The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-02-14
WASHINGTON NEWS

TO-DAY % y prlVhbe clNlA0np Shu Soh-
versation paid the latter q high COM
pliment for his magnificent donation
to the educational iaterssts Of the
South. Mr.. Peabody, in abiding to
England, said there WAS now q more
friendly feeling towards tho United
States by the people and Government
of that country than over before.
The Nebraska bill vas passed over
ovOr the veto in the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes BY q vote Of 90 for, TO A
against. boa III o. 5s-
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-Ths commit
tee Of Ways and Means will probably
t6-fsorrow report AmOndatory TO the
Internal Tax bill, based on the theory
Of getting rid Of the tax on manufactu-
ring, at the earliest possible moment
But tho wants Of the Government this
year will not permit il to be done At
once, hence Che principle is to be grad
ual in its operation. To partially car
ry out this object, the committee pro-
pose to exempt from tax all articles
which enter largely intosthe cost of
living, for instance, salt, leather, ain,
earthern, pottery and hollow-ware are
exempted, as are also hoes, rakes and
scales. All steam and horse engines,
all drain, gas or water pipes Of iron,
wood or other material, all clothing
made from articles subject to tax, wo
ven or knit, aro not, however, exempt
from tax in case whore a tax has not
been paid on the raw material. Adj
vertlsements TO be relieved from tax
Many manufactures which arc nov
taxed 2 per cent, to be free from tax,
among these arc all glue and varnish,
and all wagons, drays and trucks cost
ing less than two dollars, used for
freighting purposes. Butter and cheese
10 be free from tax ..r ~ .s..s.
A section is added to sTfesS the du.
~plication of tax; so where there is a
tax on the raw material there shallnot
be another on the manufactured anti
Gle in its various forms. Tho tax is to
be- either on the raw or manufactured
article. A large number OF articles
are to be exempt from tax because the
expense of collection is not equivalent
To receipts therefrom. Tax is to be re.
moved from matoh-boxes, but a stamp
is to be attached for matches, boxes or
other packages or bottles are also ex-
empted when thoir contents are taxed.
The committee propose, in addition TO
dry casks and barrels, TO exempt all
other casks, barrels or other coOperage,
including oil, liquor, meatand fish bar
rels and casks. TkS tax remains the
same on liquors or distilled spirits, but
the license for distillihg is increased
from 500 to $500. Relating to distil.
lation from grape, apple and peach, re-
main unchanged, but brandy made
from grapes is to be taxed SOC a gallon.
The income tax is to be on the amount
in excess of ! 900, and at a uniform rate
Of 8 per cent. The rent, taxes, insur-
ance and repairs of all kinds, &C., to be
taken out on incomes, SO in effect in
come is to be exempt to an average
amount of 81, 800. In addition there
is a new provision Tor collection of the
tax on spirits of an ironclad character
Where the present law says fine or i'm.
prisonment, the bill visits both on the
convicted offenders, and whore II says
the imprisonment shall not exeeedtwC
or three years the bill provides thai
the in prisonment shall not be less thar
two or three years, nor moro thar
four.
Other sections have been added Il
prevent fraud-such as tho following
Where an article is offered for sale a
less than the amount of tax, this fact il
to be regarded as prima facie evidence
that it has not paid tax, and is, there
fore, subject to seizure.
The Patent Office is the only self
sustaining branch of the Government
The fund now on hand for paying tn
entire expense Ofthe offices is $2s, DOC
all paid by inventors.
1t has been a%scertained that NebraS
ka has about 100000 inhabitants, ant
this number is increasing rapidly.
: THE OHIO LEGIsLATURE.