Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-02
THE RAWLINGS BILL.

L u L IA W Linus BILL.
Ohio Farmer.
This measure came up again in th
Senate on Wednesday of last week, i
II special order. The manufacturers O
the State had got in their work the even
/ ing before. The representatives from
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo, Spring
4 field, Akron, and nearly every othe
manufacturing center, had secured i;
special hearing and the effect was seer
wednesday morning when Senator Ad
ans moved postponement until the
afternoon, as he wanted to investigate a
, little more. He said that manufactur,
} ers run their factories during the winter
when trade is dull, and in the spring
they have an immense amount of man.
ufactured articles on hand. If these
must be taxed, it is claimed that facto-
rieS will shut down in winter and throw
mechanics out of work. Postponement
was agreed upon, till 3 P. NJ, at which
time Senator Adams proposed an amend
ment providing that the manufacturer
need not list for taxation those articles
on hand which have been manufactured
subsequent to January of that year. In
other words, the Adams amendment ex-
empted all finished products manufac-
tured during January, February, March,
and the few days of April before
listment day. The amendment was sup
ported by Wilson of Madison, Richards
ofLawrence, Cole of Scioto, and others,
in speeches, and ably opposed by Sena-
tors Nichols, Kerr, Soncrant, Oren, and
Alexander
The Adams amendment was adopted
by the following vote:
Ayes es-Messrs. Adams, Brady, Brown,
Buchanan, Carpenter, Cleveland, Cole,
Corcoran, Herman, Howells, Massie,
Morrison, Richards, Schneider, Silver,
Wallace, Wilson-17.
tNays-Messrs. Alexander, Amos, eau |
mer, Hildebrand, Kerr, Lowry, Nichols,
Oren, Humphrey, Ryan, Soncrant, Ste
phens, Sutton, Van Cleaf-14.
The bill as amended passed by the fol-
lowing vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Adams, Alexander,
Amos, Brady, Buchanan, Carpenter,
Cleveland, Gaumer, ,Hildebrand, Howells,
Kerr, Lowry, Massie, Nichols, Oren,
Humphrey, Reid, Richards, Ryan, Son
Grant, Stephens, Sutton, Van Cleaf-23.
Noes-Messrs. Brown, Cole, Corcoran,
Herman, Morrison, Schneider, Silver,
Wallace, Wilson's.
OF course this bill will not be accept
able to the farmers of Ohio. They want
no exemptions from just taxation, no
special privileges for any class or indus
try. The bill as passed is simply an
abortion. AS the head line of the
Cleveland Leaders report has it, the
Adams amendment ''pulled the teeth"
of the Rawlings -Soncrant bill, leaving it
powerless to do any good in the way
Of securing just taxation of manu-
facturers. Senator Adams own state
ment proves the injustice of the meas /;
lre. If manufacturers run their shops
to the full capacity during winter, when
trade is dull, about everything they have
On hands listment day would be pro- !
iuced during the exempted period, and t
hou io1
or finished products to return. If the .
Soncrant bill would close up factories 7
Turing the winter, as alleged by Senator
Adams, his amendment would close
hem up during the other nine months.
This is the logical result of his own ar
,ument. The original Rawlings bill
would have served Senator Adams's pur-
,ose exactly, if it was to provide against :
Unjust taxation, but not if it was to kill n
he measure dead, or give manufactur- O
rs even greater advantages than they n
ave under the present law.
The Adams amendment leaves the !,
biggest kind of door open for manu-
acturers to escape through. Under
uch law we do not believe nearly as s
much tax would be paid as under the S
Id law. We are glad to say that the o
armer members of the House repudiate IL
he Senate abortion. :
At a meeting held Wednesday even Fl
ng they resolved unanimously to fight e.
he Adams amendment and stand by the ,
ill as amended by Mr.. Soncrant. The
ill now goes to the House, where we .,
ope it will meet the fate it deserves.
Senator Wilson of Madison, whom the a,
leader of this city styled "the most ex- ic
ensive farmer in the Legislature" C,
laced himself on record as the most Il
xtreme and radical antagonist of any
MEASURE that proposes to disturb manu-
acturers in their special exemption i,
rom taxation. As soon as we can find
oom we propose to give Senator Wilson p
little attention.
CUT IT SHORT. B
ew York World n
If it is unnecessary to say a thing
Thy say it?
at is altogether needless to enter on -
nv argument to sustain this PROPOSE VI