The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-31
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

WAsuINGToNs Jah 81, 1915.
Mr. HEWITT, (dcm.) ON. Y, rising to personal OK.
PLANTATION, said:-I find that In the report OF the As
socatod Press to the New York papers, as published
the Sun and in the Tribune. aud probably in other
papers, am recorded having voted favor OF tho
concurrent resolution which came from the Senate in
regard to tho reconciliation OF silver 1t is unneces.
sary for me Say to The House that voted against
that measure, and while am the floor will avail
myself OF the privilege granted yesterday TO the gen.
tlcman from Massach usetts OR. Butlcr) to
make few remarks. lilo stated that no
voted for tho measure because lie thought the
condition OF the worklngmen could not be made any
worse by tho passage OF that measure. l voted
against II because thought It would DO mado worse
IN this particular way that 1t proposes 10 pay tho
worKingmon ninety cents on tho dollar, which Is n
reduction of ten per cent, and If may DO permit
ted to quote Scripture, say that believe that 1.-THE
laborcr Is worthy OF his nre."
Mr. BUTLER-You wcro never moro mistaken In
your lie about the value for dollar.
WITHDRAWAL OF DISTILLED SPIRITS.
The House then. ut quarter 10 one o'clock, won't
into Committee OF tho Whole mr. Carlisle, oil Ken
lucky IN tue chair on the bill extending until July
i. 1878, the time for tho withdrawal oil distilled
whskey from bond
swer had been gwen TO his proposition that this was
simply design on tho part OF certain interest to
take money tom the Treasury. If this avor were
granted TO the VIII skcy interest where should the de-
nct be mado up? Should tax be placed on tea and
coffee, when every mans table, IN order TO
favor the wniskey INTEREST," 1t snd the other
side that there was no raid meditatcd on the
Treasury. II that wero tho amend ment
offered by the gentleman from Massachusetts
Mr. Buler providing that all such spirits shall be
paid on tho same assessment required ~ the date
whom tho spirls were placed IN bond, should DO
adopted. II had also been said that the bill had
nothing to do with the reduction OF the tax
whiskey In that the ndment offered by the
gentleman from Quo (Nfr. Fosterl providing that
reduction should DO made, sh0uld he adopted With
those two amendments no would guarantee them that
gentlemen would be pushed by their constituency to
force the House now with waning revenues, "a
proposition which VIII make the defct larger than
IL Us at present.
Mr. wnIrrmoRNE (dem.). of Tenn, discussed tho
question as "A business proposition aud an act OF
justice the czens. He assumed that tho est mate
OF the Commissioner OF Internal Revenue was that
there would DO 900 gallons OF whskoy produced
WITHIN the next five months, on which the revenue
at the present ratio would he So 100000 IL was now
proposed TO suspend tho collection Of revenue on this
for i've months, the END OF winch time Ut Congress
should IN the tine reduce the tax Uy one-tnrd
tue loss to tho revenue would be $l,S00,00O The
other sidc oil tho proposition was that tho enforced
collection OF the TAX now would diminish the pro-
ductUn within the next i've months by at least one
thrd, because men would not risk their capital and
labor In tho production Of an article on which
profit or loss might DO made TO that extent. Hence
this estimate was that the diminished production
would reduce the revenue To that extent. Asa mat
ter VI 1usco no argued that the ccct OF the present
enforcement O tho tax would DO 10 Increase ". He
advocated he measure as net OF simple Jusico TO
an interest that was now parayzci by reoson oil tho
agitation oil tho question In Congress.
Mr. BrrLEK, oil hassacb useits, had no objection 70