The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-03
WAaHINGToNNEWs AND GOSSIP

ubE4 u k4Ci44Vu3S IVA 49,. WV S"N. 49,
hence. Tho fntsregtsin the question In
VOWED was shown by tho manner IN which
members crowded up 10 ghea[, what Mr.
Schenck had TO soy, and tho desire mani
tested on all hands toSet 4. few words into
the brief preliminary debate. Tho 70
marks made render It clear that the com.
mittee has not Ind very harmonious
time. In IL, deliberations on, tho bill, and
can by.no means stand as aunt In sup
porting It when It comes up for discussion.
Mi. Dickey; as spokesman Of tho high
tariff men, refused to lot the minority! Of
tho committee print its views. Mr.. ALI
son characterized the bill as measure In
theinterest of protection, and st is. quite
evident that It viii be sharply criacised,by
the free trade men and those who agree
with the views Of Special Commissioner
Wells. ., ~ g... p...,,. s..s,.s
/. Il seems to haySb6sn the object q tho
committee to reduce the burdens OF the
people without materially imp9iring the
revenues ofthe Government, and TO stimu'
late commerce while withdrawing no
considerable amount Of protection from
our manufacturing and mechanical In
terests, 10 The free listi Is greatly. en-
larEeds BY adding articles the product
cbiefI 81 tropical ,climate X which enter
into an infinite number ofgor mechanical
and manufacturing |, proc esses mi Gs' y TINS
means It Is hoped tostiInnlate, direct com:
meFceI with those. countries which pro-
duco what we require and require what
We nroduce: and to 30 CheapguT ollr. own
productions as to give full employment
and whges to our.labor and yeti permit US
10 c6rn6ete Will SSiCreign Countries III the
common markets of the world. The ,du:
ties on spices will be very much reduced
With thS view Of increasing the revenue
from these articles. These duties were
increased from three TO five hundred per
cent, ad pdlorsm since the war, which had
fhc effect Of reducing our Legitimate I'M
nortations, and Of Inducing tho Snug.
cling of these articles. tiInthe course oil
Rs investigations the committee ascertain.
cd that 6Yery variety Of spices are i'm
ported int this country, and shipped IN
bond to the British provinces, from which
fli6y are struggled over AOur lines. The
duties on spices will, therefore, be re.
ddced to about what they were before the
var, 50 that SO fur Us they enter into food
they may be had at reasonable rates, anu
the production OF essential oils, essences,
g., from them, which was large branch
Of manufacture before the war, but has
since been suspended, may be resumed.
In the same direction Is the action OF the
committee on tea, coffee and sugar. The
sugar interest Of q Louisiana and Texas
crew up under q duty, Of three quarters
Of o cont per pound 3On,raw sugar; but as
A reyenueh measure in the early days OF
the war this duty was Increased To three
cents nor pound on raw sugar and pro-
portionately on higher grades. The action
Of tho committee makes an average 70;
duction Of from 25to 50, per cent: The
duty on tea was during the war raised to
as cents, l1er pound, and that on coffee to
14icents per poundF Tie committee
purpose to reduce that on tea to 20 cents,
md ion duty to 44making o reduction q
20 per cent. The examinations or the
Committee have disclosed the fact that the
al rdI0rem system operates most prctudi'
cIally, to tho Interests Of American NOR
chants and the public revenue BY holding
ont inducements 10 foreign manufacturers
Is establish agencies III this country, %
who'll they e6nslgf 1 heir goods at rates
yery much below their real value. The
Committee has, in. all practicable cases,
converted the Gd UQI0r6tp TO specific duties.
The final action Of the Committee has been
TO put ,authlacitS coal on the free list, and
to leave all other varieties Us they arc;
The argument for this Is that our coal
regulates the price Of provincial coal 70
our markets, or, In other words, TINT II
from strikes among our miners, or other
causes. American coal advances, provin.
cial coal Invariably follows It, while II,
from, over PRODUCTION OF small demand,
ia price Of American coal reCcdcs, that
of provincial coal docs 60 down with It,
without Of all affecting the supply. Inc
amount Of duty received from this source
by, the Treasury Ia generally about five
hundred thousand dollars per annum.
Excopt 10 convert Id rqlotelR duties, intp
spccifc on rolled iron, at rates about
equivalent to existing duties; few changes
in the important item Of iron are proposed.
Tho duty on pig iron Is reduced from nine
to seven dollars per ton, or about the rate
Of reduction on tea and coffee. II Is eX-
pected there will BIO much resistance to
this reduction in the House. The duties
on cast steel have hitherto been Gd rG!oreln
al these rates, and the records Of tho Gus.
toni Houses show TINT for the last twenty
years tho higher grades Of steel, Of which
great quantities hive been imported, have
been almost uniformly invoiccd at lower
rates than their real values. The Com
mittee, therefore, propose 70 put specific
duty on cdst Eteei, (which Willie about q
medium rate between two and quarter
per cent tho lowest and three, and ten per
cent Tho highest under the existing tariff.
The SUPREME Court DECISION OF
MoNDAY.-There Is every satisfaction
among ISpqthernT memberSlgf Congress
with ne decision made by the Supreme
Court Yesterday In the case Of the, Union
officers who destroyed certain property In
Missouri as war measure, Il Is of fur
more THIN local interest, for there hre
hundreds Of suits in almost every one OF
the Southern States that must be settled
on the principle lAkltdow by the Court
IN this case, The application OF those
principle will sustain every officer who
seized horses, stock, grain, lumber, fences,
buildings, OF other properly in pursuance
d, military. .orde9 or general military
policy, and parties In tho South who have
brought suits of this sort against such 81:
flcers may as wen withdraw them and
reconcile their souls and their pockets to
tho situGtion. ilFp i AEf 7i.1 e't.~- Il.
THR ST. THOMAS AMP SAX DOMINGO
TREATlflliitt4 Tho Senate Foreign Relations
Committee had . session tha morning
double de usual length, for thA c0nddefa.
ton ftheS 81 Thomas and sGA Domingo
uSaty. The fti6fds IT The Int named
wanted th9 other one disposed. sof beEnte
that was taken up, but Il was finally CON
4 Il H.