Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-02
FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Second SESSION.
The House.

bill to accept and ratity the agreement sub
mitted by the confederated Ute Indians for the
sale of their reservation, in Colorado. Printed
and recommitted.
On motion Of MIR. Price the bill passed pro-
viding the oath varifying the returns made by
nstional banks may be taken before notary
public.
Mr.. Money, of Mississippi, offered q resoIu-
tion authorizing the secretary of war to send
1000 rations to Macon, Miss, for of the
sufferers made destitute by the cyclone of
April %, Adopted.
Mr. Buckner chairman OF the committee on
banking and currency, reported advising the
resolution calling for information concerning
the expenses of issuing the currency. Laid on
the table.
Nav IS was set aside for consideration of the
bill to establish additional training schools for
Indian youth.
Comz1ittees we're then called for reports.
Mr. Coffroth, chairman of the committee on
luvaIid pensions, reported a bill fixing the sal
arY of t6e commissioner of pensions at S., 900.
Referred to committee of the whole.
Mr.. Blackburn. from the committee on ap-
propriations reported the postoffice appropria-
ton bill. Ordered printed and recommltted.
The bill recommends appropriation of
SSS, 600 900. Mr.. Blackburn gave notice he
would call the bill up for consideration Thurs
day next.
The house then went into committee of the
whole MIR. Thompson IN the chair. on the bill
amending the internal revenue law, the pend
ing amendment being that offered by Mr.. Nc
Kinzie providing that producers OF leaf tobac-
CO shall be allowed without payment of tax, to
sell leaf tobacco TO other than licensed dealers,
manufacturers or exporters, provided they do
not sell exceeding $1,000 IN any one year.
Ruled out on point of order.
Mr. Knott offered an amendment providing
that subsection of section 1924, revised stat
utes, which requires tax of $50 on each still
manufactured, shall not apply to distilleries
who manufacture for their own use wooden
stills. Adopted.
Mr. Singleton, of Illinois, offered an amend
Enent providing that nothing contained in this
act shall be construed to authorize any inter
ference by revenue officers with the exercise of
right OF every individual to manufacture and
convert fruits grown on his own land into such
form for family use as ne may desire, free
I from internal revenue tax. Debate took place
on the amendment and bill and the temperance
question was introduced. The amendment
was rejected. Yeas 66, noes Ga.
The committee then rose and reported the
bill to the House.
Mr.. Butterworth said the bill looked to per-
fectlng the internal revenue system and had no
more to do with the temperance question than
with the Koran. He represented a district
which paid one-ffth of all the revenue collect
ed on spirits in the United States, and he had
carefully examined the pending measure. The
iutern9I revenue law was intended to collect
tax On manufactured articles and not on arti-
Cies in process of manufacture. The whole
course of legislation had been altered until
law was passed few years ago, against which
the entire distilling interest," had protested.
Bourbon distillers had been Disseminated
against and this bill merely did them justice.
Mr. Conger opposed the bill, which was sim
ply TO give two hundred thousand dollars to
the whisky interest.
Mr.. Carlisle who had charge Of the bill
Welded the floor to Mr.. GARFIELD, who called at
tentiou to a paper received from ROwell, an
advertising agent of New York, the substance
of which is that the committee on ways and
means are preventing the people from having
reading matter cheap by preventing any re-
duction IN duties any action of the House
on the subject of reducing the cost of print
ing paper, and which concludes with state
ment that representative GsrHeld is power
full champion OF monopoly, and that with his
Opuosition Withdrawn the restoration of wood
pulp co the free list would De accomplished IN
a few days. 7 am told that 5000 copies of this
slip has been sent to editors of various newspa-
rers The firm that sends it processes to know
nothing of the truth OF what it states. 1t does
not give the name of anybody who asks
TO have it sent out, but says
certain publishers of New York dailies and
certain paper manufacturers have requested it
TO do so. Without vouching for the accuracy
or without pretending to know anything about
it, the firm sent out TO 5000 newspapers this
charge against the committee OF ways and
means, Joining 1t with a charge that hold
as it were the casting vote in the committee
and that by my single vote prevent the action
of this committee and of this House, give
that as q specimen of the way IN which
opinions as to public men and measures are
manufactured in the United States. Probably
5000 newspapers have come to me containing
oSff lutn Ot card Transmitting
Not for myself but for the cause of general
truth ask the attention of this House to this
method OF manufacturing public opinion and
for the sake of saying that if
the people of the United States can be led to be-
Iieve that minority of FIVE in committee of
minority of five. hold the casting
vote in that committee, and for six
to eight weeks have prevented report on that
subject, of course that is an item of news the
country ought to know. Every member of
that committee knows that the statement in
the circular is absolutely false, without one
touch of foundation. Every member of the
committee knows it, and yet not day passes
IN which dozens and hundreds of additional
newspapers do not repeat the charge, with all
the iteration of circumstance. say for my
self, furthermore, that it is perfectly
well known that l have by several
of my votes been entirely willing for weeks
that this subject should be brought to the
House by itself. The only question was
whether It should be brought in as a separate
bill or not.
Mr.. Frost-Is the gentleman in favor or OPP
posed TO free paper?
Mr.. Garfield cannot tell what has taken
place In the committee. Protected articles on
the tariff list average about As per cent. ad va
Iorem. The duty paper pulp and
printing paper is 20 per cent. less than one
half the average of all protected arti-
cles, but because this brings but
small revenue, 1 am for one will
ling to reduce it just as low as it can be re-
duced without absolutely destroying and Grip
pIing American industries. Below that am
not willing to go for any amount OF clamor
from any part of the world.
The discussion here closed, and vote was
taken on Conger's amendment providing that
in case of non payment of the tax on any dis
titled spirits within one year from date of the
original warehousing bond, interest shall ac-
crue on said tax at the rate of 5 per cent. The
amendment was rejected, yeas So, nays 101.
The bill then went over without final action,
and the House adjourned.
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