The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-11
Morrison ON K.ndAlI.s Tariff BnI.

i've Aorrison's report on The Randall
Dill says: The bill proposes 10 remove
all internal taxes on tobacco, smut and
cigars, amounting. on the basis Of last
years receipts, to SIS, 900 40; on apple,
p aeh and grape branuy, 10 81 400 100;
ON spirits for use III the arts vsfIOusly
estimated az from 81 UU0 COZ To- $4,000 =
JUO and bel eyed To be- al last $lO OJO, u o,
making an aggref e of internal Ie-
venue taxes To Ue removed $39.-
lOO,OOO. la the appendix Of the esii-
mates submitted with the bill as q
part OF IL, the reduction OF the revenue
from customs on tariff taxes TO b.
elected Dy It, is estimated al $3.50. $40,
maaing the aggregate OF the proposed
Reductions SIS UUO,UUO. The bills 10 so
duce excessive revenues and = state
ment that there were no exceS-
We revenues TO be Tedul ed
we're submitted to the House by the
same member in the same halt month.
II toe statement tnat the revenues Will
not exceed the appropriations and estl-
ma Is IN the bill, including the loss of
receipts from brandy and from spirits
LOT use in the arts, NAV be credited, the
enactment of the bill into law will
cave the government $4,000,
snInisLr alton of government and
tue requirements OF 4 public debt
authorized by law including debts in
CURED by payment OF pensions already
allowed, the validity OF which we may
not question and the payment OF which
Is enjolned upon us IN the oath We
nave taken 70 support the Constitution.
Your committee willing to credit q
purpose so lacking III patriotism, so
iOrgetful OF public faith, must believe
these and otner provisions OF the bill TO
De the result of fiscal distemper,
nindeIing ju { comprehension and IN
teliIgent treatment OF the subject. In
view of It's effect and purpose, so far as
/. has the purpose OF affecting the
r venue of the government, the bill
might well be left to that
neglect which, no doubt, il Mas
~ pected to receive. But IN the hope
Il at even so unglse a measure may
open the way Tor the majority OF the
House 10 redeem its pledges Oy the re-
mUYal ana reduction Of unnecessary and
h efore unjust taxes, your committee
T, port the bill back with the recommen-
aalIOn that II 10 not pass. The bill
Charges the duty or rate Of tax Oh artl-
cies yielding less than one-theuth (SI7,
. w, OOOJ OF SlS1, UOO, OOO received from the
customs IN 1855. II inc. eases those
which yielded Sill 600 0UO and decreases
or removes those which Weld 500 900,
the bass Of reports for 1850. ltuOes not
reduce the revenue from custom $500.
$40, nor at all out does increase II - 90.
Besides the articles added 10 the Tree
list, the duty or import tax Is reduced
ON castor Oll, castor beans, starch, iron
and steel rails. Beams, giruers, Iead
snu other ARTICLES yielding s., 81, OOO OF
revenue and the revenue - estimated
ON The Till TO fail of III proportion TO
the reduced rate of taxation, recon-
mended. The tax on all clothing,
whether of silk, linen, cotton or wooden,
and other wooden goods, OF tin plates.
cotton ties, ana other articles yielding,
as already stated, Sll, 90, 0UO Is increased
and the revenue IS estimated 10 IA
yf in still greater proportion than
IN articles upon which the rate of tax
Is reduced. Apparently the bill was
presented in the belief that necessity
existed for a reduction and that desired
end is reached both through higher
nd lower taxes. The estimates with
the bill are made on this arbitrary
ass umption. and are entitled 10 nc
respect whatever.
The report then proceed 20 consider
the Randall bill IN detail and says:
The estimates and intended effect Of
the bill are believed 10 make plain the
methods By which the taxation on the
basis OF imports and revenue
receipts in 1855 would yield
$4,000, go of revenues and be
made TO divert that sum from
public purposes to private gain The
introduction OF this bill would be con-
sIdered the FIRST avowed attempt 10 our
legislative history 10 empty the Treas
ury by the use OF the taxing power. II
this measure may be supposed 10 have
any purpose relating to a system OF
il points TO direct taxation, for
when internal revenue taxes are taken
off ana custom house taxes are laid on
so high that the people get burned,
benefit and the Treasury
gets nothing. New sources OF supply will
be inevitable. The measure Is not
supposed TO foreshadow any such
system or to do more than
INDICATE 4 mind unleaIned in methcd s
and unmindful of results. In treat
ing of the proposed reduction and re-
mOTal Of internal revenue taxes, Nor
rison says they are not lightly borne
and cannot reiinQuished In the face
Of $4,000, L0J.000 Of war debt yet unpaid.
The report then says: This We do
know, that OF these 100000 people
woo do something, sUme work, or are
engaged in gainful pursuits, Is. 900 900,
Of these earn on an average not much
more than $500 e year. which is peces-
sariiy consumed in the means OF sub
sistence. while substantially tie sey-
ings 90 TO the other one-tenth,
and that We are overtaken and are in
the midst OF an industrial paralysis. A
million OF workmen are idle for tae
want OF work TO do, and capital in still
greater proportion lies dead or unpro-
ductive. Our hills and mountains. are
full of mineral wealth, millions OF acres
OF productive lands wait for the plow,
homes for the homeless millions are 10
be had for the taking. Favored With
plentiful harvestsblest witt health, the
only plague which affects US
il idIeness. What We need Is
profitable employment. There is sn
apparent puny effort in the
bill through an increase of taxation 10
shut out goods from abroad that they
may De made at home. II this effort
was so successful rs TO prevent the i'm
portation Of all manufactures, We would
have direct taxation and three quarters
Of a million men yet unemployed. Their
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