The New York herald., 1870-01-21

the report stated that the entire real and persona
wealth Of the United States earned from the begin
tai brought here from abroad, was equal to
900 900 900, and then stated that the destruction
Wealth Ss ana aye:on sSna SsScs ocS
OF nnefourteenths OF the entire property,
u sns United states Tnat was known 70 be ncorrec
IN calculating the cost OF tho war; the Commissioners
nad lncludedfrst, all that had been raiseu by TAX
ss nuon; second a that the country owed deducting
ae cost o cvil administration; third the State and
county debts for bounties assuming that these
Oounues were lost 10 the country, and fourth, the
that they were aso oe pala ns avsEx
one knew tnat tney were not The report further
.asea aat from the decade from 1850 10 1870 tho
weatn VI the country had Increased nine thousand
millions, equal 10 all that 1t lost Dy the war and
as much as the country had earned
from the time oI lts settlement down 10 1890 Sta
tistics 30 false and lllusory ne would not vote To
send TO his constituents and IN voting against print
ing the report ne dld without reference To tarln
or anti-tarin IDEAS, as he was neither tariff nor
free trade man.
the arguments OF Messrs. Butler and Kelley aaainst
the printing or the report because in their opinion
sow ~ rca aeS @ ns
in doctrine To be printed in the Globe an Immense
expense TO the country He had himself subscribed
to the funds OF q committee which had circulated
the tarln speeches OF tue gentleman from Pennsyl-
vAnla-
Mr.. KRLLEY-The last statement is not correct
No committee ever printed speech OF mine.
Mr.. LO0AN-I am very much astonished At tho
getting up and saying "a mat sss.
anytning else. | am not speaking Of . committee
OF the House.
Mr. KELL.Y-No sir, nor any other committee.
Mr.. LOGAN-i am speaking Of . republican COM
mitee, organized in the House for political pur-
poses.
Nj. KELLEY-so am l. when l deny that It ever
printed speech OF mine relating the tari6. Is
did print the record Of my trip through the south
Mr.. LOGAN want no controversy with the gen.
tleman. A man VINO would make such statement,
In the face OF the House. that knows better, can
astonish nobody IN Oppt sing the printing OF this
report In conclusion he said tnat 1t was not
pected that every public document should 0e critl-
cally correct IN every particular; but II 1t was
rect In the main this report should be printed ~
public document.
Mr.. STEVENSON, trep.) Of Ohio was in favor OF Its
printing, although ne recognized that the report
contained many errors.
Mr. MOORE rep.l OF ILL.,, regarded the opposition
20 have the report printed a. showing disposition
to force on the people system In which tney did
not sympathize.
Mr.. TwICHELL, (rep) OF Mass, denied the correct
ness OF OF Mr.. kel!ey's statements as 70 the
effect OF the tariff In cheapening steel rails
Mr.. PAINE presented letter from James J. Hager-
man, OF Milwaukee. showing the incorrectness OF
Mr.. Wells statement that pig iron produced III the
interior would, II the duty were wholly removed,
be protected the extent OF the OF freight at
81 50 per ton per one numbered miles Of uansporta
MI MT. LArLrN summed up and closed the debate.
saying, among other things the report called for tha
printing OF twelve thousand copies, AZ against
twenty thousand copies OF like report for last year,
i've dollars for each senator and Representative.
The resolution then adopted without di.
vision and the House at halI-past four O'CLOCK
adjourned.