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

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il, details e.rGTeci sad sci.!a5, 90 7daG i:': -.
1is, which will euatie Representatives GiH sei. ".m
FINN ~. V.r,l sud In. sgE::a .nhi.e nellhe. rsc'""
nsy %; al i. &, luauGsI 10 reI!:i io Their c"iis
ana satisfy them ihs; The messl!e II lns' anu ea-
,s op.rstiou. Ii we ,has act, II just ana s7ne...Tu Tvs
constituency Will not only approve ana - III N.
measure. inst we inuy ADOPT, but they WA "a -
shirt which actus;cs W. h ali o:liGil oil i.'u't r. -
10 the country. desire {" ret I"'bii's ''''e !" ,,t
sectional disputes which nave cast q gloom ~ a.,
lard, and divided our people. | desire 10 w =,
lind feelings vi .sriy and better days ree'oTeu " "
cnu,,,ry and cur councils. The affections OF ihe PEE
ps ia tia cnly safe and secure foundation gu 80 y.
ibis Government car rnst. Withdraw item if'n =.
.upnort, and its DAYS are numbered. Lex ~ .s
our wra,,glea. terminate our hostile opr"sN"ii "m wv
~ longer waste cur strength ~ n WAT "oH'
can res0 only "a harvest Of WOO. -. ,ho, tho
lin .l.ug then, you will Hgr+e "Hh INC '"n - -
iar,rrr. The rieuttr, the dsy laborsf' eVei. u,;so
society represented in the professions ahu ,.-a.,.J
md rhr mechanical interests. a'l-ah ~ 80 of III.
III a reduction OF the revenue TO me anS
Governments wants on an economical eS"'s' "t'
that the only interest opposed 20 .sanmrsn,rr;n
nue. will come from the owners n' 'he aeNHn-
establishments and stocks, VINO "a. 49, 80. a,7
fat upon protection. Are there no. eu""f" y. ~
-.ssnIinr all these various interests that 1 nave eaE,
meratet, who are resdy TO agree upon H"ne " 10Y
which promises TO settle th!s Question Jpn a '"; -
Just hssis, that the country VII! recoSnlIe a op'
n-nvel Wa must sett!p .a:s question; "e MIS-! pre-
sarvs .ha -so,l. from the evils "f ;his surplus m 'he
T,.osu-y. and saving settled it, and ssrer 'herc, IL
.ilI perhaps not be disturbed ior years e COME.
RI, s.u,cs. YOU come - q determination 20 aoops
gone bill. that will br acc-p'aoi1 ~ tno :.
r;,- interests to on. section of The country WINS hls
ot,,o1j.u. and unacceptable 10 me othr- sse:."ii, or
+, otter interests: The question T1l mol Dc set'ieo'-
You canpat expect acquieecencsi ara you u fe.
t,rn. q, The rezt session of Congress- prepared 10
b,ye the question r%eopened, anc 70 renew the war,
W., will Snys this subject kept before Congress and
the country, as a bone of conterticn, pronsely tor
wears TO come. You viii! open again the fountain OF
bitter waters.
In 1916 the question was settled ny the adoption OF
m. .yistirg tariff. 81 far as my observation has eI'
,c,,t.d. IN. principle on whirh that ts-it rests hhs
me-, With a ycry general concurrence In the pubic
mind throughout Inc country-noflh ana south, eas'
ana wet. II, then, We have this point TO start from
If the principls on which tho question was then
.riu,red is acceptable, and we are now called on, az
W. are, to reyis" the measure, ia there any Other SAFER
rr surer plan TO meet with public appreciation, ana 20
com,nard popular favor In behalf ot our echsme, tnan
10 start NJ tina; point, ana make a uniform fs0ue'lon,
a. far as may be necessary to meet GoVernueht
wants on ,!e various schedules then recognized
ss The proper basis for the adjustment, OF The contro'
versy
Mr. CAMPBELL, of Pennsylvania. LIE: me ask the
gentleman a question: uaaerstaha nun saS mn n
he is in favor uf g reduction OF duty on Imports on
the schedules o! the tariff Of 1916 in order 10 o'min'
ish The revenue OF The Government. No"'h ID no! tne
yent!rmnn aware that IL further reduction wouIo IN
creHse the revenue Oh the pTlHcipie ibai i" VI
1916 Increased the revenue largely compared WIN tuat
collected under the tariff OF io42t
Mr.. LErCHER. | d. not know g great deal
about il, aud as WY friend from Pennsylvania and
the Secretary Of the Treasury are travelling on .be
same line, | will answer him through The Secretary.
The Secretary of the Treasury, in his report Of 1851
'j5, undertook TO ssoerlain what would Ee the rednc.
ton OF duties under the operation of a bill soine-
what similar In the one | nov offer, and which vas
then presented by my friend from Alabama. Mr.
N - .l a.. a.. ,.lA. cha I-,utIrn taFit
and 10. reduction under bis own pre?et. Under the
bill Of my lriend from Alabama, The revenue would
be, ON an average iot six years, S3o,]33.3ll 30, snd
$i3,T J7 ,G8i lG for the cezt preceding year; under the
exis;iug isr'lf j would be-. CO an average Tor r1
wears. $40 9U7 .7IS ~, and 70: the preceding year,
S5S, or .39U 26; aud under the Secretary F-.c. II
would be, on all average for six years. S33,6i3.O iS 10,
and for the preceding year, Si1 ,'U9,32O 81. As my
friend il travelling on that line, aud as he aud the
Secretary of the Treasury concur in their views as
embodied il. tic bill of the majority of the commit.
tee 10 a very great e4tel:. ! spprehend he Will regard
this ausHer Is entirely sctisfsv,c.%, aud "a a coDciu.
sivr Ge,ronptration. with his faith in t:!at o.9:cer, that
the bill OF the minority will bring about such a TO-
Guc;ion in the revenue g ho anticipates.
Mr.. CAMPBELL Of Pennsylvania. | will not
Interrupt, the gentleman farther. | VII! i6erely nope
the gentleman will not quarrel with his own Secrs-
tary OF the Treasury. | do not agree with the Secre'
tary.
another, 7 would comment my friend from Penneyl.
vania to his brother from Ohio, Mr. STANTON, who
has Just addressed the COMMITTEES On this ~Ruo:ec':
Bat, Dir. Chairman, 50 lar AZ that is concsrnec, II my
friend from Pennsylvania shall find that the bill OF
:ba minority will no. ..dpce The revenue low enough
after the experiment haa ose.. made, will give him
bond and security that, if | an here, ! vi! try to re-.
duce i, stiil lower until i; shall resch tie .e.eane
standard.
cone nov: 10 the confederation of the bill reported
by the majority u thu committee and, sir. | concur
entirely with ny t-ie.i .ruin Ohio Mr.. SrASTOS in
the remark ina made in tbs Progress ut his spsecli,
that il WIS, as reported, = thorough manufacturers
bill-ihat it ie considering the iimS 81 when iti' IN
.roduced, she circumstances OF the countr; now. lie
progress of public opinion in regrad To the quesiion OF
fro. trade that it il, under a.. those circumstances,
q biz ii.-re -%lnineDily protective, al ms dAy, IMAM
she bill oi :62S-Slicn wss characterized az "lhe
bill of hoiuinatiune"-Sa S IL tbs time OF lie adoption.
[ do no. undertake IL say iEat tue ia-2 CT pc: cent. 0i
duties in many Instances ia as high tui ] eplnI ot II
IN relation 10 the public sentiment oi the country at
this acy, "a compared with the public sentiment OF
tbs patton =; Il ;iInc % the passage &. che bill oil 1873,
and aiso as 10 The pii:ea OF raw material anu manu-
featured articles then aGd hoS. speak OF /; IN That
connection aud in that viaw OF il, 80 L MEASURE as
strongly protective now as the tsr.E OF leIe nss At
,let tIt.f.
Mr.. CAMPBELL, of Ohio. desire to inquire Of
the gentleman from Virginia whether the tari1 OF
1916 did rot recognize. Ia its daiGi.2, the principle Of
prcteciionl apd whether he mas any eG:ei7s now 10
propose 70 The committee which doe. not recognize
the ss,ns lh.nsi j csu appreciate the position 'a&en
Sy tho gentleman uC:r Mississippi and lite gentleman
tom S"r:h Carolina, VIC E:,p"sed q horizontal
.csIe TO ring everything up & avg u tset ps:ticu-
lar scale bur I csnno; see ;he furce c. toe STEnIn-nf
OF those gentlemen in favor OF tbs system "I free
trade, who have advocated, and still advocate, Dss.
sures which discriminate for protection.
Nj. LETCNER. My friend nigh: haze saved
hiinteif all trouble; ivr il viii readily occur tc him
that, in the adjustment o: the teris for raising the
requisite amount Of revenue, II IS Utterly Impossible
so 10 arrange i; IS to avoid i~nci:e3'si protection
But, re | understand ny friend from Ohio, he Is Ter
such a MEASURE as will give full protection to doHlss'
tic nsaufac,.res. This Is the Important. eons!ceTa.
sith him. Protection is the principle; rg"snle
the incident. liz h- theory.
Mr. CAMPBELL, Of Ohio, / heileva We have
the ccast;;asiv:s! pcreT TO pass a bill for The purpose
cf protection r.oaa. But ! propose nothing Of The
kind. | agree With MY colleague g: ths committee,
tina; {: is important TIA, re shuu!G a~si!ets all; -.ea-
su-y, ard do il speo1iy; and 10 coing 'lst' L derre
s;nnlv II discriminate for tho purpose OF protecting
al, :he Industrial branches Of this country, and not TO
d;scri.a,aaie. q. nls gentleman has proposed, and as
the tsriY OF 1915 lse Core, uHja:tly, and in a msars.
oppressive 10 the gree: Iatsiesla cf this country.
Mr.. LETCHEB. | stci! endea3o::, before | get
through, ~ demonstrate that the gentisT.sl from
Ohio is for protecting the manufacturers, and not tIe
fsr,pe.s, mechanics, and labore.s. Upder bic bill tbs
benefits 20 70 tie mEnc!lcturers-t the burdens fall
on the consumers. IN rs arst place, / 6nd that The
schedule of one hundred pos sem. in the tariff of
1910, WHICH dppHeS ~ oldHuSi Ctsiiiish Spl.le, &C.. 10
reduced fifty per cent. in his present bill. i aivnys
SUPPOSED hat The doctrine of the school Of politicians
to which the gentleman from Ohio belongs, was, that
Injuries should bs IasGe, !: n cerie!n extent, TO bear
the burdens Of tbs Government. S"t 1t seems that
he is wiling TO mdke q reduction OF fifty ee- cent.
upon liquors, cordisls, and other luxuries OF tnst
character. while articles OF prime necessity remain at
the present rG:a Gt dG'y. Cannot account for this,
unless il be the: ny friend f.cm CHIC vss consulting
his taste and my owl st the tins i5I reduction was
proposed. ILaugh.e-.)
Z mir. CaMeBEEt, OF Ohio. waa certainly con-
INV own. ! become ssi;, fed Tint The effect of Inc
,si;F of 1916 was to bring ii.,o !h;s country indicated
drugs aud .dultrrated spirits, which were productive
OF rren: eSi!s. ; ~eu,posed, inasmuch as my colleague
was anxiou. 70 :sdtcs - revenue, If he coaid have
a nurer and better arlie!e--ore .Ls:c nnistshle 10 his
,aste-and accomplish at tie sane t;Ge i.c GS.ect
he lad in view. he would unite with us. iLsustte.
III -LNiIEE am ILunh OrntiEed 10 Rnh thnf