The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-02-03
WASHINGTON NEWS.
The TARIFF ANolNrERNAL REVENUE
The Proposition to Reduce the Tax on sptrltaeal
LIQaOrt-rho Los. Of Revenue rntAllsd bJ
Proposed ChAnsss-Rlysr ahd HArbOr
Bill Mistakes Id the Census

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Special Dispatch 10 tho IntclllgCnccr.
WASHINGTON, February 2,-The Way
and Means Committee to-day heard a dele
cation Of distillcrs in favor OF the bill pre-
pared by them to reduce the duty on splr
ituous kliquoB so cents a gallon. TIL,
measure they presented is a very compre
hensiye one. Itsprincipal features, beside
reducing the tax, are to do away with The
law requiring warehouse bonds to be giver
monthly, and repeating the clause which
requires the bond on whisky to be resisted
every three years. The distillers also wish
the duty on spirits imported from Fnlnce
reduced so cents n gallon, provided that
the French shall put American spirits upon
tho same footing rs those Of the most
favored nations, They claim that they
have received assurances thatthe reduction
OF the duty on6l'rench spirits from 50 90 to
81 so per gallon will be met by action on
the part Of the French Government redac.
ing their tariff on American spirits.
The tariff commission will be the sub.
iect OF discussion at the next meeting oi
the committee, the pending question being
to strike from the bill the internal revenue
feature thereof,
Mr.. Randall atthe beginning Of the ses.
sion announced his intention OF moving to
abolish all internal taxation. Later on, he
modified his programme so as to except
distilled spirits. Now he says that he will
favor reduction of the internal tax to the
amount Of seventy millions a year. A cal.
culation has been made by member Of
the committee approximating the. .rcduc-
tions which must be made in internal
taxes to reach the figure proposed by Mr..
Randall. In the first place taxes
collected on perfumery, matches, pro-
prietary medicines, ETC., amounting
TO Stt,500,000, must be repealed.
There must also be repealed the tax col.
lected by the Treasury Department on
national bank capital and deposits,
amounting to about S5OOOOO. By reducing
the tax on whisky from ninety cents to
fifty cents gallon, about SIS, 100000 of in.
ternal taxation will be abolished. II the
special taxes imposed on dealers in spirit
uous and malt liquors arc repealed, there
will be loss of S6OOO,OOO. BY reducing
the tax on cigars and cigarettes classed as
cigars, not touching paper cigarettes, from
six dollars to five dollars per thousand,
about s., 100000 Of taxes will be taken of.
II the tax on manufactured tobacco is re-
duced from l6 cents to u cents per pound,
five million three hundred thousand
dollars will betaken of, and the reduction
Of the tax on beer from 81 to 60 cents bar
rel will reduce the revenue about $780,.
600, makinga total reduction Of taxation
under this approximate estimate OF 500,
100000.
a IAember oil the committee is authority
Tor the statement that Randall has said that
he would not support the tariff commission
with the Internal Revenue feature left in,
Tbs gentlemen who desire a reduction oI
the internal taxation, including nearly all
the Democratic members, will vote in the
committee to keep the Internal Revenue
cause IN tne oill' in the hope that in SO do
ing tney %ill secure It's defeat in the House
Inc McAin!ey bill will not be reported
10 Tue house Tor some time to come. Sew
eFal Ct, or tne Democratic members OF the
ways ana Means committee believe that
tAat 1t Will mover be reported, and Mr. Me