Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. An amendment can be made on that point afterward. This amendment relates principally to freestone, which is found, as we know, in large quantities in Connecticut, NewJersey, and Ohio, and in which business there is a large amount of capital now invested, and there are several 1,000 laborers employed, to whom a large amount of money is annually paid by way of wages. The freestone which is spoken of in this amendment cannot be delivered in the market for less than $1 85 a cubic foot, with a reasonable profit, which is about 17 dol. lars and 50 cents a ton. That I am well certified of. This Nova Scotia stone, I am credibly informed, is invoiced at less than 3 dollars a ton, and sells in the market at as high a price as the freestone, $17 50 a ton. The whole of this $185 a cubic foot is labor, with the exception of ten cents for rent. The highest rent these quarries ever command is ten cents per cubic foot. This amendment, then, is clearly protecting American labor against the labor of ova Scotia. I am very clear in my mind that we are under no obligation to these British Provinces to legislate for their benefit, but that we are bound to protect the hardy men who are employed in our quarries and to protect our own capital. It has been said that this increase of duty will make building material higher. I do not think it will affect the price of building mate rials at all. There is so wide a margin between the cost of the Nova Scotia stone and the price at which it sells in market that even with the 4 dollars a ton duty it will still be o imported into our market, and compete wi the freestone of our States. The object of this amendment is twofold. It will give us a large revenue, for the business will be still carried on at a good profit by those engaged in quarrying in Nova Scotia even after taking off the 4 dollars. The quarrymen of the States are interested in having this amendment adopted, because, unless the profits of that business are thus pruned, large amounts of capital will be invested in it, and the mar ket will be flooded with stone from the Nova Scotia quarries. I think the amendment must commend itself to the judgment of the Senate. It will give us a revenue, and it will not increase, the price, but will prevent the stone from these quarries commanding the market.