, 1870-04-22
THE TARIFF BILL,


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Tho tariff discussion to-day finally reached
| the great item OF pig iron. Yarn Of jute, tha
nf previous paragraph 30 as to 50 on the
trec list n!ong with coir yarn and cocoanut
! fibre, which were stricken out last Thursday.
few rubber items werc then passed without
| change. Then came pig iron. Griswold (Dcm-
amendment to reduce the rate from -, as
il the bill, to -, in accordance with
the Recommendation Of Commissioner Wells
in which he was sustained by BOYD,
of Missouri, and Hay. Of Illinois. Tho
same effect on III: Kelley as the
be became fearfnlly irate. "tn nothing" ho
sad, did the Commissioner Of Revenue show
his utter disregard OF vcracity 30 much AZ
in that very Recommendation" Mr.. Co. fol-
present tag on pig iron is over III per cent.
Allison defended 3fr. Wells, and showed. what
was the fact, that the cost OF N anufactu1ing ia
between so1 and s:5perton, whereas the price
Of it Is from s40 to ESQ per ton. Mr.. Alison's
amendment VAS to reduce existing rates twenty
per cent on all grades Of iron. This would not
reduce pig-ron quite 60 much AZ the bill pro-
poses. bF twenty cents per ton, but it would re-
ducc other forms Of iron, such rs scrap and
railroad iron, IN fsr greater proportion, ri on
AAV AAttI4 A4dE4t, lQI llbLd1CGt Tue C0nGQlLk39
propose to increAse the rate from seven-teuths
of ono cent to one cent per pound. Gen. Bntler
obta1ned the floor next. He moved to atrike
out seven and insert five, to n1ke, as he said
compromise between tho Western farmer and
the manufacturer Mr- -unl, i Of New Jcrsev, moved
to strike out Eeyeu and insert nine, after dig
cuesinG which both no and Butler Withdrew
their motions to enable Scode1d to renew But
lers amendment. He availed himself Of the
Opportunity to urge that thero should be sono
jT@f fAnr raAJI nf C.1
defended the Ways and Means Committee, snd
did not think even nine prohibitory. He did
not a6ree With the Special Commissioner Of
Revenue relative to the poor becoming poorer,
because s use then The tide Of immigration would
instead Of from Europe to America. Garfield
followed In favor Of allowing the duty to stand
as is proposed IN the bill of the COMMITTEES,
Mr. brooks refarred back to the Organization
Of the committee, and hid not ona certain
have the repoEt that we have on iron and
steel This e1usion was, to the aubsti-
tuition Of Blair, OF Michigan, for Orth.
Of Indiana, Who declined to serve- bingham
favored IN increase rather than dec1ease. At
O'clock General schenck cndea1orrd to close
TIE debate in twenty nainutea On pig iron but did
not succeed. 1nge1so1 then contzovested
come Of the statements uf kelley, referring
70 that gentleman ~ I" the Iron Duke," which
provoked considerable laughter: Af.er some
ing Of the existing law, Mr. Logan MAIDS IN
attack on the hill, alleging fhat there WAS no
principle in it. This mana interest and that
man ia Interest hAd been protected ut the e1-
pence Of tho wholc people. To which Schenck
replied that attacks Of that character cxme
from gentlemen rho had nothing else to aay,
and the House took recess. When the House
again met II IL o'clock, Judge Sb1ack OBJ
tanned the foor, and on the mohpu to reduce
the duty hum 81 per to IS, made tbs point
u fsvcr Of tho reduction. that pE-non
WA ot itaalf = zaw matari1l To- tho boiler
Manufacturer, &c. Mr. FInlelnbnrg favored
4 reduction to S6, and gave statistics to show
Missouri ranged betveen s22. % aud 7oo, 4
sl2Ep debate followed, which Was PARTICIPATED
tn 6T Messrs Paci1rd, Aspcz, Neglay, Allison,
and others. Mx. Marshall made 1iRo<ous
speech IN favor Of rsduced tazir Rena,a1ly,
NEich would, be maintained, gre The agri-
t, e4itnIasta Of The Vest prosperity aud the
Whole world for. thor mafket. Judge KelleJ
eu1ogized Pennsylania, md aid va Gould not
nave cheap iron without reducing The hboting
Population to the level Of tho pauper popula-
tions OF Europe. His tine WAS e1anled to
enable him to continue IN this strain Ell
dEdge and Cor showed the fa,l.cy Of this
reasoning, and carried It to it's logical Ab-
ing the next twenty rninutes he debate took
very vida range, and 1t . O'Clock 1r. Scheuck
was defested for the third time today On a
moaon 70 Limit the debate General But1et
Ithen Eut the floor, and created quite bEeeze
'a9oaE the Pennsylva.3an. by calling on Penn
.sSl!ania 70 abolish her Statn taxation on this
sst.iele 81 aotsqstEy, and not compel tho United
I authority" came from Ill aides, but Batter
eontinned, md Advocated his Aunendmant ra-
! duan4 shs. duty to Is per ton The subject
was further discussed until nearly 81 o'clock,