The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30
THE SOUTH IN THE SADDLE.
Mr., McMiIlin Rushes to the Defence of the
Income Tax.

Washington, January ss29.-In the
House this morning Mr.. Burrows asked
that unanimous consent be given mem
bers who had amendments which they
desired to offer to the tariff bill, ana
which they had no opportunity to offer,
to print them in the Record.
Mr.. McMillin objected saying that if
The amendments could not be offered
in the House they should not, cum Der
the record.
Messrs. Burrows and Reed appealed to
Mr.. McMillin to withdraw his objection
but he resisted.
Mr.. Reed said it was unjust and en-
barrassing to members sto be deprived of
their privilege, for in no other way
could their constituents know that the
failure to get to the amendments was
not their fault
Mr., Burrows said that the privilege
had been extended to mem bers in the
51st Congress.
At LIS the House went into the COM
mlttee of the whole ON the income tax
bill. Mr.. McMilln offered it as an amend
ment to the tariff bill and the amend
ment was read in full. After the reading
My. McMillin addressed the committee in
support of the bill.
Representative McMillin attacked the
Republican policy of protection and de-
clared that the Democratic party now in
power for the first time in a generation
wouldsreduce the tariff to a revenue
basis and would impose taxes for public
purposes and not for private gains.
The law is to be rewritten in the inter
est of the government and the taxpayers.
c tonf 70 nSt aio c
which are protected by our army, which
are defended by sour navy, which are
benefited by the various operations Of
the government should contribute in
some greater degree to carry on that gov
eminent through which alone they could
have been accumulated or by which
they are to be protected. The people OF
the United States do not ask that all OF
it shall be placed on the accumulated
wealth. 1t is not unreasonable or unjust
that a small part from TWENTY-FIVE to
thlrty-fve millions of this money
should be collected from this accumula-
ton. There is no argument that is at
all conclusive or rational, that can be
urged against this form of taxation.
Once it is inaugurated it will not only
be source of revenue, but will be laud
ed by our people as very just source
from which to draw some OF the vast re-
venues that we need
In single lifetime fortunes are gath
cred together here by protection and
the tribute that it levies on the many
for the enrichment of the few. which
no country in the world and no other in
situations would have yielded TO five
generations engaged in industrial trade
unaided by partial and discriminating
laws. Are we to be told, with all this
staring us in the face. with all the
blessings that have been showered on
those who have been able to thus ac-
cumulate what would have made
Croesus envious, that when it is pro-
posed to raise even thirty millions of
the revenue from the accumulated
wealth of the country that it is a
sacred thing that we shall not invade
and that these fortunes shall go I'M
touched for governmental purposes
forever and aye? Mr.. McMillin did not
believe it. However natural it is that
should desire to have taxes shifted to
that possessed by others IN different
form, he could not believe that the
United States is going to rest perman-
emily on the policy that no taxes shall
be imposed, upon the greatest fortunes
in this country to help to carry on the
| operations of the government.
Discussion was interrupted by c. W,
Stone, Republican of Pennsylvania, who.
apropos of the petroleum question debated
a few days ago, had read letter from the
United States counsel at Ratoum, Rus
STA, which said that Russian oil
could be lad down in American ports
cheaper than American oil could be de-
livered there. The discussion was not
finished when the House took recess.
At the night session, speeches in de-
fence of the Wilson bill and income tax
were made by several Democratic mem
bers from the South and West and the
House adjourned.