Mr. WASHBURN, of Massachusetts. I move to amend by inserting after what has just been read, “wooden ware and brooms made from corn brush or palm leaf.” In regard to this amendment I Wish to say that a part of it was adopted yesterday and afterwards reconsidered t rough a misunderstanding of the voto by many around me. Now, all I wish to say is this: that I hope the ComWays&Means will allow my amendment to be adopted, and when this bill and amendments get into the House if the other amendments which have been adopted shall be voted down, then the vote can be taken on this amendment. These very machines which yesterday we voted to exempt are patented machines, the prices of which the manufacturers control and upon which the manufacturers make a great profit. But the articles which I move to exempt are articles which any person with $300 can manufacture, but upon which the profits are very small. Take the article of brooms, for instance, manufactured from broom corn. Under the present law there is no revenue derived from these articles, and therefore nothing will be lost by placing them upon the free list. By the present law the products of every manufacturer to the extent O $1,000 are exempted. Take the State of Illinois, for instance. where probably more broom corn is raised than in any other State. The custom adopted there is for the manufacturer to have his brooms manuthe tured in different towns. But if you impose a tax each farmer will employ a man to tie up his brooms, and then se 1 them to the manufacturer, up to the amount of $1,000. The Gentfrom Pennsylvania [Mr. KELLEY? said the other day that he would make light so cheap that the poorest dwelling should not be destitute of it. Now, it seems to me that if there are any articles, particularly in these cholera times, that on lit to be free from taxation, they are these articles of brooms and wooden ware, so that there should be no excuse for not keeping dwellings clean and neat. I be e, therefore, the ComWays and eans will not object to this amendment.