New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-10
THEDAyIN WASHINGTON

cent pound for the reading matter and
A cents a pound for the advertising pages
but-and this Is an important exception
All fra,ernal, scientific, patriotic and edu-
cational publications get the 1.cent-a-pound
rate and are permitted 10 carry advertising
a privilege they have not hitherto enjoyed
Their support of this provisicn of tho bill is
expected 20 go far 10 Offset the opposition
NJ the popular maya zines The vote in the
committee stood s 10 2 for the amendment
IFS only opponents being Senators Bourne
and owen. The Postmaster General be-
lieves this amendment will be approved by
the House and estimates that It Will In
crease the postal revenues by about
g. 10000 a year. which will Offset the eX-
tension Of rural free delivery and the IN
crease Of compensation of rural carriers
and leave a small balance or the credit
side Of the postof1ce ledger The weights
of magazines carried In the mails last year
show that their average increased postage
will amount 20 twc-ffths Of a cent copy.
The Senate committee also provided So"""
fo, the extension Of the postal savings
banks. and authorized an increased par
cells post service on rural routes and ex-
tAnsiye experiments With = general par
GELS pest service. The purpose Of carry
Ing the first 400 pounds Of all periodicals
At the old rate Of 9nt pound IS to save
from any possible hardship the smaller
MAGAZINES, which may be struggling for
existence That this change in magazine
postage will be opposed by the great
popular magazines is, of course, fully ex-
pected All dwelling houses and places OF
business must have suitable mail boxes
after June 90 next.
TARIFF BOARD BILL.--Senator Lodge
Induced the Finance Cornnlittee 70 author
ize a favorable report on the tariff board
bill. ana later in the day he reported II 70
the Senate. The effort CT Senator Smeot
70 eliminate the power OF the board 10 pro-
cure information was abandoned, as was
predicted in this column this morning. The
bill carries the Lodge amendment proVld-
ing that members Of the board shal De
nominated by the President and confirmed
by the Senate From now on Mr.. Looge
will make every effort TO secure ecnsioer-
alton Of and a vote on this bill, although
the prospects therefor are far from bright.
The Democrats are almost solidly opposed
70 the measure They realize that 1t wouio
be passed by e large majority II y were
allowed 70 come 10 vote, and It IS tneir
purpose to prevent that by resorting 70
flibustering tactics II forced 20. Senator
Bailey has secured many recruits and he IS
convinced that there IS no possibility Of the
bin becoming law at this session, despite
the favorable action Of a majority Of the
House Democrats.
BOUND TO BE HEARD. with charae-
teristic solemrity Senator Hepburn intro
duced in the Senate to-day a bill which
struck his colleag CUES as so ludicrous that
they could not restrain chuckle, whioh
rippled over the chamber. Air. Hepburn
bill provides that postinasters Throughout
the country shall be authorized TO take
subscriptions for The Congressional
Record" at 81 e year. II is the fact that
Mr. Hepburn IS the most frequent and most
voluminous contributor 10 the columns OF
The Record" which gave TO his bill its
humorous aspect Moreover. year OF
more ago the Senator from Idaho, standing
N his place on the floor Of the Senate. al
ministered q protracted and severe lecture
70 the correspondents because they not
only consistently failed to report his re-
marks or even 10 mention the fact that he
had spoken, but because they persistenuy
and with one accord filed out Of the press
gallery wheesver he took the floor. lie
sNu,o~iehed them that they were neslectne
ALI duty when they failed TO tele
graph to their respective newspapers The
pearls GA wisdom which he let drop or
every conceivable subject, and he concluded
nv scoldine them vigorously because o.
their discourtesy in refusing to listen tC
him. His choler rose as his colleagues or
the Senate floor quietly slipped out, leaving
him no auditors other than the official re
porters. who were paid 20 remain. "Ob
viously Hepburn thinks that by selling Th'
Record at bargain prices he can find some
readers" remarked Republican colleague
when he offered his bin to-day. @. G. H