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Show RURAL MAIL I 3 WILL GET MORE MONEY Washington, Jan. 24. Tho Houso 'today p'tssed the postofflco appropriation appropria-tion bill, carrying about $257,000,000 with no negative votes. The postofflco committee of tho House, tho postmaster general and "othcrb higher up," Including by In forencc tho President of tho United States, en me a In for a scoring at the hands of members of tho House In the consideration of the bill. The debate reached Its height when Representative Slsson of Mississippi said with vigor: "The mall servlco all over tho Un Ited Stnes Is In a h of a' fix to use a, strong expression, nnd the Houso should fix the responsibility where.lt belongs. Some say It Is the department nnd some say It Is the President. The depailment has declined dec-lined to spend tho money approprlat ed for additional rural free delivery routes and Is going to turn back a surplus of $U,700,0o0 from this ser-vice." ser-vice." As soon ns thq rural free delivery servlco paragraph in the bill wnb i cached several members weao on their feet offerlg amendment to Increase In-crease tho pay of tho rural carriers from $1)00 a year all the way to $1,200 Chalrm-n Weeks of tho postoifiec commit. eo attempted to limit the debate, de-bate, but the House would not hear of It. Chnirmbi Weeks said unquestionably unquestion-ably somo r J tho rural carrlors on the harder routes wero underpaid. Others he though, wero receiving nl lthey do-served. do-served. "However," added Chairman Weeks, "tho'commltteo Is now willing to havo tho salaries of tho rural carrier Increased In-creased $100 a year." Tho Houso then passed an amendment amend-ment providing that after July. 1, 1911, tho carriers should recolvo n salary not oxceodlng $1,000 n year. An attompt to substitute official postage stamps for tho frank3 now used by members of Congress and government gov-ernment departments was defeated. |