The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-12-16

was mouIUeQ 30 ~ 70 mhketue Dill u
special order fol tomorrow, 10 devot
two hours to its discussion, and tn
vote taken with dilatory motions. 81
ordered.
u.NcREAsE or TAX.
Mr.. Dawes called the attention ol tn
House to the recommendation OF tn
Secretary OF the Treasury for an increas
oi tax TO the amount ot forty million dol
lars, and said that the Committee OF
Ways and Means had instructed him 4
offer the following resolution: /. E.fl II
WHEREAS, As the Secretary Of thl
Treasury has recommended In letter L
the Committee on Ways and Means aI
increase In certain customs, duties ant
internal taxation, therefore be 1t
ReSoleed, That the heads Of the severa
departments be instructed to revise thei
estimates OF expenditures for the mex
fiscal year, with q view, in the changed
conditions OF the country, TO reduction
therein, and to report the same to thil
House, to the end that all possible effort
for 0 reduction be exhausted before new
burdens be imposed on the people.
he said that It had come to the !knowl.
edge Of the Committee on Ways and
Means since II had instructed him to re-
port that resolution that the Committee
on Appropriations had considered the
same matter. The two committees had
come to an agreement on the resolutions
which the chairman Of the Committee on
Appropriations would offer, and he yield
ed to him for that purpose.
dARFrELD OFFERS A RESOLUTION ALSO.
Mr.. Garfield, from the Committee on
Appropriations, then offered the following
resolution: q, -..5 .+.--.-
WHERE'S, Itappears that since the in
tereats Of the appropriations required tor
the service OF the Government for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1875, which
have been laid before the House, were
made by several departments Of the Gov.
ernment. The country has entered on
period Of great financial embarrassment,
accompanied by shrinkage In values and
heavy FALLING of In revenue, and
WHEREAs, In'the Judgment Of the House
the foregoing acts makes II the duty Of
Congress to reduce the expenditures.
WHEREAS, The Secretary of the Treas.
ury has recommended In an official letter
to the Committee on Ways and Means an
increase IN certain duties and internal tax.
Therefore, I E. ~ '5'iiE
Resolped, That the President be request
ed to cause o revision Of said estimates to
be made by the Executive Departments,
and cause report to be made to the
House, II possible, as early as the 9th Of
January next, setting forth In detail what
the public expenditures Of the present fis.
cal year, and also what the estimates for
the next fiscal year, can be reduced, and
the amount OF such reduction, without
serious detriment to the public service.
y BuTTLRR ASKS A QuRsTIoN.
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts, asked Mr..
Garfield how much he believed the esti-
mates could be reduced II they had been
properly carried under the existing law.
Mr.. Garfield said 1t was impossible for
him TO answer that question OF this stage
Of the session. he only knew that In the
report Of the Secretary Of the Treasury
and In the Presidents message reference
was made to the fact that large
number Of public buildings had been
authorized by the last Congress, on
which work had not yet begun. It
had been suggested that the work might
be suspendedor rather might not be be-
gua, and consequently three or four mil
lions might be- coyered back into the
Treasury. 1t was 90, perhaps. In regard
10 Notifications, rivers, harbors, &c. he
was able to see number Of places where
D reduction could DO made without dam.
age to the public service, even in the ex.
penses for the current year, and still more,
be should think, In the estimates for the
next year. The House would'notice that
The total estimates for next year were fif.
teen millions more .than'the estimates OF
last year.
MI. Dawes thought It hardly possible to
cut down the estimates 10 the forty or
torty.two millions required. BE thought
that before Congress undertook to revive
ANY taxation that had been removed 1t
should show 10 the country It's disposition
10 cut of every redundant expenditure
an ID reduce every salary possible under Its
Jurisdiction.
Mr.. Cox asked the Chairman Of the
Ways and Means Committee for some
definite statement asto the cles TO be
faxed, the rate OF taxation, and whether
L was the intention Of the government to
enlarge the volume Of currency.
Mr.. Dawes said the letter from the
Secretary of the Treasury had gone to the
public prints to-day and that that convey.
ID all the Information he felt at liberty TO
extend. II had seemed incumbent on the
although urged to take up
and pass before the holidays o bill to raise
millions Of dollars by Increased
taxation, to ask Congress to make this ap.
peal to the heads Of departments In order
10 see when Congress returned, after the
holidays, whether Il was then possible to
refrain from this extreme measure.
The question was debated at consider
able length by Butler, OF Massachusetts,.
who favored immediate action, II any
was to be.taken, In imposing tax on tea
and coffee, and he deprecated the In.
crease of estimates yearly, ,land large def
ticiencies from previous years. At the
close Of the discussion the question was
taken on Garfeld's resolution, and II was
adopted.
HOLIDAY ADJOURNMENT.
Mr.. Dawes then submitted q resolution
Ior adjournment over the holidays, from
Tuesday, the 29d OF December, till Non
day, January 9th.
Mr, ScoHeld moved 10 amend by max.
Ing 1t extend from Friday, December 10Th,
tilI Tuesday January 6th. Mr.. Scofeld's
amendment was agreed to by 145 yeas
to ia nays, and the resolatlon as amend
- MI. i' Kelley Ssked lsEystO offer the fol-
RsseluOd, That it is the sense Of this
house that taxes should not be In.
creased, but that extraordinary cans, II
any, be required for the support Of the gov
eminent during the temporary paralyises
OF industry Of the country now prevailing
ohnnId ha obtained on R temn0rArV loAn.