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UUB PRBSS
SPEECH OF
HON, A, STEWART off

Delivered in the House of Representatives of the
United Slat,s, March H. 1916.
We give our readers the concluding portion
of NJ. SIS remarks which re ate to the tariff
question, feeling that his views and sentiments
will meet with hearty response from every
true Vermonter.
As a ihor"ugh-going, Woodworking, practical
man, there is not On the iluor Of Congress one
who holds higher stand han Andrew Stewart
Ills speeches are ever marked with that plain
anil open heart ID lrIJkncss which never fails 20
r.ndcr his remark eftr'ivc-and in the prese'
Instance he Shows, by his practical aud hu' res .
like manner, his cntire familiarity with the sub.
ject Of which hc speaks. All can understand
hun; aud we beg our readers 10 give the toll
lowing por,loa OF hls speech an attentive peru.
sal.
THE TARIFF s. FARMERS.
I had not intended, said Nj. s, to say one word
about the Tariff; but am strongly ie.ped to state
fact or two IN leply 10 the gentleman from Virginia
That gentleman dwet entirely on the benefits Of
foreign trade. lie went altogether in favor OF lmpor
uns ioregn goods, and creating market for the bene
III OF foreigners. Would our agriculture be bene-
htcd by a process like this? Nothing could more
efrctuaiIy divert the benefit from people
and pour il in constant stream upon foreign labor.
N, American interest was 50 much benefited by a
protective system rs that of agriculture The foreign
market was nothing, The home market every thing To
them; 1t wa, as one hundred To one. The Tariff
gave us the great home market while the gentle
niSn's scheme was to secure us. nj best, but the
chance Of a market ahroa while it eifec'uay de-
slroyed out secure end invaluable market at home.
The gentleman says he is very anxious to compete
with The pauper labor of Europe. | will tell him one
fact: With all the protect n we now enjoy, Great
Britain sends into this country eight dollars worth Of
her agricultural productions (.ave cotton and tubac.
COY to one that she takes from us.
Mt BayIy. Does the gentleman asser, tina,
Mr. Stewart, | du-and will prove it,
MIR Bnyly. Then you will prove the returns false
which made by our Government.
No, sir: will prove it by the returns furnished by
Mr. Walker him elf in support of the bill which he
has laid e the COMMITTEE Of Ways and Means.
Now, assert, aud can prove. that moe than hall the
value Of all the BRUSH goods np red this coun-
try consists Of agricultural products. changed in
form, converted and manufacture into goods. And
invite thorough analysis Of that fact. challenge
the sentlemnn 10 the scrutiny. Take down all the
articles N a stare one ater another estimate the
value of The Jaw material The read and meat and
9th r agricultural proiIats which have entered into
th'ir iabrcaiIon, and 1t WI be found thai "ne.ha
an! maze of their value consists Of the pro ucii,ns OF
rae soI-,grcu'ural produce in lts SRI test sense.
Now by reference 10 Mr. Walkers report, II will be
eern that, tor twelve years back, we have iupurte
ir IN Grea, Britain aud her Dependencies annual y
81 l-2 millions of dollars worth of gops. hui call II
so mill,uns while she tn,k of our agricultural pro-
ducts, cotton and tobacco, less than two and
half millions Of do lars worth. This then, ssI,ninu
enc. half the value of her goods I've agricultural
gives 2j millions If her agricultural produce IL
two and Onc.ha mililons ofours taken by her wlcl
isJust ten TO one; 10 avoid cavi put II al eight Il
one. To test the truth Of this Position he pre-
pared, if lime permitted to refer 10 numerous facts
But for the information Of the gentle from Vr
gina, who friend 10 the poor and oppressed farm
ers will tell him that we have imported yearly, fol
twenty SIX years, (so says Mr. Walkers rcpori,) NOR
than ten million OF dollars worth Of woullen go, ds
lat year we imp ed l0,666,l76 dcl!sss worth
Now, one half and more II the val"r Of this clolt
was nude up OF wool, the substance Of labor ant
other agricultural productions. The gen raj estma
!. that the wool alone is half The universal custom
among farmers when they hal their wool manufac
tired On the shares wns to give the manufacture
half the cloth. Thus we import and our farmer
have 10 pay for five millions Of dollars worth Of for
81. n wo II every year in the form Of cloth, mosi
the production Of sheep feeding on the grass an
grain Of Great Britain, while our own wo ! o wor,
less, for want of market and this is the policy tn
gentleman reco nmends 10 American turner's. Yes
or: and the gentle nan Is not satisfied with five NJ i
lons but wishes TO increase il TO ten millions yea
for foreign wool. Will the gentleman deny this
He dare not. He has declared for Mr. Walkers bi
reducing the duties on wool neatly one half with
design to increase the revenue; of course the import
mus! be doubled making The import OF cloth twen
millions instead OF ten, and OF wool ten instead Of fv
m lions of liars per annum.
This was the gentle mans plan IN favor the farmer
British farmers, by giving the :: the American mar
kct. His plan was TO buy every thing, sell no,hln
and getrch. (tlaugh) What vas true to clio,
mar IF shoe. yard of s;'L or lace ,,,i",a =. ~
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