Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-02-21

Mr.. EUSIIS. | would ask NY friend
from Virginia whether the duty of one hun
dred per cent. upon brandy has not been the
greatest inducament, 10 the manufacture of
false brandy in the United States
Mr. LETCHER. do not know, l get
good brandy when desire it, but il costs
pretty strong price,
The next schedule is z, at thirty pr cent.
| It contains the articles which are embraced
in the thirty per cent schedule Of the tariff
of il SIG with a transfer to it Of some Of the
articles from the higher schedule Of forty
per cent DO not think there has been any
transfer from schedules lower than thirty
per cent up to that rate Of duty. TIE ar
tIelcs transferred from the forty to TIE thirty
per cent schedule are
".llabaster and spar ornaments aDcho-
vies, sard.ncs, aud all other fish preserved
in oil; comfts, sweetmeats. or fruits pre-
served in sugar, brandy, or molasses; com
position tops for tables or other articles of
! furniture manufactures, articles, vessels
and wares, of glass, or Of which glass shall
he q component material. not otherwise pro-
vided for: Manufactures Of wood, or Of which
wood is component part, not otherwise
provided for; prepared vegetables, moats,
poultry and game, sealed or inelosed III cans
or otherwise segars snuffs, paper segaIs,
and al other manufactures of tobacco and
wines; burgundy, Champagne, Claret, Ma
deira, Port, sherrg, and all other wines,
and limitations Of wines"
Nearly all these articles enumerated are
! known as luxuries. and have been reduced
twenty five pei cent. by their transfer from
the forty to TIE thirty per cent. schedule
Let tie committee bear this fact IN mind. as
we proceed with the examination Of the bill
Of the majority.
Nv friend from Ohio Mr. CAMPBELL
SAYS that in the preparation Of this bill he
has been boxing 10 all the great interests
CT the county that he has been looking to
the agricultural interests, to tie manufac-
turing interests, and 10 ali the important
interests Of this land. We have no article
i'll this whole country that is IN more gene
rad USE or which enters more largely INTO
the CONSUMPTION OIL the people OF all classes.
than iron, amt the manufactures OF iron
and yet my Trend from ONO does net pro
pose to make any change III the duty NJ"
imposed on the article q iron OF any Guar
actsr or description whatsoever. Tor the re-
,sf OF the iarihef' or the mechanic on the
hhofef'
Bat s, ne" = IL Ill fesaFa 20 aliotief af'i-
c's &ahe' ier eIa,aple' 'he 'eeh. u hemP'
which, uhoef tas a DID Is f'ao ced IRON 'nif'y
q, ,., Ten per cent, MS IL production OIL 'he
] vest ana mas as ssr9hs clam 70 protec-
non as even me article al IRON. WY is II
StfpeA neNn TO zen PER cent. ii the great
ogJeet Is - Protect an Tue interests e9"@ty
/ ana 1e'fa2. Oh thl> lahq' my Is It, laat so
lar as lfoh IS coheesaea. 'eere IS not some .
REDUCTION rec, maze IA taat pafticaias article :
why IS H. that tue gentleman from oaio Is
Tor STRIKING on sugar also to ten per cent
an arte.e pFoa0eaa eScia,'feiy n Inc ecnth'
winnie, al the same 'line' he Is i'r retaining
ihe 0aty en- IRON, waicn Is produced almost
exclusively III the mode aud Northern
.''a,'a f" ~ 'a's llF-dio1s ois',ilh'uauoh
III duues imposed on leaGing articles ohlehy
prolucea N aiIerent sections OF VIE nation /:
hf, oAArbEhl4 OF ONO; l "eola sun
ply say very nrieny@-f2f 90 net want 70
take, UP, the timc OF The sen'leman.-that
nIder the tarili Of lo4o, the production OF
sugar has proved to be totally Inadequate to
the wants II the country. 4....s
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