Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-26

y hOAl W1OIlC1Nl JAIN
After discussion the amendment was with
drawn, and Mornson's amendment was
adopted.
The bill was then passed; yeas 173, nays
/ 80.
PUBLIC PRINTING,
! Mr.. Singleton, chairman on printing re-
4 ported back the Senate bill authorizing the
public printer to purchase material in open
markets, with an amendment providing that
such purchases shall not exceed $50 for any
i particular article within the term of six
| months, which amendment was agreed to
and the bill passed.
/ DISTILLED SPIRITS.
/ Mr.. Tucker moved to set aside private
business for the purpose of going into CO M
bill extending the time for the withdrawal of
distilled spirits now in bond, until July s,
1873. The yeas and nays being ordered re-
suited -yeas 146, nays 1O4. The House
| therefore resolved itself into committee of
the whole, Mr.. Carlisle in the chair. General
debate having been limited to one hour, it
being necessary before considering the bill
referred to by Tucker, to set aside those bills
which have priority on the calendar, several
bills were passed over. The opponents of
| the bill made an attempt to proceed with
consideration of the bill granting pensions
| te soldiers of the Mexican war. but were
| unsuccessful.
| The bill extending the time for the with
drawal of distilled spirits now in bond until
July, 1873, having been reached, Mr.. Tucker
proceeded to explain the bill. He said that
there was great agitation throughout the
| on whisky. The question was, should the
House during that agitation save from bank
Eruptcy and ruin, the golden geese who were
to lay the golden eggs for the government.
He thought the bill very good one. It had
been drawn up by the commissioners of in
ternal revenue, who had agreed that some
action should be taken by Congress
Mr.. Burchard also supported the bill,
though he declared he was opposed to re-
duction of the tax on whisky. He did not
| believe that the government could afford it.
He did not believe the House would vote for
a bill which would reduce the tax on whisky
and increase the tax on tea and coffee
Mr.. Hale, in opposing the BILL said that
this was not the first raid made upon the
treasury by an economical house, and it
would not be the last It was simply an at
tempt on the part of certain interests to take
from the treasury some seven million dol
lars, which is needed from day to day for
the revenues of the country. How would
that deficit be made up? What other tax
would be increased
Mr.. Wilson, w. Va.,-Cannot the defcien-
cy be raised by a tax on incomes
Mr.. Hale, continuing, said that was the
remedy of the gentleman from West Vir-
ginia. That gentleman threatened a renewal
of the income tax Another might propose
a direct tax on real estate another to in
crease the tax on iron, and so on. There
were to-day hundreds of interests trembling
on the verge of bankruptcy. Were whisky
| men any worse off than those who had
| bought real estate three years ago ? These
interests were getting no encouragement
| from the committee of ways and means,
which made us haste and reported back this
bill the day after it was introduced.
| MI. Price said the country would look
with surprise OH the action of the House to-
Gay, which had refused to consider bill
granting pensions to survivors Of the Mexi-
lean war and had proceeded to consider a
| bill which would take millions from the
! country.
! Mr.. Garfield also alluded to the bill as
being class legislation and thought it was
not wise to give any advantage to one inter
| the country. The plain English of the reso-
luton was that whisky men should be
| allowed to keep their whisky in bond till
Congress should reduce The taxes and
| permit them to walk off with millions
which rightly belonged to the government,
in their pockets. He was opposed to re-
ducing the tax on whisky. He was i'll favor
of adding section to the bill under con-
siedration, declaring that no reduction would
be made by which means the revenue would
| not be reduced and whisky men be put out
of the agitation in which they now were. If
the bill passed would not the iron men come
here and ask to be saved from the danger
threatened by the reduction of the tariff on
iron. Would not all other interests come
and thus make the revenue laws a series of
plasters and patchwork.
Mr.. Conger opposed the bill and pictured
the ridicule with which the country would
look upon Congress which made attempt for
| the relief of producers of alcohol which was
| used for purposes of science, and yet, by
class legislation, went to the relief of pro-
ducers Of table whisky. He also called at
tention to the fact that in order to pass this
bill the House had passed and ignored the
claims of soldiers who had fought for the
defense of their country.
| u1Is DtdChDUln EiOGCaStcu ZIG OIL
fort made by the gentleman from Maine,
| Hale, and other gentlemen, to consider the
| bill as i'll any way bearing on the reduction
of tax. It was not necessary for him to pro-
test against the attempt to infuse into the
discussion something of partisan charac-
| ter. The gentleman from Maine need not
read homilies to the Democratic side of the
House for which he, Hale, termed an unwar-
ranted raid on the treasury. Let.him assail
| the gentleman who had drawn up the bill,
the commissioner of internal revenue. The
bill affected an industry vital to the revenue
of the country. That industry promised to
the internal revenue service half of the
amount necessary to meet the interest on the
national debt. He proceeded to compare the
taxes paid by the New England States with
those paid by the Southern and Southwestern
1 States, in order to show the inequalities of
taxation. Referring to class legislation, he
declared that legislation for number of
years past had been nothing but class legisla-
ton, by which the laboring people of the
South had been dragged down.
Mr.. Sayler read letter from Commits
4 sioner of Internal Revenue Raum in favor
of the BILL
Mr.. Tucker then yielded the floor to Mr..
Ellsworth, who it was supposed favored the
bill, but who said: That since he had dis
covered that if the bill we're not passed, a
1 number of distillers would have to 90 into
bankruptcy, he was opposed to it. He
wanted to see them become bankrupt. He
was told that the country obtains seven mil
/ lions revenue from that branch of industry
/ That was disgrace to the country. He was
| opposed to raising single dollar by it.
About 500 million dollars were expended
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