Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-10-01
CONGRESSIONAL.
n THE SENATE,

wAsHINGToS, September 3oth in the Senate
to-day the House bill to promote the admins
tration OF justice in the army was passed with
verbal amendment.
The resolution continuing the select Commit
tee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid
Lands during the present Congress was agreed
to.
A deficiency bill of s1O,3l6, for compensation
of members, was pas ed, motion to recon-
slider, by Mr. Morgan, was entered.
The conference report on the tariff bill was
taken up, and Carlisle addressed the Senate.
He would not, he said, attempt to discuss the
economic theory of the bill. 1t was now about
to pass entirely from the hands of the Senate
and beyond its control and discussion of the
question could not be undertaken without neg
lecting the last opportunity to state, as accu-
rately as possible, what the main provisions of
the measure were, and what would be the prob
able effect on taxation. It was not his purpose
to attempt to state the effect of the measure on
the public revenue, because it would be impos-
sible to do so with any degree of accuracy, but
he could state approximately what its effect on
taxation would be. No member of the Finance
Committee had ventured during the tariff de-
bate to express an opinion as TO what the effect
of the bill would be on the revenues of the Gov
eminent, except the Senator from Iowa, ALI
son, who, in the course Of his speech on the
subject of the expenditures of the Government,
revived the subject to some extent, but that was
before the conference report was made.
Carlisle asserted that the bill as it stood, ex-
cepting sugar and molasses removed from the
free list and placed on the dutiable list more
than it took from the dutiable list and placed
on the free list He also asserted that the bill
would reduce revenues and increase taxation.
Unless all his calculations were at fault the
average rate of duty under this conference bill
and the administrative bill on dutiable articles
would be so per cent, instead of 45N per cent.
under the existing laws. Carlisle went on to
give figures as to the increased taxation under
the conference bill. In order to compensate for
the enormous increase of taxation, tax OF
cents pound amounting to 50, oO0,O00 was to be
taken Off tobacco. The removal OF that tax
would relieve no man and be beneficial to no.
body but manufacturers and retailers OF to-
baccO.
Coming to the question of the bounty on
sugar, Carlisle said it would amount, on basis
of the present production, to between S7,000,00O
and $1,000, 900 year. This was the first time in
the history of the country that it was proposed
to pay bounty to domestic producers; but no
part of the bounty, he asserted, would be paid
to the grower of the beet or sorghum OF cane
Every dollar of it would go to the sugar manu-
facturer. The producer would not receive
higher price for his product, nor would the con-
sumer receive any benefit from the bounty.
Sugar would sell in the markets at the same
price precisely as now.
The Courts, said Carlisle, had invariably held
that the State Legislatures could not authorize
county or municipality to impose taxes for the
purpose o. encouraging manufacturers, or any
other industrial pursuits If the States could
not do it, with unlimited powers of taxing. how
Carlisle asked, could the General Government
do it? Referring to the reciprocity amendment,
he said it was proposition to confide to the