The New York herald., 1870-02-02

lie trusted. therefore, that the House would not
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bil For example. In the article 2. Ion n,,,s,s sns
cassincation 10 the statute books W. S eHes ssrg
was Of itself TO increase projections 70 the iron manu-
f9cturer In addition To THIS tnere was an increased
duty on many articles OF manufactured iron that
entered largely INTO the consumption Of the coun-
try. These features OF tine bill should % careiuiy
by those who live near the Capitals It wss necessary
thai they should reach ths rcmotest parts OF tne
country, aud reach all consumers oi Iron 10 20
changed the classification Of steel; upon some
articles Of steel increasing the duty while Decreasing
change In the classification OF the article OF sugar
an article yielding the largest revenue of any In the
changed In the interests OF the revenue. although
the general rates OF duty were reduced 20 that the
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the duty ON sugar Also Increased the protection OF
s 81 1ss Inn Tss had also Osnn e
that the people Of the whole country should know 1
Means. It was true, stated Dy the chairman Of
the committee, that the blf placed upon the free
on the free list; bat the effect OF placing these
clcs on The free list was mainly IN the interest OF
sn1 ncs ar IA ne .. Inc
the free list which we're elements IN the manulac-
lures OF the country, ana where CORE. nS.
upon articles into which they. entered,
and there were other articles on which CORES
pondlng reduction had been made. There was
nothing In the bill IN reference TO she abolition or
reduction or tine duty ON coal There was nothing
In reference to the aboiton or reduction Of the duty
on sat- There were other articles not aHecJed ny
the bill which now bore high rate Of duty In hia
judgement the bll was constructed IN the interest OF
projection rather than IN tine interest Of revenue.
1t was IN the interest or that class Of people who
would be aDle to make large profits out OF naAnfac~
these reasons no desired that ample opportunity
should be gwen the House to examine the bill De.
fore the discussion uUOn u commenced
Mr.. SCHENCK expressed his regret that his col
league on the committee had not confined himself
to the motion before the House to have the bill
printed and made the special order. II his colleague
mad suggested 70 him that he wished later day 70
DC liked for the consideration OF the bill no would
not have objected, but he did think that his col
league should nave taken advantage ot that TO enter
INTO general debate on the OH NJ thus time. his
character, temper and tendency Of rne bill. lie
could only understand by remembering that ms col
BUSINESS il wach ne M M was
sorry he had not succeeded. QLaughter.) lie dld
not think that even where this olll made
reductions the actual revenue was 10 De
thereby diminished. For instance, the duty on
coffee was cut down from ive to four cents, and on
twenty per cent, which would, on the face, make u
decrease OF ABOUT ave millions In the revenue. But
the committee was satisfied that there would not be,
| In fact any such decrease, by reason OF the IN
| creased importation anu consumption, So lar as
| ne knew the members of the committee had en-
deavored " keep IN mind three things-reyenue,
protection, consumption.
Mr.. BROOKS (deu) OF N. Y, said that when the
| chairman OF the Committee OF Ways and Means re-
marked that the reduction OF duty on tea, sugar and
coffee might IN view OF the increased consumption.
increase rather than decrease the revenue,
ne explained the true theory, aud ne was only sorry
tnat the gentleman did not carry II out In on steel
jnte, carpeting nc. lie tMr Brooks) concurred with
the majority oil the committee in reducing or abolish
ing taxes upon the raw material Ut manufactures,
but he had expected, when that majority came tO
iron, steel, woolens ana other artlces thar there
would be corresponding reductions. On the
trary, however, on manufactured iron, steel carpet
ngs and many other articles there was AN increase
OF duties In the bill BY new and ingenious cassn-
cation OF fon There had been rise nars, round
or square OF ten per cent; on rods ana wire rods,
sixteen per cent on sneet or plate IRON, not glazed
or polished, one-quarter cent per pound: On three
fourtns OF importation, not glazed or polished all
increase OF twenty-five per cent on guage; on lion
loop collar ties made OF hoop, sixty-six per cent;
on iron wire. from twenty-five t0 forty-two per
thlrty-nve to ffty-fve per cent; on steei car
wheels, one hundred per cent; on steel carriage,
| locomotive and other springs, one hundred
per cent; on trace halter ana fence chains, DAFT
cent per pound increase; on wrought iron washers,
cent: ON steel carriage car. locomotive and
other springs Of steel, one hundred per cent; on
on Steel In ingots, blooms, blets, an average IN
| crease OF three ourtns per cent per pound. On
steel railway bars about one per cent per pound IN
ninety per cent. Mr.. brooks then went on to ex-
anime several other advances in manufactured steel
and iron aud BRASS mentioning also the duty on
Nickel raised from hfteen per cent at l0rent to
| forty cents per pound. The reductions In the bill,
/ he SAID mad been ingenousy made up on mere
revenue articles suon az tea. coffee sugar. BRANDY
spices. liquors. DC, thus reducing the revenue In
order to have an excuse for raising the duty on ron
steel lute, carpeting, md even on Old type but
what was not done IN the Dill was far more censur
| able than what was done. 1ne Objectionable duties
stood upon coal sail, lead. lumber hides, DC. Ine
shoemaking interest was presumed 10 be as impor-
tsnt an Interest as the iron the woOen Interests
The duties on the raw materials were too nigh. On
hdes Ten per cent; bark twenty per cent; OIL for
currying, twenty per cent; lumber for lasts and
boxes twenty per cent; from shoemakers' tools. Two
and nail cents per pound thread iorty per cent;
hastings, eighty per cent, and the coal that warns
the shoemaker IN his shop, 81 rs per ton IN gold. All
these articles were now so high as 10 destroy the
| large expectation OF shoes and bobtS when tubs
country once had. Mr.. Brooks then went ON to show
that Mr.. Schenck did carry out his IDEA OF spe
cihc duties, FOR he had applied the mixed principle
| TO women's ana chldrens dress goods Ask cents
per square yard and tnrtyGve per cent ad Cat0Je1n
| 10 Clothing ana wearing apparel hlty cents per
| pound and thrGy-hve per cent al uato,ent and To
carpets ranging from irty per cent for aubusson to
get. Wine was taxed in The BIZ two
and half to five cents per pound and hf-
per cent dd Udiorem and twenty-five cents per
perhcial loot; gunpOwdor, ten cents per pound or
twenty per cent al UdLoreni. Here measuring
weighing ana specifics all mingled together; anu so
1t was throughout the whole bill. Tney were all In
genous contryances 10 blind the people and benefit
Mr.. ocHENCK said he w0ud pe compelled to re-
sume the no0r he had intended only 70 settle pre-
nmlnary matters at the threshold.
MIR. GARFIELD, (rep.) OF ONO, inquired OF Mr..
BROOKS how II was az to Dig iron.
Mr.. BROOKS replied that the duty on pig iron was
reduced from nine dollars to seven dollars per ton,
and that there should have been corresponding
reduction q duty on all manufactures OF IRON, in-
stead OF which there mad been an Increase.
Another member inquired as to wool.
Mr. BROOKS replied tnat there was no change
whatever IN the duty on woOA.
Mr.. SCHENCK again SAID he would have to resume
the moor. He did not want partlal, ne-sideu
statements Of the bill sent out TO the coun-
try at TINS time. He did not want TO have
the public mind prepossessed In advance or
general debate. He would not say now whether he
thought tnat the duties the forms iron
were az low as tney should be- The committee had
reported reduction Of duty pig iron, and wille
ne mad sought at least not 10 RAISE the duty other
forms Of manufactured iron 1t had resOrted TO wha,
lt considered very much improved classification
SO az 10 prevent frauds and collect the duties and
that was about the whole OF It, SO far as IRON was
concerned. As TO hides, he knew that the tanners
and dealers In hides were In favor OF their beng
the free list; but there were other interests than
theirs To be considered He calculated tnat seventy
i've per cent oil All the hides used IN the United states
were raised here ana the committee not inclined
To put foreign hides basis on which American
STOCK ralsers could not compete with them.
MIR. KELLEY, trep.l OF Pa, another member or the