fig
nres sho wing how much cheaper the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing could
10 tho work than any Of the private par.
les who have submitted bids for print.
ing the stamps during 1894. An un.
,ffcial estimate 10 that the government
could save least 422 600 . year BY print.
ng Ito own postage stamps. There is
joubt Il seems - to whether the Post
n aster General can under the present
avs give the contract to the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing, and the matter
. now being considered and will ia .
ew days be decided.
Secretary Herbert thinke, not " ith.
tandiog the present depressed condi.
Ion Of govern ment finances. that We !.
hould continue making additions to our
'avy. and bis annual report will recon.
mend the construction during the next
'scsl year Of one battle ship and four
orpedo cruisers, and there IL reason TO
'elieve that the recon mend alton will
e endorsed by the Presidents message !
Cummings. ch airman Of l
be House committee on Naval Affairs. I
ays there will be no trouble in getting 4
bill fsvorably reported from that com. I
nittee 10 carry out the Secretar,'s re.
concentrations, and that he hopes the 1
I'LL will get through ell right, but IL IL
lain TO see that be has some doubts
bout It. There are large humber OF
Democrats 10 the House who will op. ;
ose any further expenditures for new
essels ~ this time. some because they
hink the navy already large enough, I
n others because they think the mon.
y cannot be spared.
Quite number OF Democrats In the
louise came here pledged TO raise
uough revenue from an inco me an 4 In.
0rftonc0 tar 10 meat tho nension an