The herald., 1897-07-06

that means must be found outside OF tn,
!. bill. as It came from the house to suppl,
the deffcit. He spoke of the various
propositions the finance committee ha4
advanced and abandoned. The bee
K tax, he said, would not have cost the Gus
3 toner single cent. 1t would have beer
borne by the beer manufacturers, wht
had been prosperous throughout the
years of industrial stagnation.
But" continued Teller. "a great elec.
!. ton was pending in one Of the states
where a large portion of the voting popu-
lation did not believe in tax on beer, sc
1t was sacrificed"
Teller suggested that there were other
methods of raising revenue without lay
ing inordinate taxes on the necessaries
Of life. He said he had once been greatly
Impressed with remark of Allison to
the effect that we had in this country
more untouched and untaxed means OF
4 revenue than any other country in the
worl
Teller contended II the finance COM
mittee was looking for revenue. from
& $50, 100000 to $25, 000, 900 could be obtained
by a reduction of the internal revenue
tax on whisky from the old rates, or even
lower. His argument was that the high
tax of $1.10 gallon, which was in real
tty tax of 1900 per cent. stimulated
illicit distilling.
Teller charged that the wood alcohol
manufacturers were closely connected
with one of the great trusts of the coun-
try; in fact, one of the greatest manu-
facturers of wood alcohol was owned by
a trust
II might as we'll name It," said he, at
is the sugar trust, which has boasted
that it possessed strength enough to
prevent wood alcohol from being placed
on footing with grain and of prevent
ing reduction of the tax in distilled
spirits. The distillers of spirits have
been threatened. They have been told:
Gentlemen, if you interfere with wood
alcohol, we will reduce your bonded
\ period to nothing. The whisky men
~ ared the vengeance of the powerful
co, 7bination against them"
.sL ave we not the skill or have we not
Yhe ~ ,urage to take the $40, 900 900 reve-
nue WIZ 'ich is offered to us here?" asked
TeJ1er Have we reached the point
vhere tn. American congress is power
less to do its duty as It sees ftp"
lindsay OF Kentucky followed with a
severe arraigl 'ment of the wood alcohol
trust. which, he said, was reaping mil
lions a wear by TIE duty of ESQ per gal
Ion on it's product on the one hand and
the high internal tax which it did not
have to pay on the other.
Allen criticised the amendment as de-
signed to provide partial tariff COM
mission which could be relied upon to
make a jug-handled report. Spooner
defended his amendment, which he said
ALLEN had not read nor completely I'M
derstood
spooner denied that the secretary of
the treasury, under his amendment,
would have the power to suppress any
norton of the report submitted to him.
White thought the proposed commits
sion would be unwise. He thought this
amendment was a declaration OF failure
of the bill.
Caffery criticised the methods Of maxi
dng up the committee.
Mr., Allen contended that the Populist
party, which, he said, was growing rap
idly should have representa- tion on any
tariff commission.
Morgan opposed the commission
amendment on the ground that congress
had no right to delegate its powers.
He drifted into general discussion of
the bill.
"It seizes the pile of the people" said
he, "and divides it among the poll
ticians and their friends"
Allison briefly answered the criticisms
on the Spooner amendment, and then
said that in view of the opposition de-
veloped the committee would withdraw
the amendment.
A new amendment by Morgan was
agreed to without opposition authoriz-
ing the president, when he Is satisfied
it is to the public good. to suspend the
operation of the law as to discriminating
tonnage duty on merchandise or COM
modities or the vessels of foreign ma
tions carrying the same.
At $50 the bill was laid aside, and
after an executive session of ten min
utes, the senate adjourned.
NOMINATIONS
The senate today confirmed the nomi
nation of r. WeIdnnan of California tt
be consul at Hongkong, China, and L
Patrick to be agent for the Indians a
the Sac and Fox agency in Oklahoma
IN THE HOUSE
The house, by a party vote, took a re
cess until Wednesday without trans
acting any business. This is so as to b.
ready for the tariff bill if completed b!
the Senate before that date.