The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-26

MARKS. ne SAID the COMMITTEE was
preparing provisions which it thought
would have the effect Of protecting
honest distillers Of oil from the prac-
tees OF dishonest distillation. The
Committee determined on reporting
some tax on oil He closed by moving
the previous question. promising that
the hour which would be left him to
close the discus sion. be would yield
TO the gentleman who desired TO
speak
Judd desired to submit an amend
ment making the assessment annually
instead of monthly.
Schenek declined to allow the
amendment
Wood desired to offer a motion to
commit the bill, with instructions to
offer al amendment which shall re-
ice the duties on foreign impOrta-
tlons to ike extent as now proposed
to deduct the tax on domestic manu-
features.
Schenck declined to allow the mo
tom offered tan
SchOfield desired to submit an
amendment to the first amendment of
the Senate, by specifying the product
OF petroleum, as above the specific
gravity of -.
Schenck said he was instructed by.
the COMMITTEES to persist that here
should be no action on this bill on
the subject of oil, aud he could not,
therefore. admit the amendment
Dawes inquired whether the tax Of
One-tenth Of one per cent. on sales
was to e.effected by this bill
Gahanal- -arlsol tb,# -
Dawes called attention to the insult
fciency Of the description used in
the last section In reference to dis
tilleries The words place or loca-
ton were not sufficiently definite
Some more definite description should
be used, or no criminal prosecution
could possibly be had
Schenck admitted that. as the bill
was a penal statute, it would be better
to make it more defRite He was there
fore willing to substitute for the
words place or locality" the words
district, city, town, township or
parish.
BENJAMIN called attention to frauds
in the collection of tobacco. tax.
Schenck admittei that there was
cheating all around, and that only a
very Insignificant portion of the tax
was collected. A general bill was to
be reported which would contain
stringent provisions in regard to to-
bacco. 1t was owing to the pressure
of the occasion that the section pro-
vided in general that the bill in refer
ence to whisky was transferred to this
bill. 1t was done at the suggestion
of the Secretary of the Treasury and
the Com missioner OF Internal Reve-
nue.. He sent tn the Clerk desk and
had read a letter from Chicago, de-
nOuncing the wholesale and bare
faced frauds practiced by distilleries
and officers of revenue.
The previous question was Sec
ondede
Seofeld appealed to the House to
concur With the Senate in the first
amendment reducing the tax on pc
trOleum. He would as soon vote for
taxing spelling books as for taxing
the light by which the poor boy
studied his spelling book at night.
The subject was discussed In a sim
liar sense by Spalding, Hubbard, of
West Virginia, Banks, MoOrehOuse.
Judd, Ingersoll AID others. .s.
Messrs Niblack and Pike spoke on
opposite sides relative to the Senate
amendment concerning the tax on
machinery under contracts with the
Government.
Ingersoll favored the removal Of
the tax from coal oil and putting it
on benzine and naptha, W hich are the
explosive ingredients In the poor
man s light, and which make it really
the poor mans murderer.
Schenck admitted these explosive
materials ought to be taxed oui of
existence, and said the general bill
would take care of them. but the
Senate amendment did not touch that
difficulty, aud therefore the greater
reason for rejecting it and leaving che
whole matter open. e.
Garfield spoke IN reference to the
provision for tax on SAFES. de pre-
lerred the amendment Of the Senate
TO that proposed by the Committee of
Ways and Means. though he was OPP
posed to both Of them.
Allison. who held the floor, reply
ing on the part Of the Committee of
Ways and Means to the various OBJ
jeetiOns made to the bill, offended
the proposition OF the Committee.
& say Au5 LndA the ADiAAuAlAAGC PlVpy-Clls
/ il its general bill. to tax all manufac-
tUrers on their sales
Garfield thought that was the rea-
son why the whole matter should be
recommitted to the general bill
After short speeches from Ali
son, Kelly, Dawes and Maynard,
Mr.. Allison yielded the floor, and
| the discussion was closed by Schenck,
who declared that the Committee on
Ways and Means had made its recon-
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