Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-04

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r. House re- med as the raynlar order ,h-
hlli reported yesterday, TO repeal The oo;.op
ts1. ..- go 3. 4.
Mr.. 6ris woli IN. Y said he had originally
fayorsdthe cotton TAX, out circ uus,encas ha We
changed slDce then, and IL was said oy some
mat CO. ION could no, bear q Lax 6-iter ihaD
aIy other Of OuT products. But il vas rusuI.
f.t.the, cotton could not bear the tax, am
there Fhonld be no question as - It's rapsal
Poncy. jnstioe, ana right demand toe removal
OF ibr tsx. For This reason he had chan rsd
his VI" Ws upon The subject.
Mr.. Kelley tpa.) favored the repeal, aud al
No'ah he rtpeaI of all tsxation Oh indus
'riaI purEuits. We were fast becoming a cot
ION importing instead Of q cotton exporting
country, and this would continue unless the
tax was removed.
RMr. Archer fMaryiand) SAID The only real
question before the House WAS whether me
AK should be repealed now or made prospect.
i've, for there was no doub bat ,hat the House
concurIsd in the necessity tor rue repeal az
some time. He would ed ocare the passage OF
Mr.. Brooss substitute for immediate repeal,
il he did not believe II would embarrass the
Government IN refnnding IA xes patd. All bar
one NTH OF the cotvon was vet in the hands OF
the producer. aHd II an amendment was Of
tered TO let OFF the tax on the raw material,
the producer would he benefited. The reduc-
in ibs Sonh Tss eon @s % Sas, S OF
ccton gins are the large planters, and the class
who now holds the cup IS the poor Mr. A.
pl l0dnced statistics 70 shsw that The amount
held by either in lS66 was S23 SOS, 600, and OF
thai amount not more than four million had
come in. and the balance OF over $4,000, 900
could be saved 10 the producer by the repeal
OF the tax lie made this appeal for all classes
of the South, the white a. well as the black,
and hoped the tax would be i'm mediately taken
of.
Mr.. MAYNARD (Tenn. ad dvocated a remi ssion
cf the tax, but wss opposed to the substitute
OF Mr.. Brooks tor immediate repeal.
Mr. Window (Minn.) sent to the Clerk desk
-
was combination in the South to lake ad van.
tage OF any act Of Congress immed lately re.
pealing the TAX. He offered the circular TO
show tbat Mr.. Brooks substitute should net
be adopted.
MIR. Baker (Ill) read a written argumen,
giving his reasons tor advocating the repeal OF
the tax.
Mr.. Covode (Pa.) moved as an amendment
10 the bill thar the AK be not RENTED but that
lax OF one cent A ponnd be Impo ed
Mr Mccarthy IN. " opposed the repeal OF
q tst - q de II
me eNigencies OF the country demanded it,
He contended that even with the tax, India
could not compete with rs, and when we have
this great source OF wealth IL should be com
pslied 10 pay the revenus. The retention OF
mis- tax, he argued. would benefit the wool
grower The repeal would take or twenty
Oh he wanted to know how ~ was 10 be re-
piaced. Unless some other bran ch OF industry
was to be taxed the committee should hold the
matter in abey ance, he thought
INT Nunn Tenn proposed to amend he
Immediately removing tax from all cotton
upon the farm where 1t is grown. ana where
II is tne properly OF the prcdvcer In adyoca.
ting this amendment Mr.. Num- SAID he wonId
do notding 10 benefit he speculator, but nis
amendmentwould benefit ths poor man aud
me producers.
Mr. Broomwell nm) took issus with IN.
position assumed by Mr.. Garfield yesterday
that ne cotton tax was Origin ally imposed as
matter OF expsdipncy, and that the oc casiou
having passed. the tax should be repealed.
iaposed because cotton could then bear it,
He doubted whetber much cotton was now IN
IN the hands OF rhe producer, aDd he thought
the fac or alone would be benefited.
Mr. Morebead PA was In favor of eucour-
sglng the production Of cotton. He had voted
originally IN committee for the tax, but he be-
iie'ed mat tne time had now arrived for its
repeal. lie was In favor OF direct removal
oI tne tax. and could not therefore vote tor
Mr. Co'ooes amendment TO reduce II 10 one
cent per pound.
Mr. nj nv Ip. , ,bo,,,h, ,n0 -ox,oa,..,. -.
tax wonld set bad precedent and he feared
mat II would be followed by propositions to
remove the faN on sugar. tobacco, whiskey,
&c, and there was no telling where this sys.
lem of legislation would stop. He was in ia.
vor VI the reduction of the tax, but not OF its
absoiate repeal.
On motion OF Mr.. Schenck the speeches
were hereafter limited 10 five minute each.
MIR. Pile (Missouri) moved TO amend by
s'rikinY out the who e bill, ana inserting as
ioiIows: OH and after the passage Of this act
tne internal revenue tax OF two and half
cents per pound Il re owed from all raw cot
ION winch shall contin ue to be the property OF
ana remain in the possession OF the producer
The Speaker said the amendment was at
tb.s time out of order.
Mr. Miller (PeDnsylvania) entered a N otion
% iecommit the bin, which would but of fur
thPr anne ndment.
Mr. Lawren'e (Ohio) praposed to add an
adoltioDai section 10 the bill. dec,aridg that
The Court OF Claims should not have jur sdic.
tion 10 pass upon any claim TO recover back
This amen6ment was also declared out OF
order, unless The motion to recOmmit was
Withdrawn. ..a. Fl. - III
Mr Burr (lil.) advocated the substitute OF
Mr Brooks, as he believed it would be some
reliet to the producer. The question had been
asked how mis- revenue from this tax could
oe replaced and he would say tbas II the
majority would repeal The military recon
siruction bills they would decrease the ex.
penses, and would lben be able 70 relieve the
cotton interest OF al! of this tax. ~
MI Marshsll (llll said this question was
unquesiisnably oLe of great importance. He
had regarded the tax or,gi naly as against ali
sound policy, and one which should never
have been imposed. and he thonght the tax a
palpab)e violation Of the Constitution of the
United states. II this be so. the tax should
not only be repe aIed prospectiveiy, but re-
pealed at once r- E- "Is'1 - ,.
Mr., Kerr Ind.l advocated the repeal OF the
AK. be cause he believed the tax was wrong in
The frat instance, be wanted IL repealed with
ont reference to coll afer al issues. b.. l-.il.-.
Mr. Schenck (Ohio) moved the previous
question upon the pending amendments, ana
SAID he did this as IL was manifest from some
OF the argume mis- As 10 the constitutionaiity OF
The tax. that an effort would be made to have
axes already paid refunded; and he desired,
therefore, TO have the amendment of Mr. Law
renee adopted. iTei" fT lffs1 Ir
MIR Miller Withdrew his nation 10 recon-.
nit for tnaf purpose, and the previous ques.
lion on the amendments was then seconded
MIR. Schepck then rose to close debate and