Mr. FARQUHAR. Ay; but the gentleman has told us that the collector who disposes of the liquor has to go through the formality and incur the responsibility of taking a bond; and that for this reason his duties are so much more onerous and involve greater liability than the duties of the collector in the district where the article is manufactured. Sir, I hold that all the important and responsible duties are performed before the liquor is taken from the district where it is manufactured. The more matter of making the sale aine uuis to compar atively nothing. It does look to me as though the object of the proposition, as contained in the bill. were to build up and foster and protect the office of collector in the larger districts. so as to make these positions officcs of magnitude and of grofit, while the smaller collectors in the local districts are to be stripped down to comparatively nothing. It is provided that the collectors, after the pay reaches a certain amount, shall receive one 8th of 1%. over and above the other commissions. There is no limitation in this respect. The committee have failed, as I understand, to report any lini itation to the salaries of collectors. They have fixed alimit to the salaries of assessors but they have provided no limit. with regard to the salaries of p collectors. Under the bill, as it now stands, these wines are permitted to go from the local districts to the large commercial cities, such as Cincinnati, NewYork, Bal timore, Philadelphia, and in those the collect ors rea. the fruits of the labors of the men in the sma ler districts, whose salaries are reduced in some instances to a more pittance. I desire that these officers in the smaller districts shall have such salaries as will secure the services of qualified and responsible men. By the bill the salaries of the assessors are limited to $5,000, but, as I have said, there is no limit with regard to the pay of the collectors. This bill, with its present provisions, will have the effect of building up the office and swelling the salary of the collectors in the large commercial cities,while the collectors in the smaller district receive comparatively small compensation. [Here the hammer fell.]