New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-09
XLvIIrH CONGRESSES SESSION
REGULAR REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

MRS. GARFIELD
| SENATE. WASHINGTON. Thursday, Dec. 8, 1881
The response of the Secretary of the Interio
to the Senate resolution of May 10, 1881 submitted
transmitting list of the Of officers, clerks and
| other employees on the rolls OF the Department with
the salary date Of appointment and grade Of Office Of
each the State to which each charged, and Indicating
who served in the Union and who in the Confederate
armies Tabled and ordered printed.
The memorial of the National Guards Association Of
NewYork for amendments the militia laws was al,o
presented. Referred to the Committee Military
Bills were introduced ard referred to committees a,
By Mr.. PENDLEToN Dem, OTTO provide
that the principal officers Of each OF the Executive
Departments may occupy seats on the floor OF the Sen
ate and House OF representatives. Referred TO Especial
BY Mr. VEST (Dem., Mo-For bridge across the Mis-
es ABOVE al SIe ST. oi a 70 on cS S s
Also for the recording OF marriages IN the Territories Of
make the wife competent witness in trials for bIgSmy
in the Territories of the United States. Committee on
BY Mr. MAXEY Dem. Tex,)-To designate, classify
and fx the salaries of persons IN the Rasay Mail ser
vice. Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and
BY Mr.. LOGAN Rep., ulJ-To refer the claim Of the
Western Cherokees, old settlers to the United stte
Court OF Claims for adjudication Committee on Indian
BY Mr.. GROoME (Dem., Nebl-For erection of monu-
ment TO the memory Of Major General baron dc Kab.
BY Mr.. COCKRELL Dem, Mo,)-For bridge over the
Missouri River at or near Arrow Rock, Alssoin ire
Also for the Investigation and examination of the
counts of certain land grant railroads, III accordance
the decision the supreme Court. and for nun
report Of the result thereof to Congress. THE bills
identical with that reported favOraby last SESSION.
Committee ON Military Affairs. AIM.
Fort Iarned Military reservation. Committee OF Mill
tary Affairs Also to declare certain lands heretofore
granted to railroad companies forfeited to the United
States and open the same to settlement. Committee
Public Lands Also TO amend certain sections Of the
Revised Statutes concerning taxes on deposits on BANKS
which are deposited with other banks or with bankers
1t further exempts from taxation savings deposits IN
rrOydent associations savings banks and savings in
stitutons and much Of their deposits as nave been
invested in United States securities COMMITTEE On
Mr. MILLER ulep., CALI presented memorials from the
Board OF Trade OF san Francisco for restrictive measures
upon Chinese immigration and urging the prompt esd1
isnment of civil government in Alaska Referred
MR. MORRILL, UPON THE TARIFF.
Upon the conclusion Of morning business Mr. NOR
RILL Rep VtI according TO notice, addressed the SEN
ate upon hs bill for commission to investigate the tar
in and internal revenue laws.
Mr. Morrill, began his speech by rem1rSing upon the
need OF care and elaboration rather than ashirc and
revolutionary experimenting, in dealing win the subject
Of tariff revision He SPOKE OF the uhatractye ehaac-
all taxation and the distinction the United states
mad gaines all other nations Dy u, @ G ,s
tariff issue IN American politics from the foundation OF
the Government 10 the present time showing nat prom
i've policy. Under the Tariff act Of 1861 he argued our
59527 5a s e5Pos to ana have tSpaded in $50
El6I3.lIOO53 with grtnd 60, sA 9f5 o. @APofs
excess in ISL Of $3.50 726,25f. while
IL WAC S2OOiOOG2 against us in 1890 II such result
merits, when both revenue and commerce Increase IN
much greater ratio than population, what Is u AZ
@ ~ ' s3ris Of The coinTry f6an any ofGer
ON record The exports OF food products though
larger, Is not equal by twentyold TO home con-
tive agricultural products being higher and manuae
lures lower wheat, there produced
ISL $40 bushels u. 500 ont in 1850 the crop had
than doubled In the cotton mills OF the country IN the
past twenty years. the number Of operatives employed
has r,ssr' from 1o1 OBS 10 i75ls7. and The
annual payroll OF wages from SZ5'SiOlOS 10
cned in price until cacos which sold in IsGO for nine
end onehaf cents per yard now sell Tor si ana eai,
aents IN wool manufactures and railroad building stt
greater advance has been made Some great@prancue.
of industry were absolutely walked INTO NE oy the aLlA
OF 1861, such crockeTy and elna-%are, Pialesass
silks, steel and copper The qualty or goods mas aso
improved, and American productions rank as
the pest IN me %OIid Or . aI yo's -.
not be hired 10 handle any other than American toOs;
a spade TO reaper, that an American farmer
would accept as gift. There Il no sdddlery hard-
American. watches and jewcry and the electric gold
and siNerplated ware OF American WorkInausIp ~ 20
world The superiority OF our staple cotton goods iu
dsputabe, as is proven by the tribute Of frequent
cOuuterfets displayed abroad. The city OF FhLadephla
alone makes many better carpets aud more In quantity
Iban The whole of Great Britain. These are noble
achievements which should neither be oDscured lost
by the sinister handling ana industrious yituperaton OF
free trade mOuOgraphiss.
Mr. Morrill, spoke the beneficial effects protection
in the crisis Of 1873 of the waning prosperity the
free trade regime in England and Of the weakness Of tho
free trade theory when brought into actual practice.
Some schoolmen. innocent OF earning even coat or
par of shoes by the OF the brow and without
without works-with ready-made cate
chism imported textbooks and requires no ccmpre-
honsvc investigation of the multfOrm and evervaryiug
facts and exigenccs in national affairs but when tho
theory comes TO oe practicaly apRtu aux 10 az ',
md
quacEery. unteuabe and preposterons as would
Of the same material in summer or winter and Of
equal and dimensions, whether for big men little.
trade does not free trade in such articles the
poor require and must have Ike tea and coffee nor in
tobacco, wines ana splfltuods liquors Ihose aftGles
they reserve for merclcss eXactons all specific yielding
hundred millions OF revenue ana az IAtee uIes tte
rate we levy on spirits ara more man L't .les ,e i'to
levy tobacco This Is the sly part Of the entertain
mcnt TO which are invited by free traders.
No country on the globe sends out so many foreign
travellers with spendable surplus as the United
10 say extravaganty English reciprocity In pleasure
IL conSaraTey agSanGed They como
sugy we go IN droyes and caravans But II foreign
os sSpa TO rrbnrse he u aboSdue eIpd
lures OF Americans abroad they do send H. far moro
numerous II valuable company who come TO stay,
bringing both fortunes and affections, and adding.
as they have added within the past two
q brave hearts and willing hands 70 the PRO.
WSy Were we TO drop protection this western exodus
would cease and the immigrants now here would be ree
ed to the scale rom when tney
iousy attempted TO escape These facts pregnant
arguments annually reproduced UNFOLDING the Amort-
can policy OF protection, and show that those who
pec to earn their vng-tomptcd ii is true by the high
rewards and tempted by free schools for their chu
where ind the largest opportunities for
the comforts of fe for happiness and intellectual pro-
gess; and know also that America is not and in
tends TO n transatlantic ireland agricultural
back lot OF Europe
PROTECTION BENEFITS THE FARMER.
The test OF profitable farming is the state Of the
count at the end of the lr Under free trade the evil
ience mutipes that the English farmer comes TO the
end OF the year with surplus, often in debt bare and
dsconteuted Their aUorrs rarely know the luxury Of
meat not over sixteen per week, and never ex-
pect rood OF the SOIL But under the protective
policy the American nolds and cultiyates his