Testimony Taken by the Subcommittee on the Tariff of the Senate Committee on Finance in Connection with the Bill H.R. 9051: To Reduce Taxation and Simplify the Laws in Relation to the Collection of the Revenue ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1888 - 924 pages |
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... enumerated are within the scope of legislative relief , and Congress may properly be held responsible for any evils resulting from a continuance of exist- ing conditions . It may , however , be fairly said that responsibility for delay ...
... enumerated are within the scope of legislative relief , and Congress may properly be held responsible for any evils resulting from a continuance of exist- ing conditions . It may , however , be fairly said that responsibility for delay ...
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... enumerated or provided for in this act , twenty per centum ad valorem . This has been construed by the Treasury Department and the courts to admit silks , satins , laces , and a large variety of other expensive ar- ticles as " materials ...
... enumerated or provided for in this act , twenty per centum ad valorem . This has been construed by the Treasury Department and the courts to admit silks , satins , laces , and a large variety of other expensive ar- ticles as " materials ...
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... enumerated but a few of the many defects and incongrui- ties of the House bill , as every correct principle of tariff construction has been violated in selecting articles for the free list and those upon which large reductions in rates ...
... enumerated but a few of the many defects and incongrui- ties of the House bill , as every correct principle of tariff construction has been violated in selecting articles for the free list and those upon which large reductions in rates ...
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... enumerated in the bill of 42.78 per cent . , it would actually retain but 22.51 per cent . The statement of reductions furnished by the House com mittee does not embrace the reduction which would be produced by putting German looking ...
... enumerated in the bill of 42.78 per cent . , it would actually retain but 22.51 per cent . The statement of reductions furnished by the House com mittee does not embrace the reduction which would be produced by putting German looking ...
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... measure which would , as far as possible , fulfill the important require ments of revenue revision which we have enumerated . The numerous failures and defects of the House bill rendered the task 46 REVISION OF THE TARIFF .
... measure which would , as far as possible , fulfill the important require ments of revenue revision which we have enumerated . The numerous failures and defects of the House bill rendered the task 46 REVISION OF THE TARIFF .
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Page 178 - We are uncompromisingly in favor of the American system of protection ; we protest against its destruction as proposed by the President and his party. They serve the interests of Europe ; we will support the interests of America.
Page 554 - Class one, that is to say, merino, mestiza, metz, or metis wools, or other wools of Merino blood, immediate or remote, Down "clothing wools, and wools of like character...
Page 138 - ... bear the burden of national taxation, like other wrongs, multiplies a brood of evil consequences. The public treasury, which should only exist as a conduit conveying the people's tribute to its legitimate objects of expenditure...
Page 140 - ... are classed as employed in manufacturing and mining. For present purposes, however, the last number given should be considerably reduced. Without attempting to enumerate all, it will be conceded that there should be deducted from those which it includes 375,143 carpenters and joiners, 285,401 milliners, dressmakers, and seamstresses, 172,726 blacksmiths...
Page 139 - Our scheme of taxation, by means of which this needless surplus is taken from the people and put into the public Treasury, consists of a tariff or duty levied upon importations from abroad.
Page 459 - On cloths, knit fabrics, and all manufactures of every description made wholly or in part of wool, not specially provided for in this Act...
Page 60 - ... been advanced in value or condition by refining or grinding, or by other process of manufacture, and not specially provided for in this act, ten per centum ad valorem.
Page 245 - ... cents or less per pound, six-tenths of one cent per pound. Iron or steel, flat with longitudinal ribs for the manufacture of fencing, sixtenths of a cent per pound.
Page 139 - ... duty adds to the imported articles. Those who buy imports pay the duty charged thereon into the public treasury, but the great majority of our citizens, who buy domestic articles of the same class, pay a sum at least approximately equal to this duty to the home manufacturer. This reference to the operation of our tariff laws is not made by way of instruction, but in order that we may be constantly reminded of the manner in which they impose a burden upon those who consume domestic products as...
Page 459 - On cloaks, dolmans, jackets, talmas, ulsters, or other outside garments for ladies and children's apparel and goods of similar description, or used for like purposes, composed wholly or in part of wool, worsted, the hair of the camel, goat, alpaca, or other...