Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-13
THE HAWAIIAN AFFAIR
Secretary Gresham Makes a Pablo State
ment

Secretary Gresham Makes q Pablo State
ment.
WASHINGTON, D. c., November 10
Secretary Gresham gave out the follow
ing tonight:
"Whsn authentic information was
received at the department Of the firing
upon the American mail steamer Costa
Rica, at AmapaIa on the 9Th inst, be-
cause Of the refusal of the captain to
deliver up Ronilla, passenger, Gen
eral Young, the United States Minister
to Honduras, under instructions sent
by Secretary Gresham by direction Of
the President, protesting against the
act, demanded an apology. The gov
ernment of Honduras promptly disa-
vowed the conduct of It's officers and
expressed sincere regret for the occur
renee"
The apology on the part Of the Hon
duras government is entirely satisfac-
tory to the United States and 1t is be-
lieved that this will end the incident.
1t appears that the chief embarrass-
ment of the Ways and Means Committee
is to come, not from the articles upon
which the specific ad valorem duties
are to be reduced, but from the articles
that are to be put on the free list. 1t
had been generally accepted up to quite
recently that the Democratic party was
united on the proposition OF putting
coal, wool, iron ore, salt and lum Der and
the free list, but the latest developments
have indicated that this is not the
case.
Mr.. Culberson and other Texas mem
bers have already sounded their Opposi
tion to free wool, and they are likely to
receive substantial encouragement
from Ohio members aud the representa-
tives of the grazing States Of the West.
Several Of the Alabama representatives.
are protesting against the proposition
to place iron ore and coal on the free
list. The extensive lumber States,
both of the South and West. are almost
unit in opposing free lumber. The
question of an income tax Is rapidly
coming to the front as live issue.
The proposition which finds most
favor is to levy a percentage
tax on all incomes OF 50, 500 per annum
and over; but those of the committee
who are now giving the matter the
most study are inclined to another plan
which they believe to oe more prsctic-
able.
This is to Impose an income or capt.
talization tax on corporstions-tha is
to collect g fixed annual tax, either
from the earnings or the paid up capital
stock of corporations. This has led to
still another proposition which contem-
plates the taxing Of all corporations st
the time Of their organization and In
corporation, the tax TO be levied by
means Of q stamp and the amount OF the
tax TO be attached TO the license 10 de-
pend upon the amount OF capital stock.
1t seems likely that in the end the COM
mittee may adopt some moderate plan.
General Superintendent James E.
White, OF the Railway Mail Service,
has made his annual report TO the Post
master General. Upon this branch Of
the servics depends the rapid transpor-
tation OF mails. At the close Of the fs-
cal wear, mails were being carried on
loo, ,e52 miles Of railroad for which s.
O5O cars were used with SAT- railway
clerks. There were handled during the
year 10, 236. 3l4, 915 pieces of mail mat
ter. This is an increase over 1sSs of
40 6S per cent