Mr. HARDING, of Illinois.'I rise to oppose the amendment. I have not been very trouble some to the House during the consideration of this bill; notwithstanding I have a constituency which I believe is about equal in number to that which isordinarily represented by a member on this floor, and have therefore an equal right to express my views. I dissent from this special revision of this billand to manyothers. I hold t this vast increase of the tariff duty will have the effect to impose an onerous and excessive burden upon the consumers of the articles which arementioned in this bill the toiling millions of the country. Ifl understamLthe effects of this bill, they are these: by the provisions of this bill it isexpected to affect the value of at least $1,000,000,000 worth of material which is now on hand in the warehouses of merchants, manufacturers, and importers, including all that will be manufactured, all of which, both that on hand and that to be manufactured, is to be consumed within the next year. My information from gentlemen who are cognizant of the facts is to the effect that that estimate is not too lar e. The effect of this bill will be to increase the cost of that $1,000,000,000 worth of material to be conQ. sumed by the people of the U.S. within the next year at least 30%. upon the whole amount, or at least $300,000,000. how, let me ask this committee, who will pay this increase? If it was an appropriation to. y a remium to manufacturersaud to the holers o the imported articles there might not be so much objection to it, foritwould be an approprintion out of the Treasuryof the U.S. We derive the money in the Treasury of the U.S. in a great measure from taxes upon the wealth of the country, upon the in comes of the wealth ', upon articles of luxury and if we should to re out of the Treasury of the U.S. $300,000,000 and appropriate it prorate to those who ask assistance under this bill, we could better afford to do it, for then we would have a constituency able to pay it. But we propose to take it, by this bill, not from the wealth of the country, but from the poor, who are burdened in common with the wealthy with the taxes imposed by the revenue bill we are to extract from the consumers of the U.S. during the next year the sum of $300,000,000, and to pay it to whom? Here the hammer fell.] the question was then taken upon the amendment of Mr. Aims, and itwas notagreed to.