Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-23
SATURDAYS Senate.

Saturdays Senate.
WASHINGTON, July 22.-The hou6e bill Il
provide additional industrial training school!
for Indian youth and authorizing the use O
Unoccupied military barracks for such Dur
poses, passed.
The house bill directing payment to Mrs
Lucretia z. Garfield of $4,000, less any sum
already paid on account of the late presidents
salary, passed.
The house bill passed for public building
at Marquette, Mich. Resolutions offered by
Senator Cockreli were adopted calling for in
formation as to the expenditure in each state
since 1879 for public buildings, rivers and
harbors, posts, arsenals and armeries. The
secretary of the interior was directed to re-
port whether he ordered the issue of certi6-
Gates for double pension toward B. Burnett,
and If so the reason for SO doing pending
action on the subject by congress.
The senate took up the revenue bill and
without debate voted down the amendment
offered by Senator Beck to retain taxes on
Derfumery, medicinal preparations and other
articles in schedule a, section S.437, revised
statutes. The vote was party one-6 to 20
Davis Tlls) voting no with the Republicans.
Senator Vance moved to retain the stamp
tax on playing cards. Lost by party vote
@S to Ex-senator Davies (Ills.) not voting.
The first section OF the bill was then
adopted.
The section as adopted reads as follows:
That taxes herein specified imposed by the
law now in force be, and same are hereby re-
Fealed as herein provided, namely: Taxes
now imposed on snuff and manufactured to-
bacco, on and after January /, 1883, from and
after which date the tax on snuff and manu-
featured tobacco shall be II cents per pound,
aud on the capital deposits Of banks and bank
ers, except such taxes as are now due and
payable on and after the lst of October, 1882;
the stamp taxes on bank checks, drafts, or
Gers and vouchers and the tax on
matches, perfumery, medical preparations,
dother articles imposed By schedule A, fol-
lowing section 43., revised statutes; provided,
that no drawback snail be allowed on the
articles embraced in said schedule that shall
be exported OF and after the 1st of October,
1892; provided further, that on and after Au-
gust Is, 1882, matches may be removed by the
manufacturers thereof from the place of
manufacture to the warehouse without at
taching thereto the stamps required by law,
by such regulations as may be prescribed by
the commissioner of internal revenue.
The second section, imposing specific taxes
On tobacco and cigar dealers, manufacturers,
peddlers and retail dealers, was discussed by
Senators Beck and Vest. The latter de-
Eounced the bill as feature OF that policy of
discrimination in behalf OF manufacturing
corporations and other moreyed interests
which, under the operation of high protec
tive tariff, had resulted in building up bust
ness monopolies and huge private fortunes.
1t ignored the tobacco growth and placed the
agriculturist under ban. The knit goods
were clamorirg for higher duties, and yet
their. profits were enormous. He pro
goods with their tariff prices. A
piece of cashmere made of Missouri
wool by an Iowa factory, the cost of which,
ne said, inclusive of material, labor and every
item was 57hc, had been sold by the Inanufac-
turer for 81 per yard. Senator Vest said he
wanted the country to appreciate the fact that
the dominant party was undertaking TO take
the taxes off aggregated capital in violation
OF that principle OF equality to all which lay
at the foundation OF all good government.
The committee amendment TO the section
requiring $l2 to be exacted from dealers in
Leaf tobacco, to be paid annually after May
tst, 1883, was adopted. The amendment ad-
vocated by Senator West was rejected by % to
96-a party vote, except that Senator Biyard
voted no with the Republicans. Senator
Davis, of Illinois, also voted no.
Senator Beck moved TO fix the tax upon
each dealer at S., without reference to the
character of his employment.
Senator Sherman called attention to the fact
that the taxes fixed by the section for small
dealers. who, be said, numbered 3S5, 900 and
constituted the great body of dealers, was but
$24. The amendment would double the tax
upon these while reducing it upon about 4 900
who were required to pay SC. He added that
the section mad been carefully prepared by the
commissioner OF internal revenue, and as it
stood would reduce the taxes now paid by
dealers about one half.
Senator Beck thought, as the tax was ia
tended TO be rather regulator TO facilitate the
carrying on of business than source of rev.
enue. it should be uniform.
His amendment, as modified by fixing the
q INN fot ntaH 70
Senator Harris moved to fix the tay for
retail dealers in leaf tobacco at $40 per annum
instead of $3.50 and thirty cents per each dol
lar OF monthly sales imposed by the section.
Lost % to 20.
On motion of Senator Beck proviso was
added to the section as follows:
That farmers and producers of tobacco may
sell, at the place Of production. tobacco of
their own growth and raising al retail directly
to consumers, to an amount not exceeding 100
i2oUnds annually.
A motion to adjourn was negatived by the
Republican side, with the addition of the
votes of Senators Harris and Maxey.
Senator Morgan offered and advocated new
section exempting from the special tax i'm
posed upon dealers in manufactured tobacco
farmers, operators who furnish supplies of
tobacco to them, ineighbors or employees, in
quantities aggregating less than 100 pounds
per year. Adopted on viva voce vote.
The third section, reducing the tax on ci-
CARS and cigarettes, having been reached, Sen
ator M ahone moved an amendment fixing the
tax on snuff and manufactured tobacco after
J January l, 1888, at eight cents per pound.
This gave rise to protracted debate, partici-
0ated in by Senators Malone. Johnston. Sher-
man, Logan, Kellogg, Beck and Others. The
senate without action on Senator Mahone's
amen dment adjourned.