Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1832-04-06
CONGRESSIONAL.
Fridag. March 2, 1892.
IN SENATE.
The Tariff.


The Tariff.
After the reception of sundry petitions and
reports.
Mr.. Dickerson, from the Committee on
Manufactures, made report accompanied by
the following bill:
Be it enacted By the Senate and HOUSE of
Representatives of the q. s. of america in Con-
gress Assenbied, That from and after the 49,
day of - next, the following articles of
merchandise when imported into, the United
States, in vessels of the United States, may
be entered free of duty, to wit: all teas impor-
ted from China, or any other place East of the
Cape Of Good Hope, coffee, cocoa, almonds,
figs, currents, raisins, prunes, plums, dates,
grapes, hlberts, black pepper, cyenne pepper,
cinnamon, cloves, cassia, nutmegs, mace, pi-
mento, ginger, capers, camphor, indigo, mad
der root, gum arabic, gum senegal, shellac,
lac, dye, linseed, rapeseed and hempseed oil,
sumac, argol, woad or pastel, barks, roots,
nuts and berries used in dying, turmerric, tor
toise shell, sponge, crude saltpetre, saffron,
sage, olives, insia rubber, brass in plates, Pc
ruvian bark, juniper berries, oil of juniper,
cochineal, ivory manufactured, opium, corks,
quicksilver, aloes, ambergris, Burgundy pitch,
calomel, camomile flowers, coriander seed,
cantharides, castinas, catsup, chalk, coculus
indicus, coral, corrosive sublimate, cutlasses,
daggers. dirks, down and feathers of all kinds,
epaulets and wings of gold and silver, filtering
stones, tinfoil, frankincense, gambouge, hair
pencils, hangers, hemlock, heEbane, homes,
horn plates for Ianthorns, ipecacuana, ivory
black, laudanun, macaroni, millstones, musk,
nuts of all kinds, rattans manufactured,
reeds manufactured, rhubarb, rotten stone,
sabres, spyglass, telescopes, tamarinds in sugar
or molasses, or oxhors and all other hsrns
and tips, parts of watches, sextants, quadrants,
paintings, drawings, tin in plates and sheets,
quilts and fax.
Sec. Q. 1ad be it further enacted, That in
stead of the duties now payable by law on the
following articles of merchandise, when i'm
ported into the u. S. there shall be levied and
collected on the same when imported in ves-
sells of the United States. from and after the
- day of - next, the following duties,
to wit: on all teas imported from any other
places than above specified, or in vessels not Of
the u. S. ten cents per pound; Provided, That
nothing herein contained shall effect the rights
of foreign vessels secured by treaty.
SEC. 8. And De il further enacted That
the several articles Of merchandise enume ra-
ted in this act, which have been, or shall be
hereafter, put into the custom house stores,
under the bond of the importer, and shall
Fremain under the control of the proper officer
|of the proper officer of the customs on the -
day of ---- next, shall be subject to no other
duty than if the same were imported respec-
lively after that day.
MIR. Forsyth moved TO recommit it to the
Committee on Manufactures with view to
have bill reported which should comprise all
the subjects connected with permanent reve-
nue..
Mr.. Dickerson and Mr.. Clay successfully
opposed this motion, on the ground that re.
port on this class of protected articles requir-
ed variety of information which was neces-
sary to just and enlighted legislation. which
| the committee were endeavoring to obtain,
and which the Secretary of the Treasury was
also engaged in procuring from various parts
| of the country; that, as soon as all the infor-
nation was received which was necessary and
attainable, the committee would report; and
that, in the meantime, the Senate could act on
the bill now reported, as it was not indispen-
SADLY connected with the other branch of the
subject. 1t was urged that the present mo-
ton struck at the root of the protective policy
land its decision would decide whether the sys
tenn was to be abandoned or sustained.
i An animated debate, of nearly five hour
duration, took place on the motion to recon
s|mit--in which it was advocated by Messrs
lHayne, Miller, Smith, King, Mangum, Ben
,lton. Brown and Forsyth, and was opposed b,
Messrs. Clay, Dickerson, Holmes, Foot, AMI
lSprSge.
Mr., Dallas also opposed the motion to re
commit, but proposed middle course, whicl
: was to lay the bill on the table.
: Mr.. Marcy objected to this course, unles
liz was proposed that the bill lie on the tabl
until the Committee on Manufacturers shoult
report on the protected class of articles.
t Mr. Tazewell, to guard againt being takel
J by surprise at any time, by motion to call "a
! the bill, and to make sure that it should not b
: taken up until the committee report on tn
r whole subject, wished that it should be mad
the order for some particular distant day, som
day in March next. He then proceeded to al
: que against the present bill-urging especial
: " suggestion before submitted by him, tina
!. the bill being strictly revenue bill, althoug