Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-01-27

were to repeal a Protecting law, he should GER /,
,ainly be against il, though he might have opposed
the law: but the friends Of this bill do not ask
merely for a continuance OF protection. That, in
deed was the first ground taken, and if they had
advanced no further, he should not have said any
thing, but they do 60 great deal further and isure
the bill by attempting too much The House IL told
that the protecting law of 1924 is now evaded in
three or four diffe ent modes. This argument Is
very properly urged Those frauds must be pre-
vented. but the bill goes much farther, and instead
of securing The duty already laid, it adds new
one, amounting to an actual prohibition OF nearly
one half OF all the woollen goods imported. 1t
seeks not protection, but total pr ohibition. am
opposed to entering a, this time upon the discus
sion OF such bill. 1t would not, in my judgment,
be doing justice to the other branches of our man
ufac,ures. II the bill confined 10 en-
forcenent of the revenue laws, should he in its
| favor; but when they advance new claim, aud
| insist upon a prohibition, see reason why this
particular branch should have greater favor than
Others, which were included it'll it under the gem
eral tariff bill oil 1924 am warranted in saying
that its effect will be, an actual prohibition oil a
| great proportion of our imported woollens. Yet
provision of this importance Is slipped in inciden-
tally. They could not have done it " hen the last
Tariff Bill was under discussion. They dared not
even to have attempted it, Such proposition
| would not then have been much as listened to,
'or is it directly avowed, but brough, In
! in indirect while the protested object of
the bill is merely TO obviate the evasion of taxes
On this ground, am opposed to the bill, and in
favor OF the motion of the gentleman from Penn
sylvana.
| A motion made 70 adjourn, but it was
ne..aiived ayes 65, noes 81.
| Mr.. Cambrelen: said, that the vote Just taken
! furnished another evidence of the impeuosiiy with
which The friends of the bill Were posed 10 force
| It upon the House. The gentlemen tell US about
frauds. (said hey but say nothing of how they
committed They say their object is not to in
crease the duty, but onIy 10 secure the collection
OF the duty. have listened atenively to all they
have advanced, and cannot say les, than that, in
my judgment, the House is imposed uron if that is
thought TO be the object of the bill. The very dis
cu--ion OF the subject has ruinous effect If this
debate goes on for week, spec ulations will
take place In woolIen goods to the aount of mil
lions Of dollars. The object OF the bill is prohi-
bi,ion-nor is there any thing in the BILL either in
| lis iorm or substance, which will operate 10 en-.
sure the collection of the revenue. Ii goes, on
! the other hand, to annihilae the revenue
! III, however, the House L. determined 10 go into
the question, am prepared 10 meet it; yet, with
all Difference to the honorable gentleman from
| Delaware, must tell him that | would rather
take the Tariff Of 1924, with all its compromises.
than the bill now proposed; that whole Taritf bill
was nothing to this; with all its various and null
! tip!ied provisions, it did not affect The country
hall 50 much this bill will affect it, call on The
COMMITTEE OF Manufactures to tell w., for they
4 hey
Intend TO put upon these goods. ask how much
! per cent upon the price their new duty is intended
to demand! We have no report-no calculation
When the Tariff bill of 1924 as brought into the
House, the gentleman from Pennsylvania, who
was then Chairman of TIE Commute e of Manufac.
lures, (ior whom, however ! may have differed
from him In on mon, cherish the greatest oer-
sona respect,) gave to the House, a statement
| exhibiting, in one column, the existing tIuty and
IN another, the duty proposed. This afforded IN.
House some data TO go by--it enabled them, in
some measure, TO Judge OF the fleet of the bill
out now I'VE have not one item 10 guide u
Sir, consider the present bill as The most for
mdable measure of The kind that was ever trough,
INTO this House; II imposes duties of one hundred
and one hundred and fifty per cent. on large par,
OF all the wooen goods which now form the sub.
Ject OF commerce 1 earnestly hope the motion
10 discharge The committee " Ill prevail
! was sorry 10 hear some of the observations
which fell from my friend from DELAYS are. Tba,
| gentleman ought TO know that before he Lii has
been one eek IN committee there III be w en,y diff
iereni proposition, 10 add TO The number of objects
| included IT. ii. Can that gentleman suppose tina,
the members from Penns; lvsna and Ne. York
will SIT quietly by and net ask for their share in
the benefits of the bli He must surely know that
such a bill cannot be dismissed fIom this House
! under three weeks, and that then il will 90 with
forty new sections added. ! certainly do no, wish
to re'ard far less prevent, the due examination OF
any measure on which there is he least possbil,,v
hat The House can come TO conclusion within
| the limits of the Session
| Bot this Is not such measure; and the ins,an,
you determine TO so nto Committee Of the Whole
upoa ibis bill. you convert this whole Union fron
| Maine to Mexro, into sea of speculation
Let 1t be known that the House even delber.,e.
on the bill, and from 20 to 30 millions of dolIo,.
| VIII be Instantly afoat. Gentlemen NAV talk IN
me as they please about The lamentabe dIstresses nj
The manufacturers oil New England with their hun.
ureds oil thousands and their half million i'm Iair
pockets II they are distressed ii is by the spiri,
OF speculation. 1t is the fruit of their own ,,,ea
sTes, and they have themselves alone TO thank (ot
IT, As to the presen, bill. say boldly, that il i.
| fraud oil the ommittee of Manufactures 1bev
come INTO the Honse proposing to protect the rev
enue, and bring bill which DESTROYS the revs,ue
ana throws US upon an ocean of speculation The
House has not yet acted on any OF the great sub
Jects which lie before it. IL has not touched The
bankrupt bill Ii has done nothing on the Yves,
| India question. IL has passed none of the apnro
prIaton bills; and II is now asked TO ocnunv tho
| residue oil The session on a sui iect which will
venture to say, no man in the ". S. ever expect
ed to be discussed by this Congress The gentle
man from Delaware says, that the City of New
York Is well ioiormed TO what we are doing and
nave zone In relation to this matter; for one
have written a number of letters 10 that citv 70
guessing information on The topics of the bill and
have had time to receive but one letter in replv
do not believe the house is rrepared tn On ;n;o
the subject, and hope the Committee of the Whole
| viii be discharged from lis consideration
! On motion OF Mr.. Van Rensselaer,. the Hons.
adjourned.