The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-15

OF the measure. sketched briefly the
emergency which made its pasSa Sc adj
Nisable- He did not believe its enact
ment would result in the iroportaLiall
Of much coal or in much reduction in
its price.
Mr. Maddox of Georgia denounced
The whole proceeding as humbue-
Mr.. Cochran of Missouri declared
that this was Tate dag repentance on
the other side If The president ard
department Of justice. he said had
done their duty months aSo when they
We're galla3antinE around ienounciug
trusts. the situation would be different
now.
Mr.. Goldfogie Of New York spoke
along the same line
IN reply to question by 2Ir. aIe-
Cal Of 9fassachusett AIr. Payne said
that, in his opinion. the rebate on coal
would apply TO coal in boad-
Not the Right Remedy.
Mr. DAYTON OF NesT Virginia said ha
wanted to DO everything III his power 90
relieve the existing distress. hat be did
not believe the pending Bill would ac-
compilsh anything. drastic method.
ne salt. might be ctfectiVe-tbc sGspen-
sion II the clause Of the interstate COM
nlerce law which prohibits Discrimination
lie said that the mines of his state were
running haif time because they couiG
not get cars 10 move their coal.
Az. Gaines. West Virginia opposed the
BILL declaring that il woGld give no re-
lief. He defended the prices charged By
coal importers know saiG he. ''Cl
TO class Of business men who do not
. charge whatever the market permits them
to charge.
SIR NondeH also opposed the hin. say
Ing il would inlure The coal industry OF
coal from Canada 20 come IN competition
with it.
sir DeArmond Missouri. said the pcnd-
ing bill should have passed the first day
OF the session -NOtWithst aneing that the
high proteJtionists on the other side were
reluctant 10 admit it. ne believed the bill
would be productive OF some good
an Attempt to Deceive.
Mr. AIcDerm0tt, New Jersey. declared
that the oil was an admitted pretense,
and was virtually an attempt 10 deceive
the public into the belief tEaI something
was being dOTlc- The limitation of time
coal producers anyw5ere from permanent
( Is Investing additional capital 10 increase
{ their production for this market
+ Mr.. Grosvenor closed the debate. lie
said that by his vote he did not expect
10 invite foreign competition 10 destroy
the American coal mining industry Ne
I could produce our own coal when norma
7 conditions re-esta bllshed themselves
The bill then WAS pdszesiyzac r. 2 lis
house then resumed the cons Iteration u
( the army appropriation bill
] After some NEDdLt. III WHICH Llif 81
ment was made that the signal corps was
/ becoming one of the most imporfanl
! branches of the service. an enlendnleni
+ offered by Mr. Hepburn Qowa) was
[ adopted. to increase the number of Off
I GERS in that corps by one colonel, twe
4 lieutenant colonies. four m=jOrs and eigf'
\ captains and eight first heutenants. Va
t eancies 10 be filled by promotion and then
/ by assignment from the line Of the army
j Coal on Free List.
While the army bill was under consid-
/ Grafton a message from the senate an
I nOunced the passage of the coal rebate
I bill with an amendment. Alr- Payne tNeN
I York; moved to concur in the anne noTslallI
I It's reading was applaEded on the Demo
/ cratic side and Mr. Richardson re-
| marked that the privilege OF making Tn
| motion should nave bee.i accorded his
side of the house The amendment Was
! unanimously cOncurrec in, which passee
Debate on the army bill was then re
sumed-
An amendment was adopted. on motion
I Of Mr. Hay lVirgiEia9- providing that 4,
/ action looking to the dlscontinuance q
I the army transport service should be IA
I en- without the consent 0t congress Al
/ other offered by Mr. ShafToth tColeradof
I was adopted. providing that no STEAMSHIP
in the transport service shall be sold 81
disposed Of without the consent Of cen
Al $50 p. m. after disposing Of tWensy
eight pages Of the biE the house al
journed.