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

country, complain Of the propositions
which ale contained in the bill' In 1898,
from the measure which was at that time
before Congress, had reason to believe
we should at this time be found in the
same situation in which we are now plac-
ed. We had not at that time any assur-
anccs which could be relied on; that
wnb all the encouragement which the act
Of that year held out, the country would
be supplied with either of the protected
articles. Now, sir. in relation to hemp
or iron, is the country in better situa-
ton than it was at that timer No one is
prepared, l think, to say it is. But
little Of the iron, as has been observed
by the gentleman from Maine, MIR. An
derson,) manufactured in this country,
has been found to be of "A quality equal
to the imported iron; none, perhaps, with
the exception Of Peru iron, manufacture
ed in the State of New York. And in
regard to hemp, it will not now BE- con-
tended that it is improved in quality, or
that the quantity has increased. Sir,
what then should be our course in rela-
ton to these articles, if the experiment
has been tried and iailed' Do the caus-
es continue for the increased duties on
either Of these articles9 They can be,
and ought to be reduced. In justifca-
ton Of my own views heretofore, would
ask leave just to recur to the testimony
which was before Congress in 1895
At that time, it appeared from the testi-
monv Of a gentleman from Kentucky, :,
not now a member, MIR. Clarke,) that
most Of the culture Of hemp in Kentucky, +,
was confined to one county, w oodford,)
and even in that, it was not attended to,
when the cultivators of the soil could turn
their attention to any other business,
which. in their opinion, would be more
profitable; and, in regard to the quality
of this hemp, it was stated in the Senate,
and to prove what was stated, letters
were read, that so little confidence was
| placed in cordage manufactured Of Ken
lucky hemp, that all the steamboats,, al
that time navigating the Ohio and Mis-
sissppi, were supplied with their cordage,
made Of imported hemp, under con-
tract with house in Boston, Mr. Speak
er, | must ask pardon of the House, for
wandering from the subject on which ]
rose to make few remarks only-to as
sign my objections to the motion of the
gentleman from Virginia, and to reply to
the arguments of another gentleman,
! (Mr. Wicklitfe,) from Kentucky. The
gentleman last named, cannot reconcile
! with his sense of Justice, the discrimiBa-
ton which this section of the bill makes
between registered vessels and steam
boats-the bounty which this section Sc
cures, if bounty be proper term, is &
bounty per ton, but has evidently to my
mind, a reference to the kind of service
the vessel is to be employed ir, and the
gentleman might have seen, by reading
little farther, that the section unde
consideration, recognizes difference il
the bounty to be given between the reg
istered and the enrolled vessel; and why
does he not ask for the reasons Of thi.
difference and distinction' They are ,tc
my mind, obvious, and as should have
supposed, would have been to the mine
of the gentleman from Kentucky. The
vessel that makes a voyage coastwise
from Boston or Providence to Savannah
or Charleston, is not apparclled or fur
nished as to the sails, rigging, cables
and anchors, as are those vessels which
double Cape Hcrn, the Cape Of Goot
Hope, or enter the North Sea. In some
of the foreign voyages two or three suit
of sails are required, and every thing els'
I which belongs to a vessel, or is necessa
ry to enable her to perform voyage, il
that proportions; but the vessel that makes
voyage coastwise, in situation tt
touch at any intervening port, were any
accident to happen to her, to render j
necessary, can so from port to port ant
return with hut few sails in addition t
what is at all times necessary, and will
but small quantity Of extra rigging o
furniture Of any kind. Then, sir, it j
submitted to the House that the amoun
of duties which are paid on foreign arti
cles used in vessel in the one case, II
addition to those which arc used in tn
!, other, is Of itself sufficient to warrant tn
$ distinction made in vessels of the tw
: descriptions named in this section Of tn
; bill, if there were no other reasons whicl
! could be assigned. There are, in one o
, the ports in Massac achusetts, not thirt,
: miles from my own residence, one hun
: dred and sixty ships, all Of which are EN-
} ployed in the whale fishery, and who's
, ordinary voyages are three years. II
= not for me now to make an estimate o
J the amount Of the articles charged witt
5 heavy duties which are necessary to en-
D able any one Of these vessels to Perforr
: one of these voyages. Every ship G
: three hundred tons carries at least thre
anchors ofeighteen hundred pounds each
a.. e l. fos1,y tb, woinht Of IN