National Republican., 1883-01-11


which was almost infamous.
The motion was lost.
The eighteenth section, providing for the
payment of drawbacks, having been reached
Mr.. Page on behalf of the committee, offered
a substitute providing that the drawback
shall not exceed so per ton in case of sailing
vessels and S2j per ton in case of steam vessels
and, in the aggregate the drawback shall not
in any one year exceed the amount OF the
tonnage tax in such year.
Mr.. Cox of New York, opposed the eight
ccnth section. If tho section were agreed TO
tho wooden shipbuilders of Maine would save
$40 or Sl5 ton on ships which they now
could build cheaper than they could be built
abroad.
Mr.. Dingloy stated that, as far as wooden
vessels were concerned, q drawback was only
allowed on metal materials.
Mr.. Kasson said that on former occasions he
had been on thc same side of the question as
the gentleman from Now York (Mr. Cox, but
he could not now vote on that side. Congress
had made its first great blundcr ON this ques-
tion of shipping Immediately after the close
of the war; when il prohibited American built
ships which during the war had sailed under
foreign flags from returning to the flag of the
United States, under the vain idea that that
would revive the shipbuilding interest That
was n great blow, from which the shipbuilding
interest had never recovered.
Mr.. Wcllborn, of Texas, expressed his oppo-
sition TO the drawback systom He was not
in favor of building up an industry by subsi-
dies. He also Opposed the section which cN-
cmpts vessels employed In the foreign carry.
ing trade from state taxation New York,
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island had already
prohibited state taxation, and the other states
would he forced to follow their example,
otherwise the capital invested in shipping
would 90 to those states.
Mr.. Singleton of Illinois, offered and adyo-
Gated an amendment extending the drawback
provision TO coasting vessels Rejected.
Mr.. Gambler of Massachusetts,, offered the
following us an addition to the proposed sub
sttute:
That from and after the first day of April, 1885,
any citizen or citizens of the United states may
purchase the whole of any steam or sail vessel
constructed mainly of steel or iron, no matter
where said vessel may have been built, whether
within the United States or in foreign country
or whether said vessel may have been owned
IN whole or In part by AN allen or aliens
and said vessel shall DO registered Tree of
duty us to her hull, spnrs, appliances, outfit
and equipment (inCluding boilers engines, ana
machinery, IL u steam vessel, ms Il vessel Of tn q
United States, by the collector In any port Of entry
of the United States to whom application for suCu
registry may be made by said citizen or cti2vns
in the same manner us though said vessel had
been built in the United States; PrOudcd hoic, rcr
That this law shall apply only to vessels of moro
than 1900 tons register, to be employed in the for
cign carrying trade exclusively, and not in the
Atlantic aud ports on the Pacific ocean.
Mr.. Gambler stated that this was the amend
mcnt accepted by the gentleman from New
York lNlr. Cox rs u substitute for his free
ship amendment.
Mr.. Cox said that he did not accept it, if il
was to he offered TO this section and thus boil
stcr up subsidies.
Mr., Gambler said that in that event he
would offer il ON his own responsibility; and
he proceeded 10 argue in support of II.
Mr.. Sparks, of Illinois, opposed the draw
back feature.
Mr. Robcson, of New Jersey, opposed Mr..
Gamblers amendment
Mr.. Hewitt, of New York, said that he was
unwilling, representing the greatest CONNER
cial city on the continent, that the PROPOSE
tiOn should be urged here for subsidies and
bOunties in behalf of his constituents, who
would reject them with sCOrn, and who felt
that the offer of money from the public
treasury for the benefit of particular interests
was an insult to their intelligence and their
integrity.
Mr.. Page, of California, inquired whether
the New York chamber of commerce did not
favor this bill.
Mr.. Hewitt replied that the chamber of
commerce had held Il meeting in which rcsO-
lutions had been adopted in favor of the bill,
but at that meeting there was no discussion
on the proposition to take subsidies from the
.
would have been unanimously voted down.
The bill then went over until to-day with
ont further aOtiOn.,,.
The following is the full text of the COM
mittce's substitute for the eighteenth section :
When any American vessel shall be constructed
equil ped, repaired rchtted, or supplied with
ships stores Tor the foreign trade, including the
trade between the Atlantic and Pacific purls of the
United States in whole or in part. ui materials OF
the production of the United states, the owner Or
Nttttt a ttph al .1tu1l l,p lgI In
receive and collect from the United States a
drawback or sum equal IN amount To the
duty which would haye been collected on
imported materials of like description and OF
equal quality with the American materials used
in the construction, equipment, engines, boilers,
attachments and other UppurtenanCcs of such
vessel including repairs, outfits ana supplies
provided, that in nscgrnning such drawback,
the duty shall be computed ON iron ana steel ad-
plates, angles, bars and roads; provided, also,
that such drawback on any article shall
not exceed the difference between the market
price of such article in the collection district IN
which the vessel shall be built repaired, reiluGd,
or supplied, and the market price Of similar
article In the city of Glasgow, on the river clyde
and shall not exceed $40 per ton admCnsuTcmont
in the case of the original Gonstrucuonot any
sailing. vessel, and 80 per ton IN the
sci propelled in whole or IN part by steam.
and in the aggregate, the drawback or
sum paid under this section shall not IN any one
year exceed the amount Oi tonnngc tax collected
in such yenr; Ind prOu'dtd iWthcr, That this
section shall apply only ovesscls commenced, re-.
paired reitted or supplied nter the passage OF
this act ABd prOrided JHfh,r, If the fund herein
provided Is insuniuien IN any one year to pay the
amount OF claims preferred against II In full, then
it shall be pro rated among the claimants ana ac-
ccptcd by them In full payment of all claims
against the United States arising ouI of this law.
Tho speaker announced the appointment OF
Crowley, Aldrich Bisbce Martin, and Cox (oi
North CNrolina) as the special committee to
Investigate the charges against Chief Clerk
John Bailey.
Also, the appointment of Ryan, Caswcll, and
lie Fevrc Us the ConlcrGo5 on the Indian ap-
preparation bill
Mr., McLane, of Maryland, presented petition
ofGull and Ak, and other business men of Balti-
more in favor of the bill 60 regulate the cont
mcrCe between the states pertaining to COM
mcrcial travellers. Rofcrrcd
The house then (at l:3O) adjourned.
Ways and nECang-rnr;n.
The ways and means committee yesterday
in revising the tariff bill, completed the