Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-01-05

ie1 vi the Tariff. Whatever The intentions OF its
advocates may be, the necessary effect of il will be
to procrastinatc the whole subject to so late day
that 1t must at last go the Session and if il
now fails, it is in vain 10 expect its revival hcreaf
ter. We are now az the end of the first mouth Of /
the Session, and have already heard the hope ex-I
pressed openly, i'll the House, that we shall adj |
journ by the fourth of March. The bill OF last year
was not even acted upon in the other House for
want OF time. and at the commence
ment oi a new and unusual mode of proceeding
that must consume several weeks, if the examina-
ton which the Committee seem TO propose is tho
roughly made. infer, too, from the remarks OF
the gentleman from Pennsylvania. that the Com
miiice have not yet prepared bill Of any descrip-
; ton They ask for this power, that they may de-
terinine, IN the first instance, what articles need
protection, as well the amount of ii. If they
cannot, III their own opinion directly act without
this power from the House, then il is 10 be pre-
suned that they have not yet prepared any meas
ures, ana II we grant them the power, we shall
not expect TO hear from them till ell their eXanna
tons OF the manufacturers have been completed,
and till they have afterwards matured some pro-
ject, TO be founded on the information which they
propose to acquire in that way II requires no
great share oil sagacity 10 perceive, nor much te-
meiity TO oretell, that if this proposition is adopted
x the Committee undertake to perform duty com
nensurate with its full import we NAV dismiss the
whole Subiectirom the House as defeated measure
j shall not be disappointed if those who are op-
poseu 10 any increase OF duties should support the
| resolutions: for believe that il will prove in the
end to be the most ehectual way TO defeat all the
petitions before US; but hope that the friends Of
the farming and manufacturing interests viii not
sustain proposition that must by its necessary o.
pcration. indirectly dsappoint their constituents
consider that, in voting on this question, | am
virtually deciding whether will set on the subject
at aii and, In this view of it, the present PROPOSE
| lon shall receive no favor from my hands IL the
Committee intend to offer us any measure for the
protection otthe interests of those whose petitions
have been referred TO them by the House land
nope we shall soon have it before us,) am willing
TO trust TO the information already in their poyvor
mold their intelligence in too high estimation TO
doubt that they offer us a bill that shall leave
| tons of the country
Mr. Oakley said that the resolution, as moved
| by the chairman of the Committee appeared TO
MN tobc couched in too general terms IL did
not sheW With sufficient clearness the object for
"hich the proposed power was asked. That OBJ
Ject as he understood it, was, that the committee
might DE enabled TO examine witnesses on the
SUBJECT submitted TO them and thus get at the facts
calculated TO enlghten the Judgment not of the
committee merely, but of this House That this
was tiie OBJECT OF the resolution, he thought was
ny inserting after the word q papers, the follow
ing . with view to ascertain and report to this
mouse such facts as may be useful to guide the
Judgment OF this House iii relation to revision of
inc tarl1 oil duties on imported goods''
MIR. Stevenson thought the amendment ouaht
not 10 prevail. Gentlemen had deprecated the
/ delay which would result from adopting the re-
solution. The evident effect of the amendment
Mouiu DC, by requiring detailed report, TO delay
| the Dill The Committee had a due reference n
| une, when they agreed to the resolution. The
| committee Will not retard the report of BILL so
as to be too late for legislation The argument of
| inc gentleman from New York (AIr. Storrs,) is
| therefore fallacions. 1t is founded rpon error
iie committee have determined 70 report in rea-
sohaDie time. The authority asked il is not too
| Lnuch 10 presume, will be used with reasonable
! eiscTeuon Its not intended to send TO Orleans
missouri or TO Maine, for information; much of it
dt mana, even here; but il is wanted in an ull-
| command II
NIr. ,. said, the Committee possess sufficient IN
1oiinatlon on scycra! the subjects referred but
want II on others. He would not dwell on the ar
sum ents oil gentlemen who urged, that the adopt
MY the resolution would delay a report; was ar
guinent against fact. The Committee had deter
! mined to report in January, and will do So He
again stated, that the Committee were not solicit
tous on the question OF passing the resolution but
would prefer ii without the amendment unless the
Committee would be sanctioned in extending the
report to later day. He was aversc TO the report
and passage oil bills without due examination of
facts. Tor want of due reference TO facts this
House, last Winter passed bill, apparently, in
part for the benefit Of our farmers Its operation
| as may be now seen, by reference to the imports
OF the year, would have been fraud upon the
hopes of the wool grower-so in effect Il rot IN
intention The bill seemed TO increase the d, w,
on imported wool, but was so worded as to add mo
thing to theuty on wool costing not more than Zen
cents Ii lett an opportunity 20 invoice the GREAT
part OF the wool imported, at or below that price
10 slew the facts in part, ifthe House will par
don me, will state the importations into the COL
lection district of Boston, for the last three ears
From October Ist, 1924, to October Ist 1926
costing above ten cents, $I57424. Not over ten
cents, ss10,I43.
From October Ist, 1925, to Oct. LIST, 1926 coztino
above ten cents, $llS,s01. Costing not over ten
cents, $50 $50.
From LIST Oct. 1926, to 1st Oct, 1927, co.tinc
above ten cents, S93,273 Costing not over ten
cents, 1892, $50
The quantity of wool imported into the Boston
district Tor the year ending October Ist 1927 cost
ing above ten cents, was three hundred and f,ur-
teen thousand six hundred and ninetv-six mounds
" that, costing not cents one million our
hundred and seventy-threc thousand two hundred
and ninety pounds. Here, then YOU have bro,,otf
into one port alone this enormous amount and ,bat
costing not over ten cents, would, under the fa1-
cious provisions Of the woollens BILL have paid no
| additional duty. The present duty Of IS per cent
on the cost OF the above, is an average orabori me
penny per pound. vast protection 20 the ,yooi
growing farmer, indeed The yyoo}Iens bill ,v,uld
not have increased this. Sir am the friend Of the
farmer and Of the msnuijicturcr and seek iDf,r
nation III order TO DO their interests iust;cc Tho
agricutuFst and manufacturer Of perIrls,,l,ar; aro
willing to be judged by ilcts and will not SUPPRESS
inquiry 400
have pointed out wha; yyouId haze occurred
IN part under the provisions Of the ,yooilcns bl in
order to shew how necessary it is 10 do sometime
more than TO cry Tarif-we prefer information
rom the hrst sources. The committee will not
delay their report beyond january and il i bancr
to so frame their bill and arrange lis provisions a.
existing eKigeDces than TO cast il crude and in
! digestcd into this House. founded In error and