Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-03-20

k.s, .'r,eis. ec.l;fy ctl ;a:ne. st:'Ci = !f:'>Ts&".
cans :; cirs-v ise racays, tnua.. le.5. :tki'e; 20
all ni.er nsalsao.ure: o: tobacco. E.@ .!Ees Du!'
grrjy, Champagne, Claret, hale!.a, foF'. 2lS':'
sad all other xiHes, aud limitations u HiA+s.
Nearly all these articles euumrrs:e'! h!o ka""H u
lnxnries, ard hsre been fsiuGed fwen.y' per CEN
10y their Irsi,-fer from ihe f,rS 10 tA thirty p"Fcsh;'
schedule. Lei The COMMITTEE Gear this fact III ''.'lf'
IT. We proceed will The examination OF ih- oii "a '"'
msiurity.
My friend from Ohio Mr.. CAMPBELL says tnst ~ y,
the preparation of this bill he has toec looking 20 81
the great interests Of the country; tha! he ms o.eh
looking IN the agricultural interests, TO the n.uu'@'
turing interests, and Ia all the importsn. Interests OF
this land. We have no article in This whole c'"hT?
that is in more g-nrTal use. ar which eutsr' ni"'r
largely into tbs consumption OF The p-o2ie "i ~.
classes. than iron, aud tht manpfGciu:es oil ron anu
yet my friend from Chic does not propose Hs""
any change in the duty now imposed on the article %
ircu OF My character or description WHATSOEVER Tor
the relief Of tho farmer. OF the mechanic, or the ia
I borer.
But, how Is i, in regard 70 another article : Take,
for example, the item of hemp. HIGH, uMtE- INC Dill
is reduced from thirty 10 ten pG7 cent. THE is d pre-
duction Of the West, and has ca at."ng 8 claim 10
protection "a even The G7;icls OF iron. why IL u
struck down TO ten per c u;.f II the grent object IS
to protect all the interests, c7soNY aud fairly, OF i'ii-
land, why is II, that 40 far ne iron is Concerted, theft
il not soma reduction made in that particular article /!
Why Ia li,ihat ;is gentleman from 9nio is for stris'nC
down -ugG1 also to ten per cent, an article prod':cto
cA~!Js!Nsy III III SuulI, s6IuS, dl tue stlnc t''ir, NC 70
for retaining the duty CT !.cn, which is produced e.
mos: exclusively in the middle and northern
S.a:es' Why this inv;d:ors discrimination in da;i-s
imposed or leading article. chiefly produced in ct.
fs.ent sections OF the uatiou7
MIR. CAMPBELL. OF Ohio. I would simply say
very bri.fy-fori do Ent "ant 20 tsLs cp m. time ot
the geutlenan-tbat Under the tariff of 1916, tins pro-
duction of srga. has proved to be totally inadequate
to the wants Ut the country.
Mr.. LETCHER. This production Of sugar !: like
everything elss, subject to ductuaiion from one cause
o. another. | doubt not, from my observation and
reading, that the-e have been fluctuations which
have operated upon the suga. crop OF the Southern
portion OF the Union, and which have, perhaps, for
the last year or two, som5wnat reduced the guam.
tity as compared with the product Of previous years.
Bet how does tbs argument Of nv friend iEom
Ohio Mr.. CAMPBELL work7l lie says he will not
protect sugar BECAUSE there is not enough OF It pro-
drced in the South for the CONSUMPTION Of the coun-
try and YET he will protect the manufactures o
WOODEN gods and of iron, while there is not enough
OF them produced here for the consumption OF the
country. and while the importations sre large for the
purpose of supplying that deficiency. Now, lie tina
exactly a iaiT uperation1 !s it doing equal and Exact
justice TO ALI Il il placing the great interests of the
country. North and South, on an equal and fair foot
ing' II any one interest in this land ia to be Judged
of by the vicissitudes which have attended it-if the
production OF FIVE years ago-a year of very great
prosperiiy-iI 10 be taken az q test on which futrre
estimate is 10 be based, may it not operate, according
tG his theory, in the mos. moDs!rons injustice 20 re:
| particular INTEREST," IL, III consequence U n reh
sou or any other casualty, the quantity produced
should BIZ diminished in any one year after that time,
would he undertake 10 strike il dor'G on thai account
Yet this-according 10 the argument Of my friend
from 0hio-is the reason assigned Tor striking at
sugar.
But how il il 10 regard to hemp Hss the produc.
ton Of hemp diminished | have nor examined the
statistics, but il I am correctly advised the produc-
ton Of hemp ia steadily increasing. Ii this be So,
how ia my frient to reconcile his e:gulnsnt in regard
| tn o,Gr He frikE rnyy,n tho 6uf. on au-ur from
thirty TO ten Per cent, because The quantity which "a
produced in the United States is diminishing, and ct
the same time strikes down hemp, which is incress
ing; If ob;o. think nv i-is0t
from Virginia 10 mistaken.
MI. LETCHER. | think you will find il to be as
I have r:sted it. If the fact, that We do not produces
all the sugsr sc consume, iustifss so great q reduo-
ton Ut the duty On that lriicie, why Is 1t that iron,
aud the manufactures of iron. saG the manufactures
Of wool, The productions OF which isll short OF the
wants of the country, arc exempted from q Ike re.
duction ! The following table, which ! have had pre-.
pared by the Register o; the Treasury. can be relied
upon far its accuracy and it demonstrates clearly
and satisfactorily that nelt.er one Of these articles
/ is produced in sufficient quantities in our country TO
supply our wants, ard hence tae large aud constantly
increasing impor;stions Of ecch aad al 0. them
STATEMENT
E.rhiti:iar the rdlVe Of the 0rnN0i imports Of iran,
and Of Manufacturss Of Iron, Of Sugars and Of
Wool. and MANUFACTURES Of Wool, from July l.,
1916, 10 July !, 1856.
Iron. manufactures Of iron, and iron md steel -
In 1917, SS,1Il.25i; in lsiS, l2546.S5i; in 1919.
IL. S3l ,S33; in 1850, l6,a3j, las; in 1851 II. 3O6 100
in 1852. 1885, .99J in 1854, 27.25 AS in 1854,
29.3ll. 77j; in ISj5. "2,9Su,7aS in 1856, 42,04l ,93a.
Cast, shear, German and other steel:-ln lSH,
! Sl.!2G :as; in 1913, l2S4, 931: in 1912. l:27 Us; in
is5u. i]',3a2sl2i III 1851, ,57U.063; in 49,, l.!G3.5 n9;
in 1853, 297u,3i3. in i-ri,"rI1 7,'v9;. in 1853, 2.593.l3':
ssysrs in iSl7, 1887 ala; in .s.s. S,i79sl7;
in lS4g. SOS, 900 in 1850. ~'.5jj,lIb in 1851,
I3.Sl, i:6; in 1852, l4,7la,Sl7; in 1853, li,9s7,776;
in 1854. Is TOO,1S9 in 1855. l4,6'3,5T III 1856,
~ as, G5J.
in 1870, l,l,7,3E in 1850. 1861 SO! in 1851,
1888 .l57; in 1852, l.93u,7ll; in 1853. 2,6f9. rs; in
1854, o,S2a, ls5; In 1855, 2~,D7s,l39; nls'i, ] ,jtio:O 8
Manufactures of wool In ls47, siO 9gs 933, in
! ISIS, Is 24O, 500: ia isI9. IL 10i, 6O6; in 1854, II isl ,5T9;
! in. 1851, la. 5G-. 800; in 1852, l7.573,Gai; iu 1859,
q, SCI Gil, in 1851, "2,2Sa:59i; in 1885, ~ 4Hi,ld9. in
1886, 81 .gol TS2.
Total amount OF import. - In isiI. 33l ,.29 81. in
IsiS 3y3Sg. 5a5 in lsig. 37,9S9,si { in 1850,
1851 in 1851, 5G,O5S SIS; In 1852, 81, S1s,sl in
! 1853, - 5b5 l43; in 1854. S1,725,D52 III 1855,
tt,f,23, 30; IN 1856, sO7i5,172.
This table shoEs H.: iron imports increased f-cm
IS $50, GG1 in lS47 to SEQ. UGi 81 IL lS5e-wooi from
$3.50, 200 ia 1877 to 81 ,t65.O CU in ls56--ai.u III :a:trres
Of wool from Sil OuO,G1U in ls47 to S32, OoU.OuV i'll
! 1856 - and ruzar from S~s,877,0oo III loh to
So, sig ,9Jn in 1856; thus showing a less increase 90
sugar than on iEas, and the manufactures OF iron o.
wool. and the inauui!c!~:s" OF "ooi. ms Srea'
fact should be- kept IN nina.
This table further shows THAI ihe inporia;:cns ct
: iron, manufactures CT ron, Gnu iron ana steel, hno
| cast. slesr. German and other steal, amounted Tor
J he year ,eSG to tho sum Of S23,53O,262 aud tho il
! po-tstious ct -ugavs 70: ,Es same yenr amounted 10
IN. SUN of So, 5jS, 65j; and l5e ineorts'!ons OF the
mnnufaclur.s of woal for the game gear a;1cu;:ei 10
the sum Of s3l,o6l 1893. Every argument, %iaeIe!ore'
which my friend from Ohio bus adduced To justly
=, IT. =. "a m surSr. HDDilES with equal
| force to iron aud the manufactures OF !'or, ana Tue
manufactures g! Ecvl.
~ these articles eater !arss.y into the con'ump.
ton Of the country all sdd greatly TO cEr ccminrt
end convenience. Sugar may be di'psGstI WIN
bu; ;.cr aid the manufactures OF lfon' h:o Tue ga.
uufactur.s of wool, are indispensatly requisite io'
;hs support Of The people, ecc i"r Fer P.o'soaon
! against the rigors of The Climate. me pioneer, 'ne
! far,res, tie r.s.tsr, the artisan. inc cay isoossI' ai
! o,se.es 20 tho colnilunity, sn2 these last named ar
t;c,.. irLisnensaoi. to ;hdiviirs, snd nEtiooai pros
perity. They may with SONS lreooIeI:aESs 10 Oe
| surel di.peuse Nth sugar auc its asapDise'ares.
Now. how i. it in regard TO other Items Isse
the item of sts-l-snntls. Griiole Of prime Necessary.
Crde, the tariff of 1886 certain descriptions OF that
| artcs., nee admitted al twenty per cent, WINE some
| of Oh. Icsua;lct-r.s O. steel we're admitted at htteen
nor cent. How does ruy friend f.oE Ohio provldefor
these articles 10 trnus'ers tee Sitesa Re: cent
articles TO the twenty p. cent: ee1eaa.s-,n-s .np"i
i IL: : beaver '''s '''' '4F' ''s' ',a.' =, -s,.s
Gan i, rs ~--o,erly insisted upon, that a bill which.
,akse articles sroia 1 l;;her schedule, (and articles o.
luxury too.> aud ruls them . q to lower schedule
and which ugsim takes articles going irio ing every.
day consumption of the country. ana ranS tneta op
| into { b,rhsr schedule, operates ielriy ana Justly Oh
all the ~in,cres:. of the country 1t cannot be
Thi. shifting trocsss iootr more to protection .s'
The privileged class than TO teSaass or 'he uo'e'i'
meut. ,
propose now TO look at another article 'ne hr'c's
| Of wool, Tbisn 70 reduced from thirty per cent. toien
Der cent. BY the Sin &c lie majority. | DO not object
10 tie reduction Of WOO! pr 81, but J 90 objsrt to a
REDUCTION Gu ~2ci, whiie The 1sn!iacttres o. You
! remain uureduced. / at, STgre that some OF taose
vic ere engaged in TIE won!en manufacture Insist
that my Bill Which reduces The duty from ,".;; 10
.vsnIy,faur per es";r gill ss,ieg,ly H. i" jaS , in,i
the r..nufGctu:es Of wooller'' must 3" aosn m"SS. =