New-York tribune., 1872-01-18
HOUSE, oE REPKEsENTATLvEs.

A large number Of pension bills were re-
! ported from the Committee Invalid Pensions and
passed also bill GxnG the time from which pensions
heretofore granted. that may hereafter he Granted
shall commence being the date OF the discharge or Z" hc
death the soldier aud eStending the lme 1Gr apphG
passed and which gave rise to considerable opposition
Widow of soldier after she had contracted second
marriage and entered second 1 WidSwhood' Inc N''o
THE LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL
waV5 and Means reported tic legislative Executive,
ana judiciary bil. approratlnc an"n Siht""o WEIGH
was made the special ordcr for Tuesday neEt.
APRorEeT AGAINST CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
Mr. SNAPP rep, lii asked leave 10 offer resor-
dressed document called report to the President
Of the United states recommending set OF rules proYo-
ing cxaminatiou of appcants Tor Once, ana dG
clarn that Il not expedlcnt that such rcceommenc,
atoms he adopted ana tIa u ola not 'tb tuC nppf3t
Of tie House OF the people @Tered 10 the committee
| of mo Whole on the state Of the Union.
Mr. MAYNARD ({ep.. Tcnn). from the Committee on
Ways aud Means, reported bill rernltS the C"cJ-
seu sulphur and Mining Company Ol New-Orleans to ni-
port. of duty, certain machinery and accompanying
peFments mining for sulphur IN the parish OF Calca-
90 ed S25O9 ana also permitting the ike mpOr aJon of
machinery 10y any persons employed in the manufacture
Nj MAYNARD explained briefly the object of the bin,
which was 10 enable the large sulphur deposits al t
TndiaSo tG esfahis plate glass manufactory being
thc onv ore OF the kind in the United States. lie stated
Ii% .ne of ~ W@vs ana Means In his opinion all ths
spccia relief legislation against high duties, this
fysem Of protection against protection was wrong in
PRINCIPLE The House ought to 90 to the bottom
of the trouble and remove the source Of the evil
10y making such general reduction OF tarf duties as
the of the country ana the trade or the country
would permit 10 be mad;
| Mr.. FINkELNBUR re, REP, MOI, another member OF
that Committee. declared that he did not believe in this
special relief legislation. few days before the House
had before It bill 10 relieve shphuidinG against the
high tariff duties Yesterday the House had pas sed
| bill relieving the citizens OF Chicago against the high
had before bill to recve certain manufacturing
yanic from the high duty on machinery aud ne under
nature pending on their way to the House.
Mr.. KERR DEM md another tn member i Of the Com
glass machinery, said he cOncurred heartily in all
mat had said by the gentleman from Missouri Ir
Fiukenbure) the general principle which should bo
applied in this kud Of legislation. He did not agree
| Win him however in the insinuati0n that the two
| Industries concerned were powerful, and that
hy reason Of that pyeT po %er they had been
lin regard to tho plateglass manufacture, commonly
called French plate glass, there had been twoor three
attempts made TO establish the manufacture III TINS eoun
rv aud they had all thus far proved unsuccessful and
unOhtabe. company mad been organlzed three years
for the manufacture OF ordinary giss AT NeW-A-
bany Indiana and had determined that IL would make
attempt TO establish III TINS country INC nuiaetuIe
OF what called Frenoh pateglass Dl ID OIuer 70 com
lnence that Manufacture IT was neccsstated 10 import
this hnery from France because the machinery was
not made in this country Inc enterprise was mere
experiment, 1t might or II might not succeed AFTER
single importation OF the needfu machinery the law
would expire That was all there was IN he matter OF
pate-glass. The Company only asked permission TO I'M
port the machinery To bc used In the polishing
and grinding OF the glass and to be used IN hat business
alone.
III reRalu 10 tht Other part Oh tno pl IL was tquab
| true that, while there supposed existence OF
great deposits Of sulphur in the parish Of Calcaseu,
| in Louisiana, the existence OF that deposit was
| Of itself uncertain. II said by geOOgists
OF competency and learning that such deposit
did exist there but at such very depth below the
surface that 1T would lie necessary to bore
of sand and gravel II exceedingly important that
those who had tho enterprise In charge should Obtain
machinery for making this bore but the machinery
not manufactured In this country and would
| imported. IL only made III Holland, he believed.
II was for these special reasons and for them alone,
! that lac as Frec-Trader Revenue RpfOrmer would
IN favorable recommendation of the b and it
for these he thought the bill ought be
| passed
| Mr.. KELLEY Rep., Penn)-Another member OF the
Committee OF Ways and Means said that the effect OF
the bill would be fet only at two points at present
! III Louisiana and the other III EewYOrk and perhaps
Indiana, They had never been able make plate
In this country because the Ingredients found
In close enough proximity until immense depoSit of
all the ingredients required for the manufacture
shng OF glass had been found the borders OF the dis
trict OF the gentleman from Missouri Mr.. Finkenburg
There all but cOrundum was found lying In most marvel
abundance and In proximity. COrundum bad never
been found In NINE but the!COmpany which about
TO establish plate glass works In Missouri had
gentlemen Of rare ability and industry 20 through
the Western mountains OF North Carolina where 10 had
been reported that cOrundUm some times found
He held his hand what would be matter of curiosity
never been obtain before. and which came from
mine. He therefore thought that they would be prob
ably able manufacture plate glass In this country
even with the high rates OF wages, at less cost than it
could be elsewhere with the relatively low wages
Of Europe. What wanted was machinery, and The
hill proposed TO admit that free of duty. The of
Louisiana was almost identical with that OF Missouri
There was a deposit Of sulphur and In order
develop that great mineral deposit, the Committee Of
WAYS and Means had determined 10 recommend that
the machinery for the purpose should also be admitted
free OF duty.
After Nj Kelley had finished bis remarks, be exhibited