The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-09
The Reduction Of Taxes.


has been the action of the Senate
republican caucus, last night, which
decided to make amendments to the
internal revenue bill that Will, il
adopted, reduce taxation in
the neighborhood of S40,-
100000. 1t was currently said
in the dispatches last night, that the
caucus had decided to reduce the
tax on tobacco to the figure fixed in
| the House bill. Senator Cameron,
of Pennsylvania, and Malone of
Verginia, are the only two republi-
can senators who have declared
themselves in favor of large reduc-
tiOnS in the tax on tobacco. There
may be other republican senators
who Will vote to reduce the tax and
Mr.. Beck has hope that the amend
ment proposed by him, to-day fixing
the duty on tobacco at 10 cents will
be adopted. He has no idea, how
ever, that the Senate will agree to
his other proposition, to reduce the
tax. on whicky TO 80 cents per gallon.
The decision of the caucus was to
reduce duty on bassemer rails from
$28 to $50 per ton; to abolish the
duty of % per cents upon all sugars
in addition to the existing rates
by the act of March Sd, 1873; to
adopt the Mckinley amendment
imposing the same duty on every
article madeof hoop iron and which
hoop iron is its chief component part
as is now paid ON hoop iron, and to
pass the knit goods bill without
amendment. While there were
some differences of opinion in the
caucus as to the changes proper to
be made, in the end a resOlu-
ton providing for the re-
auctions as named above was
unanim Ously adopted. The alternate
revenue bill as it passed the House,
was not at all satisfactory to west
ern republicans. They disliked 20
be obliged to defend the charge that
democrats were certain to axe on
the stump, that Congress had SIM
ply abolished the taxes on banks
and had done practically nothing to
the people. It was said at the time
of the caucus that if any reductions
were to be made something more
should be done than the House pro-
posed. It was aYerIed that manu-
facturers of BesSemer steel rails
said they could endure reduction
in the rate of duty on their product,
and that the tariff commission
would suggest considerable Teduc-
ton in the duty on sugar was con-
sidered as assured. Mr.. Beck had
proposed to reduce the duty
on Bessemer rails to $14 per
ton, and the republican senators
believed that if no understanding
on the subject was reached by the
majority, Becks amendment wOnld
be adopted. They therefore decided
to vote solidly for reduction to $50,
Senator Plumb declared that if his
amendment reducing the duty on
sugar was not endorsed by the
caucus, he would move its adoption
in the Senate, and it would certainly
be carried. The senators were
agreed that the changes they pro-
posed could be made with advantage
to the country, with benefit to the
republican party, and without inter-
fering with the operations of the
tariff commission. The action of
caucus will probably delay final
adjournment until some time be-
tween the 1st and 18th of August,
possibly later. There will certainly
be a long tariff discussion in the
Senate. Amendments of various
sorts will be proposed and debated
by the free traders, and the appro-
priation bills, now pending, contain
enough matter for controversy
to keep the Senate occupied at least
to that date.
The following amendments to the
internal revenue reduction bill were
proposed in the Senate to-day, By
Morrill,, several additional sections,
as follows:
Section fourth-On and after the
1st day of October, 1882, so much of
section three of the act approved
March Sd, 1875, entitled can act to
further protect the sinking fund,
and provide for the exigencies Of gov
eminent" as imposes an additional
duty of % per cent. ON all molasSes,
tank bottoms, syrup of sugar, cane
juice, melada, and on sugars accord
ing to the Dutch standard in color, |
imported from foreign countries is
hereby repealed, and the duties on
such articles shall be and remain
the same as before the passage Of |
said act, and the secretary of the |
treasury is hereby authorized and |
directed to cause the proper Dutch
standards Of sugars to be furnished !
for use in the collection of duties on
sugar, and the same with sachar-
rine, the strength Of such standards |
to be asceItained, and when SO as
eertained, to declare by regulation |
the true sacharrine strength, which |
shall be equivalent to each number
of such standard, and in any case
where the strength of imported |
sugar is in proportion to its color
above the proper strength of that
color by the Dutch standard, the du-
ties shall be charged according to
the strength, and not according to
tie color.