Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-01-12

when the highest duty needed by enable TO sustain
competition with the foreign manufacture, the protection
which we had received from the duty is taken from us-thus
acting as sliding soak against the American manufacture
When the tariff act Of 1916 passed. the 80 per cent
duty on the price of iron Liverpool S50) Sl5 per ton
the and duty added made the price S6a Bufor the last
two wears the price has fallen from $50 at Liverpool to S27
per tom and the duty from Sl5 to Ss per ton-makng the
of andduy S35 per aauctuaton Of $50 per ton
To sustain our manufactures require the of the
operation the present ad Soorem duty When the price
abroad highest need the least duty and when 1t is low
we need the highest.
of the greatest importance to the prosperity OF the
American manufacturer that the fluctuations OF the foreign
market should have little effect possible upon
They may be lessened by fixed specified duty the part
of Government by sliding scale OF duties IN tdp0r
Of manufacturers not against them, our present ad
voorem duty Produces
We do not ask for excessive prohbitoy duties but
respectfully ask in collecting the duties necessary for the ope
ratons of the Government that they be arranged to
foster and promote the American manufacture.
Your committee would call attention to the very large
quanty of Scotch pig and English bars which the for
eign manufacturers have sent into the markets OF this
try in the last year. Awaiting themselves of The low Duties
they have sent large stocks OF iron to our markets. which,
from The low of interest capital ut home, they
afford hold until the regular wants for consumption alb
sorb them. s.
In like manner has the ad vaorem duty operated upon other
important State, in the manufacture of many
articles from iron The shipping of Baltimore has been sup
piled with cables and anchors of the manufacture OF Maryland
until within the last two years. but the great fall of prices
abroad and consequently the duties home has caused those
establishments be closed and the business be entirely
stopped
Your committee would therefore recommend that the
don of works, and the which have produced
be made known to Representatives in Congress by
mee who shall urge upon them the necessity of such mod
hcaon in the arrangement of the tariff necessary to the sup
port Of Government will afford all the benefit of incden-
protection in the collection of the revenueseher spe-
chc duty, which is the most simple sliding scale which
shall increase the duty with the fall in price in the foreign
markets. Respectfully,
JOHN BARKER,
STEPHEN s. Lee, .......
E. T. ELLIOTT, SCommittee.
PETER NOVEL,
H. ABBOTT,
The report having been read it unanimously adopted
E. Pratt Esq moved that committee of ten be appointed
by the Chair in accordance with recommendation Of the
report and that said committee have power fill any
ces which may occur y. F. .E
The resolution adopted and the following gentlemen
appointed as that committee, Messrs E. T. Elliott, E.
Pratt Stephen A. Lee Peter Novel, of Baltimore; Messs
C. E. Detmold John s. Graham, of Allegheny Messs.
Joshua Bryant, Isaac Rodgers of Harfod Messs Richard
Green, Robert Howard, Baltimore county -
And, upon motion, the proceedings ordered to be
published.