, 1864-01-24
WHISKY IN CONGRESS.

Inc exciting Topic before congress is the
whisky question Emancipation. confisca-
ton and reconstruction are all subofd{nated
to the alcoholic disputation fsAn PARTIES are
agreed tl,at the ak ought to- be largclEia-
creased On that commodity. The rate fixed
upon by common consent=is sixty cents per
gnllon. Democrat and Republican,, Copper
head and Radical fratesnIze. on the neceselty
Of something like q sixty cent tax. But there
is wide divergence Of views as to when the
increased inpost shall ,take effect, and wbeth-
er forty cent ta8 ahal1 lie. 1e{ted upon whis-
ky In the hands OF dealers and manufacturers
nj the time Of the passage Of the 1law, The
bill, as 1t passed the House, had an amend:
ment added; on the motion of the Copper
head leader, Fe1pando1. Mood, taxing all
whisky on hand January Z, 1894, forty cents
per g,lnon-imported as well as domestic
80 that the tax on ali whlsky heretofore man:
ufactured and unconsuIned, as Well Us what
may be made: alter January L, sha1l be urii-
form, SIXTY cents per ganon-ths Old .rate be-
ling twenty cents. This amendment OF Fer
nando Woods WAS adopted BY IN immense
majority, Democrats voting for 1t as well as
Republican, =: :, ,.E:@; -. :"
It wes well known for two months before
Congress assembled ;that ths tax on whisky
wopld be increased, and the listilleries were
run night and day to produce the greatest
possible quantity before the increased tar
would ue a@vsea- .,oA---halaazs OK whisky
promptly put up. the price Of tie article forty
coats per gallon. There is now whisky
enough on 1and In the United states to sup
ply the consumption for two ycats or more,
without making another gill. Let US sup
pose the quantity Of whisky .unconzumcd in
the Union, on the 12th January inst, to be
one hundred millions Of gallons; this liquor
has advanced forty cents on the gallon In nm
ticipation Of the increased tax Of forty cents
on subsequently lym6nutactnrcd WHISKY. The
great question to Sbc decided by Congress is,
whether the Federal Treasury or the Nquor
dealers shall have the forty millions Of dol
1ars-in other words, whether. it shall 60 to
the credit Of the whole people, in their M:
tfonaI capacity, or Into the pockets OF a. few
Thousand specu1ators. Forty millions Of dol
lars thrown into :Chase'e strong box from
taxation would be worth to the national
credit five times that sum loaned to him! on
which interest must be paid The more reve-
nue. is derived from Whihky the hx less need:
be levied on the manufacturing indnst1y Of
the country. If this forty millions In dispute
shall pass into the pockets OF the speculatofs
It is certain that the loss to the Treasury
will have to be made ND BY taxing manufac-
tures FIVE per ccnt, instead of three. and by q
Ike ADVANCE ON incomea and stampaE It win
be perceived, therefore, that il Is rouestion
that comes home to The pocket Of eYery bust
ness man. There is an immense lobby 1t work
agree with The go1se Inn and t,en.tn ;ndnes ~ u
the House TO buck down ron @ ftS> I n5sItion aIu
Money il beipr sncntsl,rs u .,Enter r t1 by tthe
spectators. for il they win. theymake y coul
fo,4v mf1tfono c,ear nrot;t 4 ~ cr1cnae 6r
t,e tarnurer. ~ 1,ras, ~ - -
All ciassea Il: fms5nasa n,en vii he. - ,,acn
niari1y atfected - tHe;: so,5lIon NJ. th,s anss.
ton. At present they pay three ner cent m
their msnufacturts and ineome.. s4nt # tha
National TrcasnIy loose he fortr millions II r.,
~nst ha ref,nrnr<.t hp.rs,.,ra,tha +s~to~i
1pr cont ~, mi, ~ i,n-:,e;na 49, use
1ar In ltke n,,,no1ttcr. Ecnr; = stAinp
1erest ~ h1s1nesa w., - tue ~