Mr. WILLEY. I am obliged to the chair man of the ComFinance for yielding to me so much as he has. I submitted to the 866 January 30, modification as proposed by him to the other amendment, and I hope he will reconsider his opposition to this amendment. The manufacture of cut glass is a matter of very considerable importance to a large part of the capital of this country. It has invested in it a large amount of capital. It has engaged in the man facture of it a great number of people. It employs a large amount of capital and a large amount of labor; and cut glass is an article which brings directly in competition the cheap labor of Europe with our well paid labor in this country. As I have already stated, the principalingredient entering into the value of cut glass is the labor. That glass is largely manufactured in Germany, where labor is per leaps cheaper than in any other even of the European countries. We pay for the same labor engaged in the manufacture of this article in this country 3 or 4 times as much as is paid for it in Germany and in other countries; and the question Presents itself whether we shall so protect our American labor as that it shall be able to sustain itself against foreign labor or not, besides paying its internalreve nue taxes. I understand from these gentlemen, upon whose statements I rely, engaged in this manufacture, who are certified to me by gentlemen whom I know very well as relia ble, that unless they have protection to the extent of at least 50%. the capital now engaged in the manufacture of the article must be withdrawn from it and the labor must be withdrawn from it, and the manufacture of the article must go down. If that be so then the principle of the whole bill applies equally to this as to any other part of it. I understand the principle to be admitted that where we apply protection at all we shall so apply it as to create at least an ability upon the part of the domestic manufacturer to compete fairly with the foreign producer; and upon the rePresentations which I have had Î believe that the protection which I ask, the increase of duty which I ask, is necessary to accomplish that very thing. I trust it will not be the pleasure of the Senate to discriminate on that principle in regard to this single article, and give less protection, or rather to withdraw the protection from this article, which the senate has everywhere given to other articles that demanded that kind of protection. If the principle is just in regard to one article, I think it should be in regard to all other articles. Believing as I do that it is necessary here to enable our home manufacturers to compete with the foreign article, I trust the Senate will increase this%. by ten, and make it 50%. instead of 40%.