The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-01-15
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TO Make AXE lFqlt Rebates, Of by Pgtief In
posed BY law III An coaiosaEse+5
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SsEcEatie Anaendments Noted DOWN.
z:Washington, Jan The. ways .ane
Ineans committee of-tle, house has. de
Ga sided to: report a..bill providing Tor 4
rebate-equa1 to: the dptX nov ,imn9eseee
on all kinds of coal and coming from
all countries for q period Of enc year
.3t!gI9his. isl bill is1a subs substitute for th the .one
INTRODUCED: by. Representative Hill. q
Connecticut (which provided for,ear Fa
bate until June. 80 next. 4,g.;;l i .tr.;$*
SIT is expected the bilfsWill be-oallea
up in the house at<oaee..! The bill: adont
ed1provides: r. -. ::.az ~ .>::..i r. ;s..x:
+; That the. secretary of thevtreasury
be and he is hereby authorized and re-
quired to make full rebates of duties
imposed by law: on all: coal of every
form and description imported into
the United States from foreign ;couns
tries feF' the; period of one year: from
and after the passage of this aet.t' Ii:
: Representative Richardson @t1'enn.}
proposed an amendment striking our
the words ''for period of one year"
which was voted down He then pro.
posed an amendment placing ali 4eoaf
/. on the free list, which was likewise
voted down. The final vote on the
adoption of the bill was unanimous -.
Representatives Payne; Dalzell" and
Grosvenor held a conference With the
president during the morning rela
tive tco5'ttfh the action Which had been taken
by the COMMITTEE. '., ,%.<.,-..,.
THE committee reported the biI1It o,
| the house later but did not all itggpR,
for Consideration as originally con:
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! DISCUSS COAL iTyAT4CN:s
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Mayor Low:*Meets> Representatives of
7sa::.: ;.CeaI+carryihe Roads! !:'<sj ~ ="
| Newly or41.; Jan IA Mayor; Low and
Representatives of the *coafcafryfng
roads held a conference during the
dap-te~diseuss~ the coal situation in the
five bOroughs of Greater New York.
The"faifroad afT5r.esfd efftssE present we're
Feorge +. .Baer of tne Reading, 2. d
FhderWood of the Erle,:> Fowler 64he
Ontario and Western, and Thomas OF
tie Lehigh Valley. John BSMarkle repl
resented the lind epend dent operators.
President Baer read a statement de.
Scrihing, the position Of the coal roads;
He maintained that the roads were, do
ing all possible to relieve the sftuai
ton. The situation was full Of -tlifIi7
tultie6. and the failure. Of miners to-
work during the holidays had reduced
the output and the price had been un%
duly advanced by the smaller compa+
MES aid individual operators.
| CoatiHain g., Mr. Baer said: ~ t'FheL
difficulty in lleepingi down the: price
Of Anthracite coal is that the coal of
many. Of the operators is sold at the:
st>tpriee that can be obtained inI
Che mar1set:~<In the present time of
scarGity> they have sold their coal at
prices from so toss per ton ~higherF
than Shat at*Whfch. the Philadelphia
ana Resaffts-"etaf+ and Iron -:cOmpapy|
an9l the. I-ehiGh. and: Wi1kesbarre Coal
doInrany sell their coa1::'' '.'. ~--'.'
Mr.. Baer3 said Ills companies would
doptinu& to SELL at Sd ton They could
not ship all their coal to New York,
leeause New Jersey, Baltimore, Wash
hgton and, New England had equal
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