The national Republican., 1867-03-02
CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS.
CONGRRsS...SECOND SESSION,
FRrDAr, March I, 1867.

Mr.. Sherman, from the Committee on Finance,
asked TO be discharged from the further eonsidera-
ton oithe House bill to provide increased revenue
from the duties on imported ware, and reported as
a substitute the paragraphs relating to imported
last session.
Mr.. Sherman moved to proceed to the considcra.
tion OF the substitute. Agreed to.
Mr.. Sherman, from the Committee on Finance,
reported the naval appropriation bill, with amend.
ments.
The bill indicated By Mr.. Sherman was then
read.
Mr.. creswell wished to know II by this bill being
pressed this morning the residue Of the tariff bill
was considered as abandoned by the Finance Com.
mittee.
Mr.. Sherman said that he could not answer for
tho committee.
Some further discussion ensued, and Mr. Fessen.
den said he must insist taking up the tax bill,
unless the majority Of the Senate should decide
Mr.. Trumbull said the wool growers were salts.
fed with the bill as II passed the House, and he
should prefer II. His constituents would be salts.
6ed with II. If this substitute was sent back to
House, they might engrat the whole tariff bill on
III and II was better to pass tho bill as 1t came
from the House, and not run any risks.
Mr.. Grimes understood that II was proposed TO
offer amendments to increase the duties on every.
thing imported, by cent? sugar, tea, coffee, and
salt, 20 per cent.
nature, which he sent to the Clerks desk to have
read, providing for increase Of 20 per centum
all articles imported into the United States ten
days after the passage Of this Rct excepting sugar
tea, coffee, molasses, lumber, coal and railroad
iron.
Pending discussion on the bill, the morning hour
expired.
Mr.. Wade moved that the unfinished business,
being the tax BILL be laid aside Informally and the
Colorado bill, returned by the President with his
objections, be taken up, on tho understanding that
vote should be taken without debate.
Mr.. Fessenden said he had no objection II this
was done.
Tho question then being taken, resulted as fol.
lows:
Yeas-MeEsrs. Anthony, Cattcll, Chandler, Con.
ness, Cragin, Creswell Fowler, Frenghuysen,
Henderson, Howard, Howe, Kirkwood, Lane, Nor.
rill, Nye, Poland, Pomsroy, Ramsey, Ross Sher-
man, Sprague, Stewart Trumbull, Van Wrinkle,
Wade, Wiley, Williams, Wilson, and Yates-29.
Nays-Mossrs. Buckalew, Cowan, Davis, Dixon,
Doolittle, Edmunds, Fessenden, Foster, Grimes,
Harris, Hendricks, johnson, McDougall Morgan,
Nesmith, Norton, Patterson, and Saulsbury-1s.
The Chair announced that the bill not having re.
oeived the two-thirds vote required by the Consti
tuition, 1t had not passed
The consideration Of the tax bill was then pro.
coeded with, the question being on the amendment
Of Mr.. Wilson, reducing the tax on cotton to two
cents per pound after September ], 1855.
Mr. Fessenden called for the yeas and nays on the
amendment.
Mr. Henderson offered an amendment that no tax
shall be levied on any cotton grown after the pas.
sage Of this act.
tax cotton at this time Great efforts were making
to protect the woollen interest," and the cotton in
terost was Of vastly more Importance.
The amendment Of Mr.. Henderson was lost by a
tic vote as follovs-yeas 10, nays 10.
Mr. sprague said the cultivation Of cotton ought
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yate II TO any profit with tax on II. Tho course
that was now being pursued would drive II from
the producing States, which would be ruinous to
the country. Without this commodity the nation
could not get along II would be bankrupt In q
short time.
Mr.. Fowler advocated a reduction of the tar.
Mr.. Pomeroy moved to reduce the tax to cent
por pound.
Mr.. Sherman said cent would not pay the cost
of collection. The tax had better bo left at cents
or abolished altogether.
Mr., Fessenden said the Government had derived
last year about seventeen millions of internal
nuo from the ten rebel States, Of which fourteen
millions was from cotton.
Mr. Hendricks did not see any reason why the
hogs Of Ohio and Indiana should not be taxed as
well as cotton.
Tho amendment Of Mr. pomerOy was then agreed
to as follows
Yeas-Messrs Cowan, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle,
Fogg, Foster, Fowler, Henderson, Hendricks, John.
son, Nesmith, Patterson, POmeroy, Riddle, Ross,
Salisbury, sherman, sprague, Stewart, Van Wrinkle,
Wiley, Williams, Wilson and Y0tes-4.
Nays-Messrs Anthony, Cattell, Chandler, Con-
ness, Cragn, Creswell, Edmupds, Fessenden, Ere.
linghuysen, Grimes Hrrris Howard, Kirkwood,
Morgan Nye, Sumner, Trumbull and Wpde-lS.
The amendment as rdopted provides that the tax
on manufactured cotton shall be I cent per
| pound after September l. 1867.
Mr.: Dixon moved to put sewing machines on the
free list.
Mr. Nyo advocated the amendment, and said II
was the inventors who received large profits, and
not the manufacturers Of the machines
| Mr Fesenden did not know about that. He had
been told that the profits of the Wheeler 4 Wil1or
company were 800 per cent.
Tho amendment was disagreed to by vote of %
II.
Mr.. Sherman offered an amendment from the
Finance Committee. providing that tho tonnage
duty levied on our foreign commerce shall only be
levied and collected once within year.
Mr.. Sherman said that under the present laws
the steamers to Europe had to pay tonnage duties
for eycry round trip, the duty being cent per ton.
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. Cattell moved to exempt window glass from
the tax of per cent ad valorem. Adopted.
Mr.. Wilson moved to add files and rasps to the
free list. Disagreed to.
Mr.. Davis moved to amend by making tho tax on
distilled spirits 81 per gallon to October l, 1867
from 0:tober |, 1867, to April !, 1868, $50 per
Beiiohi hhu Nuut ~ poI Buhou' Db'
agreed to.
Mr., Howard moved to amend by providing that
this act shall not ObyiAte any penalties incurred
under the provisions Of the former act nor stop any
suits now pending in consequence. Adopted.
Mr.. Fessonden moved an amendment that no sui
In equity or otherwise to stop the collection Of any
tax shall be maintained in any court. Adopted.
The bill having been considered in Committee o
tho Whole, was reported to the Senate. The ques
tion being on concurring in amendments made II
committee
Mr.. Howard asked to except the amendment o
| the Finance Committee, which had been agreed to
striking horse rakes, horse pryers, tedders, names
scythe snaths, hay forks, hoes and portable grind
ing mills from the free list
The amendment was non. .cOncurred In, and thes
articles remain on the free list.
Leather Of all descriptions, and goat, deer, calf
kid, sheep, horse, hog and dog skins, which wer
struck from the free list in Committee Of the Whole
were restored.
| Mr.. Fessenden asked to except the amendmen
reducing the tax on cotton to one cent per pound
/ The question being on the adoption of the amend
ment-
Mr. Wilson moved to amend II by making tn
duty two cents per pound which was adopted.
! The amendment as amended was then agreed to
Mr. Harris asked to except the amendment re
lating to the transfer Of spirits Of turpentine to
bonded warehouse and prohibiting tho allowance o
any drawback.
The amendment was then disagreed to.
Mr. Nye moved an amendment allowing gas com