The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-05-05


estimates for internal revenue
recent. are fixed at &s45oOOaOO: these
l;,,urcs count only upon S:34,23l,n32 '''
As Mr.. Brooks saws, the fact is evident ~
|, ere. that every prominent officer of Inc
.,oycrument aud every lobbyist seems 70
5c NJ his wits end 10 devise some means
whereby the SlOO. 1000 COO. probable exc
cess Of revenues over warranted expcn- ,
diturcs shall he wasted or squandcfed.
For this purpose, all other mcalls falling -
by reason Of a rule adopted in the SEN
ate as n party measure by when open
appropriations were defeated, a deiicien-
cy bill was made the vehicle for carry
ing avowcd and concealed appropria-.
tjons amounting in aggregate to nearly
ion millions Of dollars from ono house
To tho other The prompt action Of Mr..
Dawes has. however, defeated scvcn-
eirh,s of these swindlcs i'm the House,
and he has expressed his determination
10 defeat the whole bill rather than al
low the Conference Committee Cot
which lie will bc a member), 10 pass
them over his head.
At the time of the passage Of the tariff a
bill a statement went forth that the lev
cnucs would be reduced TO such all cx-
tent thereby. that the Government could
not be carried on If tho revenues were
: further reduced. 1t has now appeared
that the contrary was the case; see tic
above figures. The receipts have been
. beyond The hopes Of the most sangulhe.
The growth OF the country was not TAX =
cn into consideration.
Mr.. Brooks has by close calculation,
shown that the tariff bill was fraud.
that il increased the free list by adding
articles that chcapened many necessarles
Ito the consumer, and benefited the pcoT
1assf la I'm
creas asc 4 the rates Of duty OIL iMportaiit
ARTICLES. such as. FLAX not hacked or
dressed: flax. tow of: sum. hemp; jute
butts: bottles containing liquors: oil,
OF seal oil OF cotton-sccd linseed and flax
seed: cerscts or manufactured cloth,
woven or made in patterns. value over SIX
on dollars per dozen; cycle,s of all kinds:
flax straw; silicatc Of soda, or other
alkaline silicatcs; wrought scrap iron;
:, sword blades: swords. steel railway
bars, great increase: railway bars IN
part OF steel round iron in coils. three
sixtccnths of an inch or less in diameter.
whether coated with metal or not, ETC.;
criuolinc. corset. and hat steel wire. In
one district of Massachusetts, the Wor-
ccstcr district, represented by clever
rentleman on this floor. Iy that action
some 100000 were voted annually iuto
the Dockcts Of ono wire manufacturer
there. ant. when their laborcrs strrr!.
lcd for ten hours instead of eleven hours
labor. NOT withstandiig our generosity,
the company refused 10 grant The boou
10 their workmen unless at reduced
wages. Hair cloth lcrinoIinc cloth).
hair pins. iron wirc), gun wads of all
kinds. The duty OH gun w,els ias ere-
atcd or increased.
In 1860 the expenditures OF the Gov
crnmcnt were:
Civil and miscellaneous s27.al6. i:l
War Department v" "s.sot
Navy Department ll.o'4spA
vi.t
Total. sao,Wl, ~
Mr.. Brooks has gone inioan elaborate
- calculation concluding with brief that
thc cxpcnlitures Of the GovcrilIncni,
wiihstanting Tie increase necessary
-ih, expenses brought on by the War, coiis'l
Dn. be cut down for the next year fro,n
their present ratc 10 $22G, O,9O5, as
/. orlfollows:
the at ss ~, 81, ,nrrsase ~ popurii.n Is..., n
ch Add u re. ;or deprecated eur r'cy 's7 2
not A-s e1s =:
tic For pensions IS .sse~ira in 1870 ga. ? ?
will For Indians e. cxprnded in 1870 go. v.
,..s lntcres, On public dcbt "
gent what should he expended in 1s.l ? s.sss9" D
Reducing The expensive machinery q
\ its The revenue service by abolisi,ing Mi IN
'.O0O ,ernal taxes except upon distilled ail.
iscal fcrmcntcd spirits and tobacco and ati
rt Of iusiine the tariff TO a revenue basis. MI
this Brooks believes tho people may he sa'ci
and relieved Of S7iOOl.vjO of ti,r anniHu'
riers burden now imposed upon them. an
will the Secretary of the Treasury woai
: the still be furnished with &25OJO.WU Tor
king sinking fund 10 be used in gradual pay
mcnt of the nalionaI debt. But To con
Il "A tinue the present rate Of tariff and inter
Y 80 nal taxation wo"lh burden INC Peoi''
u O5 with payment ot 81 ~ o''N'v su'p''.
IL "a revenue in 1873. This speech attract
n 6G considerable attention.