The New York herald., 1869-01-20

WAShlNGTOH, JAZZ w. 1908.
THE ADDITIONAL DUTY ON STEEL.
Mr.. wooD, (dem.) Of N. Y, presented remon-
STRANGE Of merchants and Others, Of Albany N. Y,
against additional duty on steel. Referred TO the
Committee on Ways and Means.
MODIFICATION OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE Law.
Mr.. JONES, (dem.) Of KY, presented petition OF
copper distlers In the Sixth district Of Kentucky
for repeal or modification Of certain sections OF the
Internal Revenue law. Referred to the Committee
on ways anu nSsCnuruos nssns1 arscspnD.
MI. PAINH, trep) Of Wis.,, called the attention Of
the House to q letter received by him from the
resolution calling for information as to the number
Of enlisted men now serving In Virginia Texas and
Mississippi who had been citizens = Or Dr. residents OF
the Adjutant General stating that there Ia means
Of procuring the Information, except by individual
asked that the resolution be rescinded; and 1t was
coxAnssKpNER WELLS REPORT.
Mr. Ella, (rep.) Of N. H., from the Committee on
Printing reported resolution for the printing OF
100000 copies Of the report Of the Special Commits
OF the House, and 100000 bound copies for the Trea
MI. KKILEY, repl Of Pa, addressed the House
in opposition to the resolution. He did not think
that that report should receive such an endorse
ment He did not see how the American Congress
1t was report full Of figures 30 tngeniously mar
shalled and prepared that one might suppose mat
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aphorsms and folies In the English language-name-
", that figures do'not lie. They were so marshalled
and damaging to the country; and damaging espe-
caly that Congress which had carried the country
gone. he did not mean to say that the figures en-
bodied In IL were In themselves false but he did
mean to say that they were 50 detached from their
VINO had furnished the ngures and made
but the Commissioner who had selected hfs mate
rials and marshalled them, had done SO, NOT with
view Of leading Congress and the country to estsb.
fav0rie theory OF his own which at variance with
the true interests OF the country II the conclusions
quired the American Congress to notfyThe iaboring
people Of the world that they could not improve
their condition 6 60 coming 70 snis ,s count y s sns
and q wrong on humanity to invite the working
people TO leave their homes and come TO the
had so Ieglslated that while wealth was accumu-
latng more rapidly than In any other land or age,
n %e s s
poverty and wealth, which was ever widening, and
that the aboring man and his family could not live
that were so, then the country was on ave Of aris
tocracy and OF . social condition such as the
special specs Coz Commissoners! deductions % Mr.. Kelley @ re-,
ferred TO the statistics of building In Washing
ton and Philadelphia In 1861 and 1898, the
having been l,az3 In 1851 and A7ee in 1858;
also to the increase Of savings banks deposits in
Philadelphia, Maine: New Hampshire, Massachusetts
being ifom fcrty.nve millions n 1880 to sistyseyen
millions In 1886; In Rhode Island, from eight millions
In 1850 to seventeen millions In 1885, and In C0nnec
ttsut from eighteen millions to thirty one milhons.
He would, therefore, say TO every good looking, big
hearted girl and her lover on the other SIDE that
prosper the wSfhng Of the Special Commissioncfs6f
the revenue i false and fraudulent and that they
the working people are good, because their condi-
Mr.. GARFIELD. lrepJ Of Ohio, expressed great sur.
prise ct the position taken BY the gentleman from
Pennsylvania n he was really serious about It. The
proposition itself was o most damaging admission.
report facts and Recommendations, but the gentle
man from Pennsylvania rose In his place and asked
that the report should not 6e printed, admitting,
rect and the tables accurate and true but that the
marshalling OF them was dangerous; that they were
drawn from them that they were dangerous to the
enlightened masses OF the American people and dan
70 tne e M se sn MouS nn
part II seemed 20 him that the gentleman (Mr.
Kelley had given away his case when he started
hgures. what was the fault which the gentleman ian
found with the Commissioners reportf What WAS
the matteri Tne matter wss contained in single
living food ciothlng and shelter or families in tha
country was seventy eight per cent higher tnan Il
unkskilled labor had increased only nfty per cent
and OF skilled labor sixty per cent. Was Congress
TO refuse TO print that fact because It might NOT
square with Its theoresf But this was no new thing
He had stated In speech In the House last May that
the cost OF living had gone up ninety per cent and
an extract rom New York paper to the eject
that houses, coal, nour butter milk, eggs
&C., were no better now than they were two years
ago. while their cost was vastly greater; 20 much
greater, In fact that rents were extortionate and
Ihe absolute necessares OF life beyond the reach OF
thousands that cfiy. Tnlkin0 of Mr. Keevsa com