The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-17

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Mr.. Sypher moved to strike out the
item taxing sal soda and soda ash one
f1urth cent per pound. Rejected.
On motion OF Mr.. Mccormick the
duty on sautonine was reduced from
three to one dollar per pound and on
strichnia from one dollar TO thirty
cents per ounce.
Mr.. IIoar moved to add to the item
taxing books, DC. twelve and one'halt
cents per pound an exemption OF such
as are imported Tor public Libraries,
colleges, schools, Philosophical socIe-
ties, &c
Mr.. Kerr moved to reduce the rate TO
ten cents per pound.
Mr.. Holman moved - put them back
on the free list.
Mr.. Banks argued in favor of fixing
the duty on books as consistent with
the interest of American publishers.
He thought q reduction from % per
cent ad valorem to Is per cent should
he made.
Mr.. Dawes opposed the proposition
to put books on the free list. and re-
ferred to the fact that even unier the
present tariff the gentleman from New
York (Mr. Cox had found it to his
pecuniary interest to have his late
book Of travels printed in England and
to pay duty on it here. 1t was morti-
tying to him to see an Englisman, al.
luding to Frank Leslie, squatting be-
side members and whispering to them
that he might have the privilege of 60
ing to England and getting his paper
printed there. He did not have any
sort of sympathy with this effort to shut
up American publishing houses.
Mr.. Cox said be bad got his book
printed in England, not bound, because
he found he could pay 25 per cent duty
and still have the book . per cent
cheaper than it printed in this country,
Mr.. Dawes asked whether Mr.. Cox
wanted others to have their books pub
lished in England.
Mr.. Banks said he wanted to know
what was the lowest rate at which
paper might be imported here without
detriment to paper manufacturers OF
this country. The fact of Mr.. Leslie
having been born in England was not
material question.
Mr.. Dawes regretted his allusion to
Mr.. Leslie. 1t was unfortunate that
such condition OF things existed that
Americans could 90 abroad and employ
the labor of Belgium at ID cents day
with bleaching powders free Of duty,
with soda free Of duty and with an ex.
port duty on rags. He could not un-
derstand how American sentiment in a
man's breast slept under such circum-
stances
Mr.. Kerr characterized Mr.. Dawes
alluson to fifteen cents day for labor
as mere stuff. Notwithstanding the
cheap labor Of Belgium and some Of
The German States, Great Britain was
the book manufacturing. country OF
Europe. That country made more
books and printed more literature ard
did more for the civiliz tion OF the
world than all the rest of Europe, and
it did it by the aid of free trade.
Mr.. Finckelnberg remarked that a
person listening to the tariff debate
might imagine that all the indutries OF
the country were carried on under the
cooperative system, and that all boun-
ties derived under the tariff legislation
went directly into the pockets OF the
employers, and that the laborer was
not paid cent more thar the general
rate OF wages required, no matter how
high a protective duty the employer
had the benefit Of The difference Of
wages in America and Europe was not
a consequence OF tariff legislation. 1t
existed hefbre the war and WAS due 10
a variety Of circumstances.
Mr.. Holman thought it most hu
initiating thing that this Government
should impose tax on learning, a tax
hy the avoirdupois, aud reminded Mr.
Dawes that the Germans, Sweles, Nor
wegians, and representatives Of other
nationalities in this country, must draw
their books from their mother countries,
and that consequently this tax was
especially hard on them. He suggested
that at least all school books should be
admitted free ofduty.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts,. refer
ring TO the increased prosperity of the
American laborer, illustrated it by
showing that in one OF the large wooden
manufactures of Lowell, Massachu-
setts, with which he was familiar, the
relative cost Of labor to production was
from fifteen to twenty years ago l24
per cent and is now l9 per cent
After further debate Mr.. Beck moved
to strike out the word sized and the
word eight, making the duty 20 per
cent. al valorem Agreed to.
Mr. Dawes offered a substitute, max
ing the duty on all paper 90 per cent.
of the duty now imposed by law.
Agreed to.
The Committee then rose.
Mr.. Butler offered a concurrent reso-
luton that the President of the Senate
and the Speaker Of the House be au-
thorzed to adjourn this session of their
respective Houses on the third of Jnne
next, at twelve o'clock meridian, until
the last Wednesday OF November next
at II o'clock meridian. Mr. Butler
said he would state frankly, and no,