The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-12-16
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.

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Secretary Herbert in his forthcomir
! message viii usk Congress To appronr
ate money for one more battle shin nm
> iour torpedo boats Of Ericsson tvpe.
Attorncy.tiencral Olncy has rcuderc
the opinion that certain notes issicl h
corporations during the recent cnrrruc
i4iilhe are not taxable 10 per cen
under the bank circulation law. TN
opinion was addressed to Secretary Car
lisIe.
| inc Treasury Department tx GONE
Wllat concerned over the prospect o
1hlheHe registration under the new lay
passed upon the eve Of adjournment q
the extra session and under which fb,
department has Just issued reyulationa
The suppOsltion IL that the Chinese vii
comply with the law, but no one can so,
definitely. until the experiment IL tried
| olliclals Themselves are rs much in th,
dark as any one, II they should again
refuse, The situation would bc awkward
1t II said the intelligent Chinamen gen.
orally did not object to registration and
really looked upon it ~ n means Of per.
sonal protection, but the bulk of tRem
would be controlled bv their cmployers
now M formerly. They do not M a ro,o
take kindly to having their photographs
taken lur the purpose but there n no
reason to suppose that this objection will
long stand in the way Of compliance with
the law il the Six Companies and thair
attorneys be not obdurate.
The annual report Of thc Secretary of
war gives the usual review Of the condi-
ton aud operations OF the army. and in
addition much space IL devoted especially
to the progress of work on the sca-coast
deienscs. Now that Indian warfare il
at an end, the gradual con.
centratlon oi the army on the sea c0ast
and frontiers should follow. The work
oi certifying thirteen OF the larger sen.
ports renders maHlfestly necessary the
OF portion OF the infantry
10 the artillery arm. The total strength
Ji the army IL ., Ia officers and 25.T78
Enlisted men. The Secretary recon-
hendS the repeal of the law fixing ten
years as the maximum period of enlist
hent and II reduction OF the period of |
irst enlistment to three wears. The |
ldoptlon OF the new magazine rifle il the |
most important step since the close of
he civil war. he entire infantry force
viii be equipped with the new arm be-
ore the close Of the coming new year.
1t has been definitely determined that
ne income Tux system to be reported by
ne ways and Means Committee will be
ohlihed to tax on the net incomes of
II corporations and on SUGGESTIONS and
'gacies. Bryan, McMilIin, Whitingand
thers made n strong fight for plan
road enough to include all incomes of
ldividuaIs IN excess OF 5000, but have
cen forced to acqucsce to the will Of ,
nc majority and 10 abandon a graduated /
lcome tax IN favor Of one APPLYING only
corporations and SUGGESTIONS, IL can
confidently announced that the tax /
stem will he narrowed down 10 these !
'ecItic limits, unless the recommends l
olIs OF the committee are upset in the
ouse. Ihe tax on suCCe>siuus and leo. Il
Ies applies on Y to personally and 3
oneys. The Democrats OF the commit )
c have also decided to increase the
les radically Oh cigarettes and 10 i'm I
'se TAX on playing cards. Both Of Il
eSe points have been definitely decided. n
ne lhternaI.revcnue tax on whisky is
II an open question. The committee a
maintaining II sludious reference on II
Is subject iOr fear OF the manipuIatons b.
specuIators on the stock exchange.
The annual report of Commissioner of a,
'vlgation r. {. O'Brien, which proves II
be his valedlctory, is full OF matters II
publlC interest. The tonnage of the
lntry exhibited an increase from \,
66,96l in 1892 to 1926 OIL in 1898. ~ ~
ere was II decrease in sailing tonnage. al
an increase in steam tonnage, "a
lerlcah tonnage engaged in domestic
nmerce, which is absolutely protected in
llnst foreign competition, 81 owed a ar
Ltllylng increase. On the other hand. ar
lerlcah tonnage engaged in our foreign
which is exposed to the free so
npetltlon OF foreign nations, exhib- NJ
| considerable decrease. The tom ro
20 OF both American and foreign ves-
entered at ourports shows decrease Te
result OF the general depression of wi
ue. Inc shipping interests of the he
'at Lakes have prospered greatly dur m;
the last SIX years. The tonnage
zen passed through the Detroit river du
ing the year 1899 amounted to o. ! !
ooo tons, whereas the tonnage which ere
seq through the Suez canal during dis
same year amounted to only 7,712,-
tons. The Lake Superior tonnage /,
ch passed through the canal increased VIZ m
n b, l3O,650 tons in 1883 to 1861, ,2O3 cM"l M
! in 1898. me
he sugar raisers of the country, MANY VeI
hon are not satisfied with the prom
ion to gradually abolish the sugar Sta
nty as intended in the Wilson bill, far
continue the contest in the Senate the
the House, with a hope of securing $40
ificatlon of the clause if thev cam T
get it stricken out entirely. They in
rt that under promise of continual mo
OF the bounty granted by the Nc ma
ley law, which they construed as a be
contract, they had every reason to eff,
'ose the cents pound bounty 0
1T be continued for fifteen years from net
lime the bounty was provided, and reCe
hey will push their fight to the ut 1853
limit with hope of securing bet balf
terms than the Wilson bill gives due
assert that they have made large $74s
Ivs on the strength of this promised G
ty, and have made contracts MANY roas
ahead, controlled by the same con- exp
alton. They say that with the busi- and
once well started the United States rail-
produce all the sugar the people of unh
country will consume and thus keen of t
me over 800 900, 1000 annually now ton
abroad for sugar. The sorghum Of b.
oeet-sugar men of the West are in THAT
ted in the question, as we'll as the patti
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sugar men Oh Louisiana. to g