New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-30

objection II.
shorn. as far "a possible of unpleasan, features
en- nnd only .hcse who were in receipt of incomes IN
| returns
Of Fhs " Nc to ;. eTys1 fro,n TIE qd9p'sn
ana class rrs;.iices and class distinctions. bv
tte whole country. . That "a proportion 10 &C
s""ar1 or M @ MS" se TRat BY 1n 20 ,h
faT a; @W re- Of dq,y and mG"iing 'nr
;he internal revenue taxes. world give stability
mat i, win tend to curb extravaSance of ex-
psnditure which leads TO an incrensr OF tariff taX"s
~: without the supplement- Of a direct tax. the
18TH Edr IS o IT G3n naye no hc
largely reduces receipts win require the imposition
which - build II win be raised hy imposing ad-
! dltional duties An! It may oaly oe question OF
IF our income tax had been retained the pullic
debt would l,2g since have been paid and surplus
! The Commissoner OF Internal Revenue estimates
a u froG I nco T II tore won a% per
sons who would pay under the individual income
5000 exe,rp;. 7IoG persons paid taxes. It is said
this tax cannot bc collected Against this assertion
the income Tax law in exisen"e from ls;s 70 iS7o
,D +, redCS rates 9a nb 5s lax 9sn rs
lie debt could have been ex,nsuished from this
| source alone years ago
IT CAN EASILY BE COLLECTED
az is believed by the committee the. this tax
revenue imposed. The Commissioner of
Internal Revenue and his assistants. supplemented
by few CLERKS. Will he able to do the work 10
be done in tie Treasury Department 1t Is not
Ebch The centry ' dv,ed No new ana expei,
sive offices need be opelcd. 1t is proposed TO do
the work by deputy collectors to be appointed. as
oc!cers Of that grade are now Supplemental BY
such increase Of clerical help AZ may be necessary
When the applause which followed Mr NC
speech had subsidei, Mr.. Ray Rep, ~ y TOOK
the floor He asserted that the Existing business m Ne de-
Sinley niil but 10 The fear o. the wilson Dill MI, NE
and called him the brieadier-seneral OF the dera-
Gcguea. Republican app,aus"J lie sent 10 tle
Ss an" fq hcd 5sa IA T SF"f e Democ
racy Was ridiculed and bel!tted and was called
of respectable politics the pole-cat Of Democracy-
dark and slabs IN thc back. l. was also asserted
hat no4s4 the ns G PATTY had d ff na%
been better FOR It 4 a milestone lad been tied
abogt is neh an Il he'd been cast INTO The sea
Mr.; Ral ,d!l no; CAIN ;hat ihese Were his view
In; 6e nae a@ ne 5d I' Of r'na se
Mr., Han don. MOI saii hat NJ Kay had not
wanted to ask him now whether he was Tor The
Mr. Rsv said that the gentleman Was branching
OF from the question which he was then discussing
br; that was Democratic filling when closely
Mr. i l want az ySq to PVT ySe on 5 5e'q o1
ia.c income ,ax Or against il?
Nj 10 Pa DO not to have any how me s6s
express myself Repubi!can laughter and ar-
Mr. lian continued % press his question without
geti'ns airy d.rec; Gnsw r. when AZ Ray sndt a
OF m Income tax. Answer yes or no he said
smi the laughter and applause of the Republican
WHAT TIE ADMINISTRATION WANTS.
Mr. H,u hcstatel 4 moment while the Repub-
Fan nl:tA Increased. ami finally replied that the
Administration was in favor of a tax on corpora
In "a IL
the Administration favored an Individual income
tex. bat he knew his constituents 90, A., So,
da, ,bot the "a5pic Il TIE west ana soun IA
y1rel the Income 10: i would not bear on mem
,Sat ~, Wo Htw W cmGers chac under the III
swalov, ;her dose. matter how say or now h''-
The close Of his speech was greeted with Repnb-
Hcln applause and VIXEN ths had snhsdfi, ar:
'arsneg (DeIl Mo- was recosnz,e - elcGuenl,y
defended the mccme 'aX and saii tha' ~" ,,."r H.,
PIE had borne he burdens 50 1ag 4 %rs 'n ncs5
wax ta wsse the Republcan pnry ta h
income and the succession 'aX' a:ii III D'nr ~
sens OF tariff tax had been left on the shoulders
OF the poor. II had been saii iha' we income 'H
Was n,9u S n arg TSo nra W tax
nauons and nqs2ra Tna ,9c %aGsa lp ,akcT
tMr Ray had called the income TAX The 'w ,, sisi@T
Mr.. Tarsney iii not occupy he fn.i tine. as he
We TsS b D2; m so0 Gbi nrn' hrkS ' ~ ~
Mr. Dnsmore spoke briefly. but earneS, IN IN
fay2r OF ,n ns on isS ana felt iast the counry
going back 70 me l ime Tne e the t ovenmen IL
referred to the object lesson which NJ: KY nnd
R n his " disrict Il the wilson nj should become
law and said that II they cou.I not sane sane a.ol,
it would be better to get Industries which could
stand alone.
g ]. rIrDENs OPINION OF 1T.
A. the expiration OF Mr. Dlnsmore's time. Mr.
Daniels Rep. y. y spoke In opposition 10 The
bill He said that the leader OF the Democracy
Samuel j. Tilden. had never favored or paid an n
come tax except when the cyigcrcles OF the coun-
try made (: necessary. Hut now the Democratic
party was creating a de1cl: with It's cy~s open ana
proposed 70 supply The deficit by the imposition or
an income tax. This the FIST time IN the MS
tory Of the Governmen, when revenue BIZ was
constructed which intentionally failed to provide for
th~ nac4ssarics Of the Government. and when IL
became necessary - propose an income 1aNi 1''t
reducing the tariff below the needs Of the Goyera,
mcnt. when the dui."s were reiuceI 10 aDP t W. H..
per cont. and then. t3war1 The att part OF ih1
Administration. Mr.. Buchanan had been compc''oi
- resort 10 the ISSUANCE Of bonds lust as MS sue
cessor NJ. Cleveland, mad now dom
Mr. Williams G)em.. Miss) took the grounl tina;
s saGc saG mant unequal aIatan and h. held tha
the existing law caused unequal sicIhceSS on ~"
come tax nii into law would equalze the sacii-
hcs demanded, and 20 oqua.iz4 iaxnii"n. ,.oonoo
, ,iN m fav5r o. t. lie had heard man state.
Of prior - 1876 but that man had "yidenily not
read Of MDses In deuteronomy. The Hebrew Ia"
provided for an income tax. and collect. tih"
% the wealth Of every man. AnI III Nthrhs. a.So'
an income collected l. nal been de-
nounced as u dcmago2ic measure. BIT II there WAS
one means OF throwing down deinagognery 1t was
an income tax.
BAD RIIL IN EVERY RESPECT.
Mr. Covert D~m. y. " said That he realized
The difficulties under which the Ways and Means
Commlt;e. had laborel in framing this bill The
election which resulted in placing 50 many members
OF the dominant party In the House meant "A ju-
dc!ous revision Of the tariff laws; that they should
be gone over paragraph by paragraph ana mod
crate and Just reduction made. Free trade WIS
never mentioned except TO be condemned * was
that platform on which he stood. and IL was mat
natform on which he WIS reelected 10 his seat IN
Congress He thought the b!il was just as obJ"c-
tlonable "a II came from the hands Of the commit
tee as II was now with the Income tax amend
ments. II was very evident that the Tariff bH!