The record-union., 1898-06-05

was Incorporated in the bill without
division.
Mills CD Of Texas proposed this
amendment:
THAT on and after the 3Oth dav Of
June, 1883. and until the 3Oth day OF
June. 1900, In lieu Of the duties now
imposed by law on the dutiable arti-
cles imported from foreign countries,
there shall be levied, collected and paid
on such dutiable articles Is per cent. of
heseveral duties and rates Of duty now
imposed by law upon said articles sew
orally, it being the intent Of this Sec
tion to reduce existing duties on said
articles 25 per cent. of such duties."
The Mills amendment resulted %
ayes, Al nays.
Mason called UP his amendment pro-
viding for tax Of cents per barrel
on adulterated flour, and made vigor-
Gus appeal for its Incorporation in the
bill.
The amendment was agreed toll
to %.
It requires packages containing
mixed flour to be labeled as oleomar-
garine. The tax Is to be represented
by coupon stamps, and the provisions
regarding tobacco stamps are made ap-
plicable to the stamps.
Pettigrew offered an amendment re-
pealing the law Of 1875, authorizing the
Secretary Of the Treasury to issue
bonds without direct authority from
Congress.
BY an aye and nay vote the amend
ment was rejectedA3 to 81.
Allen (P.) Of Nebraska offered an
amendment providing that no bonds
or certificates of Indebtedness issued
under the proposed Act should be used
as basis for national banks circula-
ton, and that the Secretary Of the
Treasury should not have authority to
issue bonds to increase the gold reserve
for any purpose without direction or
Congress.
The amendment was rejected-27 to
AZ.
Chiffon CD of Texas offered an
amendment placing stamp tax gradu-
ated in accordance with the price upon
articles, substances. preparations or
compounds except for food products and
preparations otherwise provided for IN
this Act that are made and sold or
removed for sale under patent right,
trade marks or any name or designa-
ton not open to general use"
The tax ranges from one-fourth Of a
cent on Scent articles to cents on
dollar package, and 2 cents additional
on every so cents or fractional part
thereof over 81.
The amendment was agreed toll
to 81.
Lindsay CD Of Kentucky offered an
amendment providing that no stamp
tax shall be placed on packages OF
newspapers wholly or partly printed,
which weigh less than 100 pounds.
In the course of discussion Of the
question, Allen and Wolcott and Aid
rich entered into the matter Of taxing
newspapers.
Allen maintained that the tax would
operate as a hardship upon the country
press.
Wolcott held that the postal facilities
of the Government were open to all
newspapers, and it was a fact, he said,
that the country press did employ the
postal facilities to the exclusion of the
express companies The express COM
panies were used, he said, by the great
newspapers of the country, for the rea-
son that they could gain time in the de-
livery of the papers to their subscrlo-
ers One of the most equitable taxes
that could be levied, said he, would be
a tax on newspaper circulation, ana
the Government would have only to
accept the newspapers own figures as
to circulation to raise a revenue OF
SO, 900, 900 a year
Considerable time was consumed in
discussing the amendment, which was
finally agreed to-47 to 20
Tillman CD of South Carolina Of
fered an amendment that after July,
1898, duty of 10 cents pound be i'm
posed upon tea imported into the
United States.
The amendment was agreed to-3S to
80.
The vote was as follows.
Yeas-Butler, Caffery, Cannon, Car
ter, Chandler, Chiffon. Cockrell, Elkins.
Foraker, Gear, German, Harris, Heit-
field, Jones (Ark) Jones (Nev), Kyle,
Lindsay, Mcbride, McLaurin, Mills,
Mitchell, Money, Morgan, Murphy. Per-
kins, Pettus, Pritchard, Rawlins,
Roach, Sewell, Stewart, Teller, Till
man, Turley, Vest, Wetmore, White,
Wolcott-3S.
Nays - Allen, Allison, Bacon, Baker,
Bate, Berry, Burrows, Clark, Clay,
Cullom, Daniel, Davis, Deboe. Fair
banks, Frye, Gallinger Hanna, Hans
brough, Hawley, Hoar, Lodge. McMil-
lin, Morrill,, Nelson, Pettigrew, Platt
Comm, Platt IN. ~, Quay, Shoup,
Spooner, Turpie, Wellington-32,
An amendment was offered by Petit
grew levying a tax of - per cent. upon
the value Of all articles manufactured
by a trust.
The amendment was rejected-45 to
"a.
The bill, which had been considered
in the committee Of the whole, was
then reported to the Senate.
In the Senate those amendments
which had been agreed to were adopt
ed.
Jones of Arkansas proposed to amend
the bond provision Of the bill by strik-
ing out the words latter ten years from
the date of their ISSUE" thus making
the redemption of the bonds optional
with the Government within twenty
years
The amendment was defeated-31 to
A.
Butler (Pop) Of North Carolina Of
fered the proposition to establish a pos
tai savings system in lieu of the bond
provision Of the bill.
The amendment was rejected without
division.
| In lieu of the bond provision Stewart
offered provision for the issue OF
Treasury notes to the amount of $4OO,-
| 600 900, receivable for Government
dues.
On motion of Allen tho amendment