The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-02-06
PASSED BY THE HOUSE.
The Income Tax Goes Through as an
Amendment to the Tariff Bill.

The Income Tax Goes Through as an
Amendment to the Tariff Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-This was
| the last day of general debate on the
| tariff bill. 1t opened in the House
| with a fair attendance in the galleries
and rather slim attendance on the
floor. After the committees being call
ed upon for reports, the House went into
q committee of the whole to consider
| the tariff bill.
Tate, of Georgia, offered the first
amendment to the internal revenue
bill. 1t proposes to strike out the last
three sections of the bill which includes
tax of 81 a gallon on distilled spirits,
and also the clauses referring to bond
ing of distilled spirits and their with
| drawal from warehouses. This would
leave the existing law as to spirits in
| force.
Outhwaite offered the following
| amendment That on and after the
| passage Of this act there shall be
| levied and collected tax on all dis
titled spirits produced in the United
States on which a tax is not paid be-
fore that day, per proof gallon. or
| wine, when below proof, 80 cents if
paid within five days after date of dis
| tillation or entry into bond 81 if paid
| after five days and within one year,
$l.l0 if paid after one year and within
two years, ST 20 if paid after two years
| and within three years, and 81. 30 if
paid after four years.
Outhwaite's substitute for the whis-
key sections of the revenue bill was de-
| feated-yeas AZ, nays 81.
Bland offered substitute to permit
distillers at the expiration Of the
| bonded period to pay into the Treasury
the cost of expectation and importa-
tion of liquor under the present rcgula-
tions, the product to remain in this
country. This was defeated without
opposition.
Dingley, Rcp.) of Maine, offered an
amendment striking out the original
text of the bill the figure where they
occurred, as the time for regauging,
and insert the figure 3 in each case.
| This would leave the law practically as
it exists at present.
Dingley's amendment was carried
81 yeas to rs nays. Tellcrs were asked
for and on this vote the amendment
was again carried-105 in the atfirma-
tive and S6 in the negative. This is
the first and only amendment, which
the Republicans have succeeded in in
cooperating in the bill. The amend
mont offered by Tate, striking out the
| leaving the law az to spirits as at pres
ent, as amended by Dingley's amend
ment, was voted on, after the chair
man had, with some difficulty, made
the question clear to House. 1t ap.
| peared that should the amendment be
| adopted it would leave the period of
| bond at three years while raising the
tax from 90 cents to 81. The amend
ment was lost.
"A number of amendments were rap
| idly offered, some in the nature of sub
stitutes, and u bad parliamentary tan
| gle resulted When this was straight
had gone through to oadoption-extend-
ing the operations of the law to the dis
titled spirits in bond at the time the
law should go into effect.
Tucker, of Virginia, offered an
amendment to the income tax section
of the bill, excluding from it's opera
tion charitable institutions and cor
porations and organizations doing busi-
ness in the States not for profit. The
amendment was agreed to.
Whiting, Democrat, OF Michigan, Of
fcred one amendment to the wine
schedule Of the tariff bill proper, fixing
per gallon when below Ia per cent. al
cohol and at 30 cents when above. Also
eXempting the bottles or jugs from
duty. Agreed to.
Bynum, Democrat, of Indiana, Offer
cd committee amendment deducting
from the calculated income of farmers
and stock raiscrs the amount expended
in the purchase or production of such
product or production, which was
agreed to.
Springer, Democrat, of Illinois, Of
fered an amendment providing that in
heritan ;es OF property should be sub
jected to the provisions of the income
tax.
Bynum, Democrat, OF Indiana, offered
an amendment to this amendment in
Guiding in the enumeration of incomes
everything received by gift, devised or
inheritance. After some discussion
both amendments were adopted.
| Among the flood of amendments that
failed of adoption was one offered by
Mcguire of California, striking out all
the provisions Of the bill relating to
taxes on incomes, and in lieu thereof
providing for direct tax of $3l 81 l25
Of apportionment among the States,
and also for direct tax on land val
ueS.
The following were the only mem
bers who voted for it: Johnson, OF
Ohio, Maguire, Of California, Warner,
of New York, Harter, of Ohio. and
Simpson, of Kansas. The internal
revenue bill was then agreed to as an
amendment TO the tariff bill by vote
Of 175 to So.
Among the Republicans who voted
in favor of the amendment were White
of Ohio, Bowers, of California, Taylor
of Tennessee, Bartholdt, OF Missouri,