Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-30

amendment providing that upon the re-
importation of articles once the growth,
product or manufacture of the United
States, upon which no internal tax has
been assessed or paid, there shall be levied,
collected and paid duty double. instead of
equal, as provided by the bill to the tax i'm
posed by the internal revenue laws upon
such articles. He said this provision
of the bill was an attempt which went
far to convince him of the truth of
the statement made on the floor
last year that there seemed to be an under
standing between some special tariff men
and some special whisky men
which was doing no benefit to this
country and good deal less to the Repub-
lican party. The bonded extension bill
had been slipped in upon this house IN a
method which was infamous.
Mr.. Butterworth, of Ohio, who has
charge of the bonded extension bill, said
he represented in part with other gentle
men, an interest which had paid into the
treasury $1OO,OOO0OO, and which was now
absolutely Frustrated. Several Republi-
cans, ''good, good" You did not say
''good" retorted Butterworth, W hen it paid
your soldiers while they fought your bat
ties. You did not say good" when it put
bandages around your wounded soldiers.
You did not say ''good'' when it paid pen
sions to widows and orphans. I have been
earnest in helping the industries of New
England and Pennsylvania, but our bank
ers, our boards of tre de, our chambers of
commerce, our merchants, our grocers,
have asked this house tor three hours con-
sideration of bill for the relief of the dis
tilling industry, and we cannot have an
hour.
Mr.. White-When did they ask for three
under the suspension of the rules.
Mr. Blackburn challenge that state
ment, and remind the gentleman that the
records show it was reported unanimously
from the committee on ways and means
and passed the house without dissenting
vote.
Mr.. White-It passed without debate
and without my being able to get the yeas
The Chair-ffhe gentleman is not in
order.
Mr.. Butterworth-He hardly ever is. l
want the house at very early day to con-
slider the claims of a great industry which
is now Frustrated, and whlch-lf relief IS
not granted will probably, in its own de-
struction, drag down many protected in
dustries.
Mr.. Reed, of Maine, said he had heard
three times before precisely this discourse
about the danger to come from refusing
their (the distillersO demands. If they
were successful this time he would expect
to hear it just once more, and that was on
demand for the repeal of the whisky tax.
Applause on the Republican side.
Mr.. Blackburn submitted to the house that
as long as it recognized whisky as property,
as long as it burdened it with tax of 800
per cent. of its actual value, it was not only
fair, but wise, to treat the whisky interest
with common decency. He was opposed
to abolishing the tax on whisky and to-
bacco, but he would deal fairly by them
and enable them to pay their tax. He
would have free salt, free sugar, free tea
and free coffee, instead of free whisky.
Applause on the Democratic side.
Mr.. Whites amendment was lost, Is to
1856, and the consideration Of this para
graph was passed from.
The house then adjourned.