The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-18

knew moth us; hs sesIAsa to deba.s ae
The res55idtfon y mt ov rdnder Il ! fale.
/ Stevens. of PenDsylvania, offered q EeS-s
olution instrue1Hg tae Comnbtee on
pedienoT Of rep5rtirg 4 Oh 70 collect Itae
revenue IN d iStiAed spirits, on the pr1si-
ciple of taxing the capacity OF the stlH
and apparatus making doe allowance for
W. ste-ato c1ntatrn -proVisioasl like the fai
Losing Fjrst-call-fn tAe export buiIdeEs
and operators and ascertatn the utmost
quantlf the stilkcan pro luce in twenty
four hours CONSTANT run ming. Second-teU
the dfstIIier take out a ficen e for such
time as he may choose to-operats.z aging
or givine e good security TO pay the. tax on
III spirits that Can oe pr0duced within rue
period OF the license Third IF the Gis-
ttiier shall be found 20 oVeu-Tun the period
Of his license, he snail be subjecl 20 I'M
prisO u1ent N the-peultent aryl -FOuftn-
if any one s1lalf be found TO have distilled
spirits .githout a lice Sc, ne shall be sab
iSct To like Imprisonment.
D II there De any uaoccupHed distille-
rles, the keys shall! be given 10 a revenue
Ohcer. who shall BE- heavily punished If
ne suffer tn p Cemisss 70 60 Into the hands
of another person for the purpose OF uaihg
them
6. The keeper OF. ans concealed stlf shall
be heavily punished
The resolu ion was referred 70 she Cons
mtttee or Ways aud Mems
he Speaker p eseuted resolutions OF the
/ Texas Convection Referred to the tom
mfttee on Rec obstruction
WaSnhuTne. of Massachusetts, from the
! Comm tt-e on Claims. reported Dill to
provide for the dtsfribu iou of the re- ward
offered Dy the President for the capture OF
jefferson Davis Ordered to be printed
and + cotn lnltted.
" sshburu. OF Indiana, fom the Com
mittae ou Military Affairs made a report
as 10 he ouryfnz % the gonfederaie lead
in the utiepm Cemetery. 0fderaa 20 be
, printed d 'recommltted
sIhe House pro eeede4 to The sOusidecA-
ton. as a special order, OF the bilf rePo-t-
ed by Eliot, from the COMMITTEES on CON
/, Tnerce, 10 promote merictn COM merce.
TnF aftff fHs4l n "a IrgHq. .rf
tlou.l im pUgtauce of the biz, provisions of
which nave already been published.
MoHrifl move 10 a aen the sscOud sec
American lumber, cordage, iron, copper,
chains aud aucsors might be used ia the
construction OF American vessels, there
should be allowed bounty equai Is the
draWOaek o. duty ou these n 4teriaIs ac-
tuatiy in cons rue ion.
Eldri tge opposed the amendment, claim
ing that the bill had stood .clear 1f any
thug Ike bouuties
Blair, of Mich gan opposed the bill,
Gaining that depression IN the snip build
ing IN crest Was nos caused by tae laws OF
the coun ~: tina All 4 erests b the cOuu-
try We're depre sed, q be undertook 10
say that il the cop er of foreign countries
were sC III itted free OF duty for shiY bull =
| ing purposes, tue copper mines on Lake
Superior would We TO be clos d. The
pro ooOseI draw ck on copper was sim ply
a plan st ucS at hat interest, md tue
arguments support OF Il would apply
equally as well against ths " hole or0tee-
tien system OF the country. lie believed
the enterprise or the Amer-caa people
would re susedy al present difficu tiles 1out
CONNIE merce and the carrying trad z. and that
( th sfe WAS 10 ~ cess Is for this bill, which
undertook o save one Interest By striking
down other interests of equal impo tance.
He proposed toameud the bill By stri King
out the second section; the other sect ons
I he had no objection 10.
briggs made an argument against the
4 bill on the same general ground as stated
/ by his colleague. He had a lette read
4 from Bath, Ma ne, ship builder to Sena-
4 TOR Chandler against aIlO wing a drawback
| on foreign material. The writer, A ".
/ Houghton, stated his objections 20 be
/ that IL would toe unjust to these who had
inVe, ted their money IN ships, as the re
/ ductfOu would lessen the value of their
I DrOperty fuSt as much as the drawback
/ would amount 10; that there are more
! V IS is now built and being bu ilt than are
I wanted. the cotton crop not being haif
| what II was before the var. There were
! preparations made for building on the
| Kennebec z Yer fifteen ships ana barks,
/ averaging thousand tols edcks Wnlch
| would be built, ami a large nam Der Of
| yes els would be built this year III the
| state Of MaiDe-Quite large enough tor the
! prospect ahead.
Myers spoke IN favor of aIbthe sections
/ of the bI 4 ex eept that allowing draw
I back on ship Duii- ing materials.
I LybCn made a gumeGt in support OF the
/ bin. Ia tae course Of his remarks he
| spoke OF every article entering into "A snip
rldridge asked II there was anything on
| a lab BTIBg man OF the West. from the
! crown of his mead TO the sole Of hIs foot,
!
LVnch remarked that the war, which
! had nearly annIhila,ed American com
! merce bad projected and stimulated III an
( ufacturing and agricultural fate ests. and
those interests were, 20 day, IN more
I tlrivinE condition than before ne war,
but the American built snip, which 1ad
/ to pay taxes ou a its materi'tis was
/ brought into direct cosnpetliton with the
| British ship which paid no such taxes (;
Ethere was, therefore, &c analogy between
FiIridgs agreed with the gentleman
from Maine, Jnat ship-buiiding should be
free from taxatiop. but he protested
against the discritu nation IN iaVor OF
nip building and against the laoonns
man.
gem .eulau from " sc auslu. he (Ly nchl
7 was / "A favor Of pro- tecflng American labor
/ ana industry subsequently Lynch tated
tuat letter frun Ne 3 IN slap builder
cam nol nom a ship Dui der, DuL from a
. I shsD owner, man WHO had aaOr4ncu ui
his house 11 Liverpool, ami was therefore
Interested ia keetins up tAe piesenl de-
/ preston in Ameg c.sa COIN -nerce
Brooks, Washburn-of ~ tseoOsin, Spal &
Ing and Pixie advocated he Dill
Bro m u pro- osed 10 amend = 2rrli 4
. / amendment by AIDING q provision 5uat
the present tarlh dules ue increased nys
? AlIi-5h opposed aud Pie AID Butler "a
vofed the biil-
Allison. as a tesL OF the dOtser nv "a &
: Pike offered 10 amend the b5II oyistrik
ing copper out OF the second section.
Z 4lilSOn SAID he WOutQ >tItt move 10 laDli
. the btn. Tue question was tax and tn
! bi + c DIED g 70 41.
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iainia BIZ gbam, Blaine, Br9oma5i, Buck
: / hi, Beck, Cake, Cary, Ciark, Co5os 90
burn Cook. GCVode. CuflGm, DelanQ
! Driggs, EIdf3dg farll sHg o9th, Ferry, Fer
rIs Fields, Gefy, tigllodfsS. efrlswoIc
. Higby, Hili, Hooper. Hubbard
:, IngeTsou Jones, Kelsey. Kerr. keiehaH
y X itchen Knott. Ke0n z, Logan, Long
r bride AIaynard. McGaTty, 4icCorin cs
! Mercer. NilIer, Moore, Hu tfn>, Munger
. Myers, Ntblack, O'Neiil, p alsly, Poneroy