New-York tribune., 1867-02-27
JUE TARIFF.

The House yesterday considered 70 oil the
o15 amendments of the Committee on ways anu
Means TO the Senate Tariff bill, n rate OF pro-
rress at which it would finish the bill III 10 days
Such deliberations certainly most deliDerate'
,re in kceping with the indifference shown
nv the House to this important measure
since it was returned by the Cohi-
mittee on the nth instant. UP 10
yesterday, nothing whatever was DONE anu
if the delays of yesterday are TO pe coht'nueo
the end of the session will be reached before
the bill is half considered.
We have printed tho Senate bill; IL
has been subject of newspaper comment
for weeks; every member OF tho House
has had copy of it lad on his desk yet
two-thirds vote could not be secured yesterday
to dispense with its formal reading by the Clerk
We presume that officer read very rapidly,
and having no listeners, possibly Skipped
q trfle. here and there, of the liz printed pages
Of his document Yet this reading occupied
from two 60 three hours. This is far instance
of tho treatment the measure meets
with from its opponents, and can
only be regarded as scandalOus waste o1
valuable time. for we do not believe that
single member who voted for the reading oil
the bill paid the slightest attention to the
Clerk.
This farce ended, Mr.. Morrill,, whose labors for
Protection will not soon be forgotten
moved 10 terminate general debate IN one
minute, a rule which was adopted, and, having
by tho dreariest delay, justified It's reputation
as a deliberative body the House consented to
I,,o tbo m nrOnOgpu
by its Committee. The most important OF
those adopted was that making the Dill
take effect ten days after its passage, necessary
to prevent the excessive importation wnch 700
long impending increased duties would stimu-
late. The increased duty on plain cotton goods
from 4 to cents per yard, and the increase on
cotton hosiery were rejected. and the amendment
adoptine the valuation of woods in the markets
whence exported as n basis OF duty, was
adoptcd. These were the only important
changes made yesterday, and We ask the mem
bers of the House if this kind of legislation can
! upon any plea he excused or tOlcratedf
If there was any essential issue, there might
he excuse for further delay. But there IA
iOnc. 1ee tTSgsSIss Is fsar!'s.;;tosT
and the trcachefS of some OF the Protccn0niStS
m the House, WHO, NJ uitFI 'oHNmPN w WV
industry of the whole country, which depends
upon this measure, care only for miserable
wrangling about details. We beg members Of
Congress to abandon the patronage of special
interests. all or most of which are protected
by this bill, though possibly not always rs
much as they should be, and To rccollcct the
needs. OF all manufactures ard the latencss OF
the session Let them give up their clients for
the sake of the country. and triflc no longer.
If there are any important duties proposed by
the Committee on Ways and Means to which
really earnest opposition Is made, let them
be taken up tomorrow and voted upon
at once. That is the only way Ia amend
the proposed bill speedily and substantially, If
amended il must be. The method of consider
ing tho 27J amendments one by one. most of
them trivial, aud taking vote on each. l.,
not only unworthy of the good seuse OF the
House, but is likely TO become an unpardon-
able wrong 10 The country.