Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-13
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RANDALL'S REVENUE BILL
THE PROPOSED PLAN FOR pEcREAs-
ING TIE PEOPLES BURDENS.

.bacco, and the imports Frce List Largo.
iy s~weiled--The Theory Upon which
h Bill Was Figured Out.
WASHINGTON, March 12.-Mr Samuel
J Randall will introduce In the house his
bill ito reduce and eqnalize duties on
imports, to reduce internal revenue taxes,
and for other purposes, The first nine
sections of the bill treat of the tax on
and regulations concerning tobacco, spir-
Its, beer, etc. The following sections are
Indicative:
Section THAT all laws now In force
whereby farmers and producers of to-
bacco are restricted in the sale and dis
position Of the same, and all laws and
parts Of laws SO far as the same relate to
internal revenue taxes herein specified,
be and the same are, hereby repealed, to
take effect on the LIST day Of July, 1883,
namely: The taxes on manufactured to-
bacco, snuff. cigars, cheroots and cigar
cites, and the special taxes required by
law to be paid by the manufacturers
of and dealers in leaf tobacco, re-
tail dealers in leaf tobacco, dealers IN
manufactured tobacco, peddlers OF to-
bacco, snuff and cigars.
Sec. 2. That Internal revenue laws
limiting, restricting or regulating the
manufacture, sale, or importation of to-
bacco, snuff, cigars, clieroots and cigar
cites, ARE hereby repealed, to take effect
on the first day Of July, 1888, and that
there shall be no drawback allowed on
any such articles which shall be entered
for export on or after this date provided,
that all laws now In force shall remain
and have full force and effect In respect
to all offehses committed, liabilities in
Cured, OF rights accruing, or accrued,
prior to b date when the repeal of taxes
specified in this act shall take effect.
Sec. 3. That all laws and parts of laws
imposing internal revenue tax on spir-
its distilled from apples, peaches, or
other fruits, are hereby repealed, to take
effect on the first day 81 fully, 1888; pro-
vided that no person or persons shall be
allowed to manufacture or distiil spirits
partly from fruits and partly from grain,
or other substances, without, the payment
of the full tax required by law upon the
making Or manufacture of spirits dis
titled from grain; and any person yio-
lating the provisions of this sec
tion shall be fined not more than
$500, or imprisonment more than
one year, or both, at the discretion
of the court; provided further, that upon
all unbroken packages, kegs, or barrels of
such fruit spirf,s there shall be q draw
back or rebate, in favor Of the distiller,
dealer, or other osYne of such spirits, to
h full amount of the tax paid thc eon;
but the same shall not apply in any case
where the claim has not been presented
within ninety days following the date
when such repeal shall take effect, and
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amount than $5.
In an interview with a United Press
reporter, Mr. and made the ffeiio~~rsfnfsz
explanation concerning the bill: t'The
bill repeats the entire internal revenue
tax on tobacco, and on fruit brandies. 1t
also repeats the license tax on wholesale
and retail liquor dealers, leaving these
as recommended by Jefferson, SO that
the state authorities might adopt them,
1t makes alcohol used in the arts free,
and reduces the taxes on whisky TO so
cents on the gallon. In the tariff the BIZ.
Is q careful and complete revision OF the
whole tariff system. 1t carries to the
free list a large number of articles now
paying duties and which enter into con-
sumption either as raw material
or otherwise, and In the production of
which there Is no injurious competition
between this and other countries. In
h revision of the tariff the aim has
been intelligently to apply consistent
principles to all branches of industry,
and in so doing our industrial system has
been considered as q whole, and differing
from other industrial systems in the inn
portant fact that the laborer in this
country receives a large share of the an
nual products of labor and capital COM
bined, than in any other country.
This important advantage to the
labor interests of the United States
the bill aims to preserve through
out, while at the same time, lin fairness
to ell interests as stated In the Chicago
platform, to reduce and equaiize the
duties on Imports The principles ap
piled to the revisionsof the tariff in this
bill are, first. that the difference in cost
of producing commodities in this and
other countries, where there lis no
climatico or other natural causes why they
cannot be produced a~bundantly in this
country, has been studied, aud every
where adhered to, as the cardinal princi-
pie to be enforced In n revis-
ion of the tariff. In such4a scheme
all industries, of course, should stand on
an equal footing, and in no instance
should the power Of the government be
e 9ScA w SiGtdeG WAC hgpfG hQ0tlSE,ANs lU
other words, our industrial System must
be considered as a whole, In which all
who participate In 1t share its benefits,
whether they are engaged In one indus
try or another. One principle of great
Importance has been kept constantly liz
view, and that is the line which marks
the difference In the cost of producing
commodities here and abroad. In other
words, the line of fnir competition
10 always and is necessarily
above the point OF maximum revenue.
Consequently, to reduce the duties on any
commodity: below the line of difference
In cost, which as stated ID the line of even
competition until the line of maximum
revenue is passed, necessarily increases
the On the contrary, to raise
duties from the line of maximum sevenue
by lessenfng importations, reduces the
revenues, This principle has been kept
in view throughout the bill in the adjust
ment OF duties. no determine where
the line Of difference In cost falls
Is, of course, in many instances, difficult,
but 1t may be safely asserted that. where
important importations In a line of COM
modities Is large and increasing, no good
reason appearing why they cannot as
well be produced here-that such duties
are below the cost line and that the adj
vantage Isl with the foreign producers
II production in the same line is dimin-
ished err suspended altogether in this
country, 1T becomes proof prositive that
the advantage is too great to be
overcome without d readjustment OF
duties In such cases, embracing
however, but a few articles, there has
been no h~esitancy in preparing this bill,
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