The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-03-22
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In lootlee over the labofg ~ The fohy /
SEVENTH congress, particularly dufinf hs
Iast session, W. nnd that perhaps The mo''
important work has been The passage of the
revenue and taniI bill There Ia, Or was, ~
the very threshold Of this subject grave
question As is known io|
nearly oil Of our readera,tl his bill IN us lailu
features originated In the senate. While
the constitution would seem imporatiyely
TO cnjoin that revenue bills shall orr ginate In
the house OF representatives. this principle
being analogous to that OF the English gov
ernment which requires all tax bills TO
originate In the house of commons, we
cannot but regard the principle as one OF
great moment to the republic. The theory
on which it rests is that the house oil COM
mons and our house of representatives,com-
ing directly from the body OF the people,
are more fully alive to the needs OF the
latter and more perfectly in accord with
the ideas of taxation. 1t is not the pur-
| pose, however, OF this editorial, to discuss
deliberately this question. NOR Is IL
our purpose now to enter into any
investigation OF the substantial features
of the tariff bill, as we desire merely to call
attention to it as the chief act OF the closing
session Of the Forty-seventh congress
While it purports to be a revision Oh the
tariff, il will be found to be such a revision
| as will not be acceptable to the people. AL
an early day we purpose giving our readers
an exposition OF what the bill does really
seek to accomplish. The next subject o.
legislation, second in Importance to the
tariff bill, was tie bill having in view the
resuscitation of our shipping interests
The substantial feature of this Dill, when
was embraced in the eighteenth section
substituting the owners OF vessels to the
amount of the duty upon the imported ms
| terials used in the construction OF Vessels
was wisely stricken out by the house o.
representatives. The day has passed II
American history when the people OF thi
country will quietly submit to subsidies U
promote private enterprises, for these SUB
sides violate the fundamental principles
which underlie every just system OF taxa
ton, uniformity and equality. And, righ
here. we desire to call attention to ana hearl
lily indorse an admirable expression OF I'M
eloquent congressman of our district, mad
in the house of representatives recently
wherein he tormulates the following CRANE
principles, viz: "Among the great princi
Piles of free constitutional government, nom
are more vital than uniformity aud equalit,
of taxation; unjust privileges to none, ant
equal protection of the laws to ALL" In
deed, this entire speech Of Mr.. Wellborn'
ON the Revival OF American Shipping is 81
replete with figures and telling facts col
llected from official tables, and SO marked
with cutting logic, that it shoui'
be read by every citizen Wh'
would see the iniquities OF the RAM
Injustice and oppression which has beer
done to the commerce OF the country bl
republican refusal to grant us what thu
people are now demanding, the building o
our own ships and the adoption OF free
ship policy. Commenting upon this, Mr.
WELLBoRN shows from the committees re
mort the following statistics as to the pas
and present condition of American ship
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