Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-21
A MOTION T0PLUNDER
Mr.. HISCOCK INTRODUCES A MEASURE TO
RAISE THE TOBACCO TARIFF
From fhrty-RVs 10 Ssvsnty-Hys Celts-The Mo-
dOn Promptly Defeated By a Vote of165 to
O-Ansrican Subjects in Rus
sia-Geleral News.

WASHINGTON, December 2O.-Mr. Cox,
New HOrk-A resolution calling upon the
President for all correspondence between
The Department of State and our Minister
10 Russia, or between that Minister and
The Russian Government in relation to the
conduct OF the Russian Government in the
or expulsion of S. Michaelbach-
sr, an American citizen who was expelled
from Russia on account of his being He
brew; and all other correspondence between
our Minister and thatof Russia in relation to
the condition or expulsion of Hebrews who
Are American citizens from the territory OF
Russia.
BY Mr.. Townsend, nlinois-To punish
the pOsseSSOrs of dies for counterfeiting
money; also to punish bribery in elections;
also to punish the passing of confederate
money rs a just obligation of the United
States.
By Mr.. 'Dingley-To protect the interests
of the National Homes for disabled soldiers
and forbidding the sale of distilled and fer
mented liquors within limits of any home.
By Mr.. Ryan, of Kansas, apprOpriating
500, 600 for the erection ola
To THE NEGRO SOLDIERS AND
SAILORS
of the war.
By Mr. Millard, of New YOrk-TO re-
peal all duties on sugar aud mOlaSses inn
ported in American vessels.
Mr.. Johnston, North Carolina-A resO-
luton instructing the Committee on Ways
and Means to report bill repeating the
internal revenue laws.
Mr.. Morrison introduced resolution
for the holiday recess from December ~ to
January 4. Referred.
Mr.. Hiscock called up his motion to
suspend the rules and pass the bill relat
ing TO
DUTIES on TOBACCO.
The bill amends the statutes relating to
the duty on leaf tobacco, rs follows: Leaf
tobacco in any bale, box, package, or bulk,
any part of which is suitable for wrappers,
ii not stemmed, 75c per pound; if stem
med, one dollar per pound, upon the whole
contents OF such bale, box, package or
bulk.
Mr.. Morrison opposed the bill. Since
the introduction OF this measure, and only
rs late as last Saturday, the House, with
the concurrence OF the gentleman from
New York HiScOckl bad decided pot TO
have any revenue legislatiOn-neither To
increase, nor diminish the revenue, and
indeed not to consider the question. He
had been in hopes that in obedience TO the
will of the House, the gentleman would
have withdrawn this proposition TO in
crease a tax
ALREADY ENORMOUSLY HIGH.
The proposition is to impose duty on
all imported leaf tobacco, suitable for
cigar wrappers of zoe pound, OF if stem
med at 81 a pound. The greatest portion
of this tobacco imported now paid 35c a
pound. The preteNt for the pending
measure was that the law ~ il now stood
was evaded. As IL now stood the law
which was adopted without even having
been considered or read in the House,
under what WAS known ~ the keiieT-
Reed device for a change OF rules imposed
75c on imported leaf tobacco of requisite
fneness and quality for wrapper and IL
for stemmed The Tariff Commission
had been asked to impose that duty, and
after investigating the whole question, II
had declined
To REPORTr IN FAVOR OF 1T.
Then it had come to be law in the way
he had already indicated.
The pending proposition was TO impose
duty OF 75c
To PROTECT THE HOME PRODUCER
of leaf tobacco. who already was protected d
by duty OF 35c pound. That rate was
more than ample protection to-day.
Mr.. Breckenridge, Arkansas, regarded
the bill rs a modest proposition 70 protect
a certain class Of tobacco GOO per cent. The
cigars wrapped in Sumatra tobacco were
CONSUMED PRINCIPALLY By THE WORK
ING CLASS,
and alone would have to pay the increased
duty. although it now paid a subsidy ofSU
per cent. 10 some T,0OO persons IN this
country. There was no commercial IN
dustrial or financial reason, based on pub
tic interest, for the passage of this bill. II
was proposition of subsidy, pure, simple
and unadulterated, and he hoped that the
day would come when the people would
whip such propositions from the Capitol, rs
the mOney-changers were whipped from the
Temple. The proposition OF the gentleman
from New York was somewhat peculiar.
1t was not simply to tax all wrappers 75c
and 81, but ii was 10 tax At that rate all
tobacco that was in bale in which there
was a single leaf suitable for wrapping.
Mr. HiScOCk'S