Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-03

From the CongrcssonP. Record.l
The House being in Committee of
the Whole, and having under consid-
Grafton the bill (H. r. 1879 to impose
duties upon foreign imports, and for
other purposes. The pending amend
ment being motion to strike out the
provision proposing tax of ten per
centum on quinia and cinchonidia-
Mr.. Mckenzie said:
Mr.. Chairman l desire to give
notice to the committee that at the
proper time, if the amendment pro-
posed by the gentlemen from Vir-
ginia shall pass, L will move to insert
on the free-list "quinia and cinchoni-
dia, sulphate and salts Of" so that it
may not come in under the unenu-
merated clauses at an average rate Of
duty of 25 per cent, advalorem, but
shall be entirely upon the free-list.
Mr.. Chairman, in the consideration
of this question it seems to me that
no argument whatever is necessary
to demonstrate the importance of re-
tanning these articles upon the free
list. No bill was passed by The Forty
sixth Congress that met with such
unanimous praise and commentator
on the part of the body Of the Ameri-
can people as the bill putting the
salts and sulphates Of quinine and
cinchonidia on the free-ist.
There are two questions that sug-
gest themselves TO us in this connec-
ton: One is, has the passage of that
bill stopped or retarded in any man.
ner the manufacture of these salts in
this country. The answers to these
questions are very simple. So fal
from retarding the manufacture.
have in my hand tables showing thai
since the passage of that act on june
30, 1879, which was the date of thu
passage of the bill, mp 10 the present
time, there has not been an increase
two establishments having sprung
into existence since that time, Will,
the prices have steadily declined
With reference to the question as Il
whether these articles have beef
cheapened by the passage Of the bill
desire to call the attention of tn
committee the table prepared by MI
Mr.. j. S. Moore, who probably has a
much general information upon til
subject of the tariff as any othe
citizen in this country, the chairma
of the Ways and Means committe
always excepted. Laughter. Fror
January 1879, TO July 80, 1879, til
price of taxed quinine as shown b
these tables was 1858 per ounc,
From July l, 1879, to December 3
1879, after the free-quinine bill liza
gone into operation, the price WI
1929 per ounce, making a saving
the people of 81 cents per 'ounc
In lS77 taxed quinine sold at So
per ounce, and in the year 1880 fir
quinine sold at $303 per ounce,
saving of 70 cents.
In the year 1878 taxed quinine SO
for 1852 an ounce, and in 1881 fir
quinine sold for $2.47h per ounC
showing the immense saving of$l.O4
per ounce under the operations Of t
free-quinine bill. Or take 1t in IL
way: the average price of quini
from January |, 1877, TO July, Is,
was $685. per ounce, and duril
the two and half years from Ju
1879, 10 December 1881, the avera
price of free quinine was " SO ?
ounce, OF reduction of 1873 Gel
per ounce. ,
Now, have tried every imaginat
way to find out exactly what amou
of quinine was consumed in I
United States, and the very best
proximate estimate that l have be
able to reach is that it amounts
some 100000 of ounces per annu
The saving, therefore, which result
from the passage of this free-quinl
bill is over $I,500,000 year to
people of this country and taking
for the three years since the passage
this bill, the saving to the AmeriC
people has been over 81, 100000.
ask the honorable chairman
the committee on Ways and Mean
in the literature of petitions that hi
crowded his committee room-tl
audience chamber of protection
single, solitary consumer of quinn
white or black, male or female, "
Guiding Indians not taxed" laughte
has ever asked that august body
restore cent on that drug? l gu
antee that there is not one, and Id
the gentleman from Pennsylvania
exhibit a single instance where
cry has ever come up for the re-
position of the tax OH quinine, uni
itcame from the bber,manufactu
or dealer in some form, who is
terested in keeping this tax upon
people.
In all this bad bill of l40 pa
which is cumulative in its wick
ness and progressive in its devilm
the proposition to restore the duty
uuinine is the climacteric and Wt
Thule of its meanness. Taught
No bill has ever emanated from
committee OH Ways land Means
committee whose name should
changed by resolution of this lie
to that of the friends of the pc
Glaughter] mo proposition has Ell
ated from that committee which C
pares with this either in its aggre
ed or segregated iniquity. Laug
and applause.
The Chairman-The time Of
gentleman from Kentucky has
PRED,
Mr.. House rose and yielded