Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-09-03

levied, they hate the idea aud they repro
bate the internal revenue. It. begins
wrong.
IL do not love olcomargariuc. do not
eat b. knowingly, and viii NOT have u % !
can help IT, n is 20 fraud. | would not
take % under law enacted here. II 10 be-
such fraud US the Senator from New
York SAYS 10 is. wonld not have any
thing 10 do with 30: would not license
il. I woull not say with the Senator
from Kansas that you should pay ihe Gov
eminent cent "a pound for IL, amy more
than ] would license any other fraud. Bnt
when il comes 10 the question Of whether
we ought to permit il. manufacture and
sale in this country. then ! am with the
farming community aud say w0nld pro
hibit il entirely. desire that 10 be I'M
derstO0d.
II desire il to be- understood. moreover,
that in opposing this bin | think that !
am opposing the mos; obnoXiOns law that
today stands upon the statute books Of
the United States, that which says that
tobacco shall be taxed, that liquor shall be
licensed. and now the manufacturer of cleo
margarine shall have the right tosell IL II
he shall nav the revenue tax on il. ] am
D
! hin. | ask that the farmer who makes
honest butter shall he put little bit
above the whisky distlllcr ! ask that we
shall proceed in this matter in some other
way. and say if this be poisonous food, II
Chicago furnishes hogs that die Of disease
out Of which there shall he made hog but
ter or buttcrine or oleomargarine that en-
ters into the physical system and destroys
| the lie Of man, woman, or child, that we
will not license it; we will not permit il
That Is the simple way in which the qucs.
tion suggests itself 10 me.
"IIere we bavc been day after day try
| ing to determine between the Senator
from Kansas and the Senator from New
| York whether one makes good butter or
the other buys cheap olcomargarne {;
whether the lahoring man wants the cleo
margarine or the laboung man does not.
| Perhaps the laboring man would prefer
| the olcomargarlnc in some sections, rs we
see resolutions coming here against its
taxation. How easy H. il 10 teach him
That as he destroys the COW he abridgcs
the number of the calves. He can not re-
duce the price of the butter rs he in
creascs the price NJ the COW. 81 we find
these men coming mp in their state organ
! izations and telling us that they prefer
/ honest butter because II is made by hon
est men.
III say give rs no more internal revenue
taxes. Let M have this rs II ought 10
come from the Congress of the United
| States. Deal with it rs heroically ~ the
surgeon wonld with the knife with man
on the field, where it must be promptly
applied or the subject would die. We are
! treating this thing here childishly. 1t
does not become ms. it does not become
! Congress. The country does not want such
treatment.
"Tf this be a fraud, do not Jet Congress
license it. The States may do il give
them the opportunity Of correcting them
selves; but for Gods sake do not let the
| Congress of the United States set the eX-
ample Of licensing fraud. Rather let the
fraud 20 on. Lot every fraud 20 on let
your gambling houses 90 on let every nm
| licensed institution that the country ought
not to tolerate 90 on rather than the Con
rress Of the United States should pass a
| bill recognizing the thing, and say that it
10 licensed. Let oleomargarne be manu-
featured il need be, but do not lot ms IL
oense it let butterine be manufactured II
need be, the one from the carcass Of the
hog and the other from the steer, but let
us leave it ont Of the legislation Of the
! American Congress-
The Republican party OF Virginia has
declared i'm favor Of entire abolition OF
the internal revenue taxes i'm lis plat
forms. and before the new organization
Of parties the demand for thi, repeal was
made by each and every faction OF a
party. When we place another article
/ on the list. subject it to existing internal
revenue laws. place it under control OF
the internal revenue bureau andit- thou-
sands Of officers. and then alliN the
stamp. the hated symbol OF war taxes
and the Governments license certificate
10 make and vcnd poisonous food. are
we not retrcatng when We promised To
advance Are we not violating plight
ed faith Are we not Sinking moral OBJ
legation and responsibility:
Again, We agree That protection 10
American industries j. of the first I'M
portancc. We had "a, we'll conclude that
tariff and internal revenue taxation cali
not much longer exist. One must 90.
This becomes more apparent with every
report from the Treasury Department.
! Which would Nirginians retain: The
one taxes and protect that which it taNc-.
The other taxes 80 uncqually a, that Viz
0inia piv- treble as much rs She would
under the uniform system contemplated
by our constitution. II give few States
a monopoly 81 whi-kcy manufacture,
while Virginia. with the rest. is Gus
toner and consumer Of this product OF
their corn and rye. II puts the great
tobaccco interest Of our State at the mcr-
cy Of speculative capital 10 Is law
which make. labor the subject oi capi-
tal. II wa once necessity. II j. now
q blight to Virginia and q curse 10 the
/ Nation. By no vote of mine Ina, it been
strengthened I'm it, grip. or IL, life pro-
longrd for day. twill not doto judge
the virtue Of a measure by the votes of
! congressman. There are manufacture
ing States. the bcncfciaric, Of cheap bal
last frcight-. on the Atlantic coast which
would retain a part OF thi, odious system
I'm order 10 reduce the tariff on the raw
material which enters into their manu-
featured goods, wares. iron and STEEL
virginia. raw material is far removed
from water transportation lines, and her
laborcr. can never be placed in COMPETE
ton with the hybrid- and herb eaters OF
Spain.
On the Interstate Commerce bill |
gave my views and my vote. There
were seven word, i'm the bill which linn
tied discrimination By iOrbiddmg it on
freight shipped "from the same original
point Of departure" which wa, altogctli-
cr in the interest Of through freight, and
against that Of the local shipper and
changed the law fixing the liability Of
common carriers. My vote followed the
reasons then assigned and now repro
duced from the Rccord:
INTERSTATE COMMERCE..
"The senate as in Committee of the
Whole. resumed the consideration of the
! bill Is. l532) to regulate commerce, the
pending question being OH the amendment
/ proposed by Mr.. Camden in section 1, line
| ). after the word direction to strike out
the words "and from the same original
point of departure"
"Mr. Riddleherger Mr.. President, do
not propose t. ask of the Senate more in
diligence than IL necessary to explain
the reasons for the vote which ~ Sena-