New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-23
THE LOUD BILL AMENDED.
RADICAL CHANGES MADE BIZ THE SEN
ATE posToFFIcE COMMITTEE.

oxE-cENr LETTER POSTAGE PROVIDED f0'
PRIVILEGES GRANTED TO NE"sr"rH"
WHICH WERE DENIED IN THE
ORIGINAL MEASURE.
washington Feb. 22.-The Loud bill changing 'ne
.,atus Of second-class mail matter, was repo' ~
the Senate to-day with several ma'e' ,,x
r,en,s The report Is made by MI 'n" 49,, Tho
chairman of the Postofiice COMMITTEE s,s
members of the committee reserve tue 70 ,,a.s
go % the report II they see At when the iieas
age " - 49,, u is not probable that any acton
will no had in the Senate at TINS Co"e -, och,
.,, :. oourss would cause "A renewal OF '"e me-
T., Tho next House II the author OF 'he "e
sbould insist on pushing his bill throush' ,..,or
A. ronortcd the bill provides for one-cent ie''.'
hostage on all letters not exceeding Que ,or
:, ,yoight Sample copies OF newspapers ar
noitted TO be sent at pound rates IN hu"pe's
tn, IN nor cent OF the aggregate annual '"
,o,,or and not exceeding 100 per cent OF ''ie doe
gate circulation Of new paper ouii's wv 80
NJ its publication. The Loud Dill eN0'" 49,, 90
.a,,,nla comics The provision dehsihs '"' -.a
roturn unsod periodicals 20 the pupisne9 @. 20
800 10 strcken out The House bill also 'etuS.'
rates !" 81 "a ,arts of any particular numDel
- - ,nans{ or periodical through the "a'
-, ~ ,hird-class matter. The senate co'
zoo believng that this worked an injus"O' Ia,
Sunday newspapers, which unoer TIC -, ,air
mail their supplements in ADVANCE "a .,,s
ebeets inserted a clause that makes !. nv
sble t. mail IT pound rates po'V -, :, no NIB
..nermanently" segregated from the res. Vi w g.
,;a,,or This is intended 10 remedy the ueie'. ~
,ho loud hill A provision Is also adde" 'i'',
or more periodicals. any one OF "Hi'" % .,,or
Mound rates may be mailed In tnc sd'"e t.
4 new section is added to the bii "hicn p, ..,
sornl-nonthly monthly. b.m9nthiy anu qD'l -.
nsriodicals weighing not more than two ounces ~
ha $780,
1alvar, nv carriers at pound rates. as "eeANe9 'e
now carried. , aida
The report says: The committee lou''u q ,ho
snread interest in the oil prevailing throusio' w
country. on the one hand on the part u me-
natrous of the mails sending second-cidss n'a''''
, ao,.,rod 70 desire to preserve the present sys-
tom substantially as il exists. and on the o'"e'
hand on the part of those who wished alleged AUST
N be corrected hoping that tne SAVING ~ AZ he
ture thereby effected VIII enable .ne ~ its an
partrnent without too great an lhCIe"G1c onacen
nuai dehGr 80. y, on single letters otherwise to
sS benasts ~ the community not now attaln3ols
As time has passed n has seemed ID ,He
80, lin rhs wide difference Of opinion eAls1iH5
hoaweon ths various interests and also among tne
members of the committee AS 10 ,he eAteIl ~ 20
sting abuses and the proper ietie scre the pas,
sage OF the bill through the senate al tne ha HI
session. The committee. no"eve,, rspnfs prepsred
,sken M for consideration ii time permits. eacn
,nemher reserying his nna opinion upon the amend
ments and the bill until they come up lot
ton" ,- .ra. q pos-al
Commission be created 20 consist OF nNe neuiot'
70 be known as the Postal Reform Comfnissloi,,
composed of the chairen Of the present Sera1e nd
House committees the Postmsstsr-General An, anu
,uo rltizens 70 be appointed by the President ! ms
ro n,ission Is TO be char ged with tho duty OF m
vestigating all questions concerning the correS,on
~ alleged abuses in the postal service IN connec
ron VII n sscond-cass matter the extension OF ire
delivery 70 rural regions reduction or the cost
of railroad TRANSFORMATION OF the mans te duvpoi
of ons-cent letter postage. etc Inc toillilss
n renort 10 the next Congress, and cease 10 exist
on December 81 1891 ,..., ronor,
senator Butler submitted Supplemental repol'
in which he advocates the ownership by the Coy
r,m,ant ~ the postal cars and the payment 10 the
GONNA MES of trackage charges only after me nai-
nor in which sleeping-car companies opeIde n,i,
% rs over the various roads He also points our
where great deal of money can be saved n ,Is
matter ~ TRANSPORTATION OF the mails ana me
Who'd nv which the yearly average OF mail carried
nv tha railroads is ascertained.