Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-20
Congressman Ding|ey Hard at
Work on the Measure.
Will Not Cost Maine Very Much
on Her BreWeries.
Mo Man in House Better Able to Frame Such
Bill Than MIR. DingIey.

Second Maine district, as chairman OF the
House ways and means committee, has
been preparing. will FAN lightly upon the
State of Maine in one regard. Thanks to
the prohibition lazy of the State there are
no brewers within its confines and no
millionaire proprietors to sWoop down |
upon Washington at this time with pro-
tests against the proposition to place a !
tax of 81 extra per barrel on the foam
Ing beverage. The only thinks. according |
10 the present plan which the Maine peoN |
ple Will have TO pay more for, are the |
.onparativelY harmless ones of tea and |
coffee But the few cents 4 pound the |
government will exact on these two ar |
ticlcs will NOT materially affect the price |
for the Maine consumer I'm fact the tax |
ought to he popular when one stops To
think that every time he sips little tea |
or a little coffee h. is contributing to the |
support Of magnificent war vessels which
win I'll down into the vicinity of cuba |
and Porto Rico Ia annihilate the cruel
Spanish ions.
The great fund of information which
REPRESENTATIVE Din2ley possesses ON tar
in matters has stood him in good stead ut
the present time for he has prepared the
war revenue measure promptly and with
ont any great fuss ana furry. Always
tn roughly posted in that department of
craftsmanship he knew exactly what To
turn t" for the prompt collection ot rev
enue While he has talked lttie about
tn. prospects Of war he realized weeks
ago that it must come ana quietly began
t5 survey the tt,Id for articles that could
be conveniently taxed. He quietly con
suited with the officials of the treasury
department. had the scheme Of Il bin wen
ia hand ana late last week called the Re
publican members in conference to lay
before them What ne proposed. The min
GRITTY members of the committee were not
informed what was in prospect AMI only
received official knowledge of the meas
uro when it was ready for presentation
hoforc the fun committee. So without
any unnecessary ado The House has the
hl and viii pass it promptly, as the in
t4rests of the country demand.
The wisdom of this course is shown
after a little deliberHtion. Stock jobners
and other Interested parties are contin-
ualIy on the qui Vive for information
about the prospective action OF The com
mttte. Mr.. Dngley. however, gives away
no hint as tu his future action until ii be
comes entirely necessary ana his fair ANA
~tattSmanlke methods meet With the APP
I%Fi ,i nlsii "u 90 F ,i,'t,t M. C'r
~ hi,1 f,r So;nr hii,i lhnuf M articles
that would b. taxed in his bill. Many of
these are looking tur tips on the stock
market. All receive "A courteous reply ali
are treated like gentlemen. but go away
none the wiser. The information about
tobacco. for instance. caused the market
to fdll nine points IN one Day IL WAS not
given out. however. until the time came
Tor IN" country TO KNOW What was III
prospect.
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r,.,.n@nfzo his lntInd i,d@,nrnt ana and hy
experinncr thar his advice l.; valuable in
IreiSIativf, matters nr},. Hoe Cannon. of
Illinois the chairman Of the House com
mittec on appropriations always sits Just
across the aisle from Mr.. Dingley WHEN
in charge of any of the great appropria-
ton bills. This is not by accident, Tor
while the battle RACES around him ami he
mas to meet the htrce charges OF tnoSe
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