Mr. GARFIELD. Now, I ask the attention of the House for a moment to the tax proposed by this bill on foreign lumber. It is, when computed advalorcm on Canada lumber, from 75 to 100%. on the value of the timber; and if there is any gentleman here who thinks that a small tax I disagree with him. Now what is the value of this lumber interest? The report of the Census Commissioner on manufactures shows that in the year 1860 the capital invested in the lumber business of this country was $76,000,000; the annual cost of raw material was $51,000,000; the annual cost of labor was $30,000,000; and the annual cost of the productoflumber was $104, 900,000. Now, I call that a very fair money making business, and if you find any business better than that in this country, you will have to go to the fisheries to find it, or to some place not known to me. Gentlemen say, add it up. The true way to add itwould be to take theinterest on $76,000,000, the fixed capital, add to that the annual cost of the raw material, $51,000,000, and the annual cost of labor, $30,000,000; and the profit on all that will be found by comparing that amount with $104,000,000. I have no hesitation in saying that the profit of the business aarecorded in 1860, was more than 100%. on the actual value of the money expended during the year. Well, now, sir, if the lumber business has thrived since 1854 on free trade between this country and Canada, I ask if it will suffer very badly when we put a protective duty of one, 2, and 3 dollars per 1,000 feet on lumber valued respectively at 6, ten, and more than ten dollars per 1,000 feet; for that is the present proposition of the ComWays&Means. I repeat, that if the lumber business has been so profitable during L a period of free trade between us and Canada, it cannot suffer very badly now we give it this much protection. I hope, therefore, that the proposition of the Gentfrom Maine [Mr. BLAIXE] will not be adopted. I hope we will not impose additiona taxes upon the consumers of this country everywhere, the farmers and manufacturers alike, by increasing the protection of men who are making very good profits at the business they are engaged in.