The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-04-28
speech os sson. John B.Paciicr
Oa the TugiG,

that has uccurred this session took
place on MONDAY evening, 18th inst.
when the Tar,r bill. Us reported by the
Committee, being up. It was moved e.
strike cut 81 as the duty on pig iron.
aud insert So.
MIR. PACKER move ~ amard
the amendment by striking ont =" % .'
and inserting So" the rate uudcr the
present law.
w. Chairman. the proposed rcduo-
tiun OF the duty upon pig iron from 50
To 81 per ton looks like an ahaudru-
mcnt Of the general principe which
is undcrs,oo1 To have been recognized
in the preparation Of this bill, aud
would. | be- leave to say, with all dci-
crcncc TO the honorable chairman oi
the Committc, or Wa,s aud Mems
be most unwi-c AMI irjGdiciou, with.
GriHal Of the fostering care oG the Gov
crnmcnt from one OF the great indus
trial Interests of the country, toward
" hich. in the present state u! the trade
itself anU IN view of the peculiar con
ditiou of our financial affairs, sound
aud enlightened policy would dicIrtc
an extension of increased protection
aai more liberal encouragement, rather
than drscrliuu 10 tho inevitable coi-
sequence OF direct AM unjust cowp,-
tluon with the productions % The cl, az
aud pumly.piiI labor u Europe For q
number OF year. there la, lccu large
and for the Last four years, with hlshci
rates Of dutv than now proposed, al
alarming increase in the importali,us
OF iron ut all kiul-. But IN thl icN
minutes allowed mo under .hc rule,
will Cun,iuc my attention strictly - th,
item OF pig iron, now immcdi,tc,y b =
. fore the committee. The ollirhl re
turns from oar own custom houses, u.s.
conn lied irom the official data IN thc
bureau Of Statistics, Snow that we i'm
ported foreign pig iron during t.,
fiscal ycaI ending June 80, 1898 stated
ut the very low valuation ui h. cu>ron
house. in gold. pt $7399i9; in 1850
|SlO49,209; in 1860, at Slo'j Sl5
Under an al r0iorm duty ol > pci
cent. In 1861. Il, S9SG9l6; in 1852
at S2Sj,323 in 1863, d, Si}o l9i III
1861, at $l.2SS, VA, uudcr Npccii,
duly Of ST per ton. In lNGj, At SSUG,
5j2 in 1866, at 81 GN3lSG; in 1871
at 81, ,SGl,4 40; in lSjS, Sl,7I9977
III 1850, at 2.i3S.o3p, under spclili,
Iury OF 80 PER ton
O.iicl returns published ly au'ho
rity of the House of Commons show
,he following shipments OF pig To'
from Great Britain 10 the Cuite,
States during the year ending De-
cembcr -, 1851 ll9,Sjj tons durln-
the year ending December 81, 1865
S6, 2Ol tons; during the year eudtn,
December 81, 1896, l32 2,lSJ tons. II
the month Of lauuary, 1865. Grca
Britain sent u, l.T99 tons OF pig iron
III the month Of January, 1869, / -.
tons aud IN tho month OF January
1870, : ,Gj3 tOLS. Showing au lnrrra>,
Ia the number Of tons received hy "a
in 1869 over tie quantity received
rom that source Of supply in l'Gs %
over SO per cent, and an increase il
. ihs FIRST month + this y14r ot nearly
lUO pr cent, over tie corresponding;
month of last year
may remark, N passing. Nr Nta.r
man, that the valje oi the railroad rp'
imported into the United S,n'c~ 70
each fiscal year ending on the 3Jth IA,
Of Jane VA, 10y this sIuc custom hIus
valuation in 1888 va'lcd in ga,d II
s9 .9s7 $40; In 1859, g. 221l, o.; il
| 1860. S3,709.37G, in 1861, S2,l62,
I6S5, under IN ad valorcm duty of :.
per cent. In 1862, S222 ,967, un Ter
specific. duty Of twelve dollars per ton
Ia 1858. SjlO I9i. In 1864, So 9Oi.
l07, uuder specific duly Of Sl3 y
per ton. In 1863, So, III 2l3. il
1866, S2,962 ,Il6 under un ad va'orcu
duty of 90 cents per hundred weight
lnlsG1 $34u3,7l5; lS6S,Si3I3 IL.
1869. s7,3Uj, SO, under an od yalorcu
duty ofTO cents per hundred weight
, From compilation OF oiiclal rc
turns lately published by authority "
the House OF Commons it appears tia
; Great Britain sent to the United State
during the last three years the ioIlo "
Ing quantities railroad iron year ont
; ding December 81. 1861, lG5,O3i 'ons
year ending December 81 1868, 26S,
900 tons; year ending December 81
1863, 800, ,446 tons. In the month o
January, 1868, England sent us IL,
99S tons of rails; in tho month q
January, 1869, 20,i2l tons ofrails il
the month OF January, 1870, 2l,GlI
tons of rails.
The average premium upon gol,
during the fiscal year ending June 81
1866, added to the 50 gold duty upo
pig iron. under the present law, CAV
TO our home production practically
protection Of sl3 Al in 1867 OF Sl2
GO; in 1865 of Sl2 81; and in tn
fiscal year of 1869, of sl2 81 per ton
With these rates of import duties
Mr.. Chairman, the importation of pi!
iron in 1866 more than doubled that o
1868, when the average premium ol
gold ran above so per cent. In lS6
we imported ll6,520 tons 10 1865
2,246, oil hundred weight, and 10 1856
Il speak OF course OF the fiscal yea
ending on the 30th of June-wc i'm
ported 2,GGG, 1850 hundred weight; an
! yet. in the presence of such facts a
these, exhibiting 30 large 40 importa