The New York herald., 1868-03-26


fore admit the amendment. 80 ta@
Mr.. DAWES Fep.) OF Mass, inquired whether the
TAX Of netenth o. one per cent on sales was to be
Mr.. soHENoK replied that ir was not. : y.
Mr.. DAWES called attention 10 the insuffciency Of
the description used in the last section in reference
to dstilIeries; the words .'pace or locatonn werd
not sufficiently definite. Some more definite de3
scription should be used or no criminal prosecutioQ
i Mr.. scnENCK admitted that as the bin was penal
definite. He would therefore a Substitute for the thS
words place or locality the words district, city,
Mr.. KOONTz (rep) OF Pa, called attention to the
fact that the tax on cotton was imposed by section
81, which was repealed by this bill; whereas the act
taTas q the TAX OIL cotton only applied to the eo'0
Mr.. scHEScK said that II that were so the tax
would be only repealed twice. MA
Mr.. ALLISON, trep.) of Iowa, said that the gentle-
man nom Pennsylvania must have got hold OF the
under either secon q Of @ was nos
Mr. BENJAMIN, repl Of No., called attention to the
iraads IN the collection OF the tobacco tax. II "
Mr. SCHENCK admitted that there was cheating an
around, and that only very insignificant portion Of
the tax was collected. The general bill which waa
In regard to tobacco. 1t was owing TO the pressure
Of the occasion that the section provided in the gen.
eral bill in reference to whskey was transferred to
this bill. It was done ut the suggestion OF the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury and the Commissioner OF In.
read letter from Chicago denouncing the wholesae
barefaced frauds practised by the distilers and
Mr.. Maynard, irep.) OF Tenn, suggested the gram
matical change OF the words tiistllled spirits arg
being sold into the words dstilled spirits sell4
ing" and the House agreed to the transformation
from the passive to the active sense OF the verb ITO
SELL" t7aef tla lsfE tA Il
to which Mr. Schenck was entitled to close the dis
cussion he parceiled to all members who desired
to speak to the amendment. t1
with the Senate In the first amendment. reducing
the tax on petroleum. The argument that petros
leum, the poor mans light was cheap now might be
used for taxing milk or light or Bibles spelling
books, and for his part he would as soon vote for
taxing spelling books as for taxing the light by
which the poor boy studied his spelling book at
The subject was discussed In a similar sense by
Messrs. Spalding, Hubbard OF West Va, Ranks,
Moorhead, judd lngersoll and others. Messrs-
Niblack and Pike spoke on opposite sides OF the
Senate amendment In reference 10 tax on III hinery
under contracts with the government.
Mr.. INGERsOLL favored the removal of the tax from
coal oil and putting it on ben1ne and naphtha,
which are the explosive ingredients in the poor
mans light and which make 1t really the poor mans
murderer. @ Nl@ ~
Mr.. ScHENcK admitted that those explosive mate
rials ought to be taxed out Of existence and the
general bin would take care OF them: but the Senate
amendment did not touch that difficulty, and there
fore the greater reason for rejecting II and leaving
the whole matter open.
Mr.. GARFIELD spoke for two minutes In reference
to the provision as to the item on tax. He pre-
erred the amendment OF the Senate to tat proposed
in its place by the Committee on Ways and Means,
though for his part he was opposed to both OF them.
Mr.. ALLISON, who held the fioor, replying on the
part OF the Committee on Ways and Means to the va
position Of the committee, saying that the committee
proposed in its general bill to tax all manufacturers
Mr.. GARFIELD thought that was reason why the
whole matter should be remitted to the general bill.
proposed not only to tax manufacturers onc-ith or
one per cent on their sales, but to tax Wholesale
dealers oneffh OF one per cent on their sales, In
stead of One-tenth as now imposed. ts Is. :
Mr.. KELLEY, rep.) OF Pa having had an opportu-
nifty recently to know the views of ntelligen! manu-
facturers and wholesale dealers In Philadelphia, ex-
pressed himself In favor Of the general view Of the
Committee ON Ways and Means. g.f
Mr.. WOOD said that in offering the proposition to
refer the bill back, with instructions to report an
amendment to reduce the duty on imports, he had
w1 GeS @ and mnorn1 ~ interests should
not be made to bear an unfair proportion Of the bur-
dens OF government and the other to preserve TO /
the government the revenue which would be lost by
this wholesale reduction upon manufactures. He 1
could not why all the other great interests OF the
and that one class should be thus favored to their in
jury The sum called for was about 1891 900 900; OF
forelgn goods This enhanced the cost TO the con-
sumner to that extent and domestic goods are to 20
reduced e nnasr 1n s ans w1S sSs
would thus lose revenue from that source. The
nue. would lose 500 600 900 by this bi How was the
deficit to be made ups The money must come from,
some source either by taxation OF borrowing The
latter must not be resorted TO- and for the former
to plague the country hereafter besides being unfair
to commerce 70 the consumer-indeed, to oil the
ing districts Of the country. . a4ua fgria t
Mr. DAWES argued that the House should noncon-
cur in he Senate amendment in reference to the tax
on sales because applied to articles the reest
and let the matter go to committee OF conference.
Mr. MAyNARD complimented the ingenuity q the
tax levied any article, but that the expenses Of
the government should be paid by draft on the Treas
ury As to the arguments made In favor OF reducing
the tax ON the poor mans light, he said 1t was not
asked for by the poor man, but by those who repre-
sented the petroleum capitalists. H etN -E#
Mr.. VAN wYcK, (rep.) Of N. Y, spoke against she
proposition in reference to the whskey tax because
msa s o % and
Hr. XLIIsoN yielded the door, and the discussion
was finally closed by Mr.. Schcnck, who declared that
after FULL thorough and earnest consideration Of
the whole subject, the Dommittee Of Ways and
Means had made its recommendations in refer
to petroleum and the other subjects Of the bin.
He would not say that oil the talk about taxing the
would saw that was fully BY the fact that
1t has been growing cheaper and cheaper under the
operations OF the tax upon 1t, until now the people
world. fsH9
The House proceeded to vote on the amendments
tax on petroleum one-half, was concurred in-yeas
70, navs 63. n L 9A
on machinery contracted for BY the government was
s%saa%sn reported S the Committee on
ment Of the Senate In reference to the tax on sales
The amendment reported by the Committee ON
Ways and Means as an additional section In refer
ence TO the whskey frauds, was agreed to-yeas -,
nays 81. c
fle bill was then passed The following Is the full
textof the bill:-
Be Il enacted &C. that sections of the entitled
IAN provide Internal support the govern
pay interest the public debt and for other
pose 30 1884, and all acts and parts Of acts
peaed except only much o the said section and amend
thereto relates to the imposed thereby
by coal, wholly part Of any other materal
Illuminating lubrcating other dstaton rediesiaton or
petroleum, single dislaton OF coal,
shae peat asphaum other bituminous substances,
therein described all other manufactures
of tobacco including cigars provided
that the product of petroleum and bumnous substances
mentioned except Illuminating sha from
passage Of this act be taxed at oneK the
nxed By the said section ~. #
nothing this shall be construed TO
oo interfere with any law regulation or provision for the
collection OF any which, under the exist
ing laws may before the ls Of April, A. d. 1864
SIC That after the LIST Of July, 1885, allowance
Of internal paid