New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-23

cnct and District Boards when necessary that meetings
u the beard arc TO be held for the purposes Of regra
ton after due notice and requires that electors s DC
person Can be re eTed Who has given aid and comfort
10 the Rebellion Referred TO the Committee on Terrific
PEruIoSs-DIGEsT OF DrroRT Statutes
num6e Of petitions were Introduce ana
the subject Of the collection Of IMPORTS be prepared az
inc treasury Department and DC phted loi INC use VI
THE PExsIoN.AGENT BIZ.
Mr.. LANE (Rep, IndJ called mp the bill to change me
mode OF appointing PensOnagcnts. .,s
The pending question was upon motion 10 reconsoer
cured in and further amended The Senate refuse" 10
reconsider its vote and the bill goes 10 the House iof
As passed by the senate provides that Pcnsonagens
shah be appointed by the President, by and with The M
tary Of the Interior heretofore THAT there shal DC
all agents appointed since the list of october last sa De
S & 81 6e Of Ac s s Act DC
TIE TARIFF BILL
The Tariff bill was taken up at O'Clock. Amendments
10 tho printed bill were offered by Mr.. FESSENDEN
rep, Me- and adopted as follows
On screws, commonly called wood screws, 9 cents,
instead OF cents per pound; on wood screws, less
than two inches in length Il cents instead OF II cents per
pound On cotton seed OIL % cents per gallon; glass
demjohns 10 cents per gallon capacity.
The following proviso ATTACHED In The printed bill TO
section in relation to fruits, was stricken out;
Procided that the loss OF quantity Of tho fruits above
such loss shall DO OF fun package other separate por
TONS and on oranges and lemons In boxes, loss Of guam
ty may be allowed when such loss reaches 80 per cent OF
tho quantity In the boxes such loss being certified by the
appraisers Of damage; but no other loss or damage
shall be allowed in abatement Of duty
IN the original bill the importation Of fireworks Il pro,
hibitcd Mr. FESsENDjsN offered prOviso when was
adopted. that fireworks placed on spDoard before INC
ist OF May may be imported on payment oil utl'
countries
The bill was amended to 60 into effect on the LIST OF
The amendments OF the Finance Committee were now
concluded and the bill was before the senate as III Com
| mittee OF the Whole, and still open TO Amendment
Mr. CATrEIL Rep., y. j. addressed the Senate ut
some length the general subject Of protective tariff as
essential to the welfare Of the country, and against free
trade as calculated TO build up mechanical interest OF
force IN nations at the Xpense OF tho United States Ho
quoted the statutes OF this and other countries ana
introduced comparisons TO prove his positions The IN
dustry OF bud supplied MS with 30 per cent OF our
own wants II the work-shops closed up by com
polling them So do 10 entico into UNFAIR competition
with tho workshops Europe the result would ultimately
10 instead OF decrease prices While youturnod
ont " employment the laborng millions OF this country
Mr. Catten in the OF his remarks introduced the
following tables prepared, no said, by the Chief OF the
Bureau Of Statistics OF tho Treasury. Depart
| mcnt Tho value in gold of the annual
product the people OF the United states for the year
agriculture, scO1UOOOO0; manufacturer including MI
processes between the raw Iuac ana tonhuhIlohhd
thus comprsn4 the cost ~ dwellings erected, railroads.
and canals equipped, homemade manuacure-ete, 'sl
Ooocoo mining slNOOOOOt il,h.ng SJoopoOF hunting ~
OOOO wood cutting etc, s250O)oO domestic commerce.
$780, 100000 this sum represents tlenct annual earnings
o. or groes Increase 81 money value derived IRON I'll
the transportation ~ passengers and commodities WITHIN
the country Including tbs money value " af incidental
labor devoted thereto; foreign commerce s9OOohgOG net
annual earnings or gross Increase OF money Nauc drIlG
from c1chan products with FOREIGN countries that Is
from foreign imports and exports, and rom the carrying
and fro OF passengers, etc. engaged IN improving the
face of tho country and subdung II to the purposes OF so
cicty- S2cO00O0. This sum represents the yearly lu
crease ~ the value Of lands and other mlnovdble proper
" newly brought under cultivation or nnProy,u, alu
comprises the permanent ways OF laIioAs ana Ss9
90. The same reduced to currency az 80 inc sulag
for lsdJ. S'jsegotco or The soyesySg 80 s,no
consumed durins the same tne. leaving surplus or an
nua gain Of t5soJo00 tAc product OF 1885 was about
cour.c the same the latter amounting ~ currency, ~
1870 at 49, Tor gold. 10 SOjse0Oo0 and OF this amount
Ne form iaSSs Tese fsrcs are nor only Interesting
and Instructive IN their details but the grand total ~ the
pasfcs l,lof uud induces the thought that The human
mind scarcely capable ~ conccymg ne Nastness Of @
material ~ the nation when the enterprise ana
~, yfncnt MAI ruort ,lntics arr direct tax upon
! tho consumer, without any compensailng benefit
! which, II true, would IAN most heavily upon agucui
uc have already attempted TO answer IN the course OF
these remarks and but rcstate what have said when
Il that The ,Ound- OF The recent writers upon pO
iti,,l eronopv especially those Of our own country,
deny the truth OF their assertion and that they are ss
tanned 10y rigid examination ~ the facts and careful
that British writer's political economy who assume the
Hypothesis OF Free Trade have occupied that hsM iQr
more than bali century pit We ul-ouuess oI t,ll
theory has been shown not only by the closer reasoning
Of later wrters but also hJ the Wlrst practical
statesman Oh all highly prosperous countries. Napoleon
the great u reported by Tsce- TO have ead, duties
which were severely condemned by political econo-
msts should not u Is true be- an object To inc treasury
they should Do the plaIanee and protection 10 ihoh
aud should correspond with the nature aud objects OF
trade. Holland, which IL destitute OF pI2duc,i9n hhd
manufactures and which has trade only OF transit"
merce, should De FREQ OF all duties and barriers France
on the contrary which IS ch In every sort of production
aud manufactures should lhcSssshtY slsid hsnHst .no
importation of i'al VINO inlsht SIN continue 10 De SUI
pcror 70 hcri ana also against inc Supuy ~ Ibo,su
and indifference Of more brokers' have NOT fallen INTO
tho error or modern sympathters who imagine
that all tho wisdom OF nations ~ conferred IN
themselves. Experience IS the true wisdom Of nations,
and what does OIL The reasoning o, me amount
tor At another Time he sul u an ,ehP9 Yer" H n
OF adamant political economists would grind 10 10 DUST
reat rather than the specuntions Of Adam Smith
and hs disciples. IT, then, II has been shown ~ pdctoaI
results that taking them for series OF years prices are
choapened rather than dNanced ny protection 10 Loiu9
manufactures by stimulating home consumption, ana
the great interests 81 country, the foundation upon
which the free trade hypothesis Is built s destroyed and
ment that tho money price Of article advanced 10
tho extent OF the duties imposed 1t does not follow that
is actually dear TO the consumer Full employment TO tho
laboIer Increases his power 10 buy and consume, aud
agriculture cOnicsscdy supplies large part OF ms wants
The artisan who makes the pOw aud hoe the mower or
the reaper whether he does 1t Ia England or america
must be fed II he DO an American artisan, the more
fully You Keep him employed the greater ms soluy 20
purchase your products JIG must OF necessary nave
bread and meat, therefore DO consumer or what l1e
iirl1t ltt s 70 s5 m ye ftad ~ in So
city Of Philadelphia At that time, and Tor some sue
ocodinR years, the entire volume oj my business was
made up of consignuenis ~ aSGwtufai pouu}s rom
the valley Of the Susquchnuna, tho Jata, ana the IA
high. have not the figures at command but am sure
that speak within bounds when say ihat my own
house aud the four five others doing DusluCss from mo
100000 OF 6o00o0) bushels Of cereals per anun fhA-
dclpha IS s the natural market FOR the surplus pro-
S@yo not V been eonsiggnenis enough received from
that entire section To- realize commissions suit