Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29
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IA RIFF 2 TERN ] II
CHANGES IN The WILSON, BILL Tooll
RADICAL FOR THE SOUTH.
Tho Democratic Congr essional Committees
OH Of Consola tion Is Not SUFFICIENT TO Calm
the Troubled Waters-A Kick From Cone
Il gressman Tarsney.
The compilation OF comparative rates
Of duty under the Mckinley act, the1
Wilson bill and the senate bill, which
Mr.. Lawrence Gardner, secretary Of the
Democratic congressional COMMITTEES,
sent to members Of congress, with the
request that they utilize the informa-
tion in their districts and states, has
fallen On sterile soil The letter has
caused considerable dissatisfaction
among Democrats The ways and means
committee gave vent to its sentiments
through letter prepared by one Of its
members, Representative Tarsney, to}
the Washington Post, which is as fol-
lows:
st am in receipt from you Of a circu-
lar letter Of the Goth inst, with Enclosure /
Of printed slip, in part purporting to be
tabulation showing comparative rates
Of taxation fixed by the Wilson bill and
the bill now pending in the senate and
assuming to show difference in the
average rates Of the two bills Of but
10. Z per cent. .
'tYou request that send one of said
slips to each of the Democratic news
papers published in my district, with
request that the same be published III
such papers. Believing that said COM
parative statement is not predicated up
on fair or just basis for comparison
and that the difference in the average
of rates of the two bills shown there
intended to be drawn from such COM
! parison cannot be defended, I must re-
| spectfully decline the request to give
publication to the same in my district,
! when later I would be compelled to ad-
nit the misleading character Of such
statement, Z~s>=
IF the average rates Of the two bills
were based on the rates fixed upon the
same articles in each bill, if the bills
were identical in the articles subject to
taxation, the comparison would not be
! misleading, but as the average rate
shown by the senate bill is determined
not only upon the rates fixed upon the
articles enumerated in the Wilson bill,
but also upon, a large number Of articles
taken from, the free list Of that bill, the
! importations Of which amount in value
to $3.50, 600, 600, it certainly is mislead-
ing. This comparative statement shows
(! an average rate upon the sugar schedule
of the Wilson bill Of 1874 per cent,
upon the same schedule Of the senate
| bill 80. So per cent, thus pulporting to
show an increase Of but 4 II s per cent
] in taxation upon sugar BY the senate
| bill over the house bill Equally com
prehensive and fair is your statement,
! which shows that while under the Nc
Kinley law refined sugar is taxed half
cent per pound, and the average rate on
the sugar schedule under that law is
II. IS. per cent, putting all sugars upon
! the free list under the Wilson bill would
; raise the average rate to 20. 43 per cent.
1.-THE Wilson bill as passed by the
!: house placed all sugars upon the free
! list. Under the head Of sugar sched-
t ule' in that bill q few articles manufac-
tured Of sugar, such as confectionery,
ETC., were enumerated and rates Of tax
!, alton thereon fixed, the average of the
rates thereon being 28. 49 per cent. The
senate bill puts all sugars back on the
taxed list, with an average rate Of 80. SO
! per cent, a very slight difference in fig
ures, but a substantial difference in tax
alton. The %. 43 per cent taxation un-
der the sugar schedule of the Wilson
bill would amount to SIG, 900. The
80. So per cent under the senate bill
would amount to between $40, 600. 900
and $50, 900, 900.
a careful examination Of the figures
I Of this statement relating to the other
schedules will show, though not to the
same degree as these, that while figures
will not lie they can be compiled SO as
/ to be very deceptive.
i rs. To demonstrate that any comparison
i not based upon the same identical arti
i cles will necessarily be unfair and mis-
I, leading, I might suggest that if a law
were framed practically in accordance
/ with the English customs schedules,
taxing only spirits, tobacco and few
like articles Of luxury, the average rate
under such law would be much higher
than that Of the Wilson bill, the senate
bill or the Mckinley law. 7 ct the PEG,
I. pie, Withstanding such increase Of
4 the average rate, would be relieved Of 9
very great burden Of taxation.
S f our only purpose was to reduce
the general average Of our rates Of tax,
!. alton and not the burdens of taxation,
we could have accomplished that By
. having no free list and putting the ar.
3 ticles now on the free list upon the ta1