Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-04-25
HOUSE.
senate adjsurne'

HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, April 16.-The house passed
Of the Arthur Xiii bridge.
A motion was made to suspend the rules
and put the river and harbor bill upon It's
passage. The reading of the bill consumed
nearly an hour and a half.
Mr.. Anderson, of Kansas demanded Sec
ond reading and the motion was seconded
yeas, 1913; nays, As.
A motion was then made that the house adj
journ. This was lost, and after sharp de-
bate the motion to suspend the rules and pass
the bill was lost-yeas, 1874; nays, 120-not
the necessary two-thirds in the affirmative.
Mr.. wilkins, of Ohio, to suspend the rules
and adopt the following resolution:
Resolved, That it is the sense of the house
that section 2 of the act making appropria-
tons for the sundry civil expenses OF the
government for the year ending June
30, 1882, and for other purposes, ap-
proved March 8, 1881, which is as. follows:
THAT the secretary of the treasury may at
any time apply the surplus money in the
treasury, not otherwise appropriated, or SO
much thereof as he may consider proper, to
the purchase or redemption Of United States
bonds; provided that the bonds SO purchased
or redeemed shall constitute no part Of the
sinking fund, but shall be redeemed and can
celled," was intended to be permanent pro-
vie nf 10, nd fho fc ahu
to have been since its enactment and to be
now, in the opinion of the house, in full force
and effect.
Mr.. Weaver declared that this resolution
meant nothing more than the defeat and
burial of the house resolution with the Beck
silver amendment. He appealed to the ways
and means committee not to allow 1t to be
buried
The resolution was finally adopted-yeas,
1888; nays, Ga.
Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, April 17.-At II o'clock the
house went into committee Of the whole with
Mr.. Springer, of Illinois, in the chair, for con-
sideration of the tariff bill.
Mr.. Mills began his speech by saying that
the great increase of duties made during the
war had been at the time they were made
stated to be only temporary, yet quarter of
a century later these duties were higher than
they were during the war and they now aver
aged 47.10 per cent. on the imports. The in.
come tax had been imposed to meet the war
expenses, but it was gone. 1t was tax on
wealth, and the $72 100000 annually realized
from that source was swept away, but the war
tax on clothing, on food and on the nipple
ments of labor remained and war was still
being prosecuted against the people, fiscal
war exhaustive in its demands, and every
effort to remove or lower that taxation had
been resisted and defeated.
There had been tax on railroads, but 1t
was gone. 1t had not lived long after the
war. 1t had been a tax on wealth. 1t was
said to be oppression to tax the wealthy.
There had been tax on insurance compan-
les. 1t was gone. There had been tax on
express companies. 1t was gone. There had
been tax on bank deposits and bank capt.
been paid by the wealth of the country had
been swept away and the burden of taxation
had been made heavier as it had been loaded
upon the shoulders of those who had to sup
port themselves and the government. Was
the tax OF per cent. to be paid out of the
pockets of the manufacturers of blankets
weight more enormous than the tax of 10 per
domestic products! Was the tax Of 8 per cent.
on incomes more oppressive than the
tax OF 100 per cent. on women's and chill
dren's dress goods? Yet all these taxes on
wealth had gone, and the gentlemen of the
minority boosted that they had reduced taxes
10 the amount of $500 00O, 600, while the Dem
ocratic party had reduced it only bagatelle
That was splendid column those gentlemen
had erected. All the tax on wealth had passed
away, and all the burdens had been cast upon
the shoulders Of the laboring man. In 1888
taxation had still further been reduced, and
the magnificent shaft which the party then In
power had erected to commemorate its legis-
lative wisdom and the benefcience of its laws
was crowned with capstone taking of the
international revenue tax on playing cards
and putting tax of 20 per cent on bibles.
The Democrats have been tainted with the
charge that they had failed to reduce taxa
ton. This charge had been made by the mi
nority, which had been guilty Of preventing
action on many bills brouuht into the house
by the committee on ways and means.
Mr.. Mills turned his attention to wooden
manufactures and urged that the public at
large was injured by the present excess and
nobody benefited. High duties prohibit and
limit impertations and expectations. We were
feeding the people of Europe, and when we
put high duties on the goods they sent us In
exchange for food 1t amounted to taxing our
OHh 4AS IcuucltOu u
these duties could not, as asserted cheat
manufacturers and cramp labor. We always
imported more goods when prices were high.
Under low duties we could export more goods
and our manufactures would run steadily and
labor would be constantly employed. Not
more than 10 per cent. Of the goods consumed
la the United States would be imported IL all
the custom houses were torn down and the |
government supported by direct taxes |
The protectionists argued that MANN
featured articles we're cheaper here than in |
any other country. 1t was not so; but sup
pose that 1t was, why then should they resist |
SO strenously any effort follower duties If they |
were able to undersell all European manu- |
facturersl Did the manufacturers psy higher |
wages because protection enabled them to do !,
itl No. The higher wages were made by |
coal, steam and machinery, and higher wages I
meant lower cost of production. This nc
counted for the fact that free trade England /
paid HIGHER wages than protection France |
an i Germany and jet controlled the worlds
markets. he had requested the present chief !
Of the labor pureau to ascertain If there was