The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-20

money in somebody's pocket when It ought
rot % 50 there. Tho Increase upon coal
Is wrong ana outrage.
Under the accent tax Of the Wilson act
the coal Interests Of this country hnye pros
percd as much as any other Interest. There
has been general depression hHti
the coal Interests did not escape. but the
fact that the coal uiners control the Amer
lean market and export the ci
amount have stated is sufficient evidence
thnt there should be no Increase In the tax
We now have tho pififui reduction from 70
cents to 81 cents. an increase 81 tax upon
both bitumlnous ana anthracite, aud the
addition OF anthracite coal 70 the dutiable
list.
In View Of this incontrovcrtibie state
ment or facts where can Secretary Moody
ind warrant for his remarkable assertion
that the duty on coal was ''smuagled" into
the Dlngiey bill Sin cowardly md sneak
ing manncry" II Is obvious fhatthls claim
10 not true and one naturally wonders
whether It was made with full knowledge
Of the real facts. and with intent to de-
ceiye the people, or whether Mr.. Moody
was simply ignorant OF the matters he vas
attempting to discuss.
There has always been duty on bitumi.
nous coal. so far as The Posts knowledge
extends. and for a number Of years pror
cite The act Of December %. 1870. spe-
ciicsliy placed anthracite on the free list.
The Dingey act provides that bltuminoas
coal and "ali coal containing less than %
per cent of Fixed carbon shall pay a duty
Of 81 cents per ton" on the free list
the coal paragraph "a as follows: Coal
anthracite not specially provided FOR IN this
nct"
Il. -.-.-.f.. ~. rNtr~fo- tttt ~, -r,vr
and means committee Of inc house retained
the language and the rate Of the Mckinley
bill, 40 FAR as coal was concerned. but
when the bill reached the senate change
was made at the suggestion Of Senator
Allison. who acted on the Instructions Of
o majority OF the finance committee. Dur
ing tho debate on the amendment the state
nents Of Messrs Allen, Allison and vest,
as quoted above, were made.
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The United states should Interfere IN
Venezuela whore It is said sportsmen are
haeging children who are under the 10
year age limit. so humanely set by our Mr.
Smith. No true sportsman, law or no law
viii shoot child uuder 10 years Of age
David p Hin seems to believe that bis
tiithtAh ANlhhAA bi"AH - "a A'NA N4' ~
stand on.
Houston has very polyglot population.
Its latest win be the requirement Of the
golf language Niblcks and brassies will
he common. while ----l. tll not
be unusual under certain circumstarc S.
Federal o1icehodcrs may cos.sibatc 90
campaign funds or not. lust as they please,
but they'd better please.
Colonel watterson says that. next "a
Kentucky Texas fudus hs ideas Of mn
earthly paradise. when W Missouri the
starered scdjess talks the same way only
differently
The price Of coal has gone up and viii
forget TO come down Was this what the
operations were schemlns fort
"IIow many recruits have you uowT
nsbcd we. With his cyos upturued ia
heaven the recruiting officer made rcp'y
We've got just thirty seven blast your Re,
acunrcrs"
After MI the different ways In which
the question has been put to yon, She roaly
/ correct Bostonese way Is. ARE YOU
REGIsrERED7
Denmark has not yet been able 10 sol
I us the punish wcst ludles because OF Oh,
objections Of the rlgsdag She should gently
deposit the rigsdag in the mgbag.
Dispatches say That Roosevelt Is I'm
menscly popular In Eogand Hc Is ais,
getting IN the WllUc WalledoH Aston elias
In this country