The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-01
MIN IA7IONALCAPI7AL
.,,. Notes Of General Interest
Nov" from Washington.
,m FOR TEXAS FLOOD VICTIMS.

Jo,nt Resolution Passed
,.,,,ob Provides for Immediate '''''''
"a Dcssltuto Peopie--suitan De-
ior receive DIR. Angel as United
en"'' ,,ri.ter TO Turkey--sub-Conimit-
s'' ,nycsticate Mississippi Overflow.
.s,rgton. May S1.-The senate re-
ne work at noon Saturday with
sum" ,,s,al calm prevailing, notwithstand-
INC storny events Of Friday. Mills
las Tavas secured consideration Tor
% resolution authorizing the secre-
Jun - var 10 use rations for the relief
@'s .,.rte nersons in the districts over
" - hv the Rio Grande river near
=, poeo Tex, and appropriating $1,000
tns purpose. Mills read a telegram
~ Tho MAYOR and city officers Of Ei
- saving that 500 houses had been
,'-,.oyed that 5000 people were desti-
u's'd that the condition was beyond
~. mower Of local relief. The joint reso-
',,,,or was then passed. The tarlH Dill
80, ,her taken up on motion OF Aldrich
.,.ho called up the paragraphs relating
ahi,o crockery. porcelain, etc., which
hsd been passed over. Aldrich' III pc
hen Of the committee, Withdrew the
"enste amendments to paragraphs ~
ord 81 and stated that the house would
no allowed to stand. Jones OF Arkansas
s,,eCted TO partial consideration of the
or;ra schedule. and il was finally agreed
- Iet the entire schedule go over.
At Paragraph 100.
The hill was then considered from the
ooirt reached Friday, viz: paragraph
100. An agreement was reacheo strik-
ing out the provision that all huted
rolled. ribbed or rough plate glass
when ground or otherwise obscured
sholI he subject to the same rate of duty
90 finished cast polished plate glass UNI
silve,ed on the paragraph as to unsll
ysred cast polished plate glass, small
eize Jones Of Arkansas moved to reduce
the rate from Sc to &c per square loot
In this connection Jones declared ina
the increase Of duty on all classes o
Mate glass was astounding. In one case
he said. the rate was increased 80 pc
cent above the high rate of the Mckin
lev act. which, he asserted, had beei
repudlated by the people because OF 1t
high rates. This was an attempt t
raise the price Of mirrors used in chea
furniture for poor people, while tn
large size glass by people of wealth ha
its rate reduced. This was the peculiar
ity Of the whole bill, as though the sen
aiors in charge Of the bill had in min
the old proverb: ITO him who hath sha
he given and to him who hath litti
shall be taken away"
Enormous Dividends.
When Jones referred to the enormou
dividends declared by the plate glas
trust, Plat Of Connecticut stated tha
no dividends had been declared in tn
last three years. Vest of Missouri adde
that the entire plate glass trade wit
few trifling exceptions was controlle
by the combine which met annually
Pittsburg, fixing rates, etc. Jones pre-
sented statement showing that II
plate glass combination had made pro
it5 Of 81, 100000 Quay of Pennsylvan
read a letter from the Pitsburg Pla
Glass company declaring that any stat
ments that it was a trust or combine
restraint Of trade were untrue.
After q lengthy debate on the pla
glass schedule Senator Jones of Arkal
sas motion to reduce the rate on rout
plate glass from to cents was
feated-years 81, nays 20.