, 1869-01-09
AnEKpMEnTs TO nooRHean.s R11n

lie Cemml;tte OF W.ys a.d Mesrs
Lave commenced ame1d,pg ttc Moor
te1d Tsr'T bill. VIZ hace Trey w1ll pay
some ll''le attention t.. Wts'crn interests
while they are about j.. The du on
htdes ought t. be increased to fifty Der
cont ad rdiortm. Mole than ons-halt Of
all tue leather used in the United Sta'es
is made frem hides impor I'll from Buenos
AErts. CoIeequent = du'y OF ti'ty per
ctnt won'd raise the rrlic Ct Western
hldesh!lJ rlrcgnt. The tau ners, he boot
and shoe makers, and their Customers,
would swcss some, bu: who c1resp Pro-
tectioc is wanted scsiusr The cne4p lAb,r
snd f6v. rahle climate ot S,uth Aucrica.
II was gzented on w5o.. Why should it
Ee deniei on hit'sss
Then there is :te smFll itrm OF h9of,,
horns ntd hair, sll Of which are inpor ed
at q mcEtiy romsnsi .iu1y. Fry per
cent is lhc ytry lows rate inst Western
mtmters ought 10 accept. Toc glue.
makers ard the upholstcrc1s of The East
have been having Il go d time OF it ua-
der the txisting tar fl. Let taru under.
stsnd that vt want no more o. their
British i1ec trade.
The tariff IN jute ard grass imported
frcm 1r3'a if rid.cu't uslY l.w. These ar.
ncles come in direct competition With
"cs.cfr fl1x and hemp. Four-fifths of
The bsceIng manuiac:ured sud used in
the E1i'ca S ares IS III de from .bese fab
rlcs. to sly no:tirE Of The ma ting and
coarse carrt's which We see every e here,
We otscrvu that the commit ee have
given 'he'r attention TO ju G. Tac duty
On this art'cle ought tu be largely in-
creased.
F2a1h,td and linsscI oil ough. to L..
hesvIly taxtdt'r tht. nep. Fl It home iu-
dussrY. Ftut-titths If nit We use is m
ported irom C4Eclisa, tn sbe mac.tus.
de1rlmcH; Of Western f.rm:rs. The uoo.
Mr. Wentworth Cu.ln swlrg,cg duty
cn tlsx:etu ard li.s.ed o IN :cc tarsil
bill two years ugo. The MIl i'se!f was
k.Etd-Wh1ch was q g1eat m.stor <une to
tie fisk. growers. HIRE is L ch.1cc to
rtI1cr Them tarJy jnsfiee.
We th1El New Epelsud CAT saed a
considerably hravi.r duly on r9ai. Are
cent statement Of The market Va ne OF the
sharts in the principal manufacturing
ccmpanits Of Msssacnusetts shows that
stocks, rhe pr value CT winch Is $1O0,
alc selling a.re1io1s pr!ces, ran 5ing from
Sls5 IN S.,0lj. Oh the 0 her hand, Com-
isEioner Wits shows Ii It coal is cheap
tt Ut the p;A's mouth In this country
tbAn il Ecelsnd. Is15v.ry evl"eot, here
icTe, that Massachusetts can stand fitty
C. nss l,e1 top mcre On coal without suf-
ter;ng. The Ps'nusylranis railroads
ough, IL Lave mere business, aad il The
jr l-uIuIrs Of Copnec'tcut and M.ssa-
ccusc:1s uerc compe'ls d to get ali their
bituminnrs c?al tr1m this side OF the 4 l.
1egharies, it would cartainiy he 60 d ioI
1radc- I. would furnish employment It
more nliLcfs and railroad hands, and gen
erally tend to develop tne RESOURCES O
the country.
The article Of kryolHs must not be over
locked. We notice tha: IL Is put On ths
free list in Moorhcso's bill Ktyoll,c il
used in nak'1g sod4-ash ami common
sslf. T. is impor..d from Greenland By {
Pittsburgh company, waich has secured
monopoly of it for North and Soutl
Aucric. trnm The Danish Government
A recent discovery If krgoil.e has beer
nude IN Southsrn Illinois. Tais is q,
Infant nunufactut..". It ought to b.
protected, and, since The du'y OF 20 pc
cent has failed TO develop Iae kryol,t
mines OF ni,nola, it ought to be ,ncrease
until somebody nbsrdons prod:ao;
business to take hald ot it. Why khoul
kryolise stand in worse position tbs
nickel:
We do not pretend to hare sugges'c
all the amt nunents nel1-d tn perlec: u
Mcorhead bill. Thosc which We hay
enumt1a'ed are ce1tainly required
brig up tte various branches Ut ind os:r
to tic Etnersl level OF impartial pr
tccsiOu