The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-30
THU INTERNAL TAXES.
Tariff Framers cat Work or
Them Today.
INCOME PROBLEM Is A HARD ONE.

&c win Require Hard Tabor From Com
mittee Members Likely to BE sweep
ms-Bepublioans Preparing For Wig
orous Right on the New Measure.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-The ways
and means committee is today devoting
its attention to the internal revenue
Jchedule of the new tariff system.
Messrs. McMillin, Bryan and Montgom-
cry, members Of the subcommittee on
internal revenue, met and began the
formulation of the internal revenue
and income tax provisions. The in
ternal revenue schedule proposition
will not be very difficult, but the in
come tax schedule will involve consid.
cradle labor. 1t still appears that tho
increase of the whisky tax, if any in
crease be made, will not exceed 10
cents per gallon, and the changes in
the tobacco sched ule will be very light
and directed rather to more logical
classifications than to an increase in
the tax.
The whole income tax question is
opened up anew and it is now possible
that the tax may after all be of that
sweeping character as to include all
individuals of incomes of 5000 per
annum or over.
The Republicans are already prepar-
ing for a vigorous fight on the new
tariff bill. Circular letters are now
being sent out by the thousands by
| Justice, Bateman 81 Co., the Philadel-
| phia wool commission merchants, ask
| ing that certain data be sent to Mr.. j.
9. Burrows, Republican member of
| the ways and means committee, in re-
gard to the wool question.
OF course the principal theme OF
| discussion in congressional circles is
the new tariff bill. Conservative Dem.
ocrats are figuring that the deficit
| caused by the new bill will not exceed
| $35, 900, 900. They claim that in addi-
ton to the revenue to be derived from
the stimulated importation by the re.
| lief Of articles taxed TO the degree OF
| prohibition, which they claim will
| amount to from SO, 200, 900 to $15, 900,
900, that the natural increase in i'm
| portation under the Mckinley bill, had
not the hard times set in, would have
amounted this year to from 30 1000, 0Ot
to 100000, 900. With the resumption OF
' business this increase they think will be
| ldlly realized, materially reducing the
amount to be raised by the internal
revenue and from some new measure
yet to be inaugurated.
In the south generally the effect o!
the new tariff bill will not be felt 81
severely as elsewhere, on account oi
the local character Of its great indus
tries.
In those localities, however, its re
suits will be felt to a very considerabl;
extent. Rice, sugar, iron ore and Goa
are the principal articles in which tn,
southerners are interested and all havD
been subjected to vigorous treatment.
There is a 23 per cent cut in the dut.
on cleaned rice and 20 per cent on the
uncleaned product. South Carolina
Florida and Louisiana are much inter
ested in this matter and the representa-
tives of those states do not relish tht
reduction at all. They will probabl.
make an effort to restore the rates, bu
they are rather disposed to rejoice tina
they were not treated more badly, TO
at one time it looked as if rice woult
be placed on the free list in the tina
draft of the bill.
The western members seem to b
fairly we'll satisfied with the bill. Tn
Democrats of that section are largel
free traders anyway. Upin Minnesota
Wisconsin and Northern Michiga
there are some of the largest and mos
easily worked deposits of iron in tn
country. Representative Baldwin
whose district in Minnesota include
many of these mines, is far from beinI
dismayed at the prospect of free iron.
1T may possibly retard the develop
ment of the country for short time,
said he, "but it will bring the iro
business to its proper commercial basi
and then attention will be directed
those fields where the ore can be mos
easily worked. When that time come
the western miEes will be deVelope
with startling rapidity."
Representative Boatner Dem., La.
said: "My objection to the bill is this
it falls below the point of raising rev
, nue.. If they had put a small revenu
duty on some Of tho things, which al
on the free list under the bill, whiC
would not have affected the cost of tn
articles to the consumers, but woul
! have added to tho revenue of the bill
it would have been a measure entirel
= unobjectionable.h
Representative Gear rep, la, men
= ber OF the ways and means COMMITTEES
said: "The cut in the schedule relatin
to agricultural products will hurt low
as well as all the states contiguous
the Canadian border by subjectin
I their farmers to competition with th
agricultural products of Canada. I'll
people of iowa understand the stitui
: ton and appreciate fully what compel
ton with Canadian products means"
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