Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1903 — BILL FOR REBATE ON COAL [ARTICLE]

BILL FOR REBATE ON COAL

Will Equal Duty Now Imposed and Continue for One Year. Tlie ways and means committee of t’’e national house Tuesday decided to report a bill providing for a rebate—equal to tlie duty now imposed—on ail kinds of coal coming from all countries for a period of one year. This bill is a Substitute for the one introduced by Representatives Hill of Connecticut, which provided for a rebate until June 30 next. The bill adopted provides: "That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby authorized and required to make full rebates of duties imposed by law on all coal of every form and description imported into the United States from foreign countries for the period of one year from and after the passage of this act.” Representative Richardson of Tennessee proposed an amendment striking out the words “for a period of one yenr," which was voted down. He then proposed an amendment placing all coal on the free list, which wns likewise voted down. The final vote on the adoption of the bill was unanimous.