The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-18

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yield was thirty-nine millions Of eallnns
annually. He said the remarks Of ~
gentleman were intended to be sweet ~
him, but he would remind him that Me-
York produced more sorghum than Ver.
mont.
The proposition was debated among 9th.
ers by Mr.. STROUSS, who said II theeen.
the sap OF the maple and boiling it all dav.
he would think he had been taxed enough
The amendment was disagreed to.
Much time was consumed in considefine
amendments to except bibles and testS.
ments or volumes containing only part a
either, and prayer books, from any duty.
The same section also exempts from dutv
phies.
At 4:30 the Committee reported and Ii.
House adjourned.
SENATE.-Mr. CONFESS called up thu
bill to establish mail steamship service IL.
tween the United States and China. Tba
Dill provides that the Postmaster Genera
shall have power to contract with any con.
pany who will agree, for the lowest prica
TO establish line Of steamships, to inake
II round trips between San Francisco and
Chime per year; the contract to go into q.
passed-ayes %; nays III.
The special order, being the report Of the
Conference Committee on the Freedmen's
Bureau bill, was then taken up. The ra.
port was read, but no action taken.
Mr.. SHERMAN'S motion to take up the
House joint resolution reducing the duty
on imported paper prevailed. The quei.
ate Committee on Finance to strike out
three and insert fifteen per cent.
Mr.. SHERMAN explained that the pres.
emit duties on foreign paper was 20 per cent:
the amount OF tax paid by home ma nufac.
turers amounted to 10 per cent; it Va
manifest that to. reduce the foreign tax to
3 per cent would be unjust to home manu-
facturers. 1t was said the per cent was
equal to 8 per cent, because it was In tho
gold valuation; it was per cent, on sian
per toH. The internal tax in this country
had to be paid in currency, the value Of
which is about 800 per ton. Mr. Sherman
stated that he was in favor in the commit.
tee OF making it 10 per cent, which would
create lively competition between home
and foreign manufacturers. The commit
tee had overruled him, however; many Of
whatever. He believed some change
ought to be made in the tax, because un-
der the present rate not one pound Of pa
per had been imported. Fifteen per cent.
had been adopted as u compromise in the
COMMITTEES, but he thought It would b
more just to put it down to 10. The Gov
ernment, he said, was more interested
than any individual in this matter; it con-
sumed more paper than any individual,
and therefore it was interested in this
question:; it had been proposed by some to
allow the Government to import free Of
duty, but this would be remarked as in-
vidiOus.
Mr.. CoLLAMER spoke in favor Of
maintaining the present rate of two per
cent as an act Of justice to home manufac-
turers.
Mr.. WADE said he and his colleague,
(Mr. Sherman) had been instructed by the
Ohio Legislature to vote tor reduction Of
the duty. He unquestionably thought 1t
the right of that body to instruct him on
such subject. He believed the argument
in favor Of the reduction of the duty on Pc
per would apply equally well to Ill other
articles.
Mr.. HALE was in favor of the indefinite
of the resolution, and to
leave the duty where it h now, 20 per cent.
He made this - motion, and further said
that in the State OF Ohio. last year there
had been 81 500, 966 worth Of paper made,
and on this . tar Of 81, $50 had been paid.
This was . great and good interest and it
ought 70 be protected. In whatever light
20 inexpedient to reduce the duty.
Mr.. SUMNER hoped the subject would
not be indefinitely postponed, but that it
would be met by frank vote. He was
sure that If the State Legislature had ex-
amined the tariff laws, they would not
have done as they have in favor Of the ~
peal of the duty on paper. He said paper
articles. 1t had only followed the invari-
able standard of value, which was gold.
he had examined this subject carefully.
and had found it would be unfavorablSsud
unjust to reduce the duty to per cent
The amount Of paper manufactured Wa
llO5 ,OOO, 600 per year in the United StateA
On this there was collected an internal tax
II ten millions Of dollars. 1.-THE duty was
put ut three per cent, there would be Inn
ported about 81, 0OO, 600 worth in gold, on
which the government would receive about
!, 80, 900 In revenue. This would b lo0
Q the government Of the dinerencebstween
PlO,OOO, 900 In paper money, and 4l,50,0O
n gold. The motion to indefinitely post.
pone was decided in the negative-ysas IL
Mr. LANE, Of Ind, offered an amend
n = 81 to strike out IS and insert 10 per cent
After some remarks from Lane, of Ind.
and johnson, Lanes amendment was re-
ected by yeas %, nays Is.
The question then recurredo on the amend
ment of the Finance Committee. to make
The duty Is per cent, this was agreed to ~
yeas 80, nays IL.
The question was then taken on the final
passage Of resolution as amended, which
was to strike out and insert Is per cent,
and was decided in the affirmative.
The Senate then went into Executive
session. and soon after adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1I-HousE-On mo-
ton of Mr.. ORTIZ, resolution was adopt
ed requesting the Military COMMITTEES TO
inquire and report at the earliest possible
moment what legislation is necessary to
secure the mastering out Of such men IS
enlisted for the unexpired terms of their
regiments, with the understand
ing that they should be mustered out with
their respective regiments.
The House rejected by two majority, the
Senate bill donating lands to Wisconsin
Tor the eoas.1ucsion q r. ship canal from
Bay with Lake Michigan.
The House passed the Senate's Joint res
olution to extend, for five years time, the
of q railroad from Flint to
Michigan, so as to prevent the
lands heretofore granted from reverting to
The Government.
The House then went into Committee on