Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-08-16

On the motion Of Mr. Alexander, Of Virginia, to |
strike from the Tariff Bill the following section:
"SEc. 10. find be It further enacted .
That, from and after the Sd day OF March,
aforesaid, in consideration of the duties
imposed on the several articles used in
the construction and fitting of ships and
vessels, there be allowed a drawback at
the rate oftwo dollars per ion on register
ed vessels; of one dollar and twenty-five
cents per ton on enrolled and licensed
vessels except steamboats,; and fifty cents
per ton on steamboats,; such drawback to
be paid, as the case may be, to the own
the taking out Of the enrolment and IL
cense for the first time, if such vessels
shall not have been previously register
ed; and to the owners Of registered YES
sets on clearing, for the first time, for
foreign port or place, other than an ad-
joining state or Territory or the w Indies;
Prorided, that such vessels shall not have
been previously enrolled and licensed
and in case registered vessels, not pre-
viously enrolled and licensed, shall, in
the first instance, clear out for foreign
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Territory, or the West Indies, then the
drawback to such vessels is only to be at
the rate of one dollar and twenty five
cents per ton"
The gentleman from Kentucky, (Mr.
Daniel said MIR. PEARcE, is not correct
in the statement which he has made; for,
although the members from the Eastern
States were opposed to that part of the
act Of May 1928, which imposed the ad-
ditional duty Of five cents on every gal
lon Of molasses imported after that time,
they were not, nor were those they re-
presented, clamorous for the repeal Of
any part Of that act. The act was, in
1923, opposed by me and others coming
from the same section Of the country, it
is true, in consequence of this and other
heavy, and as we then thought, uncalled
> for impositions, but, contrary to all ex-
pectations, contrary to all calculations
which were made, the additional duty on
molasses, so far from making that article
iearer, rendered it cheaper than it had, 8,
for many years before, been known to
A have been. The additional duty opera
ted not as tax upon the consumer
. in this country, but upon the producer in
q 2 the Island Of Cuba. The American
merchant knew what price the markets
here would warrant him in giving for the
article, and if he could not purchase It
at that, he would rot purchase it at all.
The United States furnished the only
market for it, and if the people Of this
country would not become purchasers,
none could be fbund in any part Of the
globe. The gentleman is mistaken IN
another statement he has made; the re-
> peal of the act increasing the duty on
molasses, was ru moved by any gentle
man coming from that section of the coun-
try principally Engaged in the importation
Of it. The act was repealed on motion
Of an honorable gentleman from South
Carolina, MIR Tucker not now n men,
Der Of this House, who declared, at the
time he made his motion, that the addi-
tional duty was, in 1923, imposed to COM
pei the members from the Eastern States
to vote against the act referred to. We
did not oppose the repeal, although we
did not suffer SO severely by the addi-
q tional duty as many were led to believe
= we should. If then, one of the few acts
" which have passed intended for the ben
eft Of the West, or the agriculture OF
Kentucky, has been repealed, let the
r gentleman charge the repeal TO those
\, who were mainly instrumental in effect
y ing it, and not to those who certainly
,. were not clamorous fol its repeal.
D. presented | know many remonstrances
sr and memorials against this additional du-
lltu hnt Il do mt ranallart that /
presented petition for its repeal. The
10 gentleman from Kentucky further com
= plains Of the provisions of this bill, the re-
duction' it proposes Of the duty on iron
at and hemp, which will, rs he contends, M
jure the interest of that part of the coun'
try which he represents. lie ought tt
IN recollect the assurances which he or hi,
l. friends gave us in 1923, that if the en-
n couragement nj that time demanded was
4, given, in a very few years, we shoult
). !" have hemp Of a better quality than the
" imported hemp, and iron also in abun
= dance. All that he or his friends rcquir
ed was granted; but how stand the facts
,r Have we at this time the hemp or iror
80 promiscdI Sir, in 1898, ! was apprc
,g hensive that all which was promisct
ID would not be realized. Have we at thi
- time equal to the consumption Of thu
country, or Of a quality equal to that i'm
: ported, the hemp or iron which was pro
misedi / think l can with safety say
It. tha, we have neither. lfthen, sir, th'
experiment has been tried, and but a In
tie, if any thing, which was expected
has been realized, ought gentlemen from