Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-16

W itEai process, or lraudulontly trans
ters his property or conceals or re-
moves tho same 10 avoid process or
with Intention to defraud his creditors.
procures or suffers judgment TO be pro
cured against him, or who being ac.
tuaiiy insolvent suffers his property to
he seized OH execution aud fails
within 20 days to redeem
II, or has suspended payment of his ac.
counts for u period of thirty days after
the day they were found payable, shall
he deemed 10 have committed an act
oil bankruptcy, and may be adludred
bankrupt OH petition filed by one or
more OF his creditors.
After executive session the senate
adjourned.
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MUSE
N"suington, Aprll lo.-Morrison
moved tnat me mouse go into commit
re vi tne Wnole Tor consideration OF
eue tarlii Dill There was no division,
auu ',e no,ioh was agreed to, Cox OF
NeW YORK psing called TO the chair.
ililiheuialely upon the committee rs
semoiing, Eaton objected to considera-
,ioii VI Tue OH, ahu me objection was
reported 10 the mouse by vote of l4O
yeas ana las nays. The committee de-
cinsa 10 consloer the measure.
Iheie was intense interest mani
Tested IN the roll call. AT the conclu-
SION OF the hrst call, there appeared a
majority oi one in favor of the mea-
sure. 1T then went on to the second
cal, ana me members crowded around
any one OF their colleagues who was
keeping tally, earnestly listening foi
eSen response. me result was SO close
tnat uhtii the maj announcement
nobody was quite sure how the vote
STOOD, but upon announcement there
was round Of applause from the
Democratic SIDE: The committee then
resumed lis sitting, and Morrison
opened the debate In support OF the
piIi.
ne described the financial condition
OF the country, ana stated the esti-
mated surplus OF revenues over ex-
penditures, and dwelt upon the he.
cessity of reducing taxation. To fail
TO reduce taxes ami relieve the people
would be a iisgrant disregard OF pub
lie duty. The pending bill might not
be all that is required, but 1t was an
advance to promise a more complete
tariff REFORM Such reform and ad-
justment OF the tariff was not believed
attalnable at the present session. 1t
would create no surprise that in the
opinion % the minority of the ways
and mears committee tue measure
was not sufficiently harmonious t.
secure their approval. They found IL
IL no merit, because 1t proposed TO re-
duce all duties alike. A horizontal
reduction might not be best, but none
other was now practicable. Pro
tectionists opposed it, not because il
was q horizontal reduction, but be
cause it was reduction at all.
The year 1860 was time of plenty.
Labor for wages was at least as well
and the grower of grain was better
paid then than they are in this year
1884, and in that year 1850 OF boun
teous plenty our impOrtations of for
eign goods were less to the person OF
in proportion to population than In
the years 1850 81. To the list of arti
c!es now imported free of duty,
amounting to nearly One-third of all
our importations, II Is proposed to add
salt, coal wood and lumber. Salt is
already tree from tax for fishermen,
also for the exporter of meats. to lessen
the cost OF food to the people of other
countries, but not for our own. Coal
is untaxed for use on vessels having by
law the exclusive right to the coasting
trade or engaged in the foreign carry.
ing trade, u privilege denied 10 persons
engaged in other pursuits. The rev.
enue from wood and lumber imported
and hereafter to be admitted free OF
duty has in the ten years last past not
much exceeded $4,000, 900. The cen
sus returnsshow that domestic wooden
prod ucts exceed 500,000000 per an
mum. There is an average duty OF q
per cent onimported woods. Add but
10 per cent. to the price of that pro.
duead here, the increa .ed cost TO the
neople has been $500, 600 600 in ten
years. In these ten years, under pre-
tense OF taxing this article to secure ten
millions of revenue, we have compell-
ed the people to pay $500 10000 in
bounty to encourage the destruc-
,;.n Of our forests, the feiiiug of trees
and az the same time we have given
more than Is, 900, 900 acres of land un'
der the timber culture act as a bounty
~ encourage the planting Of
otber trees and other forests
!, In this I'LL, cotton yarns not the finest
are dutiable not above forty per cent;
In wooIens, except one coarse carpet
wool which we don't produce, no.