The New York herald., 1870-04-03
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mittee OF the Whole, Zr WREELsR In the chair. on
Tue iarin phi navgig limited further dscussion on
Mr.. WooD mgdi1ed has amendment onered yester.
Gay 20 as 70 plovidc for twenty per cent ad pG0rem
Sn'y Sn S On .S instead q ave per cent He offered Il
nsavy tax on the qualities tea used by the poorer
c,asses ca as on those used by the weathsr classes
taken to the use d tea instead t. u a%
duty on e 3 n 'eS sver% soor OF
which went into the treasury except the cost OF
collection; whereas large portion Of otner taxes
Ties went INTO The pockets OF monopolists. In this
connection he mentioned the articles OF salt, iron
out OF the pockets OF the people, whiIe only
seven @ and eight nllIllons reached the Treasury.
Mr.. WOODS amendment was rejected.
Mr.. lNGERsoLL, lrep) or Ill, moved an amend.
ment providing that ten valued at less than thirty
cents per pound shall be free OF duty that tea
twenty cents pound, anu that the higher class or
Tea snail pay thirty five Genus pound.
o,n: MI: ALLtsoN trep) Of Iowa, remarked that the
average value of tea Imported into this country was
thirty three and a-half cents
MI. HAY, rep) Of ILL.,, thought the country was
dark IN reference to taxation and larin. ana he
called on the Chairman OF the Committee on Ways
and Means 10 state what changes were proposed 70
be made IN the internal revenue tax.
mn Mr. SSHES0K, Tep.) Of OHIO, replied that reve.
nue. oiil would 6e reported reducing the total
m H, dasii iinan IN. .ey.
into particulars as to that reduction. Ii they were
actlng III The dark 1t WAS because they were trying
10 e4islate On such knOwiedge rs they hau, which
ne thought safer plan tnan to legislatc on Know
ledge that they had not. HIS impression was that If
Mr. in2ersoli's amendment was adopted the govern
nent would receive IRON tle tax on tea hundreas
where IL now received millions OF dollars for tnel
all tea would 3e sworn down under thirty cents.
Iney would have Under Valuations false invoices
and false oaths. lie thought also that Tue masses
OF the people drink aDout as good tea us tne
weather. classes. II was with teas as with whIskey
lie had Known mtlitOualres to drink tue poorest
stun that would Kill ac twenty yards where uen Of
moderate means were willing to take old Bourbon.
Mr. MARSHALL (de,n.) OF IN, sustained the action
OF tne committee III regard ~ tea, the which
would only amount TO twenty-five cents annually per
capit0. he thought IL as easily borne ana as fairly
distributed as any tax could be.
Messis ingersoll's and Loughridges amendments
were rejecCed. ,.--....t-. '-...
Mr. STEVENSON. rep, OF Ohio, moved TO nix the
DUTY on Tea At fifteen cents per pound. REJECTED by
No other amendments were offered. and the tea
remains as reported IN the bill-twenty cents per
pound. ...., ..-....+... ... ....
Mr. SHELDON, lrepl OF La, moved to strike out
the line taxing coffee tour cents per pOuno pro-
posing to put coffee on The free list. lie argued In
support OF his amendment
Discussion Oh the amendment was carried on by
Messrs. Lougnridgc Stevenson and Scnenck. Coffee
now produced over eleven millions OF revenue, aud
the reduction OF the rate from i've To four cents
would reduce the revenue on that article ~ about
nine millions the taxes should DC reduced so as to
keep pace with the reduction Of the public DEBT and
lie expected tnat IA another year the tax ON coffee
might be reduced to three cents, and then to Two
celts, ami then abolished altogether.
Mr. KERR, tdem) OF Ind, wanted to know on
what article Mr.. Lougnridge would levy the eleven
millions now produoed by coffee.
air. LoUGHRInGE, (rep.) OF Iowa, did not tnink It
necessary 10 place II upon any other article, as tue
Secretary estimated there would he a surplus reve-
nue. OF one hundred and two millions next year.
He expressed MS astonlshmcnt ut secng the demo-
cratic members voting against removing the tax on
tea.
MIR. Cox, tdem.) Of N. Y, In defence OF the demo-
cratic members said thai they were not playing the
demagogue on rms subject aud that the gentleman
!Nr. Loughridgel III undertaking to cut down the
Tax On tea, conee ana sugar, was, II he only knew
what ne was about, going 70 work to raise the tax
On aii tae wooilens, cottoas and lumber and iron
manufactures used IN Iowa.
MI; KERR said he would make everything free II
pacy Of but Of prsc se ana md
It was useless for the gentleman from Iowa (dr
LoGghrdgel 70 suggest lpointing on the democratic
free or that thing free. He tMr. Loughridge would
90 no such thing, and he could not doitM he
attempt that kind Of demagoguerv. and uu-
dertake u put honest men In false
attitude before the countryi The revenue OF &II,-
,0oo obtained from c0ffee cost the people only
two cents year per capita yet cotton goods
wn;cn produced to the revenue only $4,000, COO
cost the people 81 q per cdpt wooliens which pro.
dnced S264O5 900, cost the people 81 70 per capita
ana IRON manufactures. which produced only S.
Ooo 600 revenue, cost tho people 81 73 per capita
Mr. SnELpON withdrew his amendment
Mr.. STEVENSON moved to make the tax ON cofYec
three M cent cents pound instead OF tour. Rejected.
No other amendments were offered in reference
to coffee. and 1t remains provided IN the biil-at
four cents per pound.
Some few O!ner clauses of the bin were read ana
no amendments made. When the question OF sugar
was reached the committee rose, and the House ut
ha(past three adjourned.