Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-03-28

likes The duties on wooiles and cottoHI
Iseods con cotton yarn or thread
1.-The same provided that all unbleachr
led and uncolored cotton yarn or
Thread, the original cost Of which
shall be less than sixty cents per 10.
Ishall be deemed and taken to havs
cost 60 cents per lib. aud shall be
charged with duty accordingly: and
all bleached or colored yarn. the
iorig;nal cost Of which shall have
been less than rs cts. per Id. shall
Ibe taken and deemed to have aost75
|cents per lib. and shall be charged
with duty accordingly"
The motion was supported by the
mover and in few remarks by Mes
srs. Smith, Clay, Minor, Il Strong,
and also by Mr.. Wheaton, (who en-
TERED into a general investigation OF
1.-THE question Of protection of Manu-
fractures, aud his reasons for fayorirg
a decided and effectual protectien)
and opposed by Mr.. Lowndes and
MIR. Tucker /; when
The amendment was agreed to
l--ayes &c,
On motion Of Mr.. Robertson, the
words "on grain" were striken out
Iof the clause fixing the duty on i'm
ported spirits SO as to embrace all
spirits, whether made of grain. mo-
IIasses or other material, within the
highest rate Of duties specified in the
ltill on spirits.
Mr.. Minor moved, after some in
troductory remarks to strike out the
proposed duty on tin plates of $50
cents per box of1OO square feet, for
the purpose Of substituting lower
lduty.
| Mr.. Lowndes offered few argu-
ments in support of the duty prepos
led by the bill, and in opposition to
1.-The amendment after which
! The motion was negatived.
! Mr.. Minor moved to reduce the
duty on tin by changing the duty OF
E15O cts. from boxes of 400 to boxes
of 21s square feet--which motion
was also rejected
| Mr.. Webster then renewed the
|motion which he offered and with
Idrew on Saturday, to strike out the
duty proposed by the bill to be i'm
posed on imported cottons, and to
substitute the following: " For two
years next ensuing the s0th day of
IJuRe next, duty of thirty per cen
trim ad valorem for two years to
commence at the termination Of the
two years last aforesaid duty of
Twenty FIVE per centum al valorem,
land after the expiration of the two
|years last aforesaid, duty Of twenty
lper cent. ad vaIorem.
| MIR. Clay moved to amend the a
amendment by changing The word
1.-TWO in the first line to three, the
word two in the second instance to
lone, and to confirm the remainder
of the amendment accordingly. We
Iall know, said Mr. Clay. that now
Ills the time for encouragement. and
THAT the domestic manufacturer has
ito struggle more at the end Of @sr
land at that moment the greater aid
lis necessary, to support him against
foreign competition. If the amend
ment he offered prevailed. j years
would still reduce the duty TO the ni
nimum proposed by the original mo
ton, and would give our own mans
features an adequate protection ~
The time Of the greatest Difficult
Ity.
Mr.. Lowndes assented to the mo
ton. He rejoiced TO see gentlemen
who had manifested the stronges
Friendship for the manufacturing In
lterest, the advocates Of PROPOSE
Ition which would in prospect prodHc'
Ia return Of correct principles. Sa
listed that 25 and even 90 per cent
was a sufficient protection. to The
manufactures in question, he woult
nevertheless support the proposed
melton, though not perfectly correct
Lin nis onininn. nersuaded that Il