Mr. FARNSWORTH. I move the following amendment: Provided/linker, That the provisionsof thissection aha? not apply to sales of flour. wheat. pork and co. Mr. Chairman, I move that for the reason the articlesmentioned are articles of prime necessity for poor men. They are substantial provisions every man has to have and this tax comes out of the men who produce them or who consume them. In either case it is unjust. The farmers in the West are taxed most uii mercifully. [Laughter] Gentlemen who own large manufactories in the East may laugh. but I repeat there are no people so uiimercifully taxed as the farmers of the West. The are taxed upon all the articles of husbandry. [hey are taxed upon everything they wear. They are taxed upon every particle of leather and every stitch of clothing. You tax the farmer again and again; he is taxed upon his income, and if he has a large family you do not allow enough above 1,000 dollars to support llllclll. You tax them upon every bushel of wheat. You tax them upon every hog they raise for market. You tax them on the sale of all these articles of beef, pork, and flour. These sales are always managed through brokers. Beef, pork, and flour are shipped to Chicago and Buffalo to be sold by these brok ers, and this tax reverts and is deducted from, the value of the goods to the producer. It is out of the producer or the consumer and is wrong in either case. Here the hammer fell.] 1. MORRILL. This is an old acquaintance which has been thoroughly discussed and every time defeated. The taxing of these articles when sold by brokers does not come out of the rethicer, but the sales reached are those made or the purposes of speculation. Daily in NewYork these contracts are made as in gold or bullion for the purposes of speculation. eef, pork, and flour argcly change hands in expectation of a rise or fall in the market. It is such sales as these that this tax reaches very small on legitimate trade and none too large when it reaches speculators in bread and meal; I hope the amendment will be rejected. The amendment was rejected.