The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-08
SHUT OUT GOODS
MADE BY C0NvICTS
House Passes Bill Conferrine
Upon States Power to Enact
Such Legislation.
COMPETITION THAT is CRUEL
Mr.. Hint SO Declares in Urging
Passage of Measure-Blow to
Simplified Spelling.

WASHINGTON, December during
the three hours the House was in Sos
sion it passed a bill which had the en-
thusiasuc endorsement Of labor as well
ss manufacturers generally. repeating
that portion Of tho Wilson Interstate
commerce bill relating 10 convict-rnade
goods. and permitting The several States
TO legislate for themselves as 20 their
competition with free labor made
goods.
The bill was introduced by Mr.. Hunt
Csiissour), himself . practical stone
mason Under the Wilson bill. which be-
came law I'm 1850, convict labor made
goods may enter into active competition.
with the goods manufactured by free
labor. and under this Federal law n
| State could not pass a law that yvoul5
/ prevent the shipping into the State OF
/ prison-made goods Of other States Tn
law which was passed to-day abrocfffes
/ the interstate commerce lass as at pres
ent applied TO convict-mads goods, there
} uy enording 70 tho States and Terrific
/ RES tho right TO inhibit the shipping OF
I ccnvict-made goods within the confines
/ Of any state or TERRITORY
! Mr.. Hunt asked for its passage. not
! only in the interest OF free labor. but
/ IN the interest OF the manufacturer. He
said It was an attempt 20 curb the
criminal competition Of tho penitentiary
I with the free labor Of the country.
1t Is cruel" he said. to ask the
/ free labor Of this country TO maintain
Its citizenship. ITS dignity and its SELF
respect, II Il has TO walt until the product
OF the state prison Is sold before the
employer can get reasonable price for
his honestly manufactured product"
The vote for the bill was practically
| unanimous.
Blow to Simplified Spelling.
SimDhhed spelling received a hard blow
/ to-day in the legislative bill for 1905
! reported 10 the House by the Committee
/ on Appropriations. which says.
Hereafter in printing documents au-
thorized by law. or ordered BY Congress.
or either branch thereof. the Government
Printing Office shall follOS the rules Of
photography established D. Webster's or
other generally accepted dictionaries OF
the English language"
The bin carries an appropriation OF
sol, 20. SO, which IS SGS5 S42 less than the
estimates made for the legislative. Judi
Gal and executive departments OF the gov
! ernment- An Increase from 81 200 to
Sl.fo0 is made in the allowance 70 MEM
hers of the House for clerk hire and the
requirement that members certify that
they have spent this amount is omitted
Efforts 20 take up the bin comforting
citizenship upon the citizens OF Porto
Hlco. reported from the Committee on
insular Affairs Of the House. were de-
feated by objections OF the Democrats.
To Increase Salaries.
Representative southwick. u New York.
introduced bin to-day increasing the
salaries OF all civil service employees ten
per cent.
the House passed a bill creating game
preserve Of nearly seven hundred thous-
and acres. within the olympic forest re-
serve. IN the state OF Washington
The House adjourned until Monday.