The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-03-22

, 1t was voted for by my colleague
: who just propounded 70 me that in
terrogative; he voted to-. make tls
! tax of Ohio more than sixteen mill
, ions and the tax of the whole of the
New England States only six.
Mr.. BE ,TTY. 1 would like to
to ask my colleague this question
Is not the larger proportion of the
tax which is paid ander the internal
revenue law in Ohio paid by the maD-
ufactures of whisky, and do not these
men get back this tax from the peo-
pie of New England where the whis-
ky is con umed?
Mr. MORGAN. Consu med in New
England ?
MIR. BEATTY. Not altogether.
[ mean from the consumers, be they
where they may.
M. MORGAN. I have no trou-
BILE III answering my friend, and it
affords me pleasure to do so.
MIR. HOLMAN. My friend from
Ohio Mr.. Morgan1 will permit me to
say that the fact of there being now
on the floor no other gentleman from.
New England than the gentleman
who presides Mr.. Brooks, of Massa-
chusetts will explain why this i'm.
piled charge that New England con-
+ sumes all the whisky manufactured
in Ohio is not promptly met and
refuted.
M-. BEATTY I do not charge
that New England consumes all the
whisky. But 1 say that the consum-
ers of whisky, wherever they may be
pay this tax back to the distillers in
Ohio, the men who manufacture the,
whisky. l have no doubt, however
ethat very considerable proportion is
consumed in New England.
Mr. MORGAN. Mr.. Speaker, n
tax upon manufactured article is
tax upon the raw material from which
tie article is made. When you i'm
pose a tax upon wool, it enters intJ,
the manufactured articles made of
wool. When you impose tax Or
whisky, you impose thereby a tax or
corn, barley, rye, wheat, and all 9th
er articles Of which whisky is manu-
iactured, and beyond this it is o tax
on the skill and machinery employed
Now, sir, if it were the fact that thiA
rax upon whisky had for its bobject
any honest or moral purpose, We
might possibly bear it~with a little
more patience than we are now dis
posed to do l Omit that there is a
considerable tax upon corn, wheat,
rye and barley, from which whisky
is manufactured. / admit that. like
goods, which, after going through
certain processes, are purchased at II
higher price than they otherwise would
be by the consumer, whether he be,
the man who drinks the toddy or
wears the coat.
But, sir, if you will ask the New
Englander whether it was blessing
for him to have a tax imposed npon
his w olen manufactures and his cot
ton manufactures. he will tell you
"no" We. were told again that New
England was being ruined by the tax
upon manufactures, that hundreds OF,
men were out of employ. Whyi
because heavy tax was imposed
upon their manufactures. Yet, these
same New England gentlemen who
succeeded in having the tax removed,
from tt cir manufactures imposed a
heavy tax on ours; and regret that
my colleague Mr.. Beattie] has,join-,
ed with New England in imposing
this burden upon the people of his
own State.
now propose to call attention
very briefly to the decrease in taxa
ton concerning which so much has
been said. In Connecticut in 1885,.
the tax was more than 81 900, 900;
in 1869it was somewhat over 81 900,
600; in 1870 it rather exceeded 81,
100000; and in 1871 it had fallen
to 81, 100000, being only onefourth
as much as it was in 1858.
In 1858 this tax in Maine amount
ed in tound numbers to 81, 500 900 s.
in 1860 it was a little over $500, ,O0O;i
in 1870 it was abont $500, e095 and
in 1871, S26l,U00, about one. sixth
as much as 1868. In 1858 the tax
paid by Massachusetts wss $fT,7OO,-
600; in 1869, $4,000, 600; in 1871,
s4,444, 900.
Now let us see, on the other hand,
how this scale of reduction in taxation
works in the State of Ohio. In 1868,
the amount OF internal revenue collect
ed from Ohio was S12, COG, 600 in
1869, s16, 900, 900 and in 1870, $19,
100000. Then came reduction of
taxes, and the amount was fixed at
SIG, 6,O62,0 for Ohio in 1871, and on
ly sc. 6.500,000 for all New England.
From the fiscal year 1868 to the fis-
cal year 1870 the internal revenue Of
Massachusetts, fell from S17 200, 600
to $4,000, 900, while that cf Ohio
increased from S12, 100000 TO $19,-
100000, and that of Illinois from ST.
UOO, ,000to &1S,U00,000. a-
Mr.. BEATTY. Allow me to ask
the gentleman Il question
Mr.. MORGAN. Get my time ex-
tended to two hours, ard l will have
no obiec ton to answer all the ques-
tions which the gentleman may put TO
me. 1 will hear my colleagues ques-
ton, however, as wish to be court
eous to him..
Mr. BEATTY. Tho people Of
New England, according to your own
make wooden goods and
cotton goods, which they
sell to. the people of Ohio: Now, If
these goods are not taxed, if these man
ufacturcs are not taxed, our people ar.
not obliged to pay any tax upon them
We manufacture whisky which We sell,
to New England, Pennsylvania apt'
other States.
Mr.. MORGAN. Tho gentleman
surely does not call that question