Show GENERAL MATTERS sttrdaji Transactions at the > a too Capital Hattrnrarth AntiOption 1IIII A WITHORAVAL OF POST TROOPS ORDERED What Krpre < rnlatlre PlirUn has to Say About that jIuchTallrdof Dad THE WORK IN CONGRESS AND e HOUSE Jovphlte Conference Tbun < and f Laborers on Mrikr Wealthy Call It man Marderrd Iarden ay Tclezrtra to iho Nsooi FIOOYITIIE ctoIrAL Itcvlcir of Troops > oniln llon The tullOptlnn nlll WASHINGTON April I IThe carpet car-pet manufactories of Philadelphia pt mauurCorl lhladelpbL had a hearing Ufoie the re > ubll can members of the ways ansi means corumilttK today in reference lo the proposed incrvaso In the duty on carpet wocL They opposed olJ the ropoIUoii i and declared the Increase In-crease would make raw material for ingrain Crt elIot moru than the ranch now sold in oitu nut ktt OIFU SCIIOF1EID ltIEID today issued I formal order approving approv-ing the findings oftii court martial In the case of Lieutenant Steele Eighth Cavalry strikingprivate Wild The reprimand provided for In the verdict of the court Is not eou lied in severe language but taken rather the form of fatherly advite to young officers about the necessity I uf controIlluK their tern = pelT and deprecated uibUrt tnte hown by Steele in ociup ing the C ula position of prosecuting wit uts nd Judge Advocate in the rial itt Wild for insubordination A REVIEW of the District ofCoIuintia National Guard and the troops of the several branches of the regular army stationed sta-tioned at Washington was given today in honor of the delegates to tho lanAmerican conference The President several menil rs of the Cabinet General Sohofield nud other ofllccrs of the regular army occupied the reviewing stand n1 oIATfos thl2 The Senate has confirmed the following fol-lowing nominees Lewis A Grant Assistant Secretary of war Itn cadierGeueral > elM A Miles MajorGeneral Colonel H AGrier so l llrigadierGweral Major TI StaiitouDiputy 1ai masterGeneral J H I r IsTTeoe InI l infj ctor GI C Thaxter nciivirof I pulillcmoneys nt Canon fin C 1CYJ1DI5JISE F muneJs surveyolginerui cf DISMISSED J Edgar Eagle Assistant Chief of the record division 1enslon llunau i dismissed Ingles iii Ion W3 rerntid during the early Cr part of the present administration ElLVnt dOMMlTTEK Chairman Dlngley las appointed the specIal committee ordered IJ the republican caucus last nlht to prepare I silver bill for the caucus rIm membm 1n the eight republican repub-lican members of the coinage com niitec Conger WIckham Walker Carter Comstock llartiiie Kuapp and Tnjlor and the follow I Ing additional addi-tional runnier McKlnUy Cannon Can-non ILiyne ilcKeuni 1trkins Henderson all McOjmas flit olttruoou held Its fintmceting tills TiE EECRETAKV t WAIl today issued an order directing the troofs s from the following posts I withdrawn SB soon as the depart I rent commanders conc > rned can provide suitable accommodations elsewhere Fort Maulnuis roll Fort llridgtr WjoFoit Sidney I L T L u u U u Itock Ilarrsck Ark Fort Me Dowel ArIa Fort Thomas Aria and Fort Verde AiL The re sivctive ueiartment commandcr are to report to the AdjutantGen AiulllltGU eral of the army the lat vthen the posts can Ic l alandoned with a vies to making the necessary arrangements arrange-ments fur the reservations with the budding and other improvement t benccived by the Department ot the Interior for Indian school purposes pur-poses or for disposal ANTIOITIOS mix The House committee on agriculture agricul-ture heard arguments against the BuUerworthantioiitlon l Henry Wilson of lie Chicago board ot trade said that that organization and all exchanges in the country were in sympathy M 1th the first section sec-tion of the bIll t abolish trading inputs in-puts and calls and bucket shop dealIngs deal-Ings but to enforce the previsions against trade for future delivery would force out of business ttiunniil dealers and concentrate the trade in the bands of the larmi capitalists u how ho-w able to purchase the crops and hold them for n rise ro stop the tales for future delivery would be to Interruptaud disarrange the entire financial system of tlie country The hankers of thecountry moved the croa and depended uJ on the transactions the small dealers In the country towns for a basis 1 fur their transactions The bill would phce the fanner at the mercy of the large capitalist who would buy cah grain at such a price that he could told it until GabrIel blew halo trumpet without sustaining loss GEORGE C MAIETIN of the Sew York Produce Exchange Ex-change maintained that the farmer never before received so great a per rent lUbe value of hIs crops as now In his opinion the low prices prevalent preva-lent are because of a recent series of large crops from which have been accumulated Ic store 00003000 bushels of corn more than ever before be-fore in the history of the country The merchant lias suffered hoses I along with the tanner In IbTo the commission en a bushel of corn amounted to Si ceutr > ow lie entire crop is marketed on acorn mission of onequarter of a cent If the hill parses threequarters of the export trade of the country will be proscribed J O Bless of the Sew York Cotton Cot-ton Exchange read an argument against the bill prepared by a committee com-mittee of that exchange prefacing It with a protest against the bill signed by tho lending bankers of New York in which they state that the passage of Ute bill would work great damage to legitimate trade and that lank find their risks cf advances under the present system ire less than under the old The argument of the Cotton Exchange Ex-change Committee holds that the effect of trading for future delivery has been to give Hi e worlds markets ale a-le = a violent character reduce the risk of the merchants and bankers and at the same time secure to the rctton planters a higher range of values thou was the case before the existence of the method af trading for future delivery If the future system were wiped out the exchanges ex-changes of New York and Sew Orleans would crate to exist and this ould transfer the business to Europe and build up exchange there |