The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-03-21
HOUSE..

Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Washington, 20.-The resolution
declaring Garrison entitled to sea,
Was unanimously adopted, and that
gentleman appeared and took the
oath OF Office.
The house went into committee of
the whole on the whisky bonded ex-
tension bill.
The conference report on the
military academy appr0pr alton bill
was taken up ami agreed to. The
bill, as passed, appropriates $314,-
sic.
Ryan asked consent to refer the
Senate bill for the eradication of
foot and mouch disease to the COM
mittee on agriculture, with leave to
report at any time.
Mills objected to the latter part;
and the bill must take the usual
course.
The morning hour was dispensed
with, and the House went into COM
mlttee on the whole, Dorset in the
the chair, on the bonded extension
bill. Its features were explained
Wllles, who declared that failure to
pass the bill meant bankruptcy and
ruin to many of the most important
and Il fuential firms in Kentucky
and throughout the west. It meant
bankruptcy and ruin not only
TO manufacturers, but to limo
cent holders of whisky; it
meant bankruptcy and ruin
to many leading banking interests
west. There had been q shrinkage
in grain and stocks the last few
years amounting to billion dollars.
There had been shrinksge of $780,
900, 900 in the valus of this ware
housed property. England, one of
the great purchasers of our grain,
had, during the last year, supplied
herself from India with one-third of
all the grain she needed, and II was
predicted that in less than three
years she would be independent of |
the United States. What would be-
come Of the hundreds Of millions OF
bushels of grain raised in this coun-
try which was not cOnsu ned in
IF this bill failed and if
these distiiieries were closed and the
demand cut down, the time would
come again when farmers would
burn corn for fuel in the western
States.
Blount said the House wa. asked
TO extend the time for the PAYMENT |
of the tax on 10000, 900 gallons of |
whisky, the amount involved being |
500. 100000. The present depres-
sion in the whisky interest resulted |
from overproduc.iOn. He did not |
believe this bill was going to rem.
edy the evil. On the contrary the
m would only aggravate the
evil. The time was not far distant
when tie country would be In q
condition to repeal the internal
reve ne tsxes. Suppose that in
1887 they were repealed; by that
lime the tax on bonded whisky df l.
This bill passed) would amount to
200,000,0O0 and Congress would be |
asked TO grant a rebate Of these
axes.
Cox On. Y. delivered an elabor.
tie speech on the general subject
# tariff and revenue laws. Hel
the Morrison bill and
aid the conservative opinion of the |
country demanded q reaction in the |
resent tariff. He admitted there
we're some divisions in the party on
he question, but trusted thew
would be reconc;led. "
Pending action the committee IL
rose. As tomorrow is private bill {
ay, and 1t, will require q two-thirds Z
'ote to take up the bonded extern q
ion bill, 1t is not probable it's con- 6
Iteration will be resumed till Sat.
Irday. e
The Speaker laid before the House G
communication from the Secretary I
War transmitting an estimate of | &
30. 600 for the pedestal OF the | &
tatue of General Garfield, to be Is
rectRd in Washington by the ArmyI
the Cumberland. Referred. II
Adjourned S