, 1890-06-04

from the recent u000S.
The senate bill for preventing the adul-
t~eration Of food and drugs was reported
and placed on the calendar.
The resolution offered yesterday by Ed
munds for an investigation by the com
mittee on fisheries into the charges of
advancement OF the fish commission
er's Office was taken up and after discus
sion laid over.
The committee on education aud labor
reported a senate bill to provide Tor otlig-
atory at school of children in
Alaska, and the senate bill without re-
commendation) to organize bureaus OF In
formation relating 10 employment, occu-
patton and means of livelihood. Placed
on the calendar.
The silver bill was taken up and Pugh
addressed the senate. His speech was
largely devoted to a criticism OF the tariff
bill.
At the conclusion of Pugh's speech the
silver bill was temporarily laid aside and
the following senate bills taken from the
calendar and passed: To amend a sec
ton OF the Revised Statutes so as to make
it read: ANY person who withdraws
any fcrmented liquors from any hogshead,
barrel or key or other vessel upon which
the proper stamp has not been affixed for
the purpose of bottling the same, or who
carries on the business of b%ottling fer
mented liquor in any brewery or other
place.in which fermented liquor is made,
or upon any premises having communica-
ton with a brewery or warehouse, shall
be liable to a fine Of $500 and the prop
erty used in such bottling or business
shall be liable to forfeiture. Provided,
hN~auar fhta aantfOn ohoI nof ha 0nn-
strued to prevent the withdrawal and
transfer Of fermented liquors from any
of the watts in any brewery by way of pipe
line or other conduit to another
building or place for the sole
purpose of b~ottling the same; such pipe
line or conduit to be constructed and
operated under such rules and regulations
as may be prescribed by the commissioner
of internal revenue subject to the
approval of the secretary OF the treasury,
and all locks and seals prescribed shall be
provided by the commissioner of inter
nal revenue at the expense of the United
States. Provided, further, that the tax
imposed in section 5 of the Revised
Statutes be paid on all fermented liquor
removed from the brewery to the bottling
house by mean of pipe or conduit at the
time of such removal by the cancellation
and DETACHMENT by the collector Of the
district of the number of stamps dcnot-
ing the amount of tax on the fermented
liquors then moved. The stamps thus
cancelled and deiaced shall be disposed of
and accounted for in the manner directed
by the commissions of ~internal revenue
with the approval of the secretary of the
treasury, and any violation of the rules
and regulations hereafter prescribed BY
the commissioner of internal revenue,
will. the approval of the secretary of the
treasury. in pursuance of these provisions,
shall be subject to the penalties above
provided by this section. Every owner,
agent or superintendent of any brewery or
bottling house who removes or connives
at the removal of any fermentsd liquors
through a pipe line or conduit without
the payment of the tax thereon, or who
attempts to defraud the reve-
nue. as above stated shall forfeit
all liquors made by and for him
and all utensils and apparatus used IN
making the same. To provide for the
expectation of fermented liquor in bond,
without the payment of international rev.
enue tax. the bill provides that FROM and
after January. 1891, fermented liquor
may be removed from the place of manu-
facture or storage for export to a foreign
country without the payment of the tax
on such packages, and under such regula-
lions and upon giving such notices OF en-
tries of bonds and other security as
the commissioner of internal revenue,
with the approval OF the secretary of the
treasury, may from time to time pre-.
scribe. and no drawback OF tax shall be
allowed on fernented liquor exported on
and after January l, 1891, unless entered
for expectation prior to such date.
The silver bill was again taken up and
Farwell addressed the senate. He de-
clared himself in full accord with the pur
pose of the bill, but said he was in favor
of going still further. He would use for
money all silver offered and not a stipu-
lated sum as provided for in the bill, and
he would coin it at its market value. II
the price of silver should advance to par
with gold (as the friends of the bill
claimed it would) then free coming would
come as a matter of course. What other
objection would there be. he asked, to
silver. Two other things were nee
essary. The national bank system should
be preserved and the sub-treasury
system abolished. When these measures
we're adopted the people could get all the
money they needed. The issuing by the
the government, under the pending bill.
of treasury notes with silver bullion be-
hind them as security, furnished a circu-
lation that was absolutely safe and could
not.be redundant. The monthly retirement
of national bank currency of the national
bank system should be perpetuated by
substituting other bonds than United
States bonds to secure the circulation.
The people would then utilize all
the best bonds of the country
and would procure such circulation as
the business Of the country demanded.
The treasury notes to be issued under the
bill would add largely to the circulating
medium. He did not think that it was
within the province of congress to deter
mine the amount of circulating medium,
but some law like the national banking
law showed the means by which the peo-
pie could determine that matter for them
selves. His object in favoring
the abolition Of the sub treas
ury was to have all the money
Of the people in the channels of
business as it was before the passage of
independent treasury act in 1910.
At the close OF Farwel's speech the
silver bill was laid aside and the fortified.
ton bill taken up. The amendment i'll
creasing the appropriation for rified sea
coast mortars from $3.50, 900 to S4O0, coo
was agreed to. Without further action
on the bill the senate adjourned.