Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-09
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of the Mississippi, but objection being
made it, was referred. Under the call OF
states. Mr.. Anderson, of Kansas, intro
duced a bill to create postal telegraph
Also for the construction of a bridge across
the Missouri at Leavenworth.
| Mr.. Holman offered bill providing that
persons who submit claims in which a
Misrepresentation of facts appear, shall not
be entitled to payment.
By Mr.. Robinson, of New York, to reduce
letter postage to one cent.
| By Mr. Humphrey, of Wisconsin, for
the construction of bridge across st.
Croix lake.
Mr.. Murch, as question of privilege,
introduced a resolution providing for the
appointment Of committee of five mem
bers to investigate the charges made on
the floor that John Bailey, chief clerk of
the house, was acting in the interest of the
encing congressional action. Discussion
ensued, Messrs. Robinson, KlotZ, Murch,
Hazelton and others, taking part.
Mr.. Robinson finally made the point of
| order that the resolution was not based on
specific charge.
Mr.. Blount, Of Georgia, opposed the
| point of order. He would not stand on
technicalities in a case Of this sort.
Mr. Ha8elton defended Bailey, and Mr..
Murch eontended that the allegations had
been made and he believed them true.
Mr. Robinson said if the gentlemen stop
there he would Withdraw the point of
order.
Mr.. Murch agreed to do so, and the res
olution was adopted.
Notice was given that requests will be
made to eulogize the late Senator Hill on
the 25th and the late Representative Ortiz
on the 31st inst. The house then resumed
consideration Of the shipping bill, Mr..
Reagan taking the floor.
kr. Reagan, of Texas, was the first
speaker. While favoring many provisions
of the bill he expressed opposition to Sec
ton Is, which provides for a drawback to
be paid owners of ships constructed in
whole or in part of native material. The
tariff laws had built up a Chinese wall
around the country, and it was proposed
to remedy the evil, not by undoing wrong,
but by committing another wrong, The
average rate of duty on taxable goods was
| about 43 per cent That tax of 43 per cent.
was used for the protection of particular
| interests was so monstrous it ought not to
be encouraged by that section of the bill,
which, however, initiated it by putting
tax on the people in order to raise an in
dustry destroyed by the policy of the gov
eminent. He believed the real remedy for
the decay of the shipping industry was a
reduction of the tariff. The real remedy
was to reduce taxation to revenue stand
ard. II 10 per cent. could be taken off Ia
Dor and the materials that went into ships,
the people of the United States would be
enabled to become shipowners and control
foreign trade. He opposed this system of
granting bounties for the building of
steamship to the catching of Goldfish.
Nothing could be done without bounty.
Mr.. Lord, of Michigan, gave notice of
an amendment providing that the amount
Of drawback shall not exceed 80 per cent.
of the market value of any article on which
such drawback is allowed, and that the entire
amount of such drawback shall not exceed
the amount ofItonnage tax in any one year.
Mr.iMcLane, of Maryland, "a member of the
| joint shipping committee, confined his re
marks especially to the provision exempt
| ing ships from municipal and state taxa
ton and to the drawback provision.
The eighteenth section was prob
ably the strongest case of protection
ever known in this country. The only in
dustry indigenous to the country was agrl-
culture, but the products of the South
could never have reached the East but for
the power and iberality of the govern
ment in opening transportation routes
there to seaboard. For one, he had thought
| land grants to railroads all right, and as
representative of the East he had voted
for them as means of bringing the West
ern country into communication with the
Eastern country and now,at the close of his
| life, he saw nothing to regret in his vote.
1t was now proposed to secure merchant
marine which would transport products
from the West to the Old World. 1t was
cheap ships that was in the interest of the
commerce of this country. The item of
free ships would prevent the evil which the
gentleman from Texas seemed to fear
from the eighteenth section-the estab-
lishment of ring of American ship build
ers who would combine to keep up freight.
| Any hour European war was liable to
break out and involve France, Ger
many, Russia and Austria. Who would
carry the food of the West to bose
countries? It was entirely in the
power of a war in Europe to leave Europe
starving and leave the Western farmer,not
starving, but burning his crops for fuel.
The country ought without reference to
protection or free trade, to have marine.
He, for one, thought it his duty to help the
creation of a merchant marine, and the
protection he gave by his vote would be
protection to the ship owner, ship
builder, and agricultural producer.
Mr.. Chandler, of Massachusetts,, also
member of the joint committee, advocated
the passage of the bill, He would favor
an amendment by the minority providing
for free ships, if the proviso were adopted,
and he would offer it as an
amendment, applying it only to yes
sells of more than 1880 tons
register, to be employed exclusively in the
foreign carrying trade, and not in coast
wise trade, except between ports on the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, expressed will
Engness to accept Mr.. Chambers amend
ment.
| Mr. Smith, Of Illinois, advocated an
amendment, which he proposed to offer to
the eighteenth section, providing that IN
no instance shall the amount paid as
drawback on an article exceed the differ
ence in the market value of such article IN