Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-07-09
THE TARIFF.
Extract of a Spcech delirered By Mr..
HeHr, Of Ohio, ia the House ef Repre-
seatat'res, April %, 1874.

| featuring districts, led me To an examp,-
ton o.! the statistics accompanying The
census OF 1910. for tie purpose of ascer-
tanning the number of persons engaged in
the manufactures particularly protected By
The existing tariff. The result of that ex.
animation | will now give you.
The number of persons engaged in cot
ton manufactures in the United States is
72,li9. The duty imposed as reported to
the Committee of Ways and Means by
merchants, from actua. operations, ranges
as high as from - TO 100 per cent
Whist the curious fact is shown. that. il
le42, we exported of white cotlons, 81
ol2,o1o more than we imported.
The number of persons engaged in
woollen manufactures is 2I,3la. The
duty on articles competing with theirs is
now AZ per cent, and the present bill pro
poses 30 per cent.
The number engaged in silk and flax
manufactures is 1896.
Engaged in "mixed manufacturer is
1906.
In tho manufacture Of hardware, cut
lery, &c. 5,492. And upon many articles
manufactured by them, The duties are as
high as 200 per cent.
Number of persons employed in the
manufacture OF hats, caps, bonnets, &c.
is 20.176.
In the manufacture Of glassware, earth
enware, &c. 4,94s. Upon some articles
rs high as l75 per cent.
In The manufacture of iron, including
mining, there are 30,497 persons enga-
ged. The duties range from IS to 100 per
cent.
In the coal business there are 1911 en-
ploycd.
| have taken these statements from the
official returns Of the marshals, and find
the whole number employed in these
branches TO be i79.6Sj. These include
all the manufactures specially provided
for in this bill
Now, sir. these kind manufacturers tell
the farmers, that il they will sand still
and be taxed from So to 200 per cent,
they will furnish them with a '.home mar.
kel' for their agricultural productions! |
can show gentlemen. by the table before
me, that five counties in Ohio produce
3,l9l 1913 bushels of wheat, and s,O44,97J
bushels OF corn, being more than enough
TO supply the whole of these "favore q
branches of manufactures" Well, if il
takes fifty years to furnish a I" home mar
ket' Tor the productions of FIVE counties
how long before you can expect n markc
for the balance Why, sir, can show
gentlemen that three Of the States Of th
contedcracy can, under proper cultiva
ton. produce breadstuff, enough to supply
all the manufacturers in England and In,
United States. 1t is therefore supremeIv
ridiculous TO expect u " home MARKET fol
our agricultural productions.
In consequence Of the course pursued
by the delegation on this floor from Penn.
syivanIa, | have turned TO the tables ac
companying the census, for the purpose oil
ascerlaInlng the number of persons in lha,
Stale engaged in the iron and coal bust.
ness. The whole number employed in
the manu- acture of iron, including mining,
is l,522; in the manufacture of hard
ware, cutlery. &c, 100 in the coal bust
ness, 4,775 making in all, 1867 per.
sons. And yet, sir, because of this com
paratlvely trihirg interest, we have the
whole delegation from that State clamor-
Gus for protective tariff. Protec, our
iron and coal, and we give you OF the
West a :" home market for your produc-
tious. Why, sir, my own county Bu,ler)
raises CROUCH breadstufs to supply tho
whole OF them DO gentlemen expect us
to be humbugged into such system? Do
they wish TO tax The three millions of farm
ers in this country, for the benefit OF
DhT
The true interest Of the manufacturer,
in my opinion, demands stable and fixed,
rather than a high rate Of taxes. To have
u stable tariff, you must ha .e a stable cur
rency; and this you never can have IN
der your banking system. A duty which
this year, under one state of the currency,
would amour, 10 prohibition, the next
year, under Il different state, would afford
no protection at all. Suppose. for exam
pie, the Frenchman can manufacture
cloths, and sell them in this market al
three dollars per yard il costs the Amer-
can four dollars to manufacture goods o.
the same quality. You desire to place tho
home manufacturer on an equality with
the foreign. and therefore a duty Of one
dollar per yard is laid on tho French
cloth they are then on equal term. =
Next year, with your paper money ma
chimes, the currency is expanded, the raw
material advances. the wages of the laborcr
is enhanced, the price of living increased,
and the American, instead Of being able
to sell at four dollars, cannot manufacture
for less than fise dollars per yard. This
expanding OF the currency here does not,
OF Course, affect the cost of the manu- &C
turers in France, and having stable
currency, he can afford to sell at the old
prices. Will he not have the command Of
this market, and drive the American out of
II, unless you increase the duties Are
you not, therefore, compelled, with every
change OF the currency, to modify your
tariff by increasing or diminishing tie du-
lies throw out these suggestions for
the purpose OF showing that the manufac-
turer, above all others, is interested in
having a stable and certain currency-a
currency not capable of contraction to
day and expansion TO morrow.
Il has been said on The other side of this
hall that protective tariff will enable the