Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-02-04

this State, moved 20 amend the amendment
of tho committee BY inserting. after lass
wood" in line nine Of section sixteen, IN
page a3, these words
And fencing boards Of whatever material,
from twelve TO sixteen feet in length, and
not more than one inch in thickness, aud
OF more than six inches in width
In explanation os his amendment, Senator
kirkwwood said
'ln section sixteen 4 ia provided that
there shall be duty OF one dollar per thous
and feet ION sawed boards, plank, deals.
snd other lumber Of spruce, hemlock white
wood, and ba-swood" X ia further p,ovi-
led Va The same section that ION oil other
varieties Of sawed lumber" there shall be
duty Of two dollars per thousand feet, board
measure. In the State where l live, 1t il
wcllknown perhaps to oil members Of the
Senate, timber il very scarce. Pine lumber
is mainly our fencing material. By the bill
~ il now stands pine lumber for fencing Is
taxed ~ two dollars per thousand feet. II
the amendment which offer shall prevail
Il viii be taxed at one dollar per thousand
feet.
at seems 10 the that this should be done.
Fencing the prairie 10 n very expensive item
TO those Who are making farms upon it,
Without fencing Ne cannot produce grain
Ia order 10 fence our lands We must have
pine I do not see why basswood boards
should come in a, one dollar thousand aud
pine DO rds at two dollars Let us have the
material we use for fencing our farms on
the prairie and producing the grain you eat
al as low rates as we can have IT,"
Mr.. Williams inquired ii the people Of
l0sa used imported pine lumber for fencing
l,urpo,es. Mr.. Krkwood replied: 1--WE
use pine q most exclusively, a large proper
iion OF which, ! understand, is brought
from Canada 20 Chicago, and then sent by
railroad TO our state. We do not ask that
lumber for oil PURPOSES shall be thus iAvor
cd but II seeeins to me that fencing lun
Der alone, that which ia essential TO ua in
the production OF our products, should b,
placed as low as any other lumber that Is
produced. | have shown the Senate the
discrimination that is made by the section
as Il stands the first clause which read
imposes ONT dollar per Il ousand feet on
spruce. hemlock. wildwood, and Eastwood
lurnber, aud excludes that materisl which,
We use exclusively for frncing-pinc
| Mr.. Fcssentlen remarked that several sec
tons OF tn csuntry were interested in this
question, his ow State among others, where
the lumber from the adjacent Provinces Of
New BrunsAIck and Canada came in eom>
petition With Maine. The existing tariff
leviss duty oil &. and upwards on oil i'm
ported pine lumber, going up IN some cases
to o.. The present bill brought II oil down
to 81, which Nj. y. thought ~ low as the
interests Of the whole country would per-
init His great objections to Mr.. Kirk
woods amendment WAS the difficulty OF DIS
crisninsting between fencing lumber and
lumber imported Tor building houses Mr..
X. replied to this that bis amendment stated
specifically fencing boards from twelve Ia
sixteen ieet in length and one inch in thick :
ness. Further along in the discussion
Senator kiikwood spoke "a follows:
"This tariff bill, as I understand it, is
framed on the principle Of endsavoring to
give protection TO all parts Of the country,
ana: do justice to all parts Of the county,
- far a. il can he done in framing a hll ii
ths kind listened with considerable IN.
tcrc>i to the remarks or my colleague this
| morning. in which he endcavored &c show
would be injurious 10 our people am free
10 shy that am not satisfied on that POM,
and have not yet determined how l shall
east my vote on the hili The general ten
dcucy of the bdl however, 30 lar Ms we are
concerned, is 10 tan everything we use, aud
10 silOrd very little protection 10 nything
80 produce, save and except the single ar-
1 iiclc Of WOOL
Our position, ~ before said, q some.
wh,. peculiar with reference to timer. -
l. IL scarce. exceedingly scalcc with
as We build our houses IT saw
cd logs q lumber We build al
most all our iences with saved
logs or lumber. IT, while you are taxing
everything Nc use otherwise SO highly. you
impose heavy taxation on the material out
of which We build our houses and our
fences, | am afraid our people will become
restless under the operation Of such bill.
The Senator from Maine thinks that INV
amendment would open the door for the in
froducilcn of pine lumber for building pur-
poses. think that cannot be- In looking
over the quotations Of lumber in Chicago
and elsewhere. | lind tina, fencing is a
distinct description Of lumber by itself II
i. recogn zed IN the trade. and my amend.
mcnt describes the particular quality Of
lumber the particular length, and pa,,icu-
l,r width. i is true, lumtc, Of the same
description ma, be used i.r II boring; but /,
viii he Il great relief to our peop'c VI tn
amendment have oil rcd Should prevail.
Th,rc IL another CON is.oIation. Our line
i'ie>,s ave becoming rapidly exhausted. Z
" here shall ". ret lun.b,s Y II il not be
the pait 81 WI, ON 10 encourage the intro>
ductl II 81 lanh f. on. other unitirs and
save oar cwn.
II seems 10 lAe That IhcS. considerations
are sufficient to justify thu adoption If the
amendment | nave offered
The amendment, was iuft'.er opposed by
Senators Chandler Of Michigan, and Howe
OF Wisconsin. and finally rejected.