The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-01-07
Treasury DEPARTMENT.,
Dec. 81. 1916.

Treasury DEPARTMENr,1
Dec. 81. 1916. {
Sir Permit me most respect fully To call at
tenon to the views submitted in my last annual
report in regard ,o Imposing duties tea and
coffee.
The duties were suggested in view of the
necessity of obtaining the loan therein PROMISED
and this department feels bound to communicate
the opinion entertained by it, that. in the absence
"i these duties. it will probably be wholly i'm
practicable To nego'iate the loan such terms as
would be permitted by Congress
Most respectfully, your ohedient servant,
r. J. WALKER.
Secretary of the Treasury.
Hon. JAMES j Mckay,
Chairman OF Committee on Ways and Means
The Union some days after contained the fol-
lowing paragraph:
+" We are informed that six of the members of
the C"mmit,ee of Ways and Means, three wings
and three democrats. are inlexih'y opposed To re.
commenting lax on tea and coffee for war pnr,
poses and the opinion is openly expressed by the
most influential democrats, that if a bill be in
'r"dnced fnr tina. purpose. it will no, receive fifty
votes in the House,
The vote which was taken in the House of
Representatives on the resolution of MIR. Went
worth. of Illinois. shows that the information of
The Union was correct and il shows, still fur.
Their, that there are politicians enough, in both
parties, who are willing To sarr flee the credit of
the country, rather than lose their places at the
public crib. The substance of the resolution re.
ierred tn was, " That II is inexpedient to levy
any duty ON tea and coffee"-and the resolution
was carried by a vote of Is yeas to As nays
1t is so important vote that we give the names =
Yeas-Messrs. Abbott, Anderson, Arnold. Bar.
ringer. Bell. Benton, James Black. Bancha I'd.
Brinkerhoff. Broadhead, Milton Brown Buffinu.
ton. William w. Campbell, Carroll Cathcart,
Cooke Coamer. Cranston. Cruzier, Garrett
Davis, Delano, De Mott, Dillingham; Dixon.
Dockery. Dunlap Ellsworth, Erdman. John III
Ewing, Foster. Fries Garvn, Gentry, Giddinqs
Graham. Order. Grinnell, Grover, Hamlin,
Hale, Harper, Hastings, Henley. Hilliard. Hoge.
John w. Houston. Hough. Samuel D. Hubbard,
Hudson, Hungerford Washington Hunt Joseph
IL. lngersoll jenkins. James III johnson, Joseph
johnson. Andrew Johnson. Seaborn Jones, Ken
needy, Daniel p. King. Presrnn King. Leib,
Levin. Lewis. Long, Lumpkn, McCIelland,
Joseph }. Mcdowell, James Mcdowell Nc.
Gaughey, McHenry, McIlvaine. Marsh, Nose.
lev. Monlton, Niven, Norris. Perrill. Perry,
Pollock Ramsey, Rathhnn Relic, Ripley, Julius
Rockwell. Root. Runk. Sawtele Sawyer, Seam
mon, Schenck. Severance, Truman Smith, AL.
bert Smith, Thomas Smith Caleb B. Smith,
Starkwraiher, ST. John. Slrohm, Strong Thiho-
i
bats, Iilden. Trumho, Vance, Vnton, Went
worth, Wheaton, White. Williams, Wilmo,,
| Winthrop, Wright. Yost-ll5
JNdys-Messrs Stephen Adams, Bayly Biogs
Bnwdon. Buwlin, Boyd, William e. Brown,
Burt. Reuben Chapman, Chase, Clarke. Cobb
Collin. Cotrell, Cullom, Cunningham, Dargan.
Douglass. Ficklin, Giles, Goodyea Gordon.
HARRISON, Harmanson. Edmund w. Hubbard. |.
f. Holmes, g. S. Houston, Hunter g. w.
Jones. Lawrence, Leake, La Sere, Lyon, Nc
Clernard, Mckay, Barclay Martin, Morse. Par.
lsh, Payne. Reid. Roberts. Lenard H. Sims,
simpson, Stanton. Jacob Thompson. Tonmbs
Iredway, Woodward-49.
This vote brings us directly to the contempla
lion OF the subject of the manner os tanati0n for
The support Of the General Government Under
The mode which has heretofore been pursued the
amount which has been Indirectly drawn from the
pockets OF the people, since the establishment of
the Government. is ncaculable and the refusal
OF these men to vote the lax on tea and coffee
while sugar, salt, iron, tools of husbandry and
coarse cloths are so heavily taxed. rs thew are
even at The present time reminds us furcibIy Of
The parable of those who strain al n ppat and
swallow camel.
we trust 1t will open the eyes of the penple.
ana let them at once abolish every tariff of dulles
VII '"te'gn goods, and admit them free, and levy
d"ect td1 upon every individual for his share
OF The bnrihens of the Government EXPENSES
we shall then know what we have Ia paw. and
crafty politicians will not have an opportunity Of
specWnt'ng on the rights Of their fellow citizens
IL too the people are TO be compelled. forever TO
support certain favored classes in our cuunirv. let
The advocates for that policy come np fairly.
honestly and openly, with bill for prohibiting
the importation of such articles as The community
most be taxed for, at home. This policy will let
Us then fairly into the secret of VIVA, we bn,e IN
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