Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-09-21
QUIHINE.
The Evil Prophecies By Which the
Manufacturers Sought To Pre-
vent Repeal of the Tax.
MR.. zIE's SPEC

In 1883 the WAYS and Means Commit
tee OF which w. d. Kelley. was Chairman.
reported bill which restored the duty
on ouinine and increased it from twenty
to twenty five Der cent. Mr.. Mckenzie.
who had been instrumental in the re-
peal OF the tax. spoke against the scheme
to re-enact it. and the WAYS and Means
Committee was overruled.
MIR. McKenzie's speech. delivered JAN
uary, 81, 1883, was frequently interrup
ted. and w. d. Kelley sought to choke hi
of. He was Siven fifteen minutes. and
spoke as follows:
Mr.. Mckenzie said:
Mr.. Chairman: / desire to give
notice to the committee that at the
proper time, if the amendment proposed
by the gentleman from Virginia shall
pass, I will move to insert on the free
list "quinia and cinchonidia. sulphate
and salts Of" SO that it may not come
in under the enumerated clauses at al
average rate OF duty Of % per cent. ad
valorcm, but shall be entirely upon the
free list
Mr.. Chairman, in the consideration
Of this question, 1T seems to me- that
no argument whatever is necessary to
demonstrate the Importance OF reuain-
ing these articles upon the free list
No bill was passed by the Forty sixth
Congress that met with such unanimous
praise and commendaJion on The part
Of the great body OF the American
people as the bill putting the salts and
sulphiteS Of Qulnlne and clnch0nlua Oh
the free list.
There are two questions that suggest
themselves to US in this connection: One
Is, has the passage OF that Oil stopped or
retarded in any manner the manufacture
Of these salts in this country; and the
next is, has the passage OF that bill cheap
ened these salts anu sulphates to the peo-
pie of thi country line answer to these
questions are vefy ample. 30 Lar from
retardlng the Manufacture, have In my
hand tables showing that since the pas
sage of that act on June 80, 1879, which
was the date OF the passage OF the Dill,
up to the present time there has been not
only no decrease in the manufacture but
there has been an increase, two establish
ments having sprung into existence since
that time, while the prices have steadily
declined. With reference to the question
as to whether these articles have been
cheapened by the passage OF that bill, 1
desire to call the attention OF the commit
tee to the table prepared by Mr., j. ).
Moore, who probably has as much gen.
eral information upon the Suplect VI tno
tariff as any 9th r citizen OF this country,
the Chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee always excepted. -uaughter}
From January, 1879, TO June 80, N19,
the price of taxed quinine as shown by
these tables was So 63 per ounce. From
July 1, 1879, to December 81 1879. after
the free-quinine bill had gone into opera
tion, the price was $500 per ounce, maxi
ing saving to the people of thirty -four
cc.ts per ounce In 1877 taxed qulnine
sold at $3.7 per ounce, and in the year
$50 free quinine sold at 5000 per ounce,
. saving Of seventy-three per cent.
In the year 1878 taxed Quinine sold
for $3.50 an ounce, and in 1881 free
quinine sold for S2.47l-2 per ounce,
showing the immense saving of s1.0S l-2
per ounce under the operations Of the
free auinine bill Or take it IN this
way: the average price Of Quinine from
January i. 1877. to July, 1879. was
S.. 81 LIS per ounce. and during the two
and half years from July, 1870, to
December. 1881, the average price of
free quinine was 2.s6 per ounce, or .
reduction Of IS Is cents per ounce
Now, I have tried every inaeinable
way sto find out exactly what amount
of qnininr was consumed in the United
STATES and the very hest approximate
aaunesss that have bean ehls 10 reach