Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-03

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hns giRas4 tns 0fsouarRAEfne btii and
ean9 tna soli0ging messazeto g tne House
g hepEesenta1lsea aiAting h1s rea9Jus
to- epprogiuR il:
70 a. Hoass ef Rspyursntufiu.s. Il
have tia oay appEoEoa tne hill oriQhnat-
kified An net defining batter; also in
posing q tAx npon and regulating e
manuiactuFe, sata, tmportation aud e.
pogtaiion of elsomaEa aarine.' This legis
iAfinn has awakened much iniaraaf
ezFness arenneng has neen eddEee8ed %
tic kzeoasiNe fog eha puEpoas Of fnfn-
enoine nls action theronpon- Many II
opposition have urged fts dauQeFous
enAkaaloE - tending 20 break doWn tie
boundaries bet9eea proper exercise q
the Legislative pogorn ~ TIE Federal
and bbate authorities. Many faVorfnQ
the enaotmont haVe represented that L
promi8ed great advantages % Z large
portion OF our pop1lntion Who annig
neod relief; and sh0so on both sides %
the question whose advooaoy or opposi-
tlon y based upon no broader f0unda-
ton than local o. peEaonal intaEeat have
oatn1mbered al the othsra.
This, upon iaa fnoe and IL ils main
feataEea, u revenue ball. and was ara
intEoduced IN the HOusz Of Representa-
tivse, wherein the O0nstitution declares
that all bills for raising revenue shall
oK1R nats. TIE Constitution has tn-
vested Congress With very vide legiala. /
tlse alsuRaalon, both ms 30 determining
Ne necessity Tor taxation and asleulinR
the objects Of its burdsn, and The 9nes-
tl0n was presented 20 ne whetheK, as an
original proposition, might doubt The |
present need Of innFoased tar tti0n.
deem tt my onty In this instanos 70 DE-
fer % the 5adRment Of the Legislative |
bxanch Of tne Government, which has
hesn 80 emphatlea y announced In hoth /
houses Of Congress upon the passage Of /
this bill Nor over, thoee who desire % /
sea removed the weight Of taxation nos /
pressing upon toe people from otneF d. /
rectione may veil b tustIied u the /
hepe and expectation THAI the selectio
Of a. addilional subject Of inkeFnai tax
atio1s 30 veil able te bear it, vii IN con-
si9lenoo BE- followed By legislation /
relieving our eitlxens from other ravs-
nse burdens rendered by toe passage of /
this ball even more than heretofore IN |
necessary and needlesaly oppressive.
tt has been urged - a1 ob3aoti0n 70
TINS measure tnat. whale pufp0rting 70 be
legislation tor Rovenae, lts real purpose
y % destroy 81 use % the taxing power
one industry of our people for tn0 pro
taotl0n aud benolle ef another. IL On
htied % indulge n such G suspicion as
Tue basis Of my official action IN this
oa1e ana II entirely satisfied thGt she
ooneeqaencea Indicated would enaue, !
woaid doubtless feel constrained 70 In
tofpose the executive dissent,
bat ! do not feel called upon
- interpret the motives Of
OonaKeas otherwise than BY The sppar.
eos character Of the siIl which has been
prsaented 70 me. ana ] am oonyinced
tnAt the taxes whioh Is creates oannof
possibly destroy she open and legtti-
mate manufacture and sale Of the
thinA apOn which Il is levied. II this
article has the merit which its friends
claim for u and the people Of the land
with fnii knowledRe OF ita real charac
ter desire 10 purchase and uss it, the
taxes enacted by this bill Will permit
fair profit 10 beth the manufacturer
and tho dealar. IL the existenca OF the
commodity taxed and the profta Of its
manufacture and sale depend upon dis
posing OF it 10 people for somefhtnR
else which it deoeitfully Initiates, the
satire enterprise is q fraud and nOt an
industry, and IL u cannot endure the
exhibition Of ias real character whieh
will Be eheeied b. the inspection, SUPER
Via1on and stamping whIeh this bill d.
rests. she sooner It 10 DESTROYED the
better IN the interest Of fair dealing.
Hnch result would net furnish the
Sfst instance IN history OF legislation In
which . reyenae bill pr8ducsd bsneiit
which was merely incidental 20 lis main
purpose. There is certainly no indus
Try better enIitled 70 the incidental ad-
vAntaRes which may follow thia leQia-
ton than oar farming and dairy inter-
asis; and 10 none Of oar people should
they be lees begrudRed than 20 our farm-
aEa and Gairymen. Tue present depres-
sion Of their occupation, the bard,
steady and often unremanerative Toll
whioh the oeonpationa exaak, and the
baraens Of taxation which COR farmers
bear cattle them 70 every legitimate
Nor should there be op-
position 70 tbs Incidental effects Of this
on She part OF those Who
profess 70 be eagaged honestly and
fairly IL the manufacture and sale Of q
wholesome and valuable aFtiole Of food
which By les provisions may be subject
10 taxation. As long as thGiF business
b carried on under cover Of falss pre-
lenses, gneh man have bad oompAnions
IN those whose manufactures, however
vile and harmful, take their plAos with
out challenge with the better sort 10 9
crusade Of deceit against the
pablie. But IL this oesnpafi0n and ita
are forced into light and al
,heae MANUFACTURES mast etana upon
lheiF merits or fall. The good and bad
must part company and the htisst only
vail aurViFa.
Nos shs Isasa incident ralatsd to this
leaiaiation Il the defense afforded 70
lhe consumer against the fraaduient |
Substitution and sale Of a. imitation
for Q eenuine article of food Of very
uensEal hoasshoi6 use. Notwithniand-
lng The Immense Quantities Of tbs
Article described in thie bill which are /
cid 70 the people fof their consumption
as fo0d. and notWithstandina tka claim
made thaa ita manufaotare supplies .
1hoap Substitute tor DuttoRs venture 70
Say thai haFdly pound ever entered g
poor man's hoass undsr iis Esai name
and iie true oharacseE. Whfle Ia its
70 alton 10 an aFtiele Of this description
lhers shoald Be no governmental FeGu
lnai0n Of what q oitsEen ehoald oaf, Il /
aeFtainly iA nok eAu4o Of fagFet II by
laeialatton Of this character ke ia AFFORD
q Z means ~ which be may better
proteat himself against impoEiaion Ia
mss4inG The needs and Wania of bis
daily life.
Having easped npgn this legislation,
& il q manifegt d9fy 10 reader it aa ef
leetivs as paasihie IN NE aeeonpliah-
meat Of ali the good whiah ehould I'm
mediataly foiloW 10 ita train. Ihis
leads She sue lestiou thas TIE articls
Proposed 10 Be taxed, and the clFcam-
stances Which snhieet 4 thereto. shoaid
b ciaaFiy Gnd wtth great dislinstneasi
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