, 1870-10-17


coffee, and McNeely' heart was touched /;
rs he drank Lis own Mocha a. the hotel in
Washington he could rot restrain lis taars
when he thought of his constituents pay
ing twenty-five cents 5enr ebch INTO the
National Treasury. I. was sr1c those
same people paid ten times that sum each
year on their clothing aud their boots aud
shoes II was true that those same people
paid tax o1 GO per cent On The cups Mud
saneers from which they took their coffee
50 per cent on the tin boiler III which
it was prepared; 70 per cent
on the plated spoons they used; u
per cent on the cotton csoths that covered
tlnir tables; 20 per cont On their knives
and forks; 80 per cent oa:ths' chairs and
tables; 50 Eer cent on the common WOOL
catrct: and GN Fer cent Oh tie brown Linen
winiow-bliuls OF t4eis dining rooms; Of
al: of WHICH taxes about 20 cents in the
dollar WAS raid into the treasury, aud 81
cents into t'le pockets Of the fricnas of
Kelley and Schenck. The euc st:o1 f1stto
st.tesnan froni AIenard 10 deeide was,
Shall vote 10 reduce tho revenue $la,-
0ce,coo l,y aeFealing the tux on coffee,
equa: to twenty-five cents per hes'l IL year
on my constituents and The public geaes-
ally, or shall I, by refusing to repeal that
tax, compel the repeal Of other taxes
yielding only The same amount ot revenue,
but equa1ling S. TO SC per head OF the
people: The question sss an cmlarrass-
ing one, because he had to mako a speech
on the subject Greeley snnd Kelley's and
sehenck's picture Of the pour sAan paving
tar on coffee was irresistible:
but then there vas Brooks de-
monstration that the taxes collected
unler protective duty did not 50 into
the Treasury, but into the pockets Of the
manufacturers; SO Thompson ". compro-
missed matters By copying both into his
speech, by voting to take the Little tax of
the coHee, and leare the big tar on the
shirts and clothing; and then, when he
had gst tho bill thus f1sa mp, to vote
against the whole thing. And this was
what aIeNeely did. He voted at last
against the reduction OF $so.00O,1oo Of
taxes, including the tax on coGee!
AcEeely, however, wasnot soinconsistent
as his speech indicates. He had read Some
where that proper tariG is that which
taxes exclusively foreign productions, aud
leaves those produced at home free. On
| this fundamental principle Of political
economy, 'sc understand, he jnstihes his
vote to repeal the tex on tea and coffee.
11r. A1cNeely discovered, from experience
at tho Washington hoarding-honses
| and hotels, .hat the article dishod
| out a. cuaee uas Of purely do.
| nestle production. The taste waz
too fsmliar to be mistaken. Thc boau Of hi:
childhood, and the. corn mud the rye Of hi:
naa,urcr years could not be disguised NJ
rectiication could destroy the long fami1
lar flavor Coffee being then IN American
production, no reason existed why it tloult
be taxed. Il was not of exclusive Eo1eier
growth, and Lad not John Stuart Mill writ
ten ,lut that class Of imports shoall be ad
mit.ca free: Mr.. Mc&ee1y had also rea
that upon the opening Of the Pacific Rail
ROAD, m immense ten trule had grown II
between California md Chicago, and thz
instead Of receiving tens frum Liyerpn
ria Now York, the Chicago mercha1,,
were now importing direct from Califosnif
That State was swas'ping with Chinese
Tea, therefore, had become domestic prt
duct. mud ought not to be taxed. To ia
ten WIS to protect tho coo!ie labor Of Cal
fornia. Therefore 31cNeely vote
to repeal the tax. That there n,igl
be no mistake, McNeely inquired NJ
9onnd that the tea sold in Mcnarl Count
was al1 obtained from Pekin and Cantol
and McEeely's education taught him th
pekin is in Tazewe1l County, and situat*
.. on the Illinois River, anu Canton is in F.
!. ton Eoaniy, in his own district. 'tThcz
l fore," said Thompson ", "1 take Il
I ground that there should be no tariff {
= coffee, ten, salt, and sugar. II VIC put
tariff on anything, it ought to be on articl
!, not found O, manufactured in this cou
+ try" Tea and coffee, being both four
and manufactured in this country, ong
+ not 10 hare "a tariff put On them
T. Mr.. AEcEeely is travelling HIS distris
= aud telling the FREQ and enlightened pcme
> 1acy Of Fulton, and Schuyler, Cass, Brow
- Pike, aud Slenard how he stood up in t
u House, day after day, with the G
- tire New England delegation, aud, vi
y Kelley, and Schenck, anu Blair, a
= Morrell, voting TO take the ta1
y ten and coffee, which, being Americ
u productions, ought not to be taxed. kell
y and Morrell, and the protectionists in CO
. gress are extremely auxious to have \
= Eee]y reelected. His votes are inralr
> BILE to them. Every time McSeely 70
: on tho tariff he votes to make protection
>, necessity. Democrat thongh ho il, he
~ far preferable to them than MI the Hep1
ie lican members from this State. These
- publicans vote to 1educe protection, q
- not 10 rednce revenue: McNeely votes
=" reduce revenue and increase pEotecti'
~ They vote to reduce the tax on shirts,
~ a1eNeely, evidently regarding shirts to
- luxury, insists upon doubling the
~ These men vcto to take the tax of lin
:. and carpets, and shawls, md blankets,
AIcNeely scorns thesa evidences of ctfc
VA macy, and aims for the Democratic idea
coptcntmcn.,-fr coffee md tea for
30 women, free whiskcy for the men. Bles
~. with these essentials Of life, he bids
~ ~ lection do its worst in the way ri taz
-. fences. plows, clothing, furniture,
=. bedding.
AZ Some limo nso, the committee of
est ,,,.,,,-,n t.,,,c;l hav;no in c,,.r.,e
lao question Of The location Of the site for
'os new pumping works, at the western te
-H- ay,s Of tho extension of the tuuuet.