New-York tribune., 1870-02-02

bi he said had been Ingcnously made MP on nero rev
enue articles such as tea coffee sugar o. ae 20 have
liquors, &c, thus reducing the revenue III oI'o a.
an excuse for raising the dnfy on IRON, r'ee, ANA IN
reIhG ana even on Ola y pc Ihs ,n what was done
The Objectionable duties stood upon COAL sa' es,med
ber hides, &c The shoemaking ere o or the wooen
interests The duties the raw materials were ar,Yng
.. pnp cent lumber FOR lasts and boxes 20 per cent from
shoenakers tools, q cents per ponn ,iai rms
the shoemaker in his shop. IS per tnn m gold A Az
these articles now 40 high as 10 once
expectation of and boots which his cSnns omcS
had MIR Brooks then went to show that MT senehk
did carry odt his idea OF speeno au ma rhdrem's
applied mixed principle to wonens ana @ az ner cent
dress goods Six cents per square yard ana 81 30 cents
ad valrem;" 70 clothing aud wearing Una to carpets
per pound and IS per cent al yaore u @ .u cet Tor
ranging from 80 per cent for AuDusson 10 lvo % a or
Drugge WIRE was tafed Iren II, or % mapble in slabs 30
per cent ad vaorem, and 25 cents per supereiai ov
gnnpowde 10 cents per po9Hn ,nd ~ snecac, all mingled
together and SO 1t throughout ,he SH1,e % l n3
were ali ingenious contryanees To pima lhe PeoPo III"
| benefit the manufacturer.
MIR sCHENCK said he would he compelled 70 resume @
| the floor He had intended only to settle preliminary
| matters at the threshold. ~, oh,
| Mr.. GARFIELD Qep, Ohiol inquired oi MI DiooA'
Mr. BROOKs replied that the duty on pig iron was re-
dnced from So to o. tun and that there shou
tures Of ron Of which there had been an increase
| Another member inquired as to wool -, -,
M. BROOKS replied that there was no chahge "haE
| ever III the duty wool. - - A.,
Mr. sCHENCK again said he would have 20 resume 'ie
the hin sent ont to tile country at time. He did not
want to have the public mind preJudiced III advance o
| general debate He would not say now whether he
thought the duties the various forms OF IRON were
low as they should be- The hs s" he d s"nS
at least not the duty on other forms oi mahuc
tured IRON, had resored To what considered very
mucn Classification, to prevent frauds
aud 10 collect the duties aud that was about tue Soie
~ II so IN as iron was concerned As TO hides he Knew
that the tanners and dealers IN hides were IN favor OF
their being the free list But there were oner inter
ess than these TO considered. He calculated that rs
pr cent OF all the hides used In the United States were
raised here aud the Committee was not lhcllned 10 put
foreign hides on basis on whlch American
| could compete with them. A.,
| Mr. KELLEY tBep, Penn), another member OF the
from the statements of Mr. Brooks the increase OF
rates on iron Pig iron had been reduced by this Dill
than tea or coffee or sugar, from s9to ~ per tun'
| In his Judgment that nnwise reduction. 80
| Mr.. MARSHALL Dem.. Ill j. another member OF the
Committee declared himself opposed In toto, 10 tne
principle on which the existing Tariff bill and the one
now reported based He did not consider the plll
as ri wing any relief TO great Industrial classes The
shbuding interest and this agricultural interest were
Mr. BROOKS Dem. N. " having been cut of in the
midst OF his speech, asked leave To have printed thc sa
tistcs and figures which he had prepared to show what
the bill proposed. 1t was In the nature of minority re-
Mir DICKEY Rep.. Pal objected.
| Mr.. BROOKS-I understand that the gentleman VINO
objects from the nickel district OF PennsyVaha'
which has 40 per cent protection ID this plil t ,
| Finally, the bin was ordered TO be printed WIN extra
copies for dsnbuton and was made the special oIuer
The APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House them "A o'clock, went INTO Committee OF
the Whole Mr.. Cessna sep PENN IN the chair Oh inc
| Legislative Appropriation bill. -
Mr.. HOAR Rep, Mass) defended the present Admins,
tration from recent criticism OF Mr. Dawes IN regard
economy, claiming that the President aG the Admins
traion faithful 10 their pledges and declaring that
be split In the Republican party ana no
quarrel between the peoples representatives ana the
peoples President He would not compare his colleague
Ahab but would rather associate him with the Image
of Abraham with the sacrihcia knife uplfted against
his weDeloved and lie would appeal 10 him To turn
its wbetted edge against caught III the bush-he
| old Democratic buwether ILaughterl
Mr.. STILES dem. Pa brought up the question OF the
gold conspiracy referring the Testimony OF James
Fisk, IT,, as published in THE NEw-lORK TRIBUNE, aud
remarKing that the integrity Of the President was
| involved in the question .
Mr. DAWES Rep., Massl made the point OF order that
the remarks entirely irrelevant TO the subject before
| the Committee
The CHAIR sustained the point OF order and when Mr.
reminded by Chair that he must either obey the
ruling T take his seat.
| Mr.. RANDALL Dem, Pa remarked that the Chair
ought at least to hear what his colleague had 10 say
| The CHAIRMAN Immediately ruled Mr.. Randall out Of
mark Mr. Randall the Speaker ought 20 select n
better Chairman for the Committee Of the Whole.
| Laughter -
Mr. STILES asked leave to print his remarks, but Mr..
| WASHBURNE (Rep., Wis., objected.
Mr. STILES said that IL the charges preferred against
the President true he ia unit To be the ruler OF the
| people lIOud calls OF order."I
The Committee then rose, and the House adjourned
|