The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-30
FORECAST FOR THE WEEK.
Important Matters OF Legssi"t"n 10
lie Reported From the
Committees.

s,r,eetai Dispatch to the Post-inteiEigenoef-
OLYMPIA Jan. 59-~Ralofts from s&ine
OF the staSding committees Oh nc $3.50
,ature covering important mae ~ * F.,
citation may 10 expected tbs week N
both houses In the house., tie commit
tee on appropriations will pToilSaaiy frpoi
The senate bill carrying Appropriations %
upwards Of siGeDG for the state norman
srhoohs at Whateom, Cheney and Eiieris-
burg TIE various revenue ana uofS,
gage bills thai nave been introduced VIII
be considered this wessk In COMMITTEES al
though definite action IN the ieslsa az 1f Z
VII probably not b. taken until tft@G the
calendar - cleared Up and the senatorial
matter gotssn out of the way.
Railroad legislation will be considered
this week by the house railroad commit
tee and i'm the senate Il raiFosd ffeigst
bill will pE,Jasassiy be introduced. A. yet,
no ban fixing freight rates has been seen
IN either house The house committees
has informally discussed the subject on
one or two occasions and It's members
have consulted with the members OF tue
senate committee on the matter but only
In a casual way
The Eastern Washington members OF
both houses have their minds pretty Wen
made III, on the matter OF a railroad bill.
Their opinions TO the maximum rate
for tsanegtagtag agricultural products and
other essential provisions of the bill are
already formed. Among them there Is a
growing Sentiment, In favor OF a - rate
as n maximum 30 he charged In this
state fer hauling wheat and AL asricul-
;urai products Including logs. This rate
- lover than any that has yet been sug-
geated, hsa. that IL WIZ b.a advocated both
in committees AMI IN the tgTo houses Of
the legislature seems now practically as
saared
Mcl@an's bin, No. Se. win come ap In
the house FOR final action this ~eek. The
measure reduces passenger rates TO ga
ceuts per mile. Certain Eastern WASH
tEgfun tnefTFa<-s~ az the railroad commit
tee who favored a cent rate have been
Far
sate position they tack In the matter. That
there Was legsc ANA Sease 81 the attitude
takea ~ the majority - the committee
was Illustrated IN fie remarks of Fratt
az king wno tod the heaEe during the
debate on the committees report, that tha
members had believed chat a reduction of
half a cent per- TutE~ Was lncnns@3SraAoin IA
view Of the reduction o: freight rates
which wsfl ha made when ghe rate Aiit
cufnes before Ira horse. Pratt said thar
the saving - she people made hy half
a cent eat per- mt GA ass4S@gnsfsE fares wa
.ufinstesly0al az compared wita the lsgrer
saving contemplated in tae transportation
* freight and agricultural rTo4scss OF
every kind
FINALLY pratt explained thas shave In
gaa sanger rates wH4if ~ used fy the
railroads 80 q w@a i~sn With ~aica 20 fsgAs
tire fresssht rate sllL Ia hls eptnlaa. II
would ta wiser foT the lex - r are Is s.zve
ga ss~nx~r FatsH 81 ihe figure 30 which
ttcy wrFo lately Te.2ucv4 ay The roHpas-
iss rather tAaG 20 ieoparyiiEe. vsen in gha
Ute 5t}sSfttis sg rttssHiktAa has several hssts
ssuTtr~ tna mortgage laws ~ the ststsA
[ A rss5s t8eE repeal the la@ % 1877 IA
+ wb4cn AZ sspr ai<ettens % tina mort IS .ge4l
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