New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-04

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Mr. iHGERsOL said he was disposed 70 be az liberal
as the House would permit him to be in the condition , IL
public and nc WAS w eon be discussed to
any length the House desired. and when amendments y,
.,ate the condition of the pending special orders.
The SPEAKER stated that after the morning hour To-
SoI order: next was the special order the bills re-
ported from the select Committee on me Csns OF @
decay OF American commerce; on the 22d OF marcn e
bin for the suppression OF % and orders The
other specia orders subject, or course TO m9ohs
Inv tbs Dairnen OF the Committees OF ways ana means
and Of pSI9ERsoLI proposed that Iris should be made
the special order for the 18th OF March o
The rrht OF the Chaen of the Committees on Ways ana
Means or OF Appropriations to move to go INTO COMMIT
| Mr. ALLISON Rep. Iowa. said that he should object
that would interfere with the tarn ana tax
Mr.. FARNswoRTH Rep.., I'D remarked that the
House should go work and dispose Of and get 1t out
Mr.. INGERsoLLw'Veryw well, am ready for that"
Mr.. SWAMI offered an amendment providing that the
te s sS through oS s which passed '"'
Mr.. INGERsoII. moved the previous question on The
/ amendment and the House seconded It, The Vote was
then taken and the amendment rejected by party vote
| Yeas, 49, Nays. 49, go, . .-
The morning hour having expired. the bill went over
till the morning hour OF Tuesday.
Mr.. DAVIS Rep, n; " gave notice that he would at
the earliest practicable moment report from the JUDI
cary Committee the Naturalization bill. and ask for It's
mittee Of the Whole, Mr.. Mercur in the chair,
| THE INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL"
An amendment offered bya Mr.. PAINE providing that
nothing in the act should be construed as recognizing x
sng rs m ng In% dem6hcd
by Mr. MAYNARp as violation 81 the fSiI9 % The pa
other members Finally not wishing to occupy the
further time OF the Committee Mr. PAINE withdrew the
| the House.
The COMMITTEE then rose and reported back the indian
Appropriation bill with amendments. The amendments
| were agreed to in bulk, and the bill passed.
A DISCUSSION ensued on the order Of business Mr
Schenck desiring to go into Committee OF the Whole on
the Tariff BILL Mr. Logan desiring to go on now with, or
have next Tuesday fixed for the Army bill and M, Bnt
Ter OF Massachusetts, urging tho House to proceed Win
Finally the motion of Mr. schcnck prevailed, and the
House at 2iO o'clock went into Committee OF the whole
| (Mr Wheeler IN the chaiD on
| THE TARIFF BILL.
| Mr.. sCHENCK G2ep., Ohio said the purpose OF
the Committee OF Ways aud Means TO allow fair liberal
bill before they proceeded consider it by clauses He
had intended to make some short Introductory iensskT
the progress of the debate in order to enable me geIe
| gentleman having to leave tho city. He hoped how
ever II would be borne In mind that whatever the gen
Of the debate would probably be answered hereafter
| Mr.. BROOKS Dem. n. ~ then addressed the Com
in opposition to the bill He assumed that every
| man who heard him abstracty In favor OF Free
Trade God. he alleged had implanted that principle in
| governments had established tariffs imports. and
those tariff had been made to favor protection OF native
industry. France ana England had recently abandoned
that false dea but the United States for the last nine
years had been raising that tariff almost TO prohibition
point He proceeded to contrast me tafili In ms
| aud other countries. and selected few arti.
| CleS as lUusfaOHH Odllt one Ol lHe tS7buliul5 VI
human life free in England, Belgium, switzer.
! land Portugal, and throughout the German Zoverein.
Coal free almost everywhere free on the continent
OF Europe, except in Sweden, where the duty was 81
gents tuu France, 20 cents; Spain. PC cents; Denmark
Hides free everywhere the continent Of Europe
except In sweden t was free in Russia spain aud Por-
tuga aud wherever duty levied hides. IL the
smallest possible duty. Lumber was free everywhere on
the continent Of Europe except in switzerland the Meth
crands Italy and Portugal and there the duty the
lowest Pig iron, another essential the foundation Of all
iron industry, which duty OF ~ per tun, In gOld
limited StatPs-thp highest duty known
ftco In Great Britain Italy, Denmark and bweden
while the highest tarh levied on II in France the COM
pcttor Of England, but s. % in the Zolyeren 50 f0
Switzerland 81 ~ Russia " So Belgium, 30 AUSTRIA
Under the showing Of Secretary OF the Treasury
the surplus revenue OF the current fiscal year would be
slgOOoOoo The threeourths Of the present fiscal year
showed surplus revenue bcyoud the expenditures Of
Congress the necessity of renodeng the tariff, for they
could not 90 before the people ana defend the imposition
expenditures required The estimates OF the Secretary
OF Treasury Of the receipts for the current fiscal year
were SjJJOSOJO ana the estimate OF NC ehpendlturSs
tZgW0OOo leaving surplus revenue or Slg2OooO no
considered the reduction proposed by she COMMITTEE on
Ways ana Meals OF NOWOeO on thc INTERNAL revenue
ana s20OOO0Oi on the tarn was altogether too small
IL ought to be ut least scvenyhve or ouehundred NIL
lions II seemed to nn that there could De no doubt s
to the duty OF Congress to enter into general revision
and reduction OF the existing tarh lie would take on
the duty coal essential element OF human life
He would take off the duty timber, hides and salt He
| to per pound and copper 10 rate CORE
spending with the duty imposed IN other countries.
!
! representing the bitumEous coal interest OF Allie
giany County. had appeared before the Committee
| aud stated that his county wond willingly accept
| Free Trade. but that If Protection TO he
given to New.Ensand and PENNSYLVANIA they
! to the amount of .2OOOOOO There reply to be
made to As long the system existed there should
have something. and nobody should have everything
No particular region should be alone protected ~ was
on that prnciple that Gov Thomas had cOntcnded for
the protection Of the bitumlnons coal OF Alleghany
County and there was no answer 10 me- 9tgn.enL nc
orr Brooks would have timber tiee oalt shond DC as
free as water and yet there was an enormous TAX levied
The duty OF two cents per pound on ieau was
rstcass steamer OF 5000 or 1000 uns costs apout elV
and ealing vessel $4,000 There were iStty million
and one.half OF that was imported III WaS, uereoIe,
unWse. impolitic. unnecessary and great wrong 10
Mr. BROOKS proceeded to show In detail the large IN,
crease OF duty proposed in TINS Dli on u.e y"siou'
| r. Stewart OF New.Y1rk that the rates proposed
amounted to from 81 to u per cent al T@C ns 70 70
Garnet or re-carpet his house could anUId 10 pay ne
Garnet manufacturer OF the county from $500 10 lO
ne cond import his carpets The whole carpet pro
duction of United States, by the use OF the BgeOW
patent ws M I rich and vet this bill proposed 10
leave the carpets as us, except III TWO cscS
small reduction on drnggcts and enormous Increase
on fe carpeting used manly by tho laborlnk classes
Nosuch monopoly the Bgeow patent was on he race OF
te earth No other people but the American would stand
the OF hair cloth aud reps were not
,tent with the protection they already had, but were
dsman1og ro This county to the west Indies south
America China and other parts OF Tue worm were quite
large but now almost nothing on account OF the
big6 duties imposed hair cloth HAIR elOth covered
| fabrlc. could not be exported.
| Mr. BROOKS went ON to exhibit the operation or the
proposed tariff WOOL timber, nseed OIL Jue, pig iron.
! copper, shp-bulding materials, &C. and III conclusion
SAID that they never would be tnality the question
OF the tariff till they 10 the simplicity OF the British
tariff which only levied taxes nine articles. II
nobody else would do IT, he would take the tariff and.
,nnuptlpg pedders wagon would ride through the
agricultural districts 9f the country exhibiting hoes,
shoyels axes bars chains rods knives forks. cotons,
| "a WOO demonstrate