The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-08-08
In Reply to MIR. Dawes. :

= Mr. MORGAN. Mr.. Speaker, OIL
Tuesday, last when making report
to the House from the committee OF
conference onthe tariff, the gentleman
from Massachusetts Mr.. Dawes
made statements of so remarkable .
character as to demand notice. His
assertions are true or they are moi
true, and propose to give them an
impartial consideration.
Before proceeding lis proper that
I should call attention to q remarka-
Bile admission of Mr.. Dawes, which j
quote from the daily Globe of the 5th
of June. Mr.. Randall, Mr.. Holman,
and Mr.. Beck pressed Mr.. Dawes as
to his remarkable figures, which caus-
ed that gentleman some embarrass-
ment. Finally, Mr.. Beck said ~
81 should like to ask the gentleman
whether they (the figures) have not
been beld back until now, when it is
known there can be no opportunity
to answer them {" s.dafs6.-li.isl -
stMr. DAWES. i have been getting
them ready, aud sought an opportuni-
ty to- put them into the Globe with
ont q word being said. r,-T r..s,.,,s
This admission was Wrung from
the gentleman Mr.. Dawesl against
his will, as was evident to the House
at the time. ! will not comment up
on such q procedure, but will exam
ine the principal assertions of the
member from Massachusetts,, and let
every impartial mind decide as to
their truth, or falsity. He says first,
and Z note literally from the Globe:
eve have during the last two years
reduced the revenue $85, 600" ! 4.
What are the facts. President Grant
was inaugurated March 4, 1869. The
The tax bills which supplied the rev.
enue for the fiscal year 1869 were
passed during the administration of
Mr.. johnson, and the present Admin
istrationb can be neither blamed nor
praised in regard to them. / call at
tention to the finance report for 1869,
and it shows that the reyenues
collected during the year ending June
30, 1869, amount $500 ,747.- The
year ending June 80, 1870, was the
first full fiscal year under President
Grant. What was the amount of the
revenue for that year? Was it less
than the amount raised, during the
year, preceding Gen. Grants inaugur-
ation2 Let us see. Il quote from the
finance report for 1870, sent to Con-
gress by Secretary Boutwell, This
report gives. the amount of revenue
collected during the year ending June
p30,< 1870, at SAL, 1,255, All, being an in
crease instead of decrease, as pre-
tended by Dawes, over the previous
year amounting to $4031I, ,730. So
much for that statement of the mem
ber from Massachusetts. ..s..T 4
IL orrn ohnUoH tho4
dingito the finance report for. 1869 the
amount of revenue collected for the
last fiscal year, for wnish, Mr.. johnson
was Responsible amounted to $50,
042,747. Let US compare. that sum
during the second fiscal year of Presi-
dent Grant, ending June SO, 1871. /
quote from the finance report which
gives the amount Of revenue collected
during thatIyear at $383, ,323, ,944, being
$l2, $780, ,l97 more than was raised, dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 80, 49,
| so that during the first two fiscal years
tof President Grants administration
the amount of taxes were increased
! $50, 2,69l 1927, instead of being reduced
f$85, 900, 600, so strangely asserted by
Mr.. Dawes. ga
Lel Us HOW COupdrO LH0 FcVOuu6e
collected during the third full fiscal
year of President Grant, with the rev
enuc OF, the year preceding his inau
duration. The following letter speaks
for itself: 'i3o '@i5e-.e 2
jI3 TREASURY DEPARTMENT., ]
Washington, d. c., June g. lS72.}
SIN: In compliance with the request
contained in your communication o.
to-day, / have the honor to inform
yon that the revenues of the Govern
ment for the current fiscal year up tt
June l, are as follows: ;.,l
/ Customs. ms......e........$ $204, OF, ,23S II
Internal Revenue LIE, 1865, ,O42 4:
llauuo l,o11,1Zo l.
Miscellaneous ...l.s... 1882 81
1 am, very respectfully,
GEO. s.. boutwell,, Secretary.
Hon. G. w. Morgan, M. c., House o
Il Representatives. s
The amount collected up to the Is
day of June, 1872, was S346, ,066, ,232
but the fseal year does not end unit
the 30th of June, and at correspon
/ ding rate the revenues collected dur
ing this month will amount to $28,
S23, 1852, making for the whole fisca
year 1914, 1885, ,0S4, or about four mill
ion dollars more than the revenue col
alected during Grants administrator