Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-05-11

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heavy duty ou the raw material at The time
when Grea, Britain was taking it of. In England,
the manufacture of " oolien had been an object
Of great national attention; for long time
il had no duty. or only. one of about farthings
a pound, probably tn ascertain the quantity
imported. This was the case until 1919, when
the exports of woollen had amounted, for
course Of years, from . to 100000 sterling
a year. On the imposition of this small duty
the export declined, aud, in 1898, fell to
E5, 500 900 sterling, and the Germans and the
French interfered with them, and got part of
The expert This, he sad was the secret of the
proposed repeal of the duty Of 6d. in England,
when we were putting it on. He would,
therefore, advocate, i'm preference, striking out
the duty, though he knew the agricuiiurists
might be averse to il and, If this were the
case, he should reluct Mt it. But some Of them
thought the duty would be Injurious to the
wool grower and this he knew from a h,ter
he submitted to the Senate from very respec-
table and experienced gentleman, at present
farmer in Vermont, large wool grower, and
owner of sheep, and to whom the United
States were principally indebted for the intro
duction of the invaluable race of merino
sheep. He alluded to VIM. Jarvis, Esq. late
United States' Consul at Lisbon, and who
was decidedly of opinion that the duty on
imported wool would, by its reaction, prove
its encouragement of manufactures, lessen
the demand for the wool, and consequently,
the price in the market, and injure, instead of
beneiitting, the wool grower.
Mr.. Elliott called for division of the ques-
tiSn and the chair declared the question TO
be the first upon striking out the proposed
duty on manufactured wool.
Mr.. Smith then Withdrew his motion to
insert specific duty of eight cents per pound,
and the question then remained upon striking
out.
Mr.. Mills said he was perfectly willing 10
vote for reasonable duty on the importation
of wool, but not 20 high duty the highest
progressive duties proposed in this bill. He,
therefore, moved 10 amend the bill by striking
out SO much as proposes the prospective in
| crease of the duty on wool, over f,Ueniy-fre
per cent ad uaiorem. The question was then
put upon this amends ent, and decided in the
negaiire, by Yeas and Nays, as follows:
YEAS.-alessrs. Bar bour Branch, Clayton
Elliott, Gailard, Hayne, Holmes of Me-,
Holmes of Miss, II. johnson, of La, j. S.
Johnson of La, Kelly, King of AL, King OF
Ny Lloyd of Mass, Macon, Mills, Parrott,
Smith, Van Dyke, Ware, WIlIiams--9I.
NAYS.-Messrs. Barton, Bell, Benton,
Brown, Chandler, D'IVolf, Dirkersop, Eaton,
Edwards, Findlay, Jackson, johnson of Ken,
Knight, Lauman, Lloyd of Md, Lowrie, Me-
llvaihe, Noble, Palmer, Ruggles, Seymour,
Talbot, Taylor Of Ind, Taylor of Vir Tho
mas Van Buren-26.
So the Senate refused TO adopt the amend
ment proposing TO limit the duty on wool to
ttcenty fire per cent.
Nj. Elliott then withdrew his proposition
to divide the question, which proposition
| would have made it necessary to put the
question on striking out all Of the proposed
duty ON wool
Mr.. Mills then moved to amend the bill, by
striking out so much proposes the rrospec-
tive increase Ofthe duty over thirty per centum
al valDrem. The question was put on this
amendment, and decided in the affirmative, by
Yeas and Nays, follows:
YEAS.-Messrs. Barbour, Benton, Branch
Clayton. Eaton, Elliott, GailIard, Hayne,
Holmes of Ma. Holmes of Miss, Jackson, H.
Johnson Of La, j. S. Johnston of La, Kelly,
King of Ala, King of ". Y, Knight, Lloyd of
Dyke, Ware, Williams-e5.
NAYS.-Mess-s. Barton, Bell, Brown, Chan
dlrr, D'WoK Dickerson, Edwards FndIay,
johnson, Of Ken ,Lannan, Lloyd of Md, Low
rie, Mcilvaine Noble, Palmer, sRuggles Sey-
mour, Talbot, Taylor, of Ind, Taylor of Viz,
Thomas, Van Buren-22.
So the Senate agreed to limit the duty on
manufactured wool, to thirty per cent ad
valorem; and the clause imposing duties on
wool unmanufactured, Il duty of twenty per
centum ad yalorem, until the list day of June,
1925 afterwards, duty of twenty-five per
cen'un ad valorem, until the LIST day Of June,
1896 ; afterwards, n duty oftbrty per centum
ad valorem: Propided, That all wool the ac-
tuai value of which, at the place whence i'm
| ported, shall not exceed ten cents per pound,
shall be charged with a duty of fifteen per
centnm ad valorem, and no more"
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mend the bill, by striking out the following
proviso: Provided, That all wool, the actual
value of which, at the place whence imported.
shall not exceed ten cents per pound, shall be
charged with duty of fifteen per centum ad
vaorem, and no more" The question was
then put on this amendment, and decided in
The negative, by Yeas and Nays, as follows
YEAS -Messrs. Ben on branch. Chandler,
Eaton, Findiay, Jackson, Johnson, of Ken
J. S. Johnston, ofLou. Knight, Lloyd, Of Nd.
l."wric, Macon, Parrott, Ruggles Talbot
TAYLOR, Of Ind. Taylor, ofVrg Williams.-lS.
NAYS.-Messrs. Barbour. Barton, Bell,
Brown, Clayton, D'Wolf, Dickerson, Ed.
wards. Elliott, Gaillard, Hayne, Holmes, of
Maine. Holmes Of Miss. Johnson, of Lou
Kelly, King, Of Alab. King, Of ". Y. Lanman,
Lloyd, Of Mass. McIlvaine, MILF. Noble, Pal
sner, Seymour, Smith, Thomas, Van Buren,
Van Dyke, Ware.-S9.
So the Senate refused to strike out the pro.
viso.
Mr.. Smith then moved to amend The bill.
by inserting the foIIowiDg;" On all articles Of
silk, or of which silk is component part.
manufactured in India, China, or any other
country beyond The Cape Of Good Hope, a
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