Mr. DAVIS. Ipropose another amendment on page 61, in line 1286, to strike out after the word “distillers” the words “ shall pay $100, ” and to insert: Who shall distill 50 barrels or less of brand or whisky. 20 dollars: and cverydistiller who shall dist’ll morethan 50 barrels.for eachand every100 barrels above that quantity shall pay an additional ten dollars. The intent of this amendment is to establish a graduation of the cost of special licenses. In my State and Isuppose it is so in other sections of the U.S. a great many small distillers consume their own grain, grain that the themselves raise upon their farms, in distillation. Many of them make under 50 barrels, and very few above that quantity. There is no reason in justice why a man who distills grain which he raises upon his own farm, and in that form seeks to find a market for it, and who makes but 50 barrels of whisky or less, should be charged as much for a special license as an establishment that makes 2,000 barrels. There are some distillers that make more than that quantity, but greatly less than any of the large distilling establishments of the country. '1 he effect of this bill, of its various and complicated and oppressive provisions, will be to induce these small distillers to cease their 0 oration of distilling wholly. The revenue t this to result from this special tax on distillation is increased or diminished in proportion to the number of persons that are engaged in distilling. This high tax of $100 upon every distiller, and the various other most vexations and oppress ive provisions of this bill, which I suppose are necessary, that bear upon distillers, will have the effect of inducing those who distill a‘small quantity to discontinue the operation entirely. If this amendment shall be adopted, and a graduated rice for this special permission to distill shal be establishe, it will have the effect, I think, of encouraging the contin uation of their business by the small distillers, and of bringing others into the operation of distilling their own grain or the grain of their neighbors; and in that way I think it ivopld be a provision that would excite and increase the revenue instead of diniiniship it. The amendment was rejecte.