New-York tribune., 1870-05-25
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

Petitions were presented for a uniform tax
Of sixteen cents per pound and against any advance on
Society for the promotion OF imigraOn also, for bell
buoy or beacon the southwest point OF Rockaway
Shoals, south coast OF Long Island
REDUCING TAXATION.
Mr. HALE rep. Me) introduced a biz for The rcduc;
ton of internal taxes Referred to the Committee of
Ways and Means. The following is copy Of the bill
T from and after % , day Jpy G. dS @ no Ss
liquors. on tohseeo .ni cigars e stamp tax and the aI on income.
Of de per cent all net gains and profits over @ annually and all
ns retained @ T and ,S remain @ e T and eject and
provisions for other internal taxes are hereby except so far
Mr. CULI0M Rep Ill, from the Committee on Ter
rtOes, asked leave TO report and put its passage
bill dspproving of certain acts of the Idaho Legislature,
including an act Imposing special mining tax Oh Chi
Mr. JOHNSON Dem, CALI objected.
Mr.. STOUGHTOS URep, Mich), from the Committee
Military Affairs reported hill removing tie charge
of deseron from soldiers who had served out their terms
OF enlistment and been honoraby discharged. Passed
REyIyISG NAVIGATION INTERESTS.
The House then1at The liSo a. mmproeeeded to the con;
| Commercial Interests.
Mr.. PETERS Gep, Me) addressed the House in supsort
OF the bill All things considered he thought the whole
BILL proposed by the Special Committee, should pass.
Any particular amendment to it might spoil the equi
pose, and he saw safer than to take the judg-
ment of the Committee. The remedy not in the pur
chase OF ships. That would he temporary not per-
scrpton of the gentleman from Massachusetts, r But
| leT TO impose diiierential duties 1t was not a
| good remedy 1t never had worked well. II would
bring about retaliation, and obsolete remedy.
He was opposed to excluding coastng vessels from the
Among them was the difficulty of making distinctions
between the vessel that crossed Lake Erie and the vessel
that only coased along the American side. Another
why 1t should not be excluded that tho coast
ing trade which now was badly paying business, might
be enabled To compete with the railroads. The nayiga-
ton interest needed aid and encouragement and needed
II now lie believed there was no fern in which 1t could
be safely given receyedas in the shape OF the pend
Ing bill with all its provisions.
G C p lRd q opposed the b and also
chusetts Slr Butler The bill was not project to en-
courage commerce or navgation but merely to
age shibuding. III the proposition to encourage
commerce or navigation, any man of common sense
would say let citizens buy ships where they can buy
Do Austria does and France does; ceap ships
Buy them at twO-thirds Of what you can build them lar
Put the American nag on any ship that anybody will sell
us, and our bold and hardy sailors will drive ali oompet-
itOrs irom the In this way navigation will be
encouraged vastly. Iron ships could be bought in
England much cheaper than they could he built I'm the
United States that 10 seemed like madness not 10 buy
them. The amount OF bounty that would have to be
paid under the bin for shipping necessary TO do all tho
quarter to he iron and threequarters wood would be
over s!oOeOCO0 Beside that, the amount of subsidies
increased to bc doubled trcbed tho ships ui-
tpled by the encouragement thus given. The effect
OF the discrimination proposed by the gentle
at once t0 enhance enormously the value OF
American shipping There could be no greater spccula
ton than In such property ana would reduce the
nue. twenty, thirty, forty millions. Besides, 10 was
out.t game IL would stir up retaliation. arouse
commercial relations with foreigners. When they could
nave thorough bill, covering the whole ground ne
should vote for IT, But the measures now proposed
narrow unjust, mpoitc and would result In disaster
the country
The discussion was continued by Messrs BROOKS OF
n; y, cox; s0MuMAkER, CALklNs, MAIisHALL
Then Mr. LYNCH (Ilep.. MeJ who had charge OF the
bl, moved tho previous question: first allowing amend
Tho amendment proposed by Mr. Butlor nIassl i'm