Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-16

would import all the tea and coffee wanted
| for wear before the tax would reach it, so
| that We allall have raised tax on tea, coffee,
whisky and tobacco without advantage to
the Government.
Dawes-Does my colleague mean to sug-
gest the propriety of at once imposing such
a tax?
! Butler Wants the Country to Swell Up
| and Burst.
| Mr.. Butler-I say that all the advantage
of such taxation win be taken away from
| the Government and simply put into the
halids. Of the owners of the produce or I'M
| ported goods; to enhance the price.
wonder therefore, why there has not been
another suggestion to the country, ard that
is to reduce the interest ON the pGblic debt
| by substituting non-paying interest notes
| which the people demand for the high pay
| ing interest bonds which are abroad i'll
Europe. That will be in my judgment an
| immediate relief, relieving us in variety
OF waits. think the people and the coun-
try demand such measure, iTistsGd oil
measure to find out how a few millions can
be saved, pairing here and there, attempt
ing a taxation which will be fruitless.
Nay, more. think all the methods of taxa
ton and this proposition viii only result
to the good of those who desire shiihkage
in values by coming back to this
MischieyOus Dogma.
the idea of specie payments. want our
Iicurreney made as good as specie, but any
Ikdea of substituting specie payment 1or IL,
lbs deluson and asnare. There never was
Epecie payment in any country and there
never will be, because under any system OF
banking that was ever had or proposed,
whenever specie 10 the amount Of five Mil
lions were called for, the banss si9t down;
I would like to have from our Chairman o,
the Committee on Ways and Means a re-
port of another measure of relief by a loan
at low rate Of interest, convertible and re-
convertible into greenbacks.
Mr.. Dawes said the suggestion from the
proper authority that It was necessary for
! us, instead of retrenching, to borrow tiioI1ey
to meet current expenses wonld be
4 Fatal Blow
to our credit abroad. He continued; fear
! that the reduction in the estimates may not
be much | know it will not be much.
Could have my way about it, the knife
f would 90 into that book of estimates, and
| with a conviction on my part that l would
not be impairing the public service one
atom until the difference between the cur
rent receipts and current expenditures
would no longer exist. Sir, the book of es-
, Inmates is a marvel to me. WhenI take up
that broad book, so unlike that which l
used to carry here under my arm, it Is al
most unintelligible to me. The only thing
about it | can realize and understand is
, that year after year the estimates are
> Going On Increasing
l | until this year, in the face of this eXigency
: the gland total estimates is about twelve
e | millions more than it was last year, and
? about fourteen millions more than the actu-
g | al appropriations last year, and besides that
we have deficiencies which recent eXigen-
. cies make necessary, which we have got to
e meet, and which no patriotic heart can re-
: sist. There are other deficiencies to which
4 in my opinion, it is our duty to apply the
= law that renders illegal everything that per
tains to the enactment of them.
!. Increasing Consumption by Decreas'
ing Taxation.
q Mr.. CoX-I ask the chairman Of the
: Committee on Ways and Means whether OIL
e not a reduction of the tariff has been con
e sidered with view to increase the revenue:
+ Has that matter come before his commit
: tee.
Mr.. Dawes-NO measure TO meet this
Y exigency, beyond that which | have com
e municated to the House, has the Commit
e tee had time to consider.
Il Mr.. CoX-Would ii be in order to sugges
to the honorable gentleman, whether dur
Il ing the holidays, the Committee on Way!
If and Means might not properly consider I
5 reduction of the tariff on various article
: which we all know would enhance the rev
7. eAIe.
e1 Mr.. Butterfly colleague talks abou
e eilecting our credit in Europe. | hay
d heard that before, and | want to say her
and now that we have had
If Too Much Credit i'm Europe
e for our banks. We have had
L until we are now sending one hundred an,
IS TWENTY-FIVE millions in gold every year +
T. nav the interest OH them, and the quiclle
q they stop taking our bonds the better
II When the gentleman comes here to accus
ID the Republican party of manufacturing tn
= estimates wear by year, for We are response
bic for the administration Of the Govern
ment, want him to put in the same paper
re so that men cannot quote one without ais
e quoting tie other, that We have an increas
ing country year by year, increasing in
i greater prOpOItiOn. Let bane and antidOt
le 90 out together.
lr Mr.. Garfield asked Mr.. Dawes if til
id Committee on WAYS and Means thought
al wise to divulge to the country the desire {
rs the Secretary of the Treasury that tn
n tax on tea and coffee be restored and an aC
&c ditiOnal tax put upon whisky and tobacco
e; He thought it exceedingly imprudent.
Sc Mr.. Dawes said he did not know ho'
II the matter had become public. He kne'
st that on receipt of the SecretaTy's cOmmun
ne cation the Committee on WAYS and MeaI
of had resolved itself into secresy on the ma
II ter. and that while it was doing so I'll
nd whole thing was published in the Ne
IL York dailies, Mr.. Dawes remarked tn;
the reasons why the Committee on Way
St and Means had thought it wise not to pr
to claim it were the reasons that had bee
IT. suggested by his colleague Butler.
he Mr.. Niblack said that the question struC
OF him as plain business proposition. III
lat imposition of increased taxes was Of cOur>
al a very ungracious thing for the House to {
al in the present depressed financial conditiC
OF of the country, but he presumed gentleme
mt on all sides of the House would be willn
= to impose whatevertaXes were necessary
If. sustain the public credit. If no very III
I'll portant reduction could be made in est
Ell mates the proposition would at least hay
ng the effect of satisfying the country TIL
Congress was willing to make an hone
or effort to avert increased taxation. Their
&c fore, he did not see what injury the ado
he ton of the resolution could have.
nd Mr.. Cobourn derided the idea that Il
as House was not able TO decide for itSel
without consulting the departments, as
what appropriations should be made, al
IS, took occasion to speak in favor of prop
1t | stion which he had already submitted
be the House, of parcelling out the work
n, the Committee on Appropriations among
MS half dozen other committees.
". At the close of the discussion the que
Is ton was taken on Mr.. Garfeld's resolution
ee and it was adopted.
Id The Holidays.
r. Mr. Dawes then submitted reSolutiC
mt for adjournment over the holidays, frOl
he Tuesday, the 23d of December, till Monda
Id the 5th of January.
~ Mr. Scofield moved to amend by makir
h0 it extend from Friday the 18th OF Decen
Der to Tuesday the 9th of January.
20 20 Mr. Scofeld's amendment was agreed
~ by las yeas to ia nays, and the resolutio
dV as amended was adopted.