Mr. HIGBY. I renew it. I wish to draw the attention of the chairman of the committee and of members of the House to a portion of this bill. It is true we have not yet reached it, but I have no doubt the chairman of the committee and others will press its adoptionwith the same tenacity that they have shown in regard to so lar ca portion of this bill. On page 104 of the hi 1I nd this provision: That on all wines, liquors or compounds known or denominatedaswine. madein imitation of spark ling wine or champagne, and put up inbottle s under the label. name. designation or similitude of any imported wine or wine of foreign growth or manufacture or with the appearanceor pretenseof being imported wine or wine of foreign growth or manufacture. there shall be lowed and paid a tail of dollarsperdozenbottles, eachbottle containing more than one pint, or 3 dollars or dozen bottles, each bottle containing not moret an one pint. I suppose it is a well known fact that there are no wines raised in this country but what are classed or classified asmentioned in this section, which I believe is an addition to the orinal law upon this subject, and no doubt it is intended to be a tax and would be a very heavy tax on all wines that are raised in this country. I am lookin to the action of this House with regard to that section. Probably it will be adopted. If it is, it will certainly be a very heavy burden upon the culture of the grape and making of wine in this country. It is a well know. fact in the State of California that gra e juice in its 1st stage is a very cheap artic e, selling at from 25 to 35 cents pergallon by 1,000s and 1,000s of gallons. The small jobbers are these who will have to bear this burden of 5 cents a gallon. It takes time to become val uable. One year adds to the value of the wine one or 200%.; twoycars doubles it, and so on. The man who has money can purchase at great advantage because the tax, amounts to nothinga ainst capital invested for a number of years. but the small men are to be burdened and distressed by that little tax whereas the provision on page 164 is the one that will come upon the ca italist. [Here the hammer fell.f