New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-29
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ponderous engine that the floating palace tp spite OF
the winds weather from ocean, Let the time be
for the wages Of those whose toll furnishes homsstssd
school and finally tombstones for the graves
public policy rather than excite the oium which
raysgance Away. likely to excite should counsel tenn
poary and the lowest Of duties under
which possible for various branches Of manufactures
not to prosper bat to live hoping that better time comnf
when labor will abundant taxation onerous and
when our paper money shan Dc good for s entire face value
any time the House, b.. Will IN the progress
Of the BILL have something more say Ia relation to Its de-
Mr.. MORRILL, closed by indicating intention to
to close general debate.
Mr. STEVENS PAL expressed the hope that after tho
speech made by the gentleman from Vermont some ai-
de of discussion would be allowed. He looked upon this
bill free trade bill from beginning to end lLanghtef
lie thought it anything but protective and as gold came
down it would be less Scrapron, Tor instance, was
TO be taxed half as much as pig ron while it worth
four times much. He admitted that 1t was perfectly
suited to the Eastern market and that thus was an
people of his district He could not say anything ABOUT
the question of coal till he found what his colleague hr
Moohead had 70 say on that subject as ne was On .hs
Committee of Ways and Means and assented TO this Dill
Mr. MoORHEAD pa admitted he did sssa the Dill ana
that the duty of 81 IS bituminous coal nom abroad
and of 30 cents on coal from NoyaScotia was cos
promise He could not what right his constituents
had to say to the manufacturers OF New-Engand VINO
mined their coal in NovaScota for consumption IN their
own factories that they should not do So he tnoagnt
that there should be discrimination drawn between coal
from Europe and coal from the colonies HIS object IN
that protect the manufacturers oil TINS coahuy anu
the labor Of this country against the MANUFACTURES ana
laborers of the old world
Mr. KELLEY pal said that be found much in the bill TO
approve Considering the arduous labors on inc
Committee of Ways and Means, and the limited TINE IL
had to prepare tariff BILL he wondered that could have
presented perfect bill There were, however, rev
things in the bill giving evidences o. haste ana wan. OF
hracte COAL and he did not wish 10 have the Legislation
of the country proclaim 10 the Sayan OF the woJid
that it did not know that the United States possessed an
tha In m WOrld-that
square miles Of own territory anthracite coal was
not TO be found.
at least so far as the gentleman testimony concerned
for he had heard him make the same statement ten OF nj
teen times. "a
and Means insisted denying the fact, he would con-
nue TO assert it, II the Committee knew that there was
no anthracite coal in the world but our own, why was
duty of 81 50 per proposed for il That which was
attempted TO be called anthracite coal IN Walee was
species of gneous slate capable of for any purpose
TO which anthracite coal was applied He wanted that
word "anthracte" struck out. The anthracite coal
interest was the coal interest of Pennsylvania.
But this question he spoke FOR those also VINO were
voceess in the people of Virginia and North
investments in Nova Scotia coal Mines they should AID III
developing the ch coal fields Of Deep River, North Caro-
Ina and James River Virginia. He rdicaled that pro-
vision Of the bill making discrimination between the btu
minous coal Of England and that OF Canada showing
that, while determinations are not novel,
they have always been carried out on the
principle Of placing lighter duty the article brought
rom Ike greater distance and the heavier duty the
article brought from nearer home The Developments OF
the coal interest Virginia would this country nom
liability of French Intervention on the principle OF the IN
vasion Of Mexco for it would be recolected that IN
March, 1851 the Virginia Legislature granted to French
company the James River and Kanawba canal; and the
present awess Legislature Of Virginia now endeavor
ing TO execute that contract
Mr.. PIXE Me- inquired whether the loyal Legislature
of West Virginia was not doing the same.
Mr.. KELLEY replied that he did not know. But no
wanted body Of New-England capital, energy and
patriotism involved in the coal trade Of Virginia, so that
Louis Napoleon should Southern Rebels TO deal
with, but Northern patriotism.
MI HUBBARD West Va explained that the legislation
between West Virginia and old ss 1es u to
FrepcE COMPANY, but as 70 New-York Company. 1t
a and Co OF 70 for and
iron to the West Virginia had direct interest in
this coal question They did not desire to prohibit the
States but they did desire that coal should pay the rev.
enue that it could pay
General debate closed and the House proceeded 10
consider the bill for amendment
Mr.. GRINNELL Iowa. moved to increase the duty on
WOODEN rags, shoddy, mango waste and hocks from to
Is cents per pound. 60,
Cook QLl, and Lawrence (Ohio supporting It, and
Messrs Kelley, Kasson Iowa, and Morrill, opposing IT,
The amendment was rejected.
duty on ocks 10 cents per pound which was rejected
The BILL as far as the Committee progressed to-day,
makes the following provisions
duties imposed BY law the articles mentioned and
embraced in this section there shall De eyea ana
like anima imported from foreign countries the duties
ss animal. as Aforesaid shall be divided purpose Of
fixing the duties to be charged thereon IN three classes 70
ms.. 1.A Sis or nites Wool or other woods d
blood. immediate or remote. down clothing WOODS
Guiding such as have been usually imported into the
United States from Buenos Ayrcs New Zealand Australia
Cape OF Good Hope Russ Great Britain Cansda ana es
where and including all woods not described
designated in classes two and three Glass 21ComeDg
combne woods Canada long woods or other like conlSS
woods Of English blood and usually known By the terms
used hair OF the Alpine goat and other Ike Enma
Class 3-Carpet woods and other similar woos such Dons
N. sSa ss,
been heretofore usually imported into the United States nom
Tt ssIrys: snS yS
sufficient number Of distinctive samples Of the various hnds
Of wool hair embraced in each Of the three above
OF the ssorstsry the Trsssury and duly VERIFIED
D.psrtmsn. shs DO deposited in the Custom and else
where he may direct which samples shall BE- used BY the
specified ali imported woods belong and upon woods
Of the frat class the value whereof the last port
per pound Ss dsy sh. Be 10 cent: per pound and
wS.nOs exported the United States excluding charges in
II ,ss s
upon wSo' Of the second elias, and upon oil hair q
whereof At the last port or place whence exported
to the United States, excluding charges In such
port. shall be- % cents or less per pound the duty
shall bs ten cents pound and addition thereto ten per
esn.u~ % ' s upon wool; Of the same slss. The yps
United States excluding charges in such port shall exceed
% cents per pound the duty shall be twelve per pound
woods Of the third class the value whereof at the last posr
1sss' s U,:s
Be three cent. per pound; upon wools Of the
place whence exported to the United States excludine
charges such port shall exceed twelve cents pei pound the
duty shall Be sxpenss per pound Pord that any wool Of
the sheep hair Of the Alpaca goat and other HE animals