Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-03-16
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Eighteenth Congress.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
SATURDAY, MARCH
The Senate did moi sit on Saturday.


The House then resolved itself into COM
mittee OF the Whole on the state of the Union.
Air. Condlct in the Chair. The Tariff Bill,
being the unfinished business Of Yesterday was
again taken UP for consideration.
On motion of Mr.. Tod, the bill was amend
ed by inserting a new line, laying IA duty ol
80 per cent. ad yalorem upon " oil cloths and
oil cloth carpetins." On his motion also,
the bill was amended by striking out the line
imposing duty vt . ten cents per pound on
Prussan blue" On his motion, the bill was
Farther amended by raising the proposed duty
On " currants and figs" from three cents tu
four cents per pound.
hir. Breck then moved to amend the fol
lowing clause: 4" On all manufactures, not
herein specified, Ut cotton, silk, fax, or hemp.
or of which either of these materials shall be
component part, duty of % per cantum
adj vaiuren," by striking out therefrom the
word silk"
Dir. Brock supported this melton by a few
remarks, To shew that I'VE could not at pre-
sent, hope To do much in the raising of silk
worms and manufacture of silk and that
therefore, being an article very mnch wanted
IN the country, and which we cannot produce.
this duty ought not To be levied upon it.
Messrs. Cambrcleng, Livingston, and Reed
OF Massachusetts, also supported the proposed
amendment, and Messrs. Tod, Wright, Sand
iord, and Trimb!e, opposed il. On the -qnes
ton being taken, tile amendment was rejected.
without division.
Mr. M'Km then moved the hill, by striking
out the following line /" on tqlio,c, four cents
per pound" At the request OF Mr. Baylics.
however, the motion was Withdrawn, untiI
further information on the subject should be
laid before the House.
Mr.. Forsyth moved to insert a new line in
a "a h,Ify ,f ,irtx
valorem, on n-stunes, and all articles used
In the manufacture OF m stones" This
amendment was advocated by Mcssrs Mrr-
Ger and hiaary, and opposed by Messrs. Tod
and NJ Kim and i; was then rejected.
Mr.. Byes then moved to amend The bill
by raising The proposed duty on g EPSON salts, -
from three 10 four cents per ruuod. Mrssrs.
Bayfes and Tod spoke in fav or Of, and Mr..
Reed against the amendment. 1t was carried
Mr.. Forsyth then moved that all the thu d
section of The bill he stricken Quit is as
f"llows. From and after the ihrteth day of
June, 1924, 10 the duties on all goods wares.
and merchandise, herein before mentioned,
or any other, there shall he added, and shall
be collected and paid, the full amount of such
bounty or premium, or allowance in nature
thereof, as, on the expectation of similar
articles, may be given, paid, or allowed, in the
country or place from which they shalt be ex
ported, or III the country or place wherein the
same shall be produced or manufactured ;
which shall he calculated and a,cei tanned, I'M
der such rules and regulations as the Secretary
of the Treasury shall, from time to time, fix
and prescribe"
This motion gave rise to considerable discus
sion, in the course Of which, Messrs. FORSYTH
Foot of Con. Webster, p. p. Barbour, and
Mercer, spoke in favour Of striking ont the
section, principally on the ground that the
| addition of the bounty allowed in the foreign
country, to The duties levied on the imported
article, is an Infringement of that part of our
Treaty with Great Britain which pro, des
that ma higher duty shall be laid on goods,
imported from that country. The motion 80
| strike out the section, was opposed by Mr.
Tod, and, without taking the question,
On motion of Mr.. Storrs the committee
rose.
On motion Of Mr.. Baylics, the memorials
ofsundry inhabitants Of Nantucket and New
Brelford, in Massachusetts, praying for an in
crease Of duty on imported taIIow, were
| ordered to be printed.
On motion OfMr. Webster, the memorials
of the tallow chambers and soap boilers oil
Boston, demonstrating against an increase oi
the duty on imported talIow, were ordered
TO be printed
The House then adjourned till Monday
next.