The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-11-23
4 lie Coming Session.

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The XLIst Congress viii reeonvene a,
" asiilnstcnion Monday, Dec 4th. and
aireaoy aie nbers are vendiag their Way
10 be leieral alonolois, 4 larger PRO.
portion than formerly keep house around
he Capitol: these will generally temoi
ihither week or two earlier than o. hers.
oeverat Important Comnittees-especl
iy those on Recoustruction aud the Re
venue-haye been at work during the re
, eess, some Of them distributed in sub
ECom,hittees; and these ieet at Washing
ftan ttiis month to perfect the reports
which they are,expected to, submit III al
early day. A FEW so early to secure 3.
chaice OF lodgings; so that, for one rea.
son or another, a hundred or more arc
likely to be pacing pennsylvaaia avenue
week or more before the Session opens
Each House, We presume, will report a
large quorum When It's roll is called at
noon on the FIRST 'Alenday'' aforesaid
we infer that Speaker Blaine will an
nounce his; Committees forthwith, thus
ending the protractel and anxious un-
icertanty as to the ChairniausLip Of the
Mays and Means. 5egT
Inevitably, the Revenue questian will
be prominent throug haut the approach
ing Session. The state OF the Fiialces
will justify a moderate reduction Of i'm
ports, and we nope for sweeping away
of all internal taxes save those on stamps
Liquors, and Tobacco. Ihis ought To-
insure consolidation Of the oistricls in
to half their present nun bcrs, with al
least a corresponding reduction in the
humber OF officers. No other dimiuu-
tion OF the public buraens viii be gen
orally welcomed as Il general abolition of
the vexatlons, lnQuisitorial Direct Tax
eS. .-1 aFacsa !jl ns.
Congress might wisely halt for ses-
sion, and see how the Revenue is affected
by SO signal change. But it is prob
able that the demand for ssFree Ceal,;''t
''Free Salt, &c. will be so urgently
pressed that it can hardly be resisted
with success.
As to Coal, we have repeatedly avow-
ed our hope that it may be admitted free
of dutg so soon as the Treasury can spare
the Income from this source. We wish
the truth to be made plain that the du.
ty on inportedaCoaf has no more effect
on the average price of our .home pro-
duct than looking over the fence by a
white faced OK would have on the growth
of a hundred-acre field ofcorn There
are SO many who ignorantly or knavishly
Ignore this truth that We are somewhat
Impatient to-see-the experiment tried
and the fact rendered in1ubitable.
We presume that re luction of the
present duty on Salt by one half would
not. deminish the revenue IRON that
source, and that some such reduction
will soon be effected. -.
Our ''Revenue Reformers" who eooly
propose a repeal of all duties on Pig Iron
Wool, &c, will have good time when
they achieve their darling purpose; but
that will not be In 1872. They must
learn to labor and to wait % '' '-'-a
Nor do we believe further reduction
of the duties on Tea, Coffee, and Sugar
yet In order These are main sources Of
income to the Treasury, and must not
be lightly tampered with. Whenever
the revenue car be spared, these duties
will doubtless be reduced
We wish that, for the present, the po-
licy SD wisely initiated by Gen. Schenck
OF adding largely to the free-li may be
persisted in. Hundreds of articles, on
which the duties previously imposed ad-
ded little or nothing to the revenue, were
transferred by his Committee to the free
list, as We uOuDL. not many more nIl9 9Ht
now be. This diminishes the necessary
cost of collecting the revenue from Gus
TOMS and we trust the actual cost as we'll
lfit does not, people will insist on know
ing why. We presume there are still
imposts on the statute-book which in
volve more cost than profit to the Treas
ury. a..q
There are other topics likely to com
mand the early attention of G ,ngresS on
which we shall comment hereafter :
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