New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-11

Yeas 100 Nays a. and the House. o'clock went INTO
,ouInltee OF TIE Whole, Mr.. DAWES tBep, hassa ~, ~
the Chair and resumed the consideration Of the bill 10
repeal tht duties on salt aud coal
, Mr.. Bi.Alk tRep., Mlch) offered m amendncnt IT,
bulk and TO lG cents per pounds IN sacks or bags ne
sAld mat MS opposition To the bill was based upon his
matter lie did not know that the interests OF his con
slll'hts IN e matter Of salt and coal were dHeieht
Tariff willing 10 meet lis opponents half way the
SUBJECT % The Tariff 20 let the subject DE referred TO tie
proper Committee and 20 let the proper reductions he
mace uniformly throughout the country. lie cOunseled
ihe h1u.c not 10 follow the lead OF any In assa
lng TIE Iaih in particular parts for he assured the
Rouse tht there was not "A single item In The Trf hl
that could stand alone and by self. II only be-
cause ney ere parts Of system that they could be sus
Mr. cox DOM. n. " submitted some statistics in
reference to the anthracite trade. He referred TO the
business Of one colery Lchigh County, Pennsylvania,
which was organic IN 1859, which increased its stock 10
10000 IN $780, Itch in paid fifteen per cent profit,
and reserved large surplus which in 1852 paid s. per
cent ana Reserved large surplus, which then watered
its stock q t,s raising Il TO $4,000 and paid "A per
cent on mat increased capital, not dollar In cash
having been added TO the capital and had last year paid
" per cent on that $4,000 Tcseryng much larger sum
nom rs earning, than 70 had divided.
Dr.. DUEL di,pr n " opposed the repeal Of the
dHye, ON SAT- He said THAT he represented district
5nouFn ne Hsi 9aa 10 PERSONAL lnseie;t IN IL, he
II possible, any good valid for the attempt to
stke down one OF the industrial Interests Of the country
hY putting salt on the free list. III the cost OF salt had
been largely increased under the present rate OF duty,
there might be much force in the proposition, but the
truth was that salt to-day cheaper than 1t was IN
just thing al He therefore objected the singing
ont OF that interest and making " the subject OF egsa
la.on \ good doa had been said about the Onondnga
monopoly. The fact that for the last two years that
Company had lost money. In 1859 IL mad lost more thnn
$4,000, ana IN 1870 more than So, 600 II salt were
placed on the free list. the OBonGaga Salt Company,
which gave emp.uJ ment to more than 1900 men, whose
Interests identified with large portion OF the
country, would have TO stop it, business.
Mr.. RANDALL Dem, PENN offered an amendment 20
h. TH q o. 90 ont fuHl
N0u be revised Iu comp chensye manner, so as 70 re
lac to all matters in h or ose Gat some general per
cena &c o. reduction should Ice agreed upon H. lro-
tcstcd against te proposed manner Of legislation Whi.h
10 the injury of particular sections, without creating any
corresponding benefit to the whole country.
Dr.. GARFIELD rep Ohio supported the BILL and
referred % the argument % Nh BAR, that coal must
take salt BY the hand, and salt must take something
else 10y ne hnnd and all ater'ts unite Their forces
lie NIL GIlticdl would not strike such blow TO the
whole IlIE bi. on the other hand. he would ask he
grhtlem..l rom McmgaI ana those sc-t.e y, VINO
H. ti i" tilcs Of the ruin and let ali other in
tercss therein suffer from At. He thought not He was
Mr.. HURDLTT Osep., MOI said he had steadily voted
I'm favor 90 IcouctIpu at, and had no disposition 10
change BIS vote; hut he most earnestly deprecated
the movement low made in that direction and the par
ticuiaI method IN which it was made. The voting thus
far had made II mani est, and lac might as wen he pili
and ray once that the advocates Of the so-ca.led
Revenue Reform" in majority in the House, and
the movement made IN this part uiar manner was no
tice gwen al she Industries IN the whole land that the
TIM bad when, not b. general oyerhaung OF the
Tar H. no; in fair ann open battle tie subject. bus by the
"LiDblis" process b. the bu.WAacAlng" process any
struck down by one. and public confidence destroyed
Al9u.t That purpose lie protested. as coal
concerned he cared nothing about IL; none OF his con
stItgeLt. interested ia d.. BGt Ae had watched
,ri c1psd rable interest those gentlemen from the
west whose staple argument for years lad been de-
uUIciatiJn OF NcW-Eugand, solcmiiy Notlhg 20 gave
Nca-Eng gland another little bite. o. lataocOant DC aid
not propose Join ia that sort OF movement lie saw
nothing Ia tins movement bat a hsit 10 DC made
on those WHO endured the perils OF tho mines
a. This There 10000 IenntyFaua milclS
struggling to-day against the mOnolO1cS OF the nine
owners and coal Iransporters, and the members who
advocated tc poor and their cause were gathering IN
cohorts pgalrst those MluerS. H. would not all ~
giving the miners that sort OF a blow. neither would lie
vote Tor lie special Ten it o. few hewEagnd manu-
facturers few mine owners Of licou, or mat great
est OF ali mOnopOiic the Manhattan Gas Company" Of
EovYurk. He would therefore. vote against taxing OIL
Mr. FAENsWORTH G3ep., Ill in reply to the argu-
,r.-t tl,t m, ITssr should act Oh the TriN bill 10
Whole said that ns experience had tau GIT im that
they we're 10 form the TarR at all, hey must do 1t
ife by iien They could never do Otherwise because
tie fling against tAem would De too pow eridl ,
the duly ON coal lie did not know the West pro
posed to gain BY it, nut he knew what New England pro
England capital. and this simply meant strike down
Peunsy interests and PenusyyI capital aud 90
build gp NcN-i-IN anu ca..ll ai ~" =. -I.lu nv
es. lie agiustt III the name OF the people or
his state and De sail Co BIS political friends That u they
wanted lose the state OF PcnnsylvHa to the Domoc-
racy Of the laton AL ia; they mad TO 90 was to ION
stIihe down tie great industry OF that STATE.
Mr.. STEVENSON Otri., ONO moved 20 amend by put
lumber WOb1 or al KINGS OF me Ilto list
Nj. EOO-E ELT 'D,m, y. y argued In favor OF the
repeal the duties salt and coal The tax which the
people pud on such articles - tea ana cohee all went
-O11t9 from The ties salt and coal, the moEopu
ats and Oh UrotectiJniss pat In their own pockets
100000 q or 4 C03O.OJ0.
Mr. SHAEl,- (.,p IudJ replied to the argument OF
Nj BGrurtt, sued tla tAc only way ~ reforming
the T4un to attack !tC by itln Il the irehus OF
Revenue Reform" could not control the PTotectOnSlS
Jointly, they lI.rt control them slIgiy. -
After iurtIer discussion by Mrssrs. KELLEY and
HALE tho time Ioi dcbaio ended. 800,
Nj. LEACH i'fn n - moved 70 alIcIiu Iic Dll! ~
reducing internal manufactured tobacco 10 II
ceI!ts a pound. Nrgatytd.
Mr.. MYERS rep, Pcuu) moved 10 reduce The internal
tax on manufactured tobacco % l6 cents per pound
Mr. RandaI's amendment repeal TIE duties on tea
part OF , Committee favored ana supported by the
opponents OF the I'LL Tor tue purpose OF loading II down
win ameUtmeuts and thus delca ,lng ~
Dir. BUTLER rep, IrHu) moved To r. duce tle tGN on
brandy distilled from apples and peaches to - cents
NJ. BUTLER rep. Mass) moved to put potatoes
the free list. Agreed 10.
Mr. KEER DON. Ind.l moved to put bunting on the
free list. AcIced 10.
MI STEVENSON rep, Ohio moved to put barley and
malt on he ire list. ktJcciedro3 U %. L..
Mr.. KELLEY (I,ep., PENN offered as an amendment
the whole OF the present IaIn law.
The reading OF the amendment Would nave ucSupleu
several hours After he Clerk had been reading Tor
some minutes, motion made That tine Committee
rise. which was agreed -. ~. ~,
Messrs IpsOn OF Ohio and HazlctOn Of Wisconsin, III
si,.d Of stevenson and Finkelnbnrg, excused
Mr. HOAX Q;cp. Mas,.) introduced mi 10 grant Ger,
ram tirie OF machinery 10 the Industrial Home School
Of the Distinct OF Columbia Passed.
Mr.. LANSING offered resolution requiring undis-
trDuted public documents Of last Congress u DC gwen 10
the members OF the present. Agreed 10.
Mr. BECK Dem, KY introduced bill for the re-
moyal OF al legal and political disabilities. After ars
mcnts IN by Messs. Beck ana FArnswOrth the
House, at Il o'clock, adjourned TIL Monday
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