New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-06-18

MEsTEyENs rep PENN regarded this a very grave
matter The resolution asserted great many things
resolution, but 1t went over under the rule.
TIiE TAX ON DISTILLED SPIRITS
Mr. STEVENS REP PENN offered a resolution in
sructiug the Committee on WAYS and Means 20 inquire
into the expectancy Of reporting bin TO collect the ege
stl aud apparatus nasng due allowance for the waste
TO contain provisions like the following;
quantity the st produce running
secondly: Let the dtler for such time Ire
all spirits that be Piodnced within The period Of the license
ceIse be shall be subject IMPRISONMENT The Psnentsv
license, he shall be subject to like imprisonment
e os I D s aG he .S IN BE ae a be S Sm 20
to g INTO e bands ofen other person for the purpose Of using them
Referred TO the Ways and Means Committee.
DEsULTORY BUSINESS
hour the consideration Of the bill reported yesterday by
Mr. mgerso, respecting the National Safe Deposit Com
pany some of the provisions Of the bill, particularly
those giving the Company the power Of Savings Bank,
AID Of Trust Company, contested and discussed
BENJAMIN rep, Mo- the bill was tabled.
Mr. CHAMBER dem, n. - presented the petitions or
York Stock Exchange and others; John j. COnOver
President Of the Mechanics and Traders Association
and others and Of HOrauO Allen and others all c]ehs
Of NewYOr asking appropriation by Congress ior
the removal of the distractions at Hell Gate and OF the
rocks In New-1 ork harbor known as Battery DahoDu
and COenties Reefs.
The SPEAKER presented resolutions OF the Texas Con-
veutOn Printed seWherc
Mr. WASHBURN C,ep., Mass reported a bill to pro-
vide for the distribution of the reward offered 10y the
President Of the United States for the capture Of Jeer
son Davis Ordered 10 he printed and recommitted
Nh. WASHBURN rep, Ind made report concerning
the burying Of Confederate dead IN the Anteam Gem
etery.
The House took up the bill reported by Mr. Eliot epp
Mass TO promote American Commerce.
Mr.. ELIOT addressed the House on the national i'm
That section Coarj Of the act Ainendatoy Of
' I'D Ip s15 n' sa %RG V are sHI a. s5
poay ports and for other purposes approved July ~
imposed shall be collected vessels arriving FROM foreign
SEc That drawback equal duties paid be allowed to ship
builders on lumber Oriage iron copper CHAINS ana anchors aa
stesme or other vessel built limits Of the nd States The
and under such regulations prescribed By the Secretary
Of ih IIsaa pIG.a . b ,n2 5 % % o Of the Quilted states
BY the collectors paving such drawbacks respeeivey
recording ships vessels approved December 81 1872 hereby re-
boats other vessels Of the United States less than
6 required Of them such shall be- licensed and
shall ever, other respect be liable TO the rules ana regulations and
penalties force relating to registered and enrolled vessels
SE That the provisions Of the act entitled An act Authorizing e
Secretary Of ne lI,s s ~ 70 i ~ ys b,,t within
r. United provided the not erred during tue
Nj ELIOT Having remarked that under the present
system Of taxation Of articles that enter into shpbud
maritime nation must build its own vessels, No com
mercia country could be irsclass power unless II punt
own vessels and controlled lis own carrying trade
United states only not the law of England France
only: the law OF to-day alone; not the law by Whch
alone Pheueca Venice controlled the seas; II was the
great law Of national commercial NE IKE that law OF
FOR Rome and another for Athens not one law for today
and another for tomorrow, but one enduring law Tor
If Congress Congress did not interfere, the commerce
OF the United States must be ruined Inc object OF me
the who can build up the Navy OF the country that
M ONEiLL REP, PENN suggested that the bill in
an indirect manner takes the taxes OIL Of imported mate
he gat q
would require 10 be equazed by au0Wlnga bounty ior
the use Of domestic materials.
ton shpbuider showing that he endeayOred To get up
convention Of shipbulldcrs to petition Congress but that
ne fOuud that the gentlemen whom he addressed had all
quit the business and had not built ship since the be-
ginning OF the The passage OF the Dhl cOud not
affect Treasury at present no revenue - derived
from spbuidng materials no ships being built IN the
Mr. MORRILL, moved to amend the second section by
providing that in order that American lumber cordage,
iron copper chains and anchors might be used III ,e
drawback Of duty shah DO allowed on these materials
Mr., TIDRiDGE Dem, WIS., opposed the amendment
Mr. BLAIR rep, hichJ opposed the blil' claiming
caused by the laws OF the country Was that the only in
terest the country that was depiCsscd they had Dce
toid MAT the iron interest the coaO interest. aud
almost all other great interests were depressed ana
mined But all that grew out Of the condition OF the
,tt,. Tho conner Interest i'm which dftv millions Of
cataf was invested. languishing aud suffering for
want Of sufficient p-OtcCOn and Who he should not De
asked 70 strike down the copper interest
Mr. PIKE rep, Me- reminded Mr.. Blair that but a
vcTy small amount OF Michigan copper is used in ship
Mr. ALP was understood to say that II the copper
Of foreign countries admitted 0c Of duty for ship
building purposes the copper mines on Lake superior
Sir briggs Rep., Mich. took the same general
grounds against the b that had been taken by MS col
Gr MEYERS rep PENN said that although repre-
seufiul district which was largely interested In com
merce and shpbudng he had received no letter from
any person hs district IN favor OF the pending bL al
though its provisions had been published He would DO
all he a j
be done without Injustice 10 other Interests equally I'M
p0rtant Tho commerce OF the country had declined but
The cause OF that decline beyond the control OF Con
gress With the exercise OF such energies, nc sad as ad
been exhibited the establishment Of the Baltimore line
Of steamships commerce would revive. He favored all
the Of the bill except that allowing drawback
on shpbuiding materials.
MI LYNCH Isep, Me- made an argument in support
Mr. BROOKS Dem, y. " addressed the House in adj
yOcacy OF the bill The three great interests OF country
were commerce, agriculture, and manufactures. Al
though American agriculture ana manufactures were
now In high degree OF prosperity there was not now
crossing the single steamer under the American
flag excepting a small and ragged ne running occasion
av from the port OF New-YOrk and an American line
running from California TO japan and China THIS line
Congress, without which il could not maintain itself
against the competition Of France and England IL was
dags OF France OF England, and OF the Northern cOun
tries Of Europe floating over ships tAat carried American
trade and commerce aud passengers o.,
Mr. HARDING REP, III inquired how the line be,
Mr. BROOKS replied that that line OF steamships ltht
Pacific Mail Steamship Coz had subsidy OF $4,000
for ten years lOf carrying inc hs'S' anu Via1
addition our navigation laws prevent foreign Nessels
entering into coastwse trade. Mr. Brooks Appealed
10 tie House 10 reflect upon the absolute necessity o.
maintaining American commerce on the ocean lie SPOKE
moi for or against copper or ron not Tor tarn or anu
tariff but he spoke for the predOminang interest OF inc
Countrywide protection OF the nag Unless something
us done 10 protect the commerce and shipping Interests
~ The country the Union flag would soon cease 10 be seen
on the ocean except in the cOastwse trade ana between
California and China 80, -,
MIR WAsHBURN rep. WIS., supported the bill lie
said The grounds for this exceptional legislation are as
understand as follows First That the great shipping
Interest OF the country unlike any other interest was
during the war wiped out and destroyed and, as CON
enence the carrying trade Of the country has fallen
mo tie hands OF that country by whose peTdy our com
Ierce was brought low. Secondly That by reason OF the
war and OF our inflated currency consequent thereon
With the high internal taxes high and the high