Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-05
The FuSing Of all Revenue Bills
Into One Sweeping Measure
Outline Of the Tex Reduction
Bill Reported to the
Senate.
The House swallows the Pen.
dleton Bill ss if it Were
Bourbon Straight.
The Estimated Cost OF the First
Three ships of tho New Navy.
Proceedings of Congress and Other
Matters.
CAPITAL NOTES.
Dispatch TO TIE Blk.
THE NEW REVENUE BILL.

NOTEs-
Special Dispatch to TuE BEE.
THE NEW REVENUE BILL.
WASHINGTON, January THE bill
reported to the senate by Senator
Morrill, from the finance committee to
that body as an internal revenue bill
includes the one which passed the
house at the last session with amend
ments including tariff schedules
adopted by tho committee, and the
bill introduced by Morrill, at the last
session, "to provide a better system
for trial OF customs revenue cases
and the bill introduced by Sherman
the 21st of December, to regulate the
collection of custom duties, which
forms the basis and lant four sections
of the new bill. AS amended the I'll.
tie reads, Gan act to reduce taxa.
tion." Section l of this bill
is amended to read, THAT taxes herein
specified imposed by the laws now In
force be, and the same are hereby, re.
pealed ns hereinafter provided,
nsmaly, On capital and deposits OF
banks ano bankers, except such taxes
as are now due and payable, and on
nd after the Lat of July, 1883, the
stamp tax on bank checks, drafts,
orders and vouchers and the tax Oh
matches, peIfumery, medicinal prepa,
tions and other articles imposed by
schedule folio wing section 3,437, re.
vised statutes; provided that no draw
back shall be allowed upon articles
embraced in said schedule that
shall be imported on and after
January lat, 1883; provided
further that on and after July
10Th, 1888, matches may be removed
by the manufacturers thereof from the
plaza of manufacture to warehouse
without thu Unita0 States attaching
thereto stamps required by law, un.
der such regulations as may BIO pre-
scribed by the commissioner OF internal
That from and after July
1st, 1889, the tax on snutf and man-
ufactured tobacco shall be- IL csnts
per pound. Sections 2, 8, and ( of
the internal revenue bill, as IL passed
the house, embracing the special
license taxes imposed on manufac-
turers of cigars and tobacco dealers
and p~eddlars, and the taxes on cigars
and cigarettes, together with rebate pro
vision, are retained without change or
amendment, and constitute the CORE
spending sections of the neg bill.
The GriE schedules Inn =. ,oIs -
T,..on h-aSafxssx "oni' as iolIo"s'
1888, in lieu OF Title 80 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, the fol-
lowing sections shall constitute Title
SO of the laws of the United Statss.
The cotton schedule Ia a duplicate of
the schedule adopted by the ways and
means committee of the house, Tues
day last. The schedule relating to
silk PLACES the duty at 30 per cent ad
valorem on brown silk aud on silk
threads or yarns of every lescri ption.
The other features of the bill were
published from time to time recently.
THE NAVY
A communication from the sscrs-
tary OF the navy was to-day laid be.
fore the senate regarding recommen-
dations for construction of a steel
cruiser of about 200 tons displsce-
ment to cost estimated 81, b76. S54:
three steel cruisers 2, 800 tons dis
placement to cost each estimated
$1,03l, 225; one iron dispatch boat or
fast clipper of about l 800 tons dis
placement to cost estimated $46O, 900
and ono cruiser torpedo boat to cost
$685., 600. The naval department aud
advisory board agreed that the
largest vessel should not be
built, SO large and expensive
vessel not being now required and the
secretary adds If finished would not
be adapted to the present condition OF
the navy. The secretary says: In
beginning a new modern steel navy
by commencing with only two vessels, |
1t does not seem wise TO start with
II to cost 80 zoe, 900 and another to
cost 81, 900, 600. The construction
should begin mother with tho largest
nor smallest, but with medium sized
ships. The secretary Of the navy, In
another letter, informed the senate
that the last appropriation for general
maintenance of yards and docks was
1920, 600, and Of this sum S24, 7O4 81
remained urexpended January lst,
1858. The amount required to keep
the yards open until the 3lst of
March prcx, ia S3S, $40. The secre-
tsry suggests congress make a specific
provision for closing any of the yards
if it proposes to curtail expenses,
H JUMBO BILL.
frhe secretary of war to. day trsns-
to the speaker Of the house a
in response to a resolution call
for information as to whether In
the river and harbor Dill Of last ses.
,ion the works appropriated for were
not benef3iGl to commerce and
whether amp appropriation had been
withheld by any department. The
,ecretGry says in many instances the
of substantial benef.s
general commerce were 30
,bscure and apparently insigni6.
amt as to yiudicats the doubt
N the part OF the house of represent
In response 20 the other in.
Iuiry, the secretary says the appro-
,~riatIous have baen withheld from
works in some cases WheTe the
emporary suspension Of commence.
lsnt would not substantially delay
le completion. The secretary aiso
za.av.,E. ZuNsr.asa. II IL .