Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-28

this evening, and was favored with his
views. which have already been well re-
ceived by those of his party associates, to
whom his projsct has been privately sub
mirted. He thinks the failure of the act
OF lest March to reduce taxation to the e1-
tent estimated affords grounds for re-
opening the eues. on of tariff revision, and
the consideration Of that question neces-
sarily involves that of internal taxation.
1t is not possible, IN his
judgment, to entirely abolish the
internal taxes without endangering the
collection of sufficient revenue for the
needs of the government economically ad-
ministered, but there are many reasons
why there should be reduction of taxes
collected under each system, and the false
principles upon which each system has
been constructed should be uncovered.
Judge Buckner said, II do not favor re-
duction of taxes on whisky. beer or tobae-
cs, but their entire abolition SO far as AK
listing duties are laid on the production
of these articles. I would lay the tax on
their consumption instead Of
on their production. Nearly
S8,000,000 are now annually
collected from these manufacturers by
what is known as special taxes, and I
would so enlarge these special taxes that
instead of $12O,OOO.oOO being raised from
whisky, beer and tobacco, ST, 6,0O0,OOO or
$50, GOO could be collected, which, with
an avsrage tariff rate of 20 per cent on
dutiable importations, would give as all the
revenue needed for necessary expenses of
the government, interest on the public
debt and for such contributions to the
sinking fund as would entirely extinguish
the per cent. bonds within the
next seven years, when the AZ per cents
become redeemgble."
''What would be gained by your propo-
sition?''
"We should reduce taxation largely, cut
down the expenses OF collecting internal
revenue 100000 or Ss,OO000O, reduce
the internal revenue electieneering brigade
to corporars guard. and the states in
regulating the sale of alcoholic drinks
break up the whisky monopoly, abolish
the tax on western corn and grain, remove
the obstacles to a reasonable reduction of
tariff duties on any articles
of domestic manufacture in which
alcohol is largely used, and
ride ourselves of an odious system of tax
alton that gives employment TO spies and
detectives, and puts burdens on labor and
production. We need free trade at home
as well as abroad by the removal of need
less restrictions upon thes products of
labor, whether engaged in the manufacture
of whisky or beer, or of iron or WOODEN
goods, and no present necessity justifes
the continuance of the taxo n western corn
and other grain."
Judge Bucknsr estimates that If this
congress is economical in appropriations
all of the revenue needed by the
government would be ooverved by the
circulation of $24, 10000 of which $780,
100000 wonld be received from customs,
$20,0O0,oo0 from mi.celIaneeus sourcs s,
and $5o,OOo,oo from special or license tax
under his scheme Secretary Folger es-
Inmates that $175, 100000 will be collected
the next fiscal year from customs. Buck
ner's proposition would reduce receipts
from tariff duties $35, 100000 and internal
taxes $70,0OO,0OO, leaving a total revenue
from those two sources according to his
estimate, $21o,OOO,0oO instead of $685.
000,0e0 as estimated by Secretary Folger.
sEoTIoNALIsM AS AN ISSUE.
In its effort to foment sectional feeling,
a New York Republican paper says: "The
loyal soldiers who seek pensions must go
to Hewitt, of Alabama, for a hearing or to
his second, Tillman, of South Carolina"
The fact is that Messrs. Hewitt and Till
man are first and second members of the
committee on pensions which has jurisdic-
ton of pensions claimed growing out
wars preceding the civil war. ALI cases
arising from the civil war go to the COM
mittee on invalid pension, the chairman
of which is Watson, of Indiana, who
served through the war, rising from the
ranks to colonel. Next to him is Lefevre,
of Ohio, who enlisted as private and
served through the var. The third mem
Der Is Fyan, of Missouri, who served
through the war and was colonel st its
close. Among the other members is Low
ering,of Massachusetts, who served thro sgh
the war; Hank, of Tennessee, who entered
the federal army as private and
rose to colonelcy, Holmes of Iowa, and
Morrill, of Kansas both of whom served
through the war. There is not q Southern
or border state man on the committee ex-
cept Honck of Tennessee, Republican and
federal veteran and j. D. Wise, of V1r-
ginia, Readjuster. Speaker Carlisle had
to make committees out of such mate
rial as he had, and among old members
southern men largely predominated, bat
ne made special effort, as in the case of
this committee on invalid pensions,to give
the north full control of committees having
to do with the results of the civil war.
The committee on war claims does not
contain single southern or border states
man except Kellogg, of Louisiana, Re-
publican and federal officer. and Rowen.
of Virginia, an Independent and Read
Juster. The committees On military affairs,
naval affairs, militia, invalid pensions, war
claims ana payment of bounty, pensions,
and back pay. all have northern chairmen.