Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-11-24

of anc. 1925; thel 33t per cent. Until
Both Of June. 1876; and after that time
37h per cent. ad valorcm; and it went or
to make these high duties :pecifcby fixing
a Viaiaam valuation oi';he goods. Thus
It was provided that after 30th Of June
1924 all wooden cloths lex ert tiannels
bsizes an, other unmilled woolens,) ihf
foreign value Of which, after adding there
TO 10 per cent, should be less than 81
cents per square yard; should be taken Il
be worth, with the ten per cent. so cents
and charged with duty accordingly-tha
is, after 3oth Of June. 1926 should pay 81!
per cent, on value Of at least so cents pei
square yard.
The committee Of the Whole reported
an amendment substituting 40 cents fo'
so, thus diminishing the amount of pro
lection,
April Z. This amendment was agreed
to-yeas l0l. nays 99-J. johnson voting
nay.
I APRIL s. This vote was reconsldered
J. Johnson, voting for the reconsideration
and the amendment was rejected. ayes l0l
nays 10l-J. johnson voted in the mega
tive. He thus stood out for the highest du
ties on woollen manufactures.
I AARm 9. On proposition to make the
duty Oh iron in bolts and bars 80 cents for
ll2 lbs, instead ofSl.12. J Johnson voted
in the negaiive-yeas 100 nays So.
APRIL 10. j. Johnson voted for duty
of 80 per cent. ad valorem, "on all other
firearms and on side-arms" yeas 1873
nays SO.
He also voted to make the duty on FRY
ING FANS 4 cents per pound instead OF 20
cents per pound-yeas 16s, nays 25.
He also voted against striking GU! Of the
bill a section requiring any premium or
bounty allowed in a foreign country on the
expectation Of an article to be added to
The duty in this country yeas LA, nays
So. =
Mr.. Tod moved to amend the bill by ad,
ding to the item "on cotton bagging four
and half cents per square yard" these
words, "until the goth day Of June 1925,
and after that time a duty of six cents per
square yard" The motion was rejected
ayes 81. nays 99--J. johnson voted in
the affirmative.
APRIL IL. Mr.. Rich moved to strike out
the section imposing duties on wooden
goods, according TO a minimum valuation
and to provide that the duty be 371 pei
cent ad rdlorem. j. johnson voted in the
negative; 37t per cent ad ralorem not be-
ing strong enough for hin!
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the clause above described. imposing du.
ties Of 30, 1871 and 374 per cent.on woolens
rejected. yeas IS, nays 1874: j. johnson
voting in the negative.
A motion to strike out the clause in1po.
sing on iron in bolts and bars 90 cents per
IL lbs. was rejected-yeas 81, nays IA
J. Johnson nay.
A section ofthe bill fixed minimum
foreign valuation on cotton cloths gcner-
ally. of 50 cents per square yard. a mo
ton was made to substitute 25 for 50. 1t
was rejected, yeas S. nays 1l5-J john
son voting in the negative.
The bill fixed duty on unuanufacturcd
wool, of 20 per cent. until list of June
1925; 25 per cent. until June, 1926; 80
until June. 1927; IS until June. 1928; 40
until June, 1929; As until June. 1880; and
after that 80 per cent. ad valorem; but
wool worth less than 10 cents per pound
to pay Is per cent. ad valorenl. A motion
was made to strike out the section; it was
rejected, yeas "A, nays l20-J. Johnson
in the negative.
ApRIL. 13-Mr Tod moved to add TO
the item imposing du,y Of a. cents per
square yard on cotton bagg ng, provision
that after 30th June, 1925, the duty should
be 81 cents. The House was divided,
yeas 10l, nays lOl(J. Johnson in the affir-
mative.) The Speaker (Mr. Clay voted
yea, and the amendment was carried.
On motion to strike out the duty on
distilled spirits of Upper cent. in addition to
the duties they imposed by law. the vote
was, yeas so, nays l22-J Johnson in the
negative.
Mr.. Bradley moved duty of 4 cents
volume on books printed before l775-it
was agreed to. yeas ls4, nays l2-J. John
son voting yea; also duty on other bound
books of 81 cents per pound, on books in
sheets or boards 33 cents per Pound-car-
ried without division.
Mr.. Randolph proposed duty of %
cents per pound on brown sugar. John
son and the tariff members voted in the ne
gativa, and it was rejected.
April 14-J. Johnson voted against
the postponement of the bill to the first
Mondayin December.
Mr.. Williams of n. c., moved to reduce
the duty on salt from 20 cents. to 10 cents
per pushed. The motion was rejected,
yeas 81, nays l2l--J. Johnson voting in
The negative.
A motion was made to increase the du-
~ on iron in bars and bolts from cents
per lie lbs. TO 81 per 100 lbs. 1t was a.
greed TO, yeas Ill, nays 93-J. johnson
voting IN the affirmative.
J. johnson. the same d ay, voted for the
ensrossment of the bill, and against post
ponement of the third reading
On the 18th, as our readers have seen,
he voted alone in the Virginia delegation
for the passage of the bill; and afterwards
he voted against recedinc from the Houses
high duties on wooden goods and cotton
basging. When the Committee of Con
ference had made its report, proposing a
compromise between the two Houses in
regard 10 woollens and cotton bagging. J.
johnson voted against the aniitariil' mem
bcrs, for occurrence in the reports which
having already been done by the Senate,
and the concurrng being agreed to, yeas
1875. nays &c, the enactment of the bin was
perfected.
Thus it is fully established that Col. Jo-
scph Johnson was. in 1921. as he claimed
to be in 1925, thorough going advocate
of high protective duties, for the encourage
men, of domestic manufactures Yet he
is now, forsooth. ian old-iashioned Demo