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vision that 1t shall be sold az public sale and to the
highest bidder for cash. Rejected.
The section as amended reads as fOllOws:-


The section as amended reads as follows:-t
sHorlos g. All distilled spirit, in any bonded VA Ssrsscnss
from nSS
be sn as sa e N M ia
same requirements Manufactured after the passage Of
MsaSa:; after q;
be sold or disposed Of for the benefit OF the in such
s oe ey the S OF ~ s
Trs.:sy sysn0' and the direction oil Tue secretary OF '
No amendments were offered to sections sixty
owners OF spirits not In bonded warehouses exceed
ing hfty gallons In quantity.
reached Mr. sohEScs, % BY instructions Of the Com.
mittee OF Ways and Means, moved to add TO the
vision that tax OF four dollars barrel shall be
collected from the owner OF the distilled spirits to
be paid on the withdrawal thereof from the bonded
Mr.. PAINE rep.l OF Wis, sent to the Clerks desk
anu had read letter from Milwaukee firm giving
arguments and facts against that proposition.
! MI BOUTWELL, moved to impose also an additional
tax OF three and hall cents per gallon. Rejected.
Mr.. BOUTWELL, proposed TO allow exported rum
and alcohol an additional drawback of thirteen and
onethlrd cents gallon, and argued that the differ
| ence between sixty-three and onethrd cents-the
| estimated aggregate OF tax on whskey-and the
fifty cents which the committee had voted to-day to
allow as drawback would destroy the export trade
in spirits.
NJ; PRICE, (repl Of Iowa; opposed the proposition
Mr.. sHELLABARGER, (rep.l OF OHIO replied to con-
sttutiOnal argument suggested by MIR. Boutwell,.
The vote was taken on Mr.. Boutwell's amendment
and it was rejected
The committee, then, at hafpast four O'clock took
q recess until half-past seven.
Evening Session.
The Committee OF the Whole resumed at half-past
seven O'Clock the consideration OF the Tax BILL on
section 65, page 81.
Mr.. KooNTz (rep.) OF Pa, moved to amend the
paragraph relating to distlers by m aking 1t read.
barrels or less OF distilled spirits within the year
shall pay 500" (nstead OF s2OO which was rejected
No amendment was made to the eragraphs reat
ing to rectihers Of distilled spirits aad compOunders
OF liquors.
Mr.. STEWART moved to strike out the paragraph
taxing retail liquor dealers which rejected.
Mr.. MAYNARD, (rep.) Of Tenn, moved to increase
the tax In that paragraph by taxing retail 1no qnor
ty dollars; over $500, fifty dollars; over sl25o one
hundred dollars; over $4,000, two hundred dollars,
and forty dollars for every additional $1,000, which
Mr.. GARY, rep) of Ohio moved to except drug.
gsts and apothecaries from the tax on retail liquor
Mr.. SCHENcK said the amendment was unneces.
sary druggists and apothecars not included.
Mr.. ELDRIDGE opposed Mr.. Cary's amendment,
saying that apothecaries' stores were the places
| where hypocrites went to sponge on their friends
| for drinks. He was opposed to all discrimination
| In their favor
| The amendment was rejected.
Mr.. INGERsOLL moved to strike out the provision
allowing pedders to sell liquors, and charging them
| with the special tax OF wholesale or retail liquor
dealers. He was opposed to allowing peddlerS to
Mr.. scHENoK said the difficulty was that the
| prevent such sales.
| Mr.. INGERsoLL withdrew the amendment
| taxing only sales Of distilled spirits manufactured in
| the United States, which was rejected.
Mr.. STEWART moved to amend the paragraph by
making the of s25 retail liquor dealers apply
only to those whose annual sales exceed 81 500 IN
e That 81 liquor N Dealers in New
| paid $3.50 year local license. Rejected.
The paragraph in relation to retail liquor dealers
| stands as fOOws:-
Retail liquor Dealers whose annual sales do exceed
each s snS s a0 .na
s9s 5 exceeding s ssh pay @ a
s1eseSns Every sH SELF
sns SsS % n as u
drank the place the premises where they sold
5 sf
he spees tax Of wbosae or retail aor
| ing 10 the amount OF HIS sales.
nual sales Of retail liquor dealers, which was re-
jected.
atng to wholesale liquor dealers, manufacturers OF
stills or dealers in leaf tobacco.
| Mr. WOODWARD, (dem) OF Pa, moved to add TO
the paragraph relating to dealers in tobacco pro-
vision that manufacturers Of and dealers In tobacco
shall have the right to sell the same in parcels, by
samples otherwise in all the States subject to the
payment Of State tax or license
Mr. MULLINS, (rep.) of Tenn, opposed the amend
ment on constitutional grounds, and 1t was rejected
Mr. HOLMAN moved to amend the paragraph re-
latng to dealers In tobacco by exempting from taxa
tion those whose sales do not exceed $780, which
Mr. ROBINSON moved to amend the paragraph sa;y by
| not be required to pay tax on tobacco or cigars,
Mr PRICE moved proviso to the paragraph re-
| latng to liquOr dealers that the payment OF any
special license shall not authorize the business TO be
carried on contrary to state or municipal law
| Mr. SCHENCK objected to the amendment as being
| general legislation and already In the general law.
The CHAIRMAN overruled the objection.
| The amendment was agreed to by so TO 40.
| Mr. CoBURN rep.) Of Ind, moved to amend the
paragraph relating to dealers in tobacco by exempt.
ing from the tax those whose annual sales do not
exceed 500, which was agreed to.
Mr.. HOLMAN moved TO strike out the paragraph
relating 10 distilers, which was rejected.
Section sxty-sX imposing tax on tobacco and
snuff, read. IL imposes a tax or thlrty-tW1
cents pound on snuf, thirty.two cents on az
chewing tobacco and sixteen cents on all smoking
Mr. MYERS moved to amend by making the tax
on all chewing and on all smoking tobacco twenty
four cents pound, which was rejected.
Mr.. GRAvELY, repl OF Mo-, moved to make the
tax on all chewing tobacco ten cents pound He
argued that double the amount OF tax would be col
lected at ten cents than at thrtytwo cents.
| The amendment was rejected
Mr.. PHELPS, (dem.) Of Nd, moved to reduce the
tax to fifteen cents, which was rejected. 1E~r~%
Mr.. CARY moved TO reduce the tax on smoking
tobacco to twelve cents pound, which was re-
| Jected.
No further amendmen. was offered to section six
which tobacco and snun shall be put up and pre-.
pared for SALE
Mr.. O'NEILL moved to strike out the paragraph
regulating the package OF snufY. Rejected
Mr. ROBINSON moved to strike out the clause
which allows fine cut chewing tobacco to be put up
In wooden packages OF ten, twenty forty and sixty
pounds each so as to restrict It to packages of half
one. two, four, eight and sixteen ounces only. Re-
| Jected.
| Mr.. MYERS moved to add to the packages of chew
ing tobacco packages containing three and dozen
| Of the small packages.
Messrs. ScIIEScK and ALLISON opposed the amend
ment and Mr.. BROOKS, (dem.) OF n. u, advocated It,
| The amendment was rejected.
Mr. GARFIELD rep:l OF Ohio. moved to strike out
packages OF twenty forty and sixty pounds, allow.
| ing only wooden packages Of ten pounds. He ar
| gued that those large packages on which the only
| evidence OF the tax being paid was their being
| stamped would facilitate frauds.
| Mr.. LOGAN opposed the amendment and argued
that the opposition to these large wooden packages
| came from q few firms In New York, like L0rards
| and Others who did an immense trade in tinfoiI
| packages and wanted to keep the whole trade In
| their own hands.
Mr.. GARFIELD deprecated the practice Of charging