Show THE li internal tax bill on lit tariff washington reb 15 by a vote of 9 to 5 the house commit on ap today to day resolved tn import favorably the substitute for cow leas internal revenue bill the substitute proposes the entire repeal of the tobacco tax and omits the moonshine sections of the cowles bill it was learned later that alie vote on reporting the measure was 10 to 4 instead of 9 to 5 as at first reported those in favor of the measure were kandall clements felix campbell of new vork gay canton kyan butterworth long SIc Comas and opposed to it were forney abran sayres and kice borney says ho will report a substitute bill removing the duty on manufactured tobacco and snuff but not on cigars and cherooty cheroots che roots lle sayres said he intends to prepare a minority report tor presentation he said 1 I am opposed to reducing the surplus by taking off the tax on cigars cherooty cheroots che roots and cigarettes until wj have first reduced the customs duty on the necessaries of life As there appear to be some differences ot opinion as to the measure of privilege which the new bill will possess which may later bring on a conflict on the floor of alie house between the ways and means and the appropriation committees it might be well to state alie position of alie last nan ed committee on alie matter while it does not contend that any committee other than eliat of the ways and means is privileged to report a revenue bill at any time it holds that under the rules when a bill is once reported and placed on alie calendar it will itself be privileged and that motion may at anny time be made to go into committee of the whole to consider revenue bills to succeed in getting at the tobacco bill it would be necessary for the house to lay aaice any revenue bill preceding it on the calender and if alie WATS and means committee should anticipate the report of the committee on appropriations by reporting another tariff bill this might prove serious but not necessarily an insurmountable obstacle to the accomplishment of ahn M jabea of the friends of the bill to report the tobacco tax the formal action of ahe appropriation committee upon colleas Cow leas bill was to strike out sections one two three and four and substitute sections one and two of Kandal lB tariff bill introduced last session and also to strike out sections C and li of Cow less hill in tio shape in which it will bo reported the bill provides that after july ast 1st next all laws now in force whereby farmers and producers of tobacco are restricted in alie sale and deposition of the sauie and all laws relating to internal revenue taxes on tobacco cigars cherooty cheroots che roots and cigarettes and the special taxes required by law to be paid by the manufacturers rs of and dealers in leaf tobacco retail dealers in manufactured tobacco tobacco snuff and cigars and snuff and cigard by repealed it is provided also that a drawback equal to the tax shall be paid on nn broten factory packages paik ages in alie fiands of manufacturers rs and dealers the law takes at lb pro lulu valuation of epenial tax stamps is provided for the second section provides that all internal revenue laws limiting re tricking ting or alie ture sale or exportation of tobacco tobi cco snuff ti biars ars cherooty cheroots che roots and cigarettes shall be repealed july ast 1st next but that no drawback be allowed apon lucli articles entered fur on or after eliat date the brov iso declares that all laws now in force shall remain in full force and effect in re eject to all of fences ties incurred or rights or nc crded prior to the date w hen alie repeal of the taxes shall take effect another provides for the abolition et punishments wherever prescribed for a violation of internal lans wili leave for the court to impose any cipe or punishment willii i the maximum it is also provided eliat barrants Mar rants for arrest returnable before a corn potent judicial nearest tha place of arrest alio shall have exclusive anthor ity to make preliminary examination tail discharge or commit the prisoner excluding the indian territory the united states courts are also given authority to appoint commissioners wherever necessary alie remaining sections forbid lie destruction or mutilation of seized distillery apparatus ap aratus and authorizes united baates judges to make proper orders tor tho comfort of persons ft hose ltd or health ia endangered by dose confinement provision 11 finally made for the abolition of all offices tor the collection of revenue which aro bill the report of the committee referring to the senate finance committee i a in part the policy of the par efti represented by the ananco committee is a policy of restriction not only against tho importation of produce but a restriction against the distribution trib ution of wealth among the magocs by permitting bliem to buy where they can buy lie cheapest and wll where they inn beell alo it is a restriction against the employ ment of labor a restriction against the demand tor employment and better it is contended by idem if we exclude foreign imports obrown manufacturers manufacture ra and their workmen will supply and eliat will employment to our own people the report adduces liguras anil statistics of alie operation of alie tariff law in past ears to meet the senate contention and declared decla rei those years which elbowed decreasing importation a vare among tho darkest in our history it ia contended that alie re duties mean large ami aliat the increased importations mean increased prosperity that 0 per cent of the goods con in the united aro pro lut cal at a lower ros ihan ia foreign countries which la a answer to the scarecrow that a free importation would result in ruining industries dus tries and tabor it id e ud a reduction in aratea hill the of articles arti clen now imported less than 5 per cent of the consumption but it would not bring to country any of the articles now at home becane they chiu be ard are produced and eold here cheaper llian they can he produced abroad and and iolj here in competition with conr own Thelow erini of not increase he importations of any article noldi MO manufacture at but it will lower the prices of articles to t lie consumer the saya the benned denned and declared by the finando committee is destructive of hii american industry except that vl building up ged falio aro to le liepa 0 o by the prostitution of the taxing power of th government the report udys thiera ia bood reanon M liy alie engar bounty provision of lant hinato bill be adopt eil and concludes villi the eliat will really bo no reductions in revenue under lie of the senate substitute |