St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-04
been changed so as to provide for an ad 4
,val0rem duty of 40 per cent and an

ADDITIONAL DUTY
Of one-eighth OF cent on refined sugar, 1
with n penalty of One-tenth OF o cent OH I
sugar imported from countries paying
bounty on sugar. the present law with
the bounty to stand until the LIST OF
January next. He said that the ad
vaiOrem tax was not materially different
from the sugar provision In the pending
bill. He also stated that large num-
Der of other amendments had been
made. but did not mention them in de-
tail, nor made any explanation of them
except to say that IN no case were the
rates OF duty fixed as high as in the Nc
Kinley law. He said in conclusion that
ali earnest effort had been made to har-
monte all interests, that many conceS-
sOnS had been matte to the Eastern ana
Northern Democrats by changes fronl
ad valorem to specific duties. and that
1t was hoped when the new bill should
be presented it would command the
Democratic vote in the senate. Senator
Hill, in his speech, took occasion to
compliment Senator Jones for the patrit
otto and intelligent interest he had dis;
played in adjusting all differences. but
declared that SO irreconcilable was his
position to the income tax he should
feel at liberty to offer any amendment
he saw proper to any part Of tie bill, SO
long as the income tax was a part of 1t.
He devoted himself largely to the in
come tax and said that while he
was pleased to hear Of some Of the
changes that had been made, he re-
GREETED that
THE INCOME PROVISION
was still retained He declared that
the income tax was not necessary foo
revenue purposes, and he defied any
one tp show that it was. He quoted the
part of Secretary Carlisle's recent inter-
view admitting that an income tax was
a war measure, and said that he had n0
excuse for the effort to impose it at this
time. He repeated what lie had said in
his public speech, that no Democratic.
national convention had declared for an
income tax. He also called attention to-
the tact that tine demands of the Demo
cratic party for free raw materials had
been ignored, and said that wool was
required to stand alone out of ali the
list representing the fruits of this de-
mand. He charged fatty that the income
tax had been retained for the purpose Of
placating the South and West, aud said
that because, IT for no other reasan,
New York would have TO pay 80 per
cent tax il imposed. he should antago-
nize the tax TO the end. He declared that
he was not Modified by the Limitation Of
time. Ii the tax was right it should go
in permanently; ii not, it should be ex-
plunged entirely. 1t looked, he said, as
if the change had been inatie for getting
votes. 1t could not be defended upon
that ground, and he warned the party
against preparing bill which would
require too much defense, and called
attention to the probability that it would
be necessary to defend the sugar duty
| to refners. He asserted that ten or
twelve senators had opposed the tax,
and SAID lie opposed it with such a
singleDess OF purpose that he had asked
for no concessions in the bill as long as
| it should remaiii-a statement which
| Senator Jones confirm I'd.