Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-01-09
IN SENATF-DrcEABye 30
ON ALUM SALT


DUTY ON ALUM SALT
The bill to abolish the duty IN Alum Sal, being
rond the Second tmc-
Mr. BENTON moved TO refer the BIZ TO the
Cannliteo on Finance.
Nh CLAY Thought that the blu ought 10 take
another direction. and bc relcrfed 10 the commli~s
of Manufacture Not peteclvine the Chairman q
that Connlltto IN his place AZ that moment Mr.
DreRruaoN caught the eye OF Mr. G who gave way
To him
Mr. DICKEHSON sad that in some points of
view it might e proper to give 10 The bill tlIe d
f,ctnu SUGGESTED by The gentleman hoin Kentucky
II IntertercdW ith an important pan OF our manu
features, He therefore moved IT. reference 10 tlG
Committee on Manufactures
MI CLAY aid that lie considered this question,
although ono merely Of reiereoce, rs involving
some importance lit WA committed TO the Com
mitlrc of Finance, such commitment would I'M.
ply that the Aoae nanulaopne was unworthy Of
any consideration On the contrary, a wiercnee OF
It 10 the Commltlet Of Manufacture would require
Of that Committee full consideration of the effect
upon The manufaetufer aud the consumer likely 10
be produced by Il still further reduction OF tht duty
ON anIt 1t has been sud thai five withdraw frdm
the Committee of Finance nrslcs subject To duly,
because tho manufactures the country might be
affected thai Committee would have nothing To do
But was il not equally true that if all subjects,
touching the revenue were, for that reaeop, 10 be
withdrawn rom the Committee Of Manufacture
and assigned To the Committee OF Finance, that tho
Committee Of Manufactures would have nothing 10
dol The respective provinces Of the two Commit
tees were plainly markedly the nature Of the Two
classes of articles liable to duties. One is produ-
ocd or manufactured within the other out of ilre
comry--one is the protected class, the other UNI
protected Whatever falls directly within the sys-
ten OF protection nppertljns 10 the Committee Of
Manufacture and the unprotected class to Tie
Committee Of Finance.
This was nsi n time to discuss the proIhiey ola
further reduction OF the duty ON suit Such "A time
would doubtless occur IN the progress OF the Ies-
sion Bot he must say dat II strucl, hm 10 be ~
cspedieat 80 soon again ~ cgisate on the subject
IN May, 1870, Congress had repealed one half Of
the duty then existing the repeal as to five cents 20
take effect ON the 3lsi December ptiat year, and
To the oller five, the 3lst Of December oiihis
year, TINT Is, tomorrow Whatever may be iht
policy Of a country, all concur N the utility Of
It's being steady md settled II did seem TO hm
To be reasonable 10 wait while To the prac,i.
cal effect ofthc law Of 1880 nj leost TO sec all parts
OF Il 90 INTO operation before we again acted lie
was aware Of the necessity of adapting the revenue
Of the country tothc expenditure oftho country, af
ter the extinction Of the public debt and, for the
purpose ola proper arrangement Of the revenue lie
was willing now to eet on the sunposlton OF the
entire payment oflhe small remnant OF the debt
Bun, whatever was done he trusted that the system
If protection would be pmscrved-thai system un-
der which this country hts attained unparalleled
Ameng the essential articles which II
embraces are salt, iron, wooens, cotton, hemp and
leather If gentleman can ON one day give NJ,
ice of his intention 10 Introduce bill respecting
either OF those articles, and when his bill rs presen
led move its reference to the Committee Of Finance
another may pursue the same course III reference
to another article, aud thus the whole subject, by
.palpte bills, he @ithJrawn from the appropriate
Committee and assigned to that of Finance. Mr.
C. did not tlinl this was right. And, regarding
this movement as one ofthe signs Of the times, he
should call for the Ayes and Noes although II had
never been his custom 20 max such calls,
The Ayosnud Noes Werc ordered
Mr. DtCkERS ~ SAID that he viewed this
question to bc Of but little importance to the Finan-
ccs Of the country but in another POINT ofytw, II
was one winch Was OF the greatest importance TO
the Nation The question whether they should or
should moi abandon the protecting system IN
regard 10 this article, would be determined by this
bill Ho objected 10 It's provisions as being partial
and not Of general application even to The article oil
salt itself There were two kinds OF salt nanufacz
tufeu IA the country one was efalofateu ny uh'
sun, the other by the application of fire and these
two modes OF manufacturing the article were IRE
quently both carried on in the same establishment.
Now this bill proposed to take ofthe duty on one
of these kinds of salt aud nlnde no provision for
the other--a course OF proceeding which did not
sr lie him 10 be just or expedien' He considered
/ be question preference one OF little consequence,
bu the measure scf would have an important
hearing on the interest of the salt manufactures
throughout the country.
Mr. BENTON said that the practice had al
ways been TO refer bill Of this character to the
Finance Committee. The bill belonged tothat
class of measures which Went To the reduction OF the
reyehde consequent upon the extinction OF the
public debt it belonged to that class of bills which
comprehendcd the whole line of policy connected
with that reduction, and therefore the COMMITTEE
on Finance, who were charged with adjusting the
revenue to bo collccted to the amount of the revenue
NJ edcd for the support oftLe Government. 1t was
generally admitted that large reduction Of revenue
ouylIt 10 be made the Committee on Finance had
that subject under consideration aud this bill ought
TO be sent to them as being part OF the subject
with which they were occupied. lfyou take this
b from that Committee because salt is made III the
United States, you may withdraw all the subjects
of revenue from them, by an application OF the
same rule to other subjects and the revenues OF
the country might be lost sigh, II IN b'diydusl ~,