The New York herald., 1868-03-18
THE FORTIETH CONGRESS.
Second Session.
SENATE.
WAsHINdT, Y, March II, 1888

WAsHIKdT, ', March II, 1888.
PETITIONS ETC.
Mr.. MORGAN, trep) of N. Y, presented the petition
OF the stave manufacturers OF Albany county, N. r..
against the renewal Of certain patent to Samuel
Pierce granted December 1S45 Referred to the Com.
mittee on Patents.
Mr.. CHANDLER, trep) Of Mich, presented the petI.
ton Of citizens Of Michigan the reduction OF the
expenses OF the government and Of taxation.
the wHIsKEY FRAUDS AND TIE RETRENcHMENT
Mr.. EDMUNDs, (rep.) OF VT, rose to personal ex-
planation. He said resolution was adopted by the
had seen with surprise document In the news
papers which purports to be a report OF that CON-
mittee on the subject OF frauds I'm the dstillation Of
whiskey, anq which, though made by member Of
that committee was made on his own responsibility
and not authorized by them the subject never having
been referred to them. He said that the committee
deemed 1t necessary to make this explanation.
REVENUE FRAUDS
Mr.. CHANDLER introduced bin to amend section
and for other purposes, approved March 8, 1868,
which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.
TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT FOR ALASKA.
Mr.. WILLIAMS, trep.) Of Oregon, introduced bill
toprovide temporary government for the Territory
OF Alaska, which was referred to the Committee on
RELIEF OF NAVAL CONTRACTORS.
@ Of mc called ss OH to re-
sion, went over at the expiration OF the morning
hour.
EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN MANUFACTURES FROM TAXA
Mr.. SHERMAN, trep) Of Ohio, called up the House
bill to exempt certain manufactures from internal
ts Mr. Sherman read @ from the Of
in in regard to internal revenue, revenue justifyins,
he said, the reduction OF q certain amount
over expenditure Of seven eight millions OF dol
lars II was proposed to repeal hrst, the taxes on
domestic ~ He read an estimate M o the
he said he had not included the large amount In
yoved in an act recently passed, giving bounties to
Finance having instructed him to report bill for its
repeal. The fiscal estimate 1851, 1888, 1884, which
Congress might rs reance from rom ten G TO thirty MILLIONS 10 ,s Of
Secretary OF the Treasury and others the probable
venue for the coming year; among them the estimate
would not be responsible, as last year the govern
ment had failed to collect more than twenty-eight
millions peducting the revenue lrom the highest
would be deficit OF some SIC, $50, ,ls4. Included,
however, In the amount of the expenditures were
was rather In the nature OF debt than part OF the
regular expenditures but u had been provided for
cented IN rom the exemptons Of the bi by the COM
mittee In the amendment published yesterday,
which he said would result In saving OF upwards OF
teen millions. The House had relieved these ar
tcles-ground coffee and Its substitutes, re-
fined roSs SsSn ns % resa @
all the machinery for the collection OF these
taxes at an unjusti1able expense. The committee,
Internal Revenue that the collection OF the taxes
whiskey, tobacco &c, In all the districts necessi-
tee therefore concluded to retain these taxes The
House had contemplated making up the deficit by an
increase OF the special tax, and therefore left all
Finance Committee had thought 1t better, III the
settled state OF the country, to fix the question at
once, and had therefore reported an amendment
taxing wholesale manufacturers one-nfth OF one per
cent on amounts over ten thousand dollars, which
would yield enough to cover the entire deficit named.
vIAh hal txa1 LATTE ~
Treasury demonstrating against the repeal OF the
tax on manufactures as calculated TO leave
to the amount OF sixty millions based on the assump
ton that the articles exempted by the House bill
would yield one hundred and sixty millions and re-
fering TO the report Of the Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue OF the receipts for 1885, namely, STAG 673
deducng s5s, 1852 s32 for tax retained by the House
tices exempted BY the House bill Consisting Of to.
sixty-one millions added to which were the twenty
three millions and over OF the cotton tax repealed.
The allacy Of the reasoning would be from the
fact that without this bill the act OF last session would
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been collected In half year from the articles ex-
empted by the House bil at the rate Of upwards Of
peaied more than half OF the internal tax He could
not speak confidently now as to whether the esti-
mates he had named would be maintained, that he
believed the public good demanded the repeal OF this
burden OF taxation, and he was confident that the
course indicated by the Committee was followed, all
and q surplus len Congress would be dereiict
in It's duty II it did not reduce the expenses OF
duction Of taxation and they did not
resist the various propositions for increased expend
ture there would be alternative but to restore the
taxes now thrown of. Every proposition made In
any bill In future to increase the expenses Of the
government ought TO be met by o proposition to
Increase OF taxation.
Mr. SHERMAN ofiered an amendment, as an addi-
tional section, providing that after the first Of April
next no allowance or drawback shall be made on the
expectation OF any article OF domestic manufacture
on which there s no internal tax and no claim for
shall be allowed, unless presented to the Commits.
sIoner Of Internal Revenue within three months
agreed to.
Mr.. SHERMAN offered another amendment ~ an
additional section, providing that every person or
corporation manufacturing by hand or machinery
any description Of merchandise not otherwise spe-