The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-05-08


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Washington. 49,, i
r1w N RELATION TO EXPORTING ToBAc-
r.-.-SreECH or COLONEL BGRWELL-ThE
NH IN THE ssSATE--PiNANCfAL NAT
DEBATE ~ TIE SENATE on 1HE KEEL.
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From ,ur Regular Correspondent
w,spISCroN, May 7.-Colonc! Burwel!
,,r.ssoa the Committee OF Ways and
Sans TO- day at, length in advocacy OF, Gen
80, 1obps,on's bill in regard to the, CANCEL
,,,;o, a. export bonds covering manuiac-
.,'naa ,ob,cco, SNUFF, and cigars. / have
s a,.a.dv stated that Mr., Raun opposes It be
" '.nso be SAYS that tho iaw2in regard to The
a~n,r,a,ion Of whlskey will have TO be
similarly amended. and this will open wide
,,e door Tor frauds on the revenue. Now.
roIoncI Burwell showed that there is no
relation between whiskcy and tobacco, and
,hst their expectation is regulated by diff
fereni sections OF the Revised Statutes. The
nroyjs;ons OF the bill were endorsed a,year
sro BY the whole Committee OF Ways
md Means, including Messrs. Tucker and
Eurchard, the sub Committee on Internal
Revenue, and passed the House in the rev.
enue bill 1t was approved by Mr.. Rats1n's
PREDECESSOR, Commissioner Pratt, and is
now endorsed by Mr.. K'mbalI, said Colonel
Burwcl. who has tried for years to get the
law changed as the tobacco exporters now
desire. Commissioner Raum himself has
changed his opinion in regard to it within a
year ...1t:t, - 20 :..@ E. .nG ~, .
no GUARANTEE AGAINST. FRAUD IN THE PRE-
SENT LAW. .~1 Z I
Colonel Burwcll further showed that there
is nothing in the present law requiring
landing certificates to prevent fraud any
more than there is in the bin before the
committee. for it is easter to run tobacco
out Of factories at night than, it Is to take it
of vessels, and The, pending bill provides
heavy punishment for captains or sailors
guilty OF this. II they succeeded, how
ever. and rclanGcd tobacco, it would be
liable 10 seizure for want OF stamps. Hence,
iu the language Of Mr.. kimbail. it is simply
impossible, he said, for the Government to
suffer by the change in the law. ,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FROM LONDON.
Colonel BurwelI exhibited three landing
certificates from London, and stated that by
custom there they add such percentage
OF tare to the actual weight that no landing
certificate can be obtained that would cor
respond With The net weight OF the tobacco
at the factories in the United States. He
also introduced a letter from London
merchant, who on this account advised q
Virginia tobacco-eXporter to send no more
tobacco there untiithe law is changed.
wuIsK Ely AND TOBACCO ARE DIFFERENT
SUBJECTS. - ~
After discussing the constitutiona|itY ,oi
an export tax, be contended that whisEey
and tobacco are different subjects. and be.
cause TO change the law In regard to the
export Of whiskey was to open The door to
fraud, as DIR. Raum alleges, this is no rea,
sou why the exporters Of tobacco should be
subjected to burdens and ha:dships when
the opportunities for fraud will not be In
creased by granting the relief they ask. At
The next meeting OF the committee Commits
soner Raum will lay before. it his views in
opposition to the bill.
The LADD BILL. COMFORTABLY LOCATED in
Q. THE SENATE.
Mr.. Eaton called up the Ladd bill to-day
in The Senate, it having been received from
the House; when ST. jerome Edmunds
moved to refer it to the judiciary Commit
tee. Lord Roscoe, withan intention of being
heard all over the chamber, said,s "Oh,
no; let it go to the Committee on Foreign
Relations -; but nobody laughed except o
Nebraska senator. Mr.. Eaton then moved
10 lay it on the table; ard this was done.
So now the majority have it completely IN
der their control and can call it up when
they please. ,4. ....-t7> -.t1:,:-i *.
FINANCIAL MATTERS IN THE HOUSE
The Banking and Currency Committee
Today agreed upon substitute for the bill
in1esard 10 the reserves OF national banks,
which provides that those banks now re-
CURED to keep 25 per cent. of their de-
POSTS shall keep'two trtbs OF this amount
III gold, silver, and coin-cerlifcates, and
that The banks which are only compelled to
Keep Is per cent. shall keep thrce Hisths OF
that amount in gold and silver. The latter
arc not allowed TO use coin.certifcates, it
will be observed. -
IN the House to-day the Warner silver
bill putting gold and silver on q. perfect
equality was further discussed, Governor
Clafln, Of Massachusetts, reading q lengthy
speech IN opposition TO 1t, in which he
showed considerable research. Mr.. Vance,
Q! North Carolina, spoke in support OF the
Dill, and wanted silver restored to its pro-
per place. He went on to show how COM
petely the Creator has provided for. the
wants OF man, and went back 10 the Scrip
lures and quoted from The lives OF Abraham
and David to show how valuable has silver
always been. He said silver is the money:
Il the people. ,gi..&
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CASE IN THE SENATE,
lie Senate to-day continuedqtbe debate
y lbe Ke!logg-Spofford > case, the first
speaker being Senator Carpenter, OF Wis
.sasin, who made a capital legal argument
'0fn DIS standpoint, and it was horrible TO
@e conkiing cut papers with pair OF scis-
:, while be was speaking, only 9 few feet
,'om BIN. Senator Morgan, Of Alabama,
. ~ owed Hr. Carpenter. end made most
4ecilge argument on the, otser side :tandit