The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-02-04

could make lie would not be able 10 get
what he wished to say. But
he would furnish the gentleman from
South Carolina (Mr. HoImes) with the
Information he desired: he could only give
him the aggregates.
In four years. from 1885 To 1899. nn-
der low duties. we imported from Great
Britain S253. 900, 900 worth of goods. E.
quail to S64 900. 900 a year, aud she took
from Us during this period of low duties
S94,629 worth Of breadstuHs, equal to
S23,757 per year! Well now for the
high tariff oflS2S to 1888. During this
time we took from Great Britain S112,-
100000, worth of guods. equal to $685.
100000 year; aud she took from us. un.
der this enormously high tariff, 50 ,5O4,.
"a worth of our 5readstuffs, equal to
S2,37G,060 per year. We. under the
high tariff, taking about half as much of
her goods, and she taking one hundred
times as much of our breadstuffs. Yer
the Secretary aud President say that low
duties always have and always will in
crease the exporatiun ofour breadstuffs!
Yet the Secretary says that five do not
take more British goods in pay for our
breadstuffs, England will have to pay
specie for our breadstuffs. and, not having
it spare, she will take less or pay less
for our cotton"
Yes; let the gentleman from South
Carolina MIR. Holiness put these amounts
down and disprove them ifLe can. Let
him take it to Mr.. Walker, if he does not
| will send it TO him and call upon him to
vindicaIe himself from the charge of hav.
ing given his official sanction and the
weight ofhis high station To these gross
mlsstatements, calculated. ifnot intended
to deceive the people. He has stuffed
every page almost of his report full Of
breadstuffs. But | am mistaken if he
will not be sick ofhis brcadsiuffs before
all is over A laugh. In 1886 we i'm
ported eighty-six millions worth of British
goods and she took from us in breadstnfFs
the heavy amount of 81 ,5Si; that is, we
take $3.50 from her in her manufactures
to every single cent she takes from US in
the form of our breadstufIs. And let it
not be forgotten that ofthose very manu-.
faciures more than one eighth part of the
whole value is made mp of British bread
stufs consumed in the making of goods.
-(When say Britain. mean England,
Ireland and Scotland, not her dependen-
cies.)
TIE gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Nc
Clernand) congratulates himself very
highly on the repeal of the tariff of 1912.
Now, he probably forgets that his own
district consumed, in 1886, S373,913
worth of British goods to every S733 she
took ofits agricultural products-assu-
ming that his district consumes in proper
tion to all others. Yet we are congratu-
lated on the great increase in she export
Of breadstuffs under low dutiesl
What have here stated hold myself
bound to maintain. The stateme nts can.
not be contradicted. They will not be
contradieted. ldoubt whelherit will be
attempted. They may reply, but they
cannot and will not attempt to disprove
these facts. They are afraid to deny and
ashamed to admit them. Avoice: 1t will
be answered, probably, by personal at
tacks, but they have not and cannot de.
ter me from the fearless discharge ofmy
duty on this floor.
Again: the Secretary saws another
thing. Hesays that by the tariff of 1916
duties have been reduced from 100 and
200 per cent. down TO 20 and 80 pei
cent; that three-6lihs of the duty has
been taken off Of iron; and more than one
half the duty off of COAL and yet he says
the price of iron is higher than it was be.
fore and coal too. Well sir, if the fact
! is So who then is benefited 10y the re-
duction ofthe duty! The foreigner, most
clearly, and the foreigner alone. Ameri,
can consumers pay more for their iron
than they did before. The amount Of
change is this, that the foreigner bring:
his iron into our market, and the Treasu
ry loses three-ffths Of the former duty
On such a state of things this model of ;
Secretary congratulates Pennsylvania
and alludes to the result of the late cleo
tions as speaking her approval Of his Fl
nanclcriDgi
| will tell you one way in which he
lowers duties. He takes off one half The
duty on brandy and puts it upon tea anc
coffee. He relieves the rich mans bran
dy and burdens with heavy hand the
lea and coffee of 1.-THE toiling millions.
And for this he got the votes of Pennsyl
vania! He takes nearly one half the du
ty off ofhats and fifty and thirty per cen
off clothes and shoes. What for? To III
crease reveHuel By increasing import,
He says he has reduced the duties one
third, so that now he must import on
hundred and fifty millions worth of good
to get the same revenue that one hundre
millions gave under the tariff of 1915
and he must send fifty millions of dollar
TO pay for them.-So the foreigner sell
US fifty millions to displace fifty million
now made at home, withou: paying ou
Treasury one cent more revemue--for
eigners have all the benefit and Amerl
, cans bear the loss. That is the beautifi
policy of our model President and hi
! model Secretary, and d pretty pair c
r models they are! A laugh But,ther
. is shadow over them! Old Rough an
3 Ready is coming to correct all this amt
; American policy and seejustce done
the American people. Under this pre-
cious doctrine of Mr.. Walker we mus
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