The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-09
House or Representatives.
WASHINGTON, February 8, 1850.

LIMITING THE EXPENSE COLLECTING REVENUE.
The House went into committee on the resolution
limiting the expense Of collecting the revenue.
Mr. THOMPSON, ofMiss, would support the sdninistrs-
ton in thing and follow President Taylors
mendaton district economy in the Of public
money He had 1t stated that the Treasury is
Of and consequence the Secretary cannot pay
for the collection He then attempted prove that this
was erroneous In fact erroneous by the statement Of
the Secretary Of the Treasury himself and shoald have
effect on S0th June, ls49, and no candid man
Gene to AIRY other conclusion. The Secretary has
defray the EXPENSES Of collecting the revenue t i
impossible that he could have spent so much from
January LIST to this time The Committee Of way:and
sixty thousand dollars for the residue Of this year
The law which limited the expenditures was the best
mates. which the Secretary had failed to make
MIR HoLMEs said that We had commerce which. un.
der the od raorem vindcates the great doctrine
free trade; 10 40 when the tariff was under rsvison
the wings raid that II the doctrine Of free trade
sixteen or eighteen mlisns Of revenue II the system
had failed then the manufacturers would have claimed
their protection In Congress. Unless We have ade
We'd Suppoee . merchant comes into . coston house
with fxlte invoice-t Is only by measuring, gsuging
But Copgess has been stringent that the Secretary
haste employ appraisers and inspectors only when the
pay them He sptke against the non employment Of
portion Of revenue cutters which were the means Of
,sving valuable caIsoes, thus bringing revenue into
the treasury IL Congress deny 10 Secretary Meredith
the amount which be asks IL will inHict heavy blow
on the commerce Of the country.
gsnos applied TO the New York Custom House. The
whole sys,sm Of mportatiops has been altered since
psrstivsly few hands Goods were Imported in large
packages Now steamship srsivss With tssrty.dvs
sss The packages from Iii parts Of the world ana
the invoices In foreign languages which 1t necss
cary to examine Entries have 70 be made and officer:
hav n hA n fir.0 IN md
see to the Of others TO vsrious portions
Of NE country Under the I'd raisrsm system, 40
Treasury, the appraisers made the Law makers Of
the country He wanted no better protective system
than the act Of as and the ad rdiorsm properly
risd out Al he wanted was an enforcement Of wise |
legislation. They bad not revenue cutter adost In /
ana 0n nc ons as ~.
the Law. lie vas glad 10 see the manner In which the
discussion had been carried on lie had INDUCED the
fear that the other side would resort TO violent action
and the party in power must be met the other side
by similar feeling. As the Law stands, It vas
Mr.. BAYLs- DID make solitary allusion to partyf
MI Bkooxs-ln reading MIR Baylys speech, IL struck
HIM tsst shs gentleman cid not have proper feelings
and honorable position. the gentleman ought to keep
himssn nom party and stand forth - the prime mi.
gentlemen to lock to Oregon and California. The port
az Sen trsnc'eo vas more important than the pert Of
millions a. begged gentle men to take these things
Into consdsrstion and next winter, meet the friends
d The STANDARDIZATION here. IL IL he then found that /
they have. meapvh lille, wastsd the public money, then,
and not until then, attack them aud them OF
extrsvagance.
Mr. BAyifreplisd to the gentleman who preceded him.
The sxpense Of collecting the revenue In Epgsnd
little more than one half Of what 10 sshed for.
IL VAS soDplsiued that tnsrs we're not hands
enough In New York aud sisswhere aud yet some
Of the custom houss employees come here to listen 20
d. bstes The expenses ought TO be curtAilsd II |
'safer too low how IL IL that these officers attend
political meetings ssd spend money and because he
aed this. he denounced ~ fHctious The
salaries ought to BE- reduced TO stated emolumsn and
this would prevent the strife for public station He
tad that there could ts curtailmspts enough on the
Atlantic coat 20 dersy the expenses In Cali
forns The committee voted on the ndmepts 20 the
substitute The substitute 81 the Committee Of Ways
and Means for the Senate resolution, propo ng sum
rqrsl TO opehan Of that expended In collecting the
fer the fiscal year ending June GOTH lsss
elusive Of expepsss rtorage carriage dsyage and labor
that year for the balance Of the half commeoc'
pg January last together With such sums In addition
~ msy be received for cartage draysge, labor and
storage. amended. BY excepting from this the sp-
proyria ion for Oregcn and aor MA and the
esrieto of compensation with regard TO those por
lions.
without coming to . definite conclusion, the House
adjourned till Monday.