The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-08-20

ION all brown sugars per pound cent all bOhsstes
per pound cents ell moasses per gallon, cents and
ored otherwise aad upon ali muslns muslnets and
cent I'D yalorem."
There was also a section providing that sftsr the
Goth Of June an additional duty Of 10 per cent
should be levied on the aforesaid articles imported
IN foreign ships
TniG of March 26, 1894, during The administration
ofJ.6rson,) called The Mediterranean fund.
IAN act further to protect the and OF
the United states against the Harbary powers
"A duty Of u cen.um sd yslorsn IN addition to the
shall be laid levied and collected upon all goods
and mere hsndise paying duty ed yalorsm which shall
after he 3Oth day Of June next be imported into the United
states from any foreign PoH or place" a.#"
The act provided an additional duty Of 10 per
cent. upon goods, wares, and merchandise, import
ed IN vessels not of the United States.
The act further provided that a distinct account
should be kef't ofthe fund, and that the additional
duty should cease as soon Is the difficulties should
be adjusted with the Barbary powers,
Tariff act Of 1916, during Iuadisons administration.
ION all articles manufactured from brass copper iron
cannon, muskrta, and firearms 20 per cent ad yaorsm
on wooen manufacture Of all descriptions, Of which
wosen rugs and worstsd or stn good as per cent al
yaiorem until June, 1912 and amer thsi day 10 per
ad yaorem on all cotton manufactures Of all descriptions
Or Of which cotton the material Of chief value and
cotton twist yarn thread follows, for three years
ensuing tins lsth day Of June 1915 IS per eeat ad
valorem, and after that time % per cent ad yaoremi
Iron, IN bars and bolts excepting iron manufactured by
IoingJ paf hundred weight a. esntsj boots per pair
100 cents"
7.-GEsERAL JACKSON AND THE PROTECTIVE poncY
But, Mr.. Chairman, what Is quite surprising
those who have often denounced General Jackson
with bitterness only equsIed by their opposition
To his measures, now quote him as authority TO
sustain the sinking Of protection. Not only
do the wings pursue this course, but portion OF
the democratic party follow their example
Mr.. JAaEs THOMPSON. Will the gentleman from
Tennessee suffer me TO ask HIM question:
MIR. CHASE. Certainly with great pleasure.
Mr.. THOMPSON. | wish 10 aaa the gentleman II
General Jackson did not vote for the tariff Of 1924,
and sign the tariff bill Of 1892 ..... ..
Mr.. CHASE. That is true and he also signed the
act OF 1888 No member upon this
foor 10 better informed as to the history OF that
struggle than the gentleman from Pennsylvania,
Mr.. THoMrsosl He viii recollect the encounter
Of intellect which preceded the passage OF the act
Of l82S-the determination Of the manufacturers TO
obtain protection at all hazards-=ths complaints Of
the South--the concentration Of the power Of Gen. |
Jackson's administration against the protective pol
icy (when its pernicious tendencies had been de-
veloped,) and which threatened ut once and for
ever to overthrow the systematic passage OF the !
compromise act which gradually abolished the pro-
tectiye policy All these events, which marked that
as the exciting portion Of our countys history
certainly must yet remain in the memory of the gen.
tleman from Pennsylvania,
Now sir, for the benefit Of the gentleman from
and the whig party, undertake to
assert that Gen. Jackson, in 1888 brought ali the
weight Of his preponderating Influence against the
protective policy.
Perhaps no one had better knowledge Of the
events OF that day than Henry Clay He was the
father of the so-caled American system, He had
eagerly watched It's progress he saw 1t in danger of
destruction; he knew who were its friends and its
enemies and as he rushes forward save his infant
from instant peril, he uses the following lam
gusge:
Itis well known that majority Of the dominant party
adverse to the tariff"
tanned against n,mbersaganst the whole weight OF the
the united south and against the
increased pending danger OF civil warN
"Discouents multiplying and assuming and dan
gerous aspects They have ben cherished by the course
very that it threatens and recommends the Of
the power of the Union rroclams aloud the injustice othe
system which would enioce."-Mr. CiHys speech IN Uni
ted States Ssnai', february 10, 1888,
Years passed by, and after Mr. Clay calmly
looked back to the great struggle IN which he was
prominent actor, he remarks:
Two motives had operated on my mind and believe on
minds Of o S Susg sSe s
of civil war the fire Of which having been lighted up
South Carolina threatened to extend its flames over the
whole Unon the second was TO preserve from utter de-
sructon the system of protection which Pennsylvania ia
when mo law h %ns sbs ax
nifty go into examination ofhe whole subject that
If the Compromise act had not been adopted the whole
TEN would have been swept by the board by
the prepondeatng influence OF the lustrious then at
the head of the government General Jackson at the very
session after its Of Mr. Clay Fej
ruory IL, lS44, U. 3 Senate
S.-"HGHER THE TARIFF THE LOWER THE GOODS"
There is, Mr.. Chairman, quite auite diversity O.
opinion among the whig leaders to the effect Of
a high tariff. II seems that the gentleman from
Massachusetts, MIR. II upsoNl regards protective
tariff necessary, because we cannot manufacture
as cheap as foreigners. In his report of April 10,
1874, he advances the following reasons: r"
The English manufacturer owing to the low price of
his machinery the reduced rate of interest the
cheapness Of labor and other causes can prepare his mill
for operation 30 30 cent less than the manuiac
in this country and after it is in operation his labor
will cost him than half the the American man
ufacturer would be compelled to give Hence the mutual
repeal of all duties manufactured goods would ruin
manufactures, and bring down the price of labor in this
country to the low level Of the European standard"
Now, the plain English of all this is, that the
consumer must pay boupties to the manufacturer in
order to sustain him in acompetition with the pauper
labor of Europe. There is no misunderstanding a
statement so plain and direct
Mr.. Daniel ID. Barnard, distinguished member
from the State of New York, in 1872 maintained
that protective duties would enable the manufactu-
rer to bring down prices below what they would
be, provided the foreigner had command of the
market.
To come however, directly to the point of this com.
PLANT deny that there is the slightest foundation for il
for in the first place deny general thsg that prices
permanently raised by protective duties; on the con-
trary have shown already, the common effect is, 10
bring prices, even below what they would I've IL the
foreigner allowed to have the command of the
ket SPEECH Of Daniel ID. Barnard in u s. House Of Reps,
Juiys 1912 " @ @.
But the question of great interest to the farmers
of this country is whether protective duties will en-
able the manufacturers to sell goods cheap for
egners can sell to u.s. Upon this point there is not
as much authority as we would wish; it is posi-
ton around which there is an unaccountable ncli-
nation to slide,
Mr., Horace Greeley ventures nearer to the point
than any one have known: . .... ...
"But why is tariff necessary after manufactures
established You say says Tree trader, that
manufacture cheaper protected, than we can buy
abroad then why do pihom protection and save all
trouble. Let answer this cavL will suppose the
manufactures of this country amount to 500
anpum those Of Great Britain to $500 o0oooo Let
suppose also under efficient protective tariff
are produced per cent cheaper than those Of England
and that markets supplied entirely from home
nroduct " Of iu