New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-21

o WI ret he was overborne and Inundated
hv tie Greater moral and physical vlgor
nj bis MISUNDERSTANDING Gatary.
C.,casieu sulphur Mines-Free Importa-
| zion of Machinery.
We reproduce report of the debate IN
the House of Representatives last Wednes-
day, on a question Of particularly local III
| terest:
Mr. MAYNARD Republican,. Tennessee,
| from the Committee OF ways anu MeanS
reported bill permitting the Oaleas nt
Sulphur and Mining Company OF new w.
leans to import, free OF dut y, certain lna-
chinerv and accompanying implements 70
he used only in making a series OF expert
ments in mining for sulphur in the parish
| of Calcasieu, Louisiana, the value OF the
| importations not to exceed va, ooV; anu
also, permitting like Importation OK ma
| chipery BY any person employed III the
manufacture Of plate-glass III Tue 4n' ~
states. Mr. Maynard explained briefly the
object of the bill, which was to enable the
large sulphur deposits in Calcasieu parish,
| Louisiana. to be reached through heavy
| boring of sand and gravel, and TO allow
| company in Indiana to establish piatecc
| glass mandatory. being the only one OF
| the kind in the United States. lie stateG
| that the Dill Iuct tuo
| of the Committee Of Ways and Means
Mr.. Finkelnburg Republican. Missouri
opnosed the special legislation as wrong III
| nrinciple. The House should go to the Dot
| tom Of the evil, and make such reduction
of the tariff as the revenues ana trade u
the country would permit influential ana
powerful Industries obtain special rehei
from Congress, while the rest OF the people
are left to bear the burdens as best they
can. If it relieved ship builders to have
cheap material, cheap iron, cordage, and
conner. SO it would relieve industries using
those materials. If it aids the ciJizens OF
Chicago to have cheap building material, 80
would it aid every village and city through
out the West building to-day, or to he oullt
hereafter. 1t it will aid those glass manu-
facturers and sulphur miners IN LOUISIANA
to have cheap material, SO it would AID
every mandatory using machinery. Every
argument for special relief was equally an
argument for general reduction OF the
tariff As to the statement OF Mr. Maynard
that the bill was the unanimous report OF
the committee he Finkelnburg) begged to
say that he was not IN favor o1 the Oil la
| the committee.
Mr.. MAYNARD apologized for the incorrect
statement be had made, and said that he
| had not proposed to go into tariff debate
| on this bill, which provides merely for eX-
ceptional cases. There were exceptions
which proved the rule.
Mr.. Kerr Democrat, 1ndianal cOncurred
| in all that MIR. Finkelnburg said, except IN
| the insinuation that the two Industries con-
cerned were powerful, and that by reason
of that power they had been enabled to
| secure favorable recommendation. MIR
| Kerr said company had been organized
| three wears ago tor the manufacture OF Or
| binary glass at New Albany. Indiana, and
had determined that it would make some
attempt to establish in this country the
manufacture of what is called French plate
| glass but in order to commence that manu-
facture it was necessitated to import this
| machinery from France. The enterprise
was an experiment. 1t might or might not
succeed. After the single importation OF
the needful machinery the law would ex-
pire. That was all that there was in the
matter of plate glass. In regard to the
ether part of the bill, it was exceedingly
| important that those who had the enter
prise in charge should obtain the machinery
for making this bore for sulphur, but the
machinery was not manufactured IN this
country. and would have to be imported.
1t was for these special reasons only that he
thought the bill should pass.
Mr. Kelley Republican, Pennsylvania
said that in view Of the tact that immense
deposits of most all of the ingredients
needed in the manufacture and polishing
! of glass had been discovered in Missouri.
he thought they would probably be able to
manufacture plate glass in this country,ev
with the high rates of wages. at less cost
than it could be made elsewhere with the
relatively low wages of Europe. What
! was wanted was machinery, and the Oil
proposed to admit that free.
Mr. Dawes Republican. Massachusetts,.
deprecated this premature discussion. The
Committee of Ways and Means was en-,
| deavoring to see II it were possible TO re-
duce the revenue of the country by the
amount of fifty or one hundred millions OF
dollars, more or less, consistently with the
current expenses of the government, and
| with paving a proper portion OF the public
debt, SO as on the one hand not to stay, and
on the other hand to retrieve and revive. as
much of the industries of the country az
possible II his friends from Missouri anC
Indiana had arrived at conclusion so as L
see the process by which, with one horizontal
stroke. all these things could be accom-
plished, he (Dawes) was exceedingly graft
fed they had done so, and that they were
prepared beforehand to make such an an
nouncement to the House and country. HI
confessed to his utter incOmpetency to thu
task to which he had been unfortunately
assigned.
If it were possible for the other gentle
men of the committee to have seen clearly
how, by one horizontal stroke, to reach tina
great end, it had been utterly impossible fol
him to do so, or to come to any intelligent
conclusion on the subject. His friend from
Indiana Mr.. Kerr was mistaken when b,
said the manufacture OF plate glass was I
new industry in this country. They wer'
manufacturing plate glass near his dawes
residence, which would compete with an,
foreign article. If there was to be fOunt
abroad a process which would do the worl
better than it could be done by American
machinery, he would be pleased to see tina
process brought here, and brought free o
duty, because every such an enterprise a
that would find work for many hands
would find an investment for much capital
and would bring ale with it a train o
advantages which follow in the footsteps O
profitable investment and frugal industry
His theory was, by the help of free trade
and by the help of duty, hand in hand, t
work out this great problem.
Mr.. Finkelnburg replied that he had no
said nor had he intended to convey an ide
that he had arrived at a solution of tn
tariff problem He was but patient la
borer ON the subject, the difficulties O
which he recognized as well as the gentle
man from Massachusetts did, nor was he il
favor of striking ali the duties of machin
cry. He was opposed, however. to makin
certain kinds Of machinery free. in an eS
ceptional manner, until the House had az
rived at a proper point to which all ma
chinerv should be reduced. with due refer
ence to the revenue of the country and til
credit of the government.
Mr. MAYNARD again seated the points O
the bill, and deprecated any general dis
cussion of the tariff question on such
measure. He was seconded, and the bill
passed.
Terrible Crime.