Speech of Edward Joy Morris, of Pennsylvania, on the Revision of the Tariff, and in Defence of the Protective Policy

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Excerpt from Speech of Edward Joy Morris, of Pennsylvania, on the Revision of the Tariff, and in Defence of the Protective Policy: Delivered in the U. S. House of Representatives, February 2, 1859According to a Senate report on the consumption of cotton in Europe, the importation of cotton yarns and manufactuied goods, particularly those which are bleached or colored, into Austria, is discours ed by the imposi tion of duties, which are in some cases heavy, and in others absolutely prohibitive. But jealous as the Austrian government shows itself as to competition with its domestic produce of cotton yarns and twist, it is still more so with regard to the introduction of cotton fabrics and tissues, and although, says the report, it has not gone to the length that France has done, of prohibiting absolutely and m express language, their introduction within its territory, the same object 13 attained by the imposition of a scale of duties which are virtually prohibitive. In consequence of such duties the entire importation of all such fabrics and tissuesinto the whole Austrian Empire, only amounted in 1856 to 857, 237 pounds of the value of 3858, 295.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.