The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-07-01

Tho eirect Of the tarf must be ono Of
article or must bring in the laborcr himself Il
import the laborer the labor The art Gle must bo
manufactured his side Of the water the other
side III on the other side the aborcr win STAY there II
on this side. the laborcr will here and ch tho
country the gentemans tMr Harding State than
any other part IL Illinois wanted wealth she n have
iaborers and aborers she could have she would per-
init them to have their employment on this side OF the
water rather than on the other he dened the gentle
man or anybody else to form system OF tariff on any
other than one Of these two principles
Mr. horrill's amendment Increasing the duty on
squares or steel or iron to nnc cents pound was
adopted.
On motion Of Mr. ALLISON, trcp) Of Iowa the specific
duty on table cutlery was reduced from twenty nVe %
twelve cents Dar dozen.
On motion OF Mr. pawm paragraph was inserted
taxing wardrobe locks &C. twelve cents per dozen and
forty-fve per cent ad yalorcm.
ON motion oi Mr.. GElswoLp, trep) OF y. Y, para
graph was Inserted taxing horse and mule shoes Two
cents per pound
Mr. MoRRIll. moved 70 amend the paragraph about
railroad Iron, 10 read; all iron Imported in
bars for railroads and inclined pianos made 10 patterns
and ntted 10 h. laid down such roads planes with
oatiurther manufacture, one cent por pound"
Mr. WnNS, trep1 Of Iowa. moved TO amend tho
amendment by max ing the duty seventy cents per
hundred pounds. Re eaid be almost disposed to
commend the gentleman from Pennsylvania tMr Kelley
70 Tho appointing power as head Of the Agricultural
Dep4rfneu account Of the Ideas no had put FORTH
bet hch The farmer Of tho Wost have much difficulty
~ tomprchcnding. unless thoy come IN some special
- lhE Wiison) found ~ sIaiement before nun ..
was esht aolrs and forty cents per ton, and on pig
irun three dollars and forty cents. He thought that
rolicr
Mr. GnwoLp stated that tho manufacturers OF railroad
iron had been losing money for tho ist three OF onr
years They could not compete to-day with English
manufacturers.
Mr. WILSON, Of Iowa. asked Mr GrlswoId inform
him how much the manufacturers o. railroad iron had
lost.
Mr. GR,swoLD, without answering tho question, asked
Mr. Wilson whether he considered that striking AZ the
great manufacturing interests OF tho country tho
q the and Interest The
cost OF constructing railroads from $4,000 70
$500 pr mile, while the difference between tha pres
ent duty iron and the proposed duty was oniy x45O
per mile That was the whole OF ~ Speaking Of the
Free Trade League Of New York ho said that net one
among its officers counsellos identified with The
industrial interests OF the United states but they serc,
almost without exception, identified directly or Indirect
~ with the English trade.
Mr. RAynoSD rep.l OF y. r., said that this was q
simple question Of detail The iron rolling interest OF
tho country entitled To the protection but there
other interests entitled 10 protection also Tho
duty railroad iron nsed last year from sl2 40
per 10 fl5 10 expressly for the that the In
iernai duty amounted 81 40 That internal duty had
been taken on aud vet IL proposed raise the
duty on imported iron - S22 so equivalent 10 an In
crease of SO 70 addition 70 the s. 40 OF internal tax
taken or being increased protection Of SIS Id per
ton That was avery large 'n6 IN tho rate duy On
railroad iron Iron imported under tho present law had
10 pay nova duty Of s6 70, ~ goid freight charges
equal TO 81 80 NOR, also IN gold insurance and com
missions amounting 20 50 more-maklng IN all
s22 75 in gold or SIS 62 in currency, 20 be paid on
every ton OF railroad iron brought here IRON
England. And II proposed 10 increase
The duty 80 Is in gold SlO currency 50 that every
railroad company that hought ton OF iron would have
10 pay when landed In bond s4s IN currency and
the cost of the article abroad The great COM
plant he made AGAINST protection wa not that II was
wrong In principle, but that thore end TO i.
They had hccn told IN the bog inning that protection
would only be needed for few years and n m
TLey had been adding and moro protection for
The last thirty forty years aud s tho manufacturers
a.kcd FOR more. The New York c'ntrai and Eric Rail
ada employed together FIVE .unics capital than
all the rolling mills In the ntcd Staies dsb r-ing ten
times much 10 work them, and supporting ten
times a. many people Those roads renewed usually
one NTH Of their track every year requiring each OF
them, twenty thousand tons Of railroad iron A. the
prescnt raie OF duty the duty On that was t72 900 az
ii g. say thase two roads world pay about two mil
lisur of dolar by WAY Of protection They had
raid laa year million each as internal tar
rhere nilst he an end 70 that. They could not
s'and -u;h pressure Those we're only two raliroad
companies. All tho railroad companies % tho United
Slatcs had paid as year little less than six millions for
internal tax and propoaed % put upon them
Ave millions more. IN the shape u protection He
desired 60 the ume when these manufacturing
establishments would have rot footing enough 10 protect
themselves Al any rate he did not Ike 20 see tho ra l.
roads Of the country sadded with enormous taxation
merely for the protection 0f the iron rolling interest
which was amply protected.
Mr. GRiswoIp askrd whether the gentleman fhr. Ray
noDd ignored the fart that HON. competition the
surest way not only In theory but by actual exper
ment 10 cheaper production The iron rolling mills of
this country, with capacity 70 produce nine hundred
thousand tons annually, produced last year only
three hundred and ATTY 10 four hund' ed
thousand tons because the o~ grades Of English iron
could be sold here cheaper than american railroad iron
No branch o. industry IN England had ever contrib Ted
90 much 70 tho national wealth aud prosperity a. the
great iron int rest He appealed 10 hrs colleague Mr.
Raymond 70 perm, h.- judgment 10 be warped by
the futile and spscOus Arguments presented W persons
interested In railways or foreign msnufaetures
Mr WusoS of Iowa asid u would lave teen moro
satisfactory IN the Gentleman (Nr Grisw.ld instead of
dealing IN renernlites, had como down ~ dctals
and said how mueh the ron manufacturer bad lo-. -
their business Tbs MAS anpy lcg station 10 iavor oi
keeping up high prices and could have no other enect
Mr GsVrr,fD rep of Ohio, sad that " the duty VAS
fixed had already becn bar iron, then lusLce re-
auirrd III duty 20 - put railroad IRON II cost al
mort the ~ make Ton n railroad Iron AZ y did
ton n common bar iron. Hc demanded that the iron
sroyed by the interests ~ foreign manufacturers Tho
Birmingham smiths moro ,han centary and quarter
slnee peiloned rarnmen thsi the Americans shoid be-
snhefted 10 puch rrstricUns shoIh forcy
tho iron trade England That vas stu the purpose
that Great Britain sb0ad g1cceed In that
policy might voto for the proposition ~ the
gentleman from Iowa M Whom Ia 1850 bl
was actually introduced INTO the British Parliament
ordering that every iron mill in America should
De demolished, and 4 only lacked thuy-wo votes ~
bclng cared bu, proposti8n VA carried that iron
mil shoad ever 81 erected and no trip hammer run
BY water power should b. erected IN the colonies ~
America. They mlghi pfcdnce the raw mater al and
ship Il to England fof her behoof bat when yer they
proposed u ep beyond aud mako FOR themselves shat
iron they needed tno Birmingham smiths went 40 -
Parliament aaking Tor such legislation % should forever
the uaie % the people o. Great Britain There
was The same sot Of tssis stil
Mr. Dotgf trep ~ y " argued IN iavor of Increased
pro,eton % railroad ron predicting that under mills
void spring ~ al over The wess not only 70 make
new rails bat ~ reroll old aud 70 psrpetuate IN
the cheapest manner possible the existence and psogrrsa
OF railroads wes,Sard
Mr. ALLISON spoke In favor of reducing the duty on
railroad w. begged gcntleusn who we're insisting
protection supposs thst those vh0 opposed
81 too much protection free traders He ~
ing give 90 homo manufacturers all the protection
which The oxigcncy required bat He knew Of
an iron mill IN Pennsyvana which on a capital u too
hundred thousand dollars had paid lat year two hundred
and nfccn thousand dollars of internal taK and be did
not suppose u had been running Al l0NH lie fOund
thai the iron roag interest hal bsen growing during
tho year and that the mills - fennsylvsn hai
paid informal revenue foe the last month than they
had paid during the pr~eding year, and yet they asked
additional protection Of dollars ton after having
been relieved " eht dollars and forty cents internal
Beside. that other lcsiElston bad been made for
their benent, snc requiring AL The Paihc Railroad
companies 70 purchase iron ~ AmsncAn Manufacturer
Ho thought that The IRON interest ought ~ b. amply
satisfied With the present. tAra
Mr. EiUAsTS. lsepi oi No, srgusd that the present
duty iinpDrtei IRON wns suflcieuty high A. pro.
lection " that Interest
Mr SgtsKsS, gfrpl ~ Pa. said that al ihe~e fire.
rAde docsfinss that located siang the NsEAs.