, 1870-05-23
THE MANUFACTURES COM.
EITTEE,
Tho Majority Surprised By the III.
n0rtty Commissioner Wells, NJ,
fcncc-An important Report.
Washington {lfay eo) Dtspatch to The ye1o Tort

1 A-AAN~@<AA AAA4 F0dA&AAA GktHN14&
H1asaiaS'o" {afay so> Dftpateh to the ysso Tori
| The Houee Committee on Manufactures ara
in state Of ferznent tonight. They have
learned, some Of them at least, thatlfn their
hoist hy their own potard." The fact 4s vas
developed, to-day, that the report Of The
minority Of the committee Is chiefly a
eha1p and pungeot letter from Com
saa0nef 1urns tbeiS iMes, snts n which a he oyer
with great force and completeness. What
renders the thing. worse for Mr.. morrill, and
his followers, is the fact that tho minority re-
port Taa ordered to be printed with the ma
loI'ty. The scheme Of the committee was to
Special Commissioner Of The revenue. in which
| every one who had grievance against the
special Commissioner, BY reason Of his RECON-
nendation, *as to be allowed to make out The
test case possible aGainst linn For this prr-
t1ibrtion. The wool manufacturers, under tho
Lead Of 1Kt. john l. HAyos.- OF Dt'atJu. rn1-
lished anew the pamphlets issued By them in
tho early part Of last winter; and the four cot
ton manufacturers Of Boston have also EN-
bodied their recent letter denying the accu1a-
cy Of tho statistics Of the cotton mauufactnre
presented by the Commissioner. and which be
subsequently answered and demolished In /
Of the editorials Of the NeB Tork Tribune on
wool, the petitions Of pig-iron makers, and |
various other statements gotten up ly dif- |
ferent parties in respect to gunny cloth. |
,ssog Webbing g+ho nn1s lumber ,; md the price Of
zion that the Commissioner Nas not on]y an.
tirely wrong In all his statements and caicuIa-
tons, but that he meant to misrepreseut and
m'sst9te the questions at issue; and had also |
e1 e1ffe5 h ereFstepped the legitimate province
OF preparation for long time, With great So
c1ecy, and it was intended to submit Il to the |
House, and hare itprinted and circulated With
out g1TinE the Comnissioner or his friends the
Or explanation whatsoever. But, "a :. tho best
laid schemes Of mice and men gang aft aglee,n
80 this OF Messra. Morren, Oakes 1mes e ca
unexpectedly cauao to grief. A portion Of the
committee 1ot being wiling that the Commits
the privilege ct furnishing him with the points
Of attack, With note requesting that he
would submit such answer to .the Same as hs
might think proper. But the whole Of the
}9Ee g2z h7s h7a net yet been told The innocent
Ames, did not conceive it possible that thn
minority OF the committee would attempt anr.
Thing more than feeble effort in the war |
Of q protest to what Was clearly IN
e5;par.e g s'tateanent, and so when the
House that they might print their statement !
IN connection with those Of the majority. the :
permission Vas unhesitatingly granted. and )
The two documents, il circulated At ali viii
aave to be circulated together. As one illus :
1as demolished his enemies, the case OF Tho $
.rtlc1e OF webbing may be referred to-ani
lls article seems to have been q sort OF net !
hing with the majority Of the committee, for
'ages, and endeayor to chow that the Com y
missioner, who ta1aed OF tho reduction +
# duty On the essential raw uater;aIs ~ :
ur great manufactures, IN reality, through !
sno5ance Or carelessness, proposed to increase !,
be duty On this particular article to the ayfent
several hundred per cent. The Commis. g g
oner has demolished their whole fabric r. =
imply going to the New York Custom Honss y
pa TAXING COPY OF the first invoice OF web 8
Ing imported during the present mouth. i
} see for himself that the duties RECON- - -
lended by him are simply practical con. =.
etaion Of the Present dd rdloTen into sne- r
dc rates, and are nothing more;
tactical argument from which there can
no escape. So, also, in regard to pig iron. !
'tton, wool, lumber, comparative prices Of A
3flcultura1 products, and other matters. the
commissioner brings such vast amount Of
[d1thonal information as renders his letter to
10 minority Of the Committee On Mauufac- .
res second only in importance to the repolt
esented By him at the commencement OF
g sesElou- Without giring any further de- 1T
ls, I present herawith the statements Of fha M
nor1ty OF the Committee, by which the letter III
the commissioner Has preceded and fol- Ii.
. Ihe minority Of the Committee on Manu- IN
'turef, actuated by an earnest desire that the mir
1rges preferred bT the petitioners against thee
Special Commissioner Of the Revenue the
aold pe 1alr1y examined and discussed, hare | ye;
night it but simple Justice to him to give an
: 4.,.sae+ opfo1!I!ts 70 make the foregoing | the
In their judgment, enough has a
n submitted therein to prove that the Com- lin
ss'oner has not been unfaithfnl to his Official boi
81; III that ne has not perverted the truth, We,
;fing Of the present system Of tariff usr m
Of y tie a' ooanst2! aans a5a TRa ogf oyf
anittee, Furthermore, cannot conceal from ha
pubic their opinion that in all these severe hou
lc1s1ns upon the report Of the Special Com ghe
aloner OF the Revenue, there ID somethine buc
Fe involved than question Of nero per- ed.
a4taea; The true question at issue il not fatE
ether tho Special Commissioner has under the
~ . .aa cost o. me manufacture Of pig iron. dAu
rates OF inland freights, the price Of iufc
'ny-cloth, or decrease Of sheep; but theT drc
TatheE, shall burdensome and M II
ceoen1ed s5Htem OF taxation upon the / Eea
ne people and tho whole country be milk
in.alnea' .a me proceeds Of which in great sen.
accrue TO special orpnrate interests, and ated
aot TOW into the National Treasury for the the
cut q the national Terenue7 and shaI1 the sha
clai commissioner, for having demonstrated who
lnst a and exploded the iniquities OF such . acur
-AAt E@4 A4QA4 Luz OlQCe ana Eu61HEfA1
epfoach and severe public i1nadyetsion? 100 1ace
a!eFer the result Of this controversy ia re tba;,
:! 70 ne manner in which the Special Com tnr
sioneI Ais discharged the duties of his office eec
oe, one thing the minority Of tha Commit f %;ti,
On Mauutactu1es consider certain. and That ,a.q n
hat the night Of the citizen to arcIanea petr per,
products Of hia 1zbor, subject on1y to t6e issr, @
sss.Ey taxation imposed b. government for liz
legitimate expenses r;cht ia nv nis eIs.
led b. our 1aws-wM speedily sssart ;tso1f @ aAs,
highest right Of property Il tho rirht "a s1 gane
.ange it for other property. The syntem ~ taaI 1
h declares that A. shall trade viii II - ~, y
shall not trade with *C,' en- hayJly h e.1; ~;
nguishad from slavery on any p:inc;pie. t,aa vu'
systems aim to deprive the il. - =
luM Of portion Of the fruits ct teres
labor without compensation. It n1act
10 that the protective system.' so-ca1led, M
,ises an individual compensation come thnn
. in the future, the same as slavery prom mo14
the negro compensation in the world to prop
). 1he l.tter promise was more ce1tain Of Tues
ment than the former, for it is certain ed n
protection is loss all around; for out Of any
ing, nothing Gomez. At al events, private the I
s are infnnged BY 4 tariff levied for any Stat
purpose than government reYenne, what train