Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-04

fore, which resulted from the PASS
OF this free-quinine bill is over ST sou.
| GOO year to the people Of this coun,ry
and taking it for the three years since
the passage OF this bill, the saving Il
| the American people has been over 81.
! 5000
l ask the honorable Chairman OF shs
! Committee oh Ways and Means if in ths
literature of petitions that h:.Ve crowded
his commlttee-roOm- audience cham.
Der Of projections single, solitary con.
sumcr of quinlne, white or black, male
or female, including Indians not taxed
.Idughter), has ever asked that august
body to restore l cent of duty on that
drugr | guarantee that there In NOT
one, and / defy the gentleman from
Pennsylvania to exhibit a single instance
where any cry has ever come up for the
relmposltlon Of the tax upon Quintne,
unless 1t come from the jobber, manu-,
facturer, or dealer In some form, who il
interested In keeping this tsx upon the
people.
In all this bad bill Of I40 pags, which
Is cumulative in its wickedness and pro-
gressive in its devilment the propos1 tion
TO restore the duty on quin1no IL tho
climacteric and ultima Thule Of its mean.
ness. Naughter.l No bill has ever en-
and Means, committee whose MANS
should be changed by resolution Of this
House to that of the friends of the
poor laughter)-no proposition has ever
emanated from that committee which
compares with this either in its aggre-
gated Of, segregated iniquity. UaughteH
and applause.l
bill is unredeemed BY single feature
which looks to the benefit of either tho
Government of the United States OF tho
people themselves except such as the
manufacturers 5obbers, or monopolists.
and defy, the gentleman from Penn
syNania mt Kelley to sshow such .
feature IL 1t exist.
The ague- stricken people of the coun.
try will call this Congress accused II
the tax on this drug is restored. Thew
pronounced your party unworthy Of COM
hdence last November. They demanded
reform IA our tariff system. and 1t comes
with Ill grace from you after having
been repudiated at the polls to reinstate
q tax for which not one single SOLITAIRE
voter in America has petitioned excepu
those who have direct pecuniary inter-
est In Its imposition.
~ You had as well attempt to lay . tax
on air and Gods sunlight, which honestly
DeIIeVe you would do II q single citizen OF
urn IN the city Of Philadelphia were en-
gased In the manufacture of either. Laugh.
mittee on Ways and Means If they arc will.
Ing to go ON record rs championng a bi;I>
Mhien LOOKS to the relief from taxation OF
that pro propf c medicines, preparations
inca viscera than all other preparations
known 70 human Ingenuity In the mater OF
R Ihs torare; and as stin insisting upon
which brings healing on lis Wings IN
every bed OF sickness in the landf
by The way, l got circular letter this
me me OF the outrageous Injustice being done to
the industry they are following. Thev
threatened us In 1879, when the bill WAS
Paosoa tsnng the tax of this drug. with the
funnins sui. and two additional factor5es
have been started since the removal 81 the
the HOMO Now; Mr. Chairman. the csS before
man against the SICK poople of the United
states; Rose ngarten d sons against the
s snd N hos pisls The .sajority Of the Ways
tiff. and desirs Mr. chairman, to have p,I my
name entersd rs attorney for the defense.
rssfize that numbers and ab,,rtv ~. a.
rayed against me. but, poor advocate as q
am. 1 feer thai my cause IS SO tust I(can
Plead II successfully before that great fury
Srou Sbtm IN you s, dsst srpealed, and who
applause.l ""o
You may defeat this amendment; you
this Infamous bill; but we viii anneai r.
70 the american people, and I have no
sort OF doubt as to the result. f Won
re,enact this tax you lend yourselves to tho
~5as 49, = he passes between tho tellers hero
pest-housssss - promote the establishment Of
TO add rack Az Ana se v hcspitals. who wants
who wants to appear 6 - .ro y slcAnoss
death and the friend Of the devN 4. S ~ ~
himself In favor of the restoratfcs a SSf@
WI qunne. Laughter and applsuseJ =
4. want to eau the attention Of the HOUSE
70 the tact that last year. as members viii
possibly recollect objected to the dcIegatton
OF the powers OF the Committee on Ways
aged and highly unpreiudiced speciaiisfn
known as the Tariff Commission Hauehterl
1 did not believe then that the Tari1f Com.
mission mad any more ability to revise our
system OF revenue than had tho COMMITTEES
on Ways and Means. But after reading the
Dill reported by that committee. and com.
pairing 1t with the report of the Tsriff Con-
MISSION and Its recommendations. desire
pupncly to retract every utteranco mado
on that occasion. Laughter.l
=. NOW, look at the fee list Of this bnf:
IL is fun of goodness and wisdom and be-
nevolence. see here and thank COD Is,
it, that the Committee on WAYS and MAJ. ~
has put blood" on the free list Gauehter.l
sir. II you were to levy tax of only 4 cenS
gallon on all the blood which you have
extracted, through the means of your infn.
nous tariff. from the American people. You
could pay the national debt In twelve months
and have large surplus In tho Federal
treasury. Considering the enormous amount
mat you have heretofore extracted you need
not levy any prohibitory duties on IL nor
need you permit 1t to como in freq. It r
already drug in the market
..,bone-dust" on the free list MY God, ecns
uemen, You are manufacturing bcno dust IN
pauper graveyards whenever yoa propooo
to tax quinine, and you are making 70 veey
Yon have put musk and cfvep On the
free list. Now, when como TO eontem-
plate this bill, looking ut 1t In its altitude
and Its pulctritude, in Its concsvtty and it
feel like exclaiming with old King LesS
when contemplating the ingrat1tude Of his
daughters, Give mo an ounce Of oivek
s Son ap9Gt assss,; to 'wess'n my hasna'
You have exempted fpecacs nom auty,
All, gentlemen. you need NOT put thai
on the free list to create nausea enough In
the siemachs Of the American people q
lead them to spew your party out In ASA.
And you have put .ieechess ON do mes
Of ns Ss y i0s S1gcss
tn, COMMITTEES on Ways and GsanA UAnghs
teri
Tsn ySS haze gqs SR:p Ssss '' N: n.
God Almighty and . few protected indfvid-
uals only know. I presume tt ID meant to
protect these ~barons' and to suggest thai
a double quantity Of whstsver sdivy: Il.
Qaughter.l
You have put diamonds on tho free list.
Now there . Is danyys h on tie
pie of this land into the dirt &c 10 the tax ON
diamonds. (Laughter)
You have put "1oss stickss on tho mo.
OF the Chinese. uaughter). You are viii
ling that the heather within our borders
may burn incense to the unknown god FREQ
from taxation while the humble American
worshiper Is taxed 25 per cent. upon tho
Bible which points his way to heaven.
applause. I saw a lot of you at tfe
Chinese minister's the other night: ard
while YOU may despisc his civilization rnu
manifested a very nigh appreciation of III
punch. Qanghter). Asiatic civilization
when II comes to the matter of ~chcau
lob0r5 pnf srfN