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Several efforts have been made in the House oil


Representatives to obtain and print copy of the


revenue bill, which has been prepared for the


Committce of Ways and Means The chairman


(Gen. Mckay has opposed the motion, and it has
been voted down. This seems the proper decis-
ion, when recollect the position of the whole
question The bill. if we may even Judge from
the analysis of it which has been printed in many
of the papers, is, in many respects, framed with
great discretion and skill. The Secretary did
we'll in calling in the assistance of gentlemen who
were experienced in the customs The result
is bill, which, on account of its simplicity alone,
is far better than the act of ls42. The average
of duties is estimated not to exceed 20 per cent
A lower rate would scarcely yield revenue suffi-
cient to pay the expenses Of the government econ
omically administered But the bill, as it now
stands before the committee, is mere proiek


1t is far from having received the last touch of the
ITSELF 1t is subject to modification in
their hands 1t is destined, perhaps to receive
several changes before it is reported 10 the House
We wish that those notifications may be caIcu-
lated to improve The bill. The committee must
use great circumspection and frmncss to prevent
any change for the worse, though we by no
means expect such bill is perfect as it came from
the bureau Of the Secretary. H.