Mr. WILLEY. The 1st amendment which I offer proposes to take flint glass out of the clause where it now is, with a view of making a distinct clause having reference to that class of manufactures; so that flint glass shall not be included in the clause which reads, “On glass vials, jars, bottles, and other vessels of glass, plain, molded, and Pressed;” but that there shall be a duty fixed in regard to flint glass in a separate and distinct clause of 50%. advalorem. I have felt embarrassed all the way through the discussion of this bill by the want of prac tical knowledge of these various articles of manufacture. What I have to state now I state from information derived from gentlemen who are engaged in the business, both in my State and in the State of Pennsylvania, who have done me the honor to confer with me on the subject, and upon whose statements I have entire reliance. I believe that they are honest men, and they have made to me statements apparently in perfect candor, statements which I required them to make upon the understanding that they were made candidly and truly. It will be perceived, then, that I desire to take flint glass out of this clause and to make a distinct clause having reference to that article, namely, as has been read: Gn flint glassware, plain, molded, and Pressed, not eat. engraved, or, plated, 50%. ad. valorem. V am informed that the material out of which font glass is made costs perhaps 2 or 3 t imes as much as the materials out of which other characters of glass are made, and wathere as I difference in the amount of labor necessary to manufacture them, and that owing to these 2 facts, the increased cost of the material and the increased labor required in the manufacture, there ought to be a distinction between flint glass and these other kinds of glass. The clause as it now stands, which would include flint glass if not modified in the manner I propose, fixes a duty on glass vials, jars, bottles, &c., of less than 8 ounces capacity each, of 2 and a half cents per pound; of 8 and less than 20 ounces capacity each, 3 cents per pound; of 20 ounces capacity, and over each, 4 cents per pound.