The Clerk read the next paragraph, as follows: 16.Distillers shall dpay $100. Eve person, firm or corporation who istills or manuactures spirits shall be deemed a distiller under this act: Provided. That distillers Il apples. Grapes or caches distilling ormauufacturinglcss than 150 bar rels peryear from the same, shall pay titty dollars: and providedfurther. That no tax shall be imposed for any still. stills or other apparatusused by drug gists and chemists for the;recovery of alco 01 tor pharmaceutical and chemical or scientific purposes, which has beenusedin those processes. “Nif ingERSOLL. I move to amend this paragraph by striking out “ “ $100" and inserting $1,000” as the tax to be paid by distillers. I haye this much to say in support of my proposition: unless you guard an.rotect the egitimnte manufacturer of this artic c, you W111 fail to derive any considerable amount of revenue from thissource. In one district in the State of NewYork where 3 years ago the census shows there was no distillery, there are now 30 did 1 leries and so it is in the State of Penn 1vania. In the northern district of Gcor in, where but a few years ago there was no is tillery, the internalrevenue collector of the district reports that there are now 1500 distilleries. In one district in Virglnia where there were formerly no distilleries there.ufact are now several hundred of them. Those distilleries are making, in a great measure, contraband whisky, which is being sold in the various markets of the country for less than the Government tax. Rectified whisky in the city of NewOrleans is sold at $1 76 pergallon 25 cents less than the amount of the Government tax. Unless the legitimate manufacture of whisky is protected by law, the Government will obtain no revenue from this business, while the country will be flooded with whisky. All the evil consequences of the manufacture and consumption of the article will be experienced, while there will be no adequate compensation to the Treasury of the U.S. Unless we adopt a system similar to that carried out in GreatBritain, the Government takin charge of the manufacture of this article and recognizing those engaged in its manufacture as agents of the Government, we shall get, comparatively speaking, no revenue. The manufacture of whisky in the U.S. ought to produce to the Government a yearly revenue of $80,000,000. This is the amount of the estimate formerly made by the ComWays&Means; and this amount could be realized under a proper system. Estimating that the annual consumtion of whisky during the last 2 years has been 40 million al ons perannum, a tax of 2 dollars pergaion should yield to the Treasury $80,000,000. But if we allow every little distillery to be run for a license of 25 dollars, we shall have the country floode with contraband whisky, and the Treasury will obtain but little revenue. If the license be fixed at $1.000. we drive this contraband trade out of existence, thereby protecting the legitimate manufacturer, who can thus afford to pay a license of $1,000, and also a tax of 2 01 lars pergallon.