The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-04-09
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As the Home League Convention came near lie
close il became fine by degrees, and rdiculously
less There were less then 100 present yesterday
Mr. GMSNELL, of Mass reported on CONNIE rec
He said that foreign tonnage engaged in American
trade had vastly increased in ten years last past, anc
il is still increasing. The price OF ship bidng la
Dor is oaly one fourth what 1t Is here TINS has the
effect of reducing American tonnage and In
creasing foreign tonnage engaged IN intern"
tiona trade The Committee want a proper
Bending and Warehousng system adopted oy 90
yernment-this was rendered necessary by the prih-
cipe of cash duties Under such system iorelgh
goods would be allowed to remain in bondage ior
year. paw duty and interest at the importers plea
sure, or obtain drawback if exported. The system
of reciprocity in our navigation policy INJURIES TINS
country and ought to be abandoned.
Mr. HAVEN wanted The Bonding and Warehouslng
syse m, TO be limited to goods imported by our own
people on American account.
Report re-commtted.
Mr. WooD reported on buttons and pins In the
UnedStates there are six manufactures of buttons
Capital employ ed l,4ooo oO
Persons employ ed Observation-Disclosures. $500
Value ufactures annually. 81 100000
Persons dependent on them ..... lo,ooo
The duty Of 80 per cent on those things proposed
by the ne tariflbil, will protect the cheapest
tce. The Report wanted the adoption of mini
mum, by which all buttons that cost less than 81
gross should be set down having cost that
sum
Pin manufactures in United States. .
Persons employ ed. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100
Annual product ........ ......... $lOo,oo0
Materials and labor here are much dearer; and
specific duty must be laid on to protect pins. Ac-
cepted
Mr.. McMURRAY reported on combs and brushes
Combs made in the United States. 81 700 900
Persons employ ed. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 5000
Men per day.. .'.....'..'.... 81
Labor per day in Europe ................. 90 cts
Hands employed in making bellows. 200
Capital employed. ................... 100000
Gen. KALAMAZOO said that our people have to
contend against the rivalry OF European labor at IF
teen cents day, and of the enormous quantity OF
machinery, ste am engines, NC.
Report accepted.
DIR, FISHER reported on philosophical instruments.
We had never considered the great importance Of
these Instruments they actually necessares of
life, besides aiding navigation, &c. Almost all these
astronomical and philosophical instruments were
imported; they can be made here as good and
cheaper, and ought TO be. The Report asked for
30 per cent duty on gold and silver instruments and
35 on all other. None should be free.
Report ccepted.
Mr.. G. c. DAVIS, from the committee on boots and
shoes, reported that there be duty of twenty
per cent on boots and shoes imported, or our ma
nufactures can't be supported without reducing the
price OF labor twenty. five per cent. We import
vast quantities of boots and shoes, and large or.
der' have gone out to Germany for more. The
repor, asked for specific duty Of 81 so boots
and DO otees, and 50 cents duty on all foreign Shoes
and 30 per cent on leather, or we shall all be des
troyed.
MI. DENNY reported in part agriculture. A
mers Mr. Jefferson in 1916, said that the farmer
and manufacturer ought to be alike protected Our
agricultural exports were insignificant. Three
fosrths Of all the flour sent to Earope in the last
much brcadstuGs now we did fifty years ago
From 1890 to 1900 we exported 800 600 barrels of
beef In the last ten years we exported only 4O0,-
600 barrels. Exports of pork have increased the
aggregate exports of be and pork is less than it
was fifty years ago, and this at a loss. There the
foreign market for our agricultural produce is a
poor one; and must be replaced by an ample home
market
Report recommitted.
Mr.. RIPLEY said even the repeal of the British
Corn Laws would afford no brnt fit to our farmers.
It costs too much to transport our produce to
ported 900 900 bushels year during the last four
years of short crops; and 200 coo for six years
before. Flour could be got cheaper from Poland,
Germany, Genoa, and other places than from Anne
RIGA.
Some one said that Mr.. Ames had cast a brass
cannon for governmental was better than Bri
fish, and Is per cent cheaper.-( Cheers.)
MIR MORTON said, that our agricultural trade
with England for ten years had injured us. If Eng
land had been in the moon, and could not have
got there, we'd been better off. -(cheers)-better
off we'd never sent any agricultural products
abroad. Anericaa grain always gets to England
q little too late.
Mr.. SHAW, Of Massachusetts, said that Massa.
chusetts engaged as she was almost entirely, in ma
nufactures, consumes far more American flour
every year than Great Britain ever did.
Mr. SHEPHERD, of Massachusetts, reported on
cotton. He asked for duty Of six cents per square
yard on colored cottons, and u colored or
printed goods The duty is necessary to make the
business steady. We can make cottons as cheap
and good here as they can in any part Of the
world He gave the following statistics
Paiue