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I did not desire to have them taken off. Besides. I will state now what I said in the committeeroom to gentlemen of the House. and especially to gentlemen on the other side of the Chamber: that as jabor enters as an almost sole factor in the collection and gathering of sumac and as it is gathered by my colored fellowcitizens very largely down in my district and other parts of Virginia. it would grieve my heart very much. as much as it wouldgrieve the heartof my honorable friend from Pennsylvania if the colored laborer of the South was put on a par with the pauper labor of Sicily! Why what is the duty on sumac? Sixteen per cent.. and on the extract of sumac 20 per cent.