Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-07-11
Associated Press Report.
XXXIXth Congress
WAsHIsGTON, July IL
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al WAsHIsGToN, July 10.
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Mr.. WENTWORTH addressed the Hou.-
| in an hours speech, in which he favored
| from an agricultural point of view, a change
Of the present tariff Although he did not
| profess to be strongly in favor of the pre-
sent bill, he feared that, with the hiph
| price of gold, it would prove - be prohibit
| ory. He deprecated the mixing up of the
tariff with politics. he thought Congress
| should fix the amount of revenue 10 be rails
| ed; and then a commission, composed Of
one farmer, one manufacturer and one mer-
| chant should apportiOn it with the interests
represented or advocated, especially the
grain, wool, and stock growing interests of
| the West He had no5 expected Congress
would be called upon to increase the tariff,
| except on wool, and should be merely com
pensatory on woollens. On the other hand
| he had hoped for reduction upon many ar
| ticles of foreign growth or production. but
the action of Congress in interdicting any
| measures for reducing redundant paper
money, except to very limited amount,
and the unexpectedly reluctant action of
| the Secretaryof the Treasury in exercising
even the amount of power he had
changed the whole aspect of financial af-
fairs. The rates proposed in this were not
near so high -as those proposed by the Rev
enue Commission. For instance, that COM
mission proposed &c per pound on bar iron,
while the committee reported but lie Sc
on sheet iron, while the committee reported
but &c; Sc on galvanized iron, while the
committee proposed only 4Ic, and 50 on
There was the usual amount of hue and
cry from free trade quarters, from mill
% snsiehsd 9s 6E qEsiGn ts15s HjTe
in defaming this matter. New York
appeared to be the center from
whence most Of these sedenominations emana-
ted. That city was the prolific mother of
free trade pamphleteers, but that city had
other interests than those Of foreign com
merce. 1t was the seat of great diversity
of manufactures and of mechanic arts He
would gladly do anything to restore the
ship owners of the country to their former
privilege, but they ought not 70 require leg
islation for their exclusive benefit and TO
the detriment of the whole country. Let
all parts of the country prosper, but if one
part of the country only can grow at the
same time, should not a new State in the
West be preferred, with half million of
people, rather than add that number to
city already swollen in numbers. He had
no doubt the House would fix the duty upon
railroad iron satisfactorily. There was no
time to present new bill if this one should
be rejected. The Senate would, without
doubt, speedil- remove all the objections
TO the bill, anu with little pruning, if the
currency remained In anything like its pre-
sent proportions, it would yield as much
revenue or more than the existing law did.
We must not be too eager - rush to the
field of politics. One thing more demands
our consideration Its difficulties, though
great, are far from being insurmOuntable.
The interests of every section of our country
command equal weights. Congress regu
lates Commerce. WhstsYer, their wants may
be, States can do nothing. Over S40O, O,OO0,-
900 are reckOned in onr currency; over
$500, coo of Foreign goods purchased by
our people This immense trade absOrbs
the means sorely needed to fund our na-
tional debt now rapidly falling due, and
threaten TO paralize the chief sources of
our Interal Revenue. Let US then shirk
no real duty. and be frightened at no un-
real obstacle. We cannot hope each of us
TO triumph at all points. In any tariff bill
much of it must be a compromise, but
let us adhere to our work like the gallant
chieftain Grant, IF it takes all the sum
mer7 until we have brought out something
which will satisfy the just expectations Of
the people, then congratulating ourselves
on harmonious action, at last we shall joy
fully quit these heated halls and depart
sure OF welcome home.
Mr.. DELANO was the next speaker.
With all the imperfections of this bill, he
thought it ought to pass. It was the first
tariff bill that approached anything like a
Just protection to the agricultural interest
He hoped that the representatives of New
England would stand by the bill and not
turn cold shoulder upon il, as there seemed
to be some indication of their doing.
Mr.. BOUTWELL, intimated that if there
was any difficulty in New England on the
subject of tariff, it was not because New
England interests were not considered suf-
fciently protected, but because a bitter
warfare had been waged against New Eng
land in other sections of the country on the
subject of protection, and New England did
not want to be held responsible for this tariff
bill.
Mr.. DAWES made some remarks of a
similar purport. He declared New Eng
land did not want the responsibility of this
bill shifted from the shoulders of the people
of the West,who had more interest in it than
New England ever had in any tariff bill.
New England was content with things as
they were, and did not want it understood
she forced the tariff on the country.
Mr.. DELAN0 asked how long it was since
New England had demanded a tariff bill on
the ground that without it all her manufac-
lures would go 70 ruin. If New England
did not stand by this bill it would soon find
there was a vigorous West which wsuld not
fail 10 recollect the act.
Mr.. HUBBARD, of Connecticut, declared
| as his belief that there was one State in
New England which did want this bill. He
| believed that all the interests of Connecti-
Il eUt M unarpial and
cultural would be promoted by and he in
tended 70 vote for It. sr
Mr.. DELAN0 continued his speech argu-
ing that this bill protected the agricultural
interests, and appealed to the New England
members not TO vote against it if the West
ern members did.
Mr.. HOOPER declared himself in favor
of protecting the domestic manufactures
and encouraging the great productive re-
sources of the country. His theory of pro
| tection did not differ materially in practice
from that of England. He would encourage
free trade in all raw materials for manufac-
ture which cannot be produced in Great
Britain. The British idea of free trade was
identical with his idea Of what the protec-
ton policy of this country should be, as ap-
| piled to the interests OF American industry
and commerce, and that was 10 encourge
| free trade in all materials for manufacture,
which We could producs cheaper than any
other country and TO impose duties for pro
lection of American labor on all articles
which we could not produce. In regard to
| the tariff bill he was not aware New Eng
land had asked for anything in It The
changes it proposed did not generally favor
her interests. He should, however, vote for
the bill because other portions Of the coun-
| try than Neg Eaglsnd said it wss necessary
for their protection, and because he believed