New-York tribune., 1872-03-13

debt, III would leave To DO
tion. He proposed that this should DO taken on % ao
duties ON iron manufacturer OF iron, tea' convG % NV
the income tax and other Similar sources OF lie
also anmadverted upon the policy Oh tno nd b'h now
keeping SO large balance OF cash on manu. "n'on "o
amounted 10 over sl74,O0OO00. - W., and
Mr. DAWES (lep., Mass.) replied to Mr. Wood inm, anu
Of what he Dawos bad stated the expenditures % OF
the Government. The gentleman from New hpnnsyi
vana r Kcileyl by more than hundred billions 10 So IN
his estimate of revenue but he asked te IN m
CANT expenditures with other resources y. % srs x
moptbs recepts of the current fiscal mntphed py
two would give the years receipts at ,orS of the
| s9,OOO,OOO more than the estimate VI 'no '0'
pTopc.ition by Mr. STRONG Ger.. Conn., to pro
vent any printing whatever 'oo,eS on
| envelopes was discussed and relectou.
NJ COyGFP 0,ep. Mich.), from the Committee on
Commerce offered amendment increasing e. @ @ tue sno
sdy the mail service to China 10 slocO prTTaf p of
that the service shall be semi niinOnthy, ana Ill shps vi
American construction.
| Mr. HOLMAN Dem., Ind) made point OF order on
''T The %,I CHAIRMAN overrulod the point Of order
Chair and the decision maintained by very large
majority; No isyi;RGryT Rep ca1 SPOKE in favor of the
amendment. and shOwedthe great Importance of deyel
Opng steampship commerce with China ana Japan iio
Service Would be immediately increased three trips
per month without further expense 10 the Goverheh
subsidy paid by the English Government TO the Oriental
Steamship Company s45000O, or 2GOoOO year, and
trade with China carried on through the Pacific Mail
steamship Company more than compensated the Gov
Mir WOOD dem n. ", while admitting the great
Importance of maintaining the Pacific line of steamships,
felt compelled i'll the interest of the people, to oppose
the amendment. He characterized. 1t as wrong in
principle and dangerous In practice"
| Mr. BROOKS Dem. n ~ differed from his colleague,
spoke in favor OF the amendment Thequestion was
strug gle between the United states aud Great Britain
as which should have the trade Of 635OO0 people i'll
| China, Japan India, Ceylon. Boneo, and Sunatra
Great Britain appropriated s2'5c9oOo for her
War was not carried by arms alone There wars
mere dsnihed and far more noble. There were the
of shps, of commerce. of trade, OF navigation In
the struggle for the supremacy OF the ocean, Bilanh!
could wrest the trident from her grasp. 1t "a
with Great Britain for the trade of 6OOOOO0O human
side this country Ithad been his fortune misfortune
TO the struggle that was going on on those seas The
ready noaed from San Francisco to Yokohama and
from the inland of japan to China and from there
almost 10 the very gates of Peking. That Company's
steamers without any Appropriation from the Gov
ernment as far nort9 & as Hahodaal, win soa
He begged the House, without any distinction
! of party, to look upon the question not alone
the supremacy of the Eastern seas. Such the
superiority of those ships such the superiority of Amer
sailors and captains, that this line were not al
lowed TO be overborne by the English subsidized lines,
there the strongest belief Americans in those
than half the subsidy paid to the Oriental line by
Great Britain the American flag would float triumph p
ports Of this country the trade Of GSSoooooo people
|
| ANA against the whole system of subsidies.
Mr.. GARFIELD Qsep, Ohio advocated the amend,
ment. He said that tho word Subsidy" was, he had
no doubt, a hateful word in the OF the American
people. When the amendment had been first proposed
hat !h he cherished had led him to oppose it but after
very careful consideration he had reached the concu-
sion that il his duty to support the proposition
STILL he should hold TO his general opposition TO subsidies
policy to he adopted He believed that there
trade on the Pacific Ocean, that Congress dare not, III
view of the situation neglect 1t All the civilization OF
| he world
The Mediterranean had been the center on which all the
great movements Of the ancient and modern world had
been grouped. The step which marked the boundary be-
tween ancient modern history the passage be
Ocean a When the human race left Greece,
Rome, aud Carthage, 1t made the Atlantic Ocean the
center of activity and on at sea the great forces
| of modern civilization were now at play, but there
to scs be the IN & ns ahG sr'l last new the history o e
worlds works. That was 10 he the Pacific Ocean.
tona activity was turning TO that mighty sea- and the
questions weTe who should be ITS posessoT VINO should
had control OF the Mediterranean Sea, and for the time
being he feared that had also lost control of the At
Of the Pacific Ocean sl which h snosG we could ID
! being thrown from place. II the Government did
give some help we should lose our grasp on that
| mighty coming commerce which was opening up.
Never had there been time in the history of any
ton when such prospect was open--when such fu-
ture within It's grasp to he seized and saved For
these reasons he was ready to make tins cxcep
ton and to say that in this great historic sea of the -
ture this country should pe the chlei ruei ana CON
| trOller of its mighty worlds
Mr.. BUTLER Gep., Mass( opposed the amendment,
did to deal with words, but with
Things. All the money which went into the treasury
was wrung by taxation from the people for the purpose
Of carrying their Government and for no other pur-
pose Congress had no right to appropriate any OF II for
the advantage of any other cause however good how
ever high however noble. and certainly it had right
appropriate any Of 1t for the benefit OF private specu
Mr. DAWES (Rep., Mass) advocated the amendment.
and did 50, he said as supplement TO the remarks
which he had made last Friday In looking Tor the means
by which TO realize the anticpaons of the gentleman
| from New-York (Mr. Wood and the gentleman from
| LoIln hal iuae
and proper Appropriation of money as that which would
TO the channels of trade and gather into the Custom
house of this country those revenues which would other
wise go TO other nations TO enrich their treasures,
er 6 na whspf el pops an Frsncsco a
and Of those magnificent steamers come in with
found their way Europ ports and then see it go
out taking back the products of the manufactures and
being Impressed with the great truth that
all side; that every dollars worth which We take
10 other ports comes back TO us shape.
enrces us; that enrchcs those who engage in
it, the side and on the other. He would 20 not
for this subsidy alone, but for every judcous expend
ture money which might be proposed for bounies to
on the Eastern H,s GGst hs Last Iea
! There was, the gentleman from NewYorls
(r Brooks had said mighty struggle as to whether All
the treasures OF the East should come through American
ports TO be distributed among our people and taken IN
exchange for products whether they should be car
red to us through European ports lie conld not agree
| with the gentleman from Indiana Mr Kern
that should bund no ships, open no harbors,
erect no Cusomhonses expend no money 10 contribute
10 increase the commerce OF the country or Jbat We
should look for That primitive state Were we should DC
all the regulations and rules OF trade, and
from all the of and industry He could
10 back to that condition of things, even
under the cogcnt reasoning OF the gentleman from
Indiana
The discussion was further continued by Mr. KELLEY
tep. PENN in favor of the amendment, aud hy Messrs.
HOLMAN and KERR against IT, The latter said that the
supremacy of Englasd the was due. not 10 her
policy OF subsidies but to her rational and sensible policy
of Free fTadefree trade in ships free trade al iOn III
cotton, III wOOlens, aud even III pig iron.
Without dispOsng of the amendment the Committee
rose, and the House at 445 adjourned.