The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-09
THE WILSON BILL.
Senator Voorhees, OF the Finance Com
mittee Says No Substitute Will Be
offered In the Senate,
And That the Changes Made i'm the
Bill as 1t Passes the House Will
Likely BE Small.
He Fayors an Income Tax, a Tax on
Firearms and o Higher Tax on
Whisky and Cigarettes.

which called upon senator Voorhees,,
chairman of the senate committee on
finance, in the interest of higher duties
on the metal schedule, received very lit
tie or no encouragement, and the sena-
tor took advantage of the opportunity
to express himself freely and forci. ly
up the subject of q tariff in a general
way.
''If protection were a Chinese wall"
said the senator, ''you manufacturers
who believe in it would not be satisfied
with any height to which it might be
raised but would keep up the demand
for an increased elevation. Like Oliver
Twist, you are constantly demanding
more from one congress to another
until you have got it SO high that You
are ashamed to ask it in your own
name, but put it in the names OF those
whom you employ as laborers, when, as
q matter of fact, after the Mckinley bill
became a law, wages of employees were
reduced in manufacturing institutions in
various parts of the country"
Only q Specimen.
This and much more he said to the
callers and after they had taken their
departure, he turned to an Associated
Press reporter and said:
This is only a specimen of Emporium
titles to which / ann subjected. Many
people who are engaged in manufactur-
ing enterprises throughout the country
and in other industries affected by the
tariff, call upon me daily, and many
more write to me. What do / say to
them? / tell them that we are going to
have the subject disposed of as soon as
it can possibly be done. With the full
hearings given by the house ways and
means committee and with replies in
the finance committee circulars, which
have been sent all ove the
country, there will be No
necessity for prolonged hearings by this
committee, and | think we will get the
bill in the senate very shortly after il
comes over from the house. / say this
to my inquirers because l think it is
true
will Report the Wilson Bill.
..Do you tell them the bill will be
materially changed by the finance com
mittee!''
81 do not. / see there are reports cur.
rent that the finance committee will re.
port q substitute for the bill. / do no,
consider this probable. This committee
may make changes in some of the
schedules, but the Wilson bill will be
the basis of recommendation, and will
be the bill which the senate will CON
slider and pass.
1T is possible that we may change,
among others, the sugar schedule. As
look at the mater now, / think we shall
but / can't say in what respect. As t.
all raw material, / believe in leaving
them where the bill puts them. dc
not give any encouragement to those
seeking ty restore the tariff O coal and
iron ore. do not believe it needs it
and / can't see what further protection
the manufacturers ought to have thar
they get by giving them free raw ma
~terials."
Asked whether he endorsed the actor
of the ways and means committee in
recommending the income tax, he re
piled that he did, and said he believed
that nc political party could do q wiser
thing than vote such q tax.
IF q man who has an ircome of "a,
600 is not able to pay y tax, who isY' b.
asked.
Il voted against the income tax "
years ago, and l hope to have a chanc,
to vote for the re-enactment Of the law
] believe it . wise recommendation.
also endorse the action of the COMMITTEES
in putting a higher tax on cigarettes.
| think y mistake has been made in no
adding more to the whisky tax than ha
been added by the committee. / SHOULD
be inclined to make it more, but cam
say what u committee will do
| Whisky
Will Stand Almoss Amy Tax.
u ought to have been raised to $2 and tn
country would not have objected. I
should. / think, have been made at leas
$1.25. l should also tax patent medi
cines if the matter were left to me, an,
/ should add firearms to the list. i ma,
move an amendment TO that effect. Sucl
tax would affect the classes of thewealth,
sportsmen, who can afford it, and tn
loafer and rough, who should be dis
armed"
Senator Voorhees, admitted that som
senators were disposed to object to cer
tain provisions OF the Wilson bill, bu
said that when objection was raised, tn
fact generally developed that 1t was be
cause the bill touched some industry Q
their states, and he found that but littl
argument was necessary to convinc
such senators that there would have t
be a general sacrifice of such interest
in behalf of party harmony. He think
there is little doubt Of the ultimate SUI
cess OF the bill, and says that its enact
ment into q law will prove the sigma
for $ha rnvivnl 0f. ha1xin.Nss fhrnu 0hnr