New-York tribune., 1872-01-17
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

of Indiana and Marshall Of Illinois the Select Committee
on the Louisiana Legislative troubles.
Mr.. WILSON Rep., Ohio, introduced resolution
directing the Committee Agriculture to lnq ie tuo
The dispostion of grcutural College Scrip Adopted
Mr. GARFIELD (Rrp., Ohio, from the sIo Co co., on
the employment OF six experienced surf men at eaeh
alternate life saving station on o Ie ;ba I'm was
After an explanation by Mr. Garneiu' 'ne oii ""'
passed. , non c,,,c,co
NJ DAyrt,s CRen MassJ from the Committee on
Wovs and Means reported bill for the relief OF suner
erS by the fire at Chicago. Passed ,.,.s,, ,,,,
The fri section Ss bt @ be limit Of the United states
S may be P % s GOT % of nr by e CHICAGO and
87l and that shall be reseiye at the Per- o. S e 1ty The
second section provides drawback Of import duties shan oe az
SsS % 1.T 'n i, j"Ss esae acusy used the repair
ton of the buildings erected the burned ground
CONCERNING sHIPBUILDING coNsuis AND CIVIL shh'i'h
Mr. RANKS Rep.. MassJ from the Committee on
~ Consul at Tien-Tsln China at 50 800 year After
explanation by Mr. Banks ana MI DhOo@0 'DoHi' Ave-
r. In tag Connection With the subject Mr. BROOKS spoke OF
the only American steam vessel plying between Shahg
hal ami Ten-Tsin and said he deeply regretted that
that class of steamers which had been hitherto built
largely in Massachusetts, and Connecticut, ana n whon
had done so much for American commerce ana huei.ah
credit throughout the whole North of China, coud no
longer be built in either of those states or IN any pal
of the United States in consequence OF the enorhos
taxation IRON "copper" ana eord9ge; a9niactmre ae
t9at the T4Sle Ta, S 'hS lSst soa' NeWEngs%d
The building OF those ships had been transferred Ioin
Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maine 10 GlaSgow on
te Ciyde He would also state that another lnter-
estng fact that the Glasgow shpcarpcnters were una
bic TO construct that light class OF river steamers wcn
did SO much credit TO the United states. The ships
which had been hitherto built in America lOr Ie gIat
rivers of China, and had contributed SO mucn 10 'ne
wealth of America, had TO be built in GLASGOW, or
some other British port where the carpenters were IN
willing TO adopt that light style or shpDunuihg which
prevailed IN this country and which was preferred ioI
The great rivers and waters OF emma SO tnat lney 5u
been importing into Great Britain carpenters from Ne"
York and Connecticut, who were alone able 10 CONSTRUCT
'"st sr TTkBARGER ep Ohie) thought that
part of the public service demanded attention than
the Consular branch Of it. No gentleman VINO mac had III
vestgated the subject would fan TO admit t the pay
allowed to great part of the United states C0nsus was
simply and utterly disGTacelu Consuaes tnat were NOT
mere sluccures required Intelligence ana apiy Oh
very high characters they required gh ltgal anu ous
ness qualifications Consns were pToughd IA fcn and
with duties OF the most responsive most uencate anu
most perple king kind The question to be decided Dy
them often involved enormous interests, ana untSs t
Offices were filled with competent persons they had bet
ter not be filed at all 49,, ~.
nrose had passed the senate last Congress. but
mad failed in the House for want of time He had no
Foreign Affairs this session and that bin would be
presented which would he satisfactory 10 the H0nse
Mr.. KELLEY Hep.. PENN indOrsed cordially what
had been said by Mr.. shellabargcr. He thought tho
limited states Consular system disgrace 10 the
try and il principally on account OF the unwse
saiaFies' The gentleman from New-York pIr Brooks)
had seized upon the bill occasion 10 speak on the
tariff and 10 say that American shipbuilders were now
drawn 10 the Clyde TO build vessels for the Chinese
waters. He thought Mr.. Brooks was mistaken In that
wooden shp-buding had sustained greater decline m
England and the British Provinces IMAM IN ihe 1hed
states. Three years 5000 skilled smpbuilders OF
wooden ships had been on the poor rates @ at one @ time IN
had been employed in breaking stone the Government
works one year afterward the wooden s9I PneIs % at
emplOyment The change from wooden vessels 10 IRON
and from sail TO steam had reduced 10 Iauperlsm more
BTitons than any other recent ca1se ~ the
cufnsances could not be that the shpDulIdcrSo Oh INC
clyde importing American carpenters 10 no 'n's
Mr. BROOKS explained that the work for which
that light shipjoner work erected over the hus of
steamboats,, as on the Hudson me M%ssssp % oht @ ONO,
artat he
pensve in America, and Therefore the vessels required
for the great rivers Of China were now bhllt on INC
Mr. KELIEY-Is it possible TO build iron ships in this
country and depend upon Uansatlauc rOlngnlIis Tor
| the plates with which to build themi
MI BROOKS-RemOve the duties on iron, copper,
cordage glass and everything that enters into the con
structon Of ships and forthwith the American flag on
ships built in Will be oang on AL seas
shipbuder, aud which will have printed in The Gtobe
viii be an effective answer TO the gentleman. Mr.
yard nasmuch the plates are modified by every mod
caon model and that 20 admit foreign iron free
| this country, even for the cOastwise trade.
Mr.. BKOOKs-How unjust the gentleman Is to his own
there in the greatest abundance. Chester and Whining
@ t%a U G d coa of the sra GENITAL a as GLASGOW
is the coal and iron OF Great Britain Remove the
tariff and ships will he built in Pennsylvania and Della
and other places in coseI conusuy TO the IRON
AN Mr. 'KETLEY-The iron sbipbuders Of Chester and
Wilmington and Gloucester, y. j., with one exception,
agree III saying that TO the duty on iron would
Mr.. BR00ks-wlat humiliatine confession that is
of the inferOrity of American WOIbncn ana American
Mr. BELIEVING at all
Mr. BROOKS-What is ii but the admission that Ancf
can tIadcsmen havo not brains or ability enough TO
| compete with Englishmen ScOtchmen}
! Nj kELLEY-The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS must make
the plates and deliver them at the shpy ards and If
Ioii1sms the order aud pattern Allan
h. and the plates be cast there and sent here In the
Ouo case the work goes on nstantancOusy In the other
tni,tv DAYS must intervene between receiving the job
snd procuring the plates That might be remedied In
way, that is by yOur shpbuders beng provided with
such enormous capital TO enable them TO keep plates
for ships every form but nasmuch as it Is an indus
try just coming into existence no one ENGAGED IN IL mas
such large capital Therefore, those engaged III that
industry pray Us to a6d 5 aSd so @ ey
ter and at the upper and lower exrenieso Of Phadcl
pha so that iron shipbmlding may come to be among
| our permanent industries
Nj. MYERS (Rep., Pennl1DOes the Gentleman
shipbuiders shall be paid no better tban such me
chanics are paid on the Clyde ,,,.,
subject remarked that up to the passage OF the high
tarif OF 1860 American ships were built IN Maine Mas,
sachusetts, Connecticut and NeT-1ork' when earned
| the American flag over all the earth
| Mr.. MYERS-Were they not wooden ships entirely
Mr. BROOKS assened TO that, hut added that III com
petition with English labor ana English prices The SKIN
and genius and industry and capacity OF NewE England
men had gwen them prior 10 the war; the superiority Id
\ the building Of wooden ships.
Mr. DAWES tRep., Mass.), in reference TO Mr.. shela-
barcers remarks, agreed that there were instances
where CoDsuls nadequatey paid, but there were
still more amentabe instances OF poor appointments
and bad service Office He protested however against
the that the for the evil was increase OF com
pensaton In that connection he referred To the case
Of an agent who, under bill passed by Congress III July
1870 been sent to visit the Consular 0ihces IN emma
Japan and South America 10 report upon their cOndi
ton compensation, &c This gentleman Mr.. Klein, who
have 5000 year and travelling expenses at the
rate mile had spent l3 months III the ope
ration and had brought back nothing which the state
Department had thought worthyof submitting to the
public eye. He had gone 10 Japan and China, and then
instead Of going the southern coast OF south America
he had gone England, thence 10 NewYork thence to
Rio Janero and round Cape Horn up the coast OF south
America, and then back 10 the United States, so tba
according 10 the report in the Treasury Department he
hadf ed q IN "a