The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-05-06

Washington, April 30,-A number Of bills were
reported on, and the Navy Appropriation bill
was passed.
The spotfOrd. Kellogg case was discussed, and
the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Bills introduced; Extending the letter carrier
system to citizens Of 10000 inhabitants establish
ing an assay Office at ST. Louis
Some time was spent in Committee on the Pri
vate Calendar,
May lin the House to day Mr. Scales Dem f,
N, C) reported bill to ratify the agreement
with the Utes. Printed and recommtted
On the motion Of Mr. Price (Rep., .,Iowa) the bill
was passed providing that the oath or afirma.
ton verifying the returns Of national banks may
be taken before notaries public.
Mr.. Money Dem, Miss) offered q resolution
authorizing the Secretary of War to send 900
rations to Macon, Miss, for the sufferers by the
cyclone. Adopted,
Mr.. Blackburn Dem, Ky.) reported the Post
Office Appropriation bill. 1t appropriates S8S,
100000.
The House went into Committee of the Whole
VII thS pllA hlhVhhlhb thO 4htSAhul ANSNVhuC AUW
and Mr.. McKen zies Dem., KY amendment pro.
viding that producers Of leaf tobacco shall be al
lowed, without payment of tax, to sell less than
81 900 worth per year to other than licensed deal.
ers, was ruled out
Mr.. Knott Dem, Ky) offered an amendment
providing that the law which requires tax Of
$50 on each still manufactured shall not apply to
distillers who manufacture for their own use
wooden stills. Adopted.
Mr.. Singleton Dem, Ill,) offered an amend.
ment permitting every individual to convert the
fruits grown on his own land into such form of
family use as he may desire, free from taxation,
Mr. Price oppose the whole bill and partiCu
larry the amendment, contending that rattle.
snake raised on mans farm was Just as danger.
GUS as a rattlesnake in the wilds of Virginia
Mr.. Mcmahon Dem, o. inquired whether
Mr.. Price would raise the $50, ,OOO0 600 OF revenue
now raised from whisky by tax on incomes and
by direct land taxi
Mr.. Price-No objection.
Mr. Haskell (Rep., Kan.) contended that the
amendment would permit the farmer to drink
himself into a state of maudlin iItoxicahon and
give the good wife the privilege Of filing her
tubs with whisky and her milk pals with apple.
jack, without taxation.
Mr.. Barber (Rep., Ill) supported the bill, view,
ing 1t as mere question Of revenue and not as
an antitemperanCe question.
Mr.. Reagan (Dem., Texas favored the amend.
menL
Mr.. Sparks Dem, Ill) supported the amend.
ment, but opposed the leakage" clause.
Mr.. Finley Dem, Ohio supported the amend.
ment.
Mr.. Updegraff (Rep, o. opposed, and Mr.. Har.
ris (Dem., Va supported the amendment, and II
was rejected by &C to S4
The committee reported the bill to the House.
and Mr.. Butterworth (Rep, o. said the bill had
no more to do with the temperance question than
with the Koran. The Internal Revenue law was
intended.t TO collect the tax on manufactured ar.
tcles, and not on articles in process Of manufac
ture. The bourbon distillers had been dlscrimi,
mated against, and this bill merely did them JUS
tice.
Mr.. Conger tRep Mich) opposed the bill
which was simply to give 100000 to the whisky
interest
Mr., Garfield (Rep., o. wished to call attention
to matter which related closely to the work OF
the Committee Of Ways and Means, especially Ia
himself and which was a specimen OF the way
In which public opinion was manufactured. He
read as follows the heading of paper about 40
copies of which had come to him In the last five
or six days:
ITO the Editor-We are requested by the pub.
fishers Of several New York dailies as well as BY
manufacturers of paper, to inclose to you the
paragraph written below Your own interests
will dictate what further use, If any, you will
make of the suggestions it contains. We have
no particular interest except to serve our friends
the publishers Of newspapers in this and other
cities.
New York April 81, 1880, G. P. RowELL."
Mr.. Garfield continued Below Is a little
card, the substance Of which is that the Commit.
tee Of Ways and Means are preventing the peo.
pie from having reading matter cheap by pre-
venting any reduction in or any action of the
House on the subject Of reducing the cost of
printing paper, and which concludes with the
statement that Representative Garfield is the
powerful champion Of the monopolles, and that
with his opposition withdrawn the restoration of
wood pulp to the free list would be accomplish.
ed in a few days Without Vouching for accura.
Cy. or without pretending to know anything
about it, the firm sent out 5000 newspapers this
charge against the Committee of Ways and
Means, joining 1t with the charge that hold, as
1t were, the casting vote in the committee and
prevent the action of the committee and Of this
House. ask the attention Of this House to this
method of manufacturing public opinion, and
for the sake Of saying that II the people of the
United States can be led TO believe that minor
ity Of five In committee Of thirteen, and that
as one of the minority Of dve hold the casting
vote in that committee, and for six or eight
weeks have prevented report on that subject,
Ofcourse that is an item Of news that the country
ought to know. Every member Of that commit.
tee knows that the statement In that circular s
absolutely false, and yet not a day passes in
which dozens and hundreds Of additional news.
papers do not repeat the charge with all the tier.
alton Of circumstance. ! say for myself, further.
more, that 1t is perfectly we'll known that have
by several OF my votes, been entirely willing for
weeks that this snbject should be brought to the
House by itself The only question was whether
IL should be brought in as a separate bill or not.
Mr.. Frost Dem, Mo- lis the gentleman in fa.
vor or opposed to free paperi
MI Garfeld-I cannot tell what has taken
place in the committee, The projected articles
on the tariff list average about 45 per cent. ad
valorem. The duty on paper pulp and printing
paper is 20 per cent-less than one half the aver.
age Of all the protected articles. But because
this brings out a small revenue, am, for one,
willing to reduce 1t just as low as 1t can be re.
duced without absolutely destroying and Grip.
pling American industries Below that am not
willing to go for any amount Of clamor from any
part Of the world,
Mr.. Conger's amendment, providing that in
case Of non.payment Of tax on any distilled spir-
It's within one year from the date of the original
Warehousing bond interest shall accrue at 5 per
cent, was Tpieoted nv "a IN 1OI AdiOurnad