New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-12
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.
washington. June II.

Washington. June ii.
WHAT SAFEGUARDING COsTs.-"Conversa.on
is sometimes inexpensive. as well as PHEASANT anu
instructive. and the same may be true OF speech,
making but this remark cannot be fairiy app"cu
to the speechmakng in which some OF the Dei"o-
Gratis and PopulIsts are engaged In the Senate these
DAVIS" said a Congressman, who Is also a busihesS
man. in a tone OF disgust to-day. lie cohuhueu'
Every days delay Of tariff legislation now IS
costing the United States cool hundred thousanu
dollars of revenue at least TO say nothing OF the
much greater amount it Is costing the people OF
these United States individually and collectively.
l calculate that every speech made by Jones' OF
Arkansas Vest. Caffery, Mills. Allen ana the rest
costs the United States Treasury on the average
$40 600 in loss OF revenue alone. Perhaps the cost
would not seem extravagant II the speeches
were calculated or expected even by the men VINO
deliver them produce any effect. but such Is not
the case or course these same statesmen viii he
mounting every political stump in sight heAt year
tion that the tariff legislation OF 1881 was iall-
ure as a revenue producer. and at the same time
they are themselves mainly responsible for the
meagre returns OF the first nine or twelve months;
books as early as May ], as 1t should have been, or
early as the d OF s ay Or eren
or else remain silent on the subject
PoPUIIsT BELLS NICE sCHEME-By bill
which he offered In the House OF Representatives
Yesterday and which referred to the Commit
tee on Ways and Means. Mr.. Bell. of Colorado,
proposes TO scale tine debt due from the United
States to the purchasers and owners OF So2'Sl5iVo
worth of It's bonds issued In February 1928, In pay
;nent for $500 900 ounces OF gold coin. Mr.. Bells
bin consists of single section and provides that;
'The Secretary OF the Treasury Is hereby directed
and required 10 pay not less than one-half of ihe
interest and principal of each and every OF said
bonds in standard silver dollars" This may be re-
rarded as a severely modest proposition. coming as
Il does from Popocrat of the true Bryan stamp;
IL would have been just as easy Ior Nj. Den W
write bill requiring the payment OF All inte ERE
dollars and the scheme would nave peeh equa"'
honest
THE DUTY ON COAL-Coonel William Lamb,
of Norfolk, chairman Of the Republican state COM
mittee Of Virginia, who was in Washington yesler-
day. said: II very much regret to find that few
Republican Senators do not appreciate the prlhcipe
involved IN the tariff schedule on coal 1t had peei
concusively demonstrated before the Ways and
Means Committee last January In two ANY pre-
pared papers submitted by ex-senator ii. u DAVIS,
Of West Virginia, and Charles r. Mayer oiie Vi
Maryland's most prominent and SUCCESSFUL pusiiesS
men, supplemented by statements from others III
the coal trade. that justice and equity demanded
that the small allowance of protection to our nitu-
minous coal interest, which IL had feceiSeu ai,.o
1873 and which was taken from Sa II oE us W. rc
stored The unfair treatment OF the nardest-"o hSu
and paid aborers in the Unitea S''e ~,
coal miners by the Democrats, ost thefn ',e o,t 800
~ West Virginia and the IXth Congress Diatrlct
of old Virginia AS Republican state cha il W.
D,,rict and The nineteen thousand miners in
West Virginia. In person and by circuiars t tat ~
thev would assist in electing Mckinney ana tiotart
our marty would relieve them from their restitution
and poverty by restoring 10 them the protgcuon Vi
which the Democracy had robbed them. l ne o III
are amendment TO the Dingey bill In regard to the
duty coal and cum is clearly uT,e 9ai trust
and the workingmen Of the two Nirslnas natau
for supremacy in the Eastern narkets Ho ~
American coal which pays tribute to the people vi
our country and British coal That pays i-2 ems
ton help support foreign Hovsrm,nert, hn III IL
,tfA n a J.
he properly understands this question VIII DE uil-
true to his people. and they 90 no. % s
understood II before IT Is inaiiy settieu' Il VIII NC
through no fault Of mine
PROGRESS IN THE SOUTH.-Edward A. Nose
lev secretary OF the Interstate Commerce commas
sion has some interesting things TO say about the
South. Mr.. Moseley went with the Commission
NOT long ago TO give hearings at points In Georgia
Florida Louisiana Tennessee and Texas. lie once
lived in the South, and knows its resources ana
the characteristics of the people. Mr. Moseey was
greatly impressed by improvements IN the Lone
Star state and particularly the harDor OF caves
ton" believe Galveston is destined 10 become
one of the great commercial cities OF tne S
now been obtained and ships drawing twenty-sM
feet enter Galveston Hsrbor IN m, sal S,yn0s ny;
the world. Tributary to this magnihcent narooT
ferai,ity' Houston and Dallas also .populous
and progressive cities. and me people 'heI -
saw / am convinced that the Lone star state Is
about entering on stage OF Development , ana
Commercial and Industrial expansion that Will lana
II in the front rank before many years nave passed
away.
TARIFF AND RETURNING GOOD TIMES
Ex-Governor Rich. OF Michigan. who Ia on a VISIT
to the National capital and who Is credited win
being ono of the best chief executives the WoIVeF-
inc state ever had, IS heavily Interested in farm
ing sheep raising and lumber, and Is, OF course
much concerned about the success of tho pending
Tariff bill II was not very sollcitous. said he.
whether any tax was laid upon lumber or not.
and considered 81 duty sufficiently high Tor pur-
poses of revenue. As n matter OF protection 'le
tax on lumber cuts but little figure. AS regards
the tariff on wool, our American producers VIII
derive no benefit for long time Immense guam
titles have been imported in anticipation OF tne
duty: and the stocks on hand Will keep the price
of The home produce depressed for at least a year
after the new law goes into effect: 49,
rs the condition OF the country improving
mend soon in obedience to tho law that long
periods OF depression must give way 10 an era OF
for the tide to turn, and the country may be on
the eve OF great prosperity II there Is not de-
can be no doubt mat the silver agitation WIN
spring up with redop6ed ySop ana f1- there Is
| OPTIMISM IN WASHINGTON STATE-In the
| State OF Washington neither calamlties nor hard
times depress the people. who seem to live in an
! atmosphere of optimism. Less than ten years ago
n great fire swept Seattle almost out OF existence
But from the ashes of that devastation has arisen
| n city Of fine business blocks charming houses AMI
| beautiful streets winding up heights looking out
! en- Puget Sound 1t is 10 wonder the people out
! there are proud and hopeful as they have a right
to be. Just they on the top wave OF trade
| with China and Japan "The -four mills are run
ming night and day out our way. said business
man from Seattle THE boom In this line Is on
account OF the big demand for breadstufs from the
! orient. China and Japan are buying from us with
the greatest lberality, and In the last year our
! trade with those countries has doubled. Our only
handicap is scarcity of ready cash. which conpels
! ms 10 trade lumber for hardware and shingles for
groceries. But Seattle is growing steadily, though
of course the city has not fully recovered from
the tremendous losses by fire of s25OO.UD worth OF
| property In the early part of the Cleveland Ad-
ministration. when the great financial depression
| came on some Of the Eastern people withdrew
their capital from investments with us But, IN
spite OF all drawbacks, the state is in good conqi-
| ton to-day, and can prosper. even under the
| ola efa q