The Clerk read as follows: To the honorablethe Sens&Reps in Congressof the U.S. The undersigned. manufacturers of sheet brass. brass and copper wiro, and German silver, respectfully ropresont.thatthe capital investedi this businessin the U.S.is at least 85,000: that all the goodsthey manufacture are in turn the raw PIMHMS 0 other branchesofindustry.in which are investedat east821). X)0.000mtohrca;t the excisetax paid by your nicmorialistsand thoscin thesame business waslost your over5250,01b”, c sidesthe excisetax paid by the manufncnrci swho work up brass, 31c. Until recently the duties imposed y the present tariff upon brass goods have been satisfactory, but our internalrevenue tax and other causeshave so increased the cost of our productsthat a veryserious embarrassmenthasarisenin consequence of largeim portations of goodsmanufactured wholly or in art of brass German silver and wlrc and theseem ur russmentsbecome more serious with the constant decline in old. We uset efollowmg articles as raw materials, and it is desirablethat theyshould be afforded at aslow a rInapteuat spossible: copper. the present duty is 2 and a half cents perpound and on copper ores 5%. The excisetax is thrco%. The coppersmelt er! must have the foreign ores in order to work the home ores advantageously. There is no impost or excise duty on copper ororesin England and therefore the br a manufacturersof England have this advantagein competitionwith us. Spoken The present duty is one and a half cent or ound, or about 30%.ad valorem. The magish im ostduty ismerelynominal. Nickel. iv ich is largely usedin the manufactureof Germansilver. The presentduty is 15%. advalorem.'No duty is imposedin Englan. Nickel is producedin this country to only a limited extent and many yearsmust elapsebeforeit is largely manufactured. Indeed. it is doubtful whether it is ulti mately successful.as the cost of refining is much reuter here than in Europe. Plated ware is made from German silver, and this businesshas become enormous.millions ofidollars being invested in it. Plated ware is largely imported at the presenttime and so largely that the businessin this country must becompletely destroyed unless we can procure our raw materials at the same rate as the English manufacturers, or uiilcss the presentdutyon the manufactured goodsis largely increased. boYdoyur memoriiiljsts therefore pra your honorable to examine into thoforcgoing acts, and togrant such relief as mayseem reasonable, and, as in duty bound.wc Wlll ever pray. WATl GHBURY BRASS COMPANY. BENl H)IC'1‘& BUllNllA.I MaNUF’g S“. RUWN & iiiioTnniis. COE BRASS MANUFACTURING CO.