The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-04-27
HOUSE..

WAsHINGToN, April l6.-The house passed
he bill extending the time for the completion
OF the Arthur XIII bridge.
A motion was made to suspend the rules
and Put .ke river ind batbht, bill upon its
nearly an hour and half.
Mr.. Anderson, Of Kansas, demanded a sec
ond reading and the motion WAS seconded
yeas, 1913; nays, ~.
. 4 n,et!en was then niad. that the house sd-
journ. This was lost, and ate, :. sissp he
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 tesulstiou'
Resel*sd, HAT it Is The sense Of the house
that section OF the act lhsRlng appropria-
tlons for the stndry ci$ii expenses Of the
government for the year ending June
30, 1882, and for other PURPOSES, ap-
proved March s, 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 30 purchased
or redeemed shall constitute no part OF the
sinking fund, but shall be redeemed and can
| celled," was intended to he e permanent pro-
vision of law and the same is hereby declared
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 ths ways
| and means committee not to allow it to bt
buried.
The resolution WIS fnally adoptcd-yeae
\ t3S; nays, "a.
| Adjourned:
WAsHISGToS, April 1T.--At II O'Clock tn,
house went into committee IF the whole with
Mr.. Springer, OF Illinois, in the chair for con
sideration Of tho tariff bill
Mr.. Mills began his speech by saying tha
the great increase OF duties made during tn
war had been at the time they were mad
stated to be only temporary, yet a quarter o
a century later these duties were higher tha
| they were during the war and they now avel
aged Al. 10 per cent. on the imports. The In
come tax had been imposed to meet the wa
expenses, but 1t was gone. 1t was d tax o
7 wealth. aud tue $72 .000, 600 annually realize
from that source was swept away, but the wa
tax on clothing on food and on the impl,
ments Of labor remained and war was sti
being prosecuted against the people, tisc!
t war exhaustive in its demands, and ever
, effort to remove or lower that taxation ha
= been resisted and defeated.
There had been tax on railroads, but
e was gone. 1t mad not lived long after Il
c war. 1t had been tax on wealth. 1t W,
: said to be oppression 10 tax the wealth
There mad been tax on insurance compa
u les. 1t was gone. There had been tax
o express companies. 1t was gone. There h,
# been tax GU bank deposits and bank caI
!. tai. 1t was gone. The $500, 600, 600 that HI
;. been paid by the wealth of the country HI
d been swept away and the burden of taxatiy
r had been made heavier as it had been load
10 upon the shoulders OF those who had to su
port themselves and the government "
q the tax OF per cent. to be paid out of /
e pockets of the manufacturers of blankets
T. weight more enormous than the tax of 10 =
cent. paid by this consumer on imported al
'' domestic products! Was the tax of 3 per Ger
Y on incomes more oppressive than t
ID tax Of 100 per cent. on women's and oh
). dren's dress goods! Yet all these taxes
~ wealth had gone, and the gentlemen of {
70 minority bousted that they had reduced tax
g. 10 the amount of $3.50, coo, 600, while the De
ID ocratic party had reduced it only bagatel
. That was splendid column those gcntlem
had erected. All the tax on wealth had pass
Mt away, aud all the burdens had been cast up
ce the shoulders Of the laboring man. In Is
a. taxation had still further been reduced, a
the magnificent shaft which the party then
Oh had eraptp1 n 70 lou
an lative wisdom and the benefici.nce OF its ia
n was crowned with cspstone taking off I
- international revenue tax on playing ca,
NC and putting a tax of 20 per cent on ibles
e. The Democrats have been taunted with
ho charge that they had failed to reduce ia
IN tion. This charge had been made by the
" nority, which had been guilty of prevent
action on many bills brouuht into the hol
by the committee on WAYS and means.
:" Mr.. Mills turned his attention to WOO
les manufactures and urged thGs the public
ed large was injured by the present excrss
nobody benefited. High duties prohibit
limit impGrtations and expectations. View
On feeding the people Of Europe, and when
es- put high duties on the goods they sent us
nd exchange for food it amounted Il, taxing
-, own agricultural imports. The reduction
ly these duties could not, as ass ertcd, ch
In manufacturers and cramp labor. We alw
-ed imported more goods when prices were hi
-, Under low duties we could export more go
1iu and our manufactures would run steadily
est labor would he constantly employed.