THEQEVENINGVGAZETTE THE EVENING GAZETTE 11me AT r1111 Pos-r Omen 1N1 Noawm as A Newsrarsa. H AIL BUBSORIPTI ON 8, Dam. one'year. $3: siximonths. $1.75; three months. 31.00; one month, 30c. Wanner. one year. in Fadvancefi $1.00; six months. 600.: three months. 350. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER '9, 1896. THE WEATHER — To-day, rain, cloudy, with clearing and cooler weath- er by evening. To-morrow fair, cooler, and on Friday generally fair, followed by possible rain or snow. , What Congress Should Do. The Fifty-fourth Congress reassem- bled Monday presumably to devote the short session to indispensablellegis- lation. It seems to be accepted by all sides that there will be no tarifi' legisla- tion by the present Congress, and that there will be no financial legislation of any moment. The interruption of the holiday sea- son. and usual delay in' getting to ‘work after the session begins, practically elimina‘es the month of December iromthe actual working days of the session. That leaves but two month; for considering and disposing of such billls as are within reach of success, and Congress would do well to devote » this time to measures cf practical im- portance whose success is within range of probabihty. It appears to be accepted that a spec- ial session of the new Congress will be called by President McKinley to con- sider the tariff-and the financial ques- tions. It would obviously be the part of wisdom for the present Congress not to waste any time upon these import- ant issues. The first need of the gov- ernment that should be met by the present session of Congress is an in- crease of revenue, and that should be done without in any way interfering with the general tarifi' revision that is expected to come under the new admin- istration. ' Congress could at once meet the de- mands of the I‘rea my by levying a specific tax of one or one and one-half cents apound on sugar and a tax of 3-. centsapound on cofi‘ae, with say one cent a glass on beer. Such a tax would supply the deficiency of our re- ceipts in meeting the expenditures and would be the least felt of any tax that PIPES- could be' levied. ~ The «tax on sugar would bring all the proceeds'ot the tax into the Treasury and at the same time maintain the sugar industries of the country, while a tax on cofi' e would largely increase the revenue without increasing the cost of coffee to con- sumers, and a slight tax on beer, would not raise its retail price, Or be seriously felt by any one. We have tried coflee both free and taxed, and the price has been prac- tically the same to the people. it is admitted free, an export tax is levied upon it by the governments pro- ducing it, and when it is taxed here, it 1 #1 is exportéd free. It is simply a ques- tion, therefore, whether our govern- ment. or the governments producing cofi'ee, shall get the benefit of the tax, as the American purchasers pay it sub- stantially alike in either case. Beyond such taxes for the increase of revenue there need be no attempt at legislatson on the tarifl' question, as it is evident that the Dingley bill cannot be passed through the Senate. The government needs revenue. and the shortest and best way to supply it would be by levying the tax suggested. The return of such a tax would be more im- mediate than any other, and would re- assure the country and the world, that the government has adequate revenues for all its expenditures. - -~~--—Q->— How to Cure :1 Severe Gold. A few weeks ago the editor was taken with a very severe zacold that caused him to be' 1n :1 most miserable condition. It was undoubtedly a bad case of la grippe and recognizing it as dangerous he took imme- diate steps to bring about a. speedy cure. From the advertisement of Chamberlain’s. Cough Remedy and the many good recom- mendations included therein, we concluded to make a first trial of the medicine. 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