Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-22

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terests of Pennsylvania did it come from
the Democracy Of the North, the South,
the East or the West! No; but from a
prominent Wing member of this House,
Now when his colleague undertook to say
that 10 900 Of the people of Pennsylva-
MIA had been deluded, he told him that he
did not know that people. If the gentle
man confined his remarks to the people
of his own district, it is very probable that
he might have some personal reasons there
for But the people of Pennsylvania had
had all the lights of the people of the whole
Union tour.horsc wagon would not
hold all the documents thrown into that
one district by Wing writer's and Wing
orators.
But he was sorry, as he had observed,
that his colleague had dragged before this
assembly any question of this kind; and
he knew that neither the gentleman nor any
other man who might have attempted it at
the last election, had been successful in
misleading the people upon the question of
the tariff or any other. The question of
vania was one deeply felt by Pennsylvania.
1t might not perhaps be known to this
House, that in Pennsylvania alone, there
was one establishment in the western part
of the State, where they could manufac.
ture railroad iron to the amount of between
so to 100 tons per week. Mr.. +. also re-
ferred to one or two other establishments
which were manufacturing to like ex
tent.
They had been told by the gentleman
from South Carolina Mr.. Holmes that
Pennsylvania at one time introduced large
quantities of imported railroad iron. For
ten years prior to 1871, railroad iron had
been admitted free of duty. Then no
railroad iron had been manufactured in
the Union; then no capital had been in
vested in this country in its manufacture.
But let him tell the gentleman from South
Carolina that Pennsylvania, when she did
import that railroad iron free of duty paid
twelve dollars more per ton than she could
now manufacture it for 1t had been free
of duty for ten years foreigners then had
control of the whole market domestic
!, competition there was none Then she had
paid sixty dollars per ton for railroad iron
and he pledged himself here that her man
ufactures were ready to contract now
where contracts could be made, at forty
eight dollars per ton.
Mr.. HOLMS interposed, and asked if
he understood the gentleman to say that
the 7 rail could now be procured here in
any quantity?
Mr.. FOSTER replied in the aflirma
i've.
Mr. FOSTER continued. E Establish
ments in Pennsylvania and in Maryland
were already prepared to make large con-
tracts for the furnishing of railroad iron.
But had not the gentlemen from South
Carolina, who yesterday had defended this
till with so much warmth, told thom that
he was willing the tariff should be arran-
gcd as to yield sufficient revenue for the
government, and that all lie asked, and
many other gentlemen who agreed with
him, was to bring the tariff to II revenue
standard Was be to understand tins
f gentleman from South Carolina now that
he wished railroad iron to come in free of
duty? Was that the revenue standard
which the gentleman from South Carolina
and those who acted with him, were dis
1 posed TO make ! lie was glad the gentle
G man from South Carolina had thus early
, given them information as to the course he
intended to pursue as to the question of the
tariff. The gentleman went for revenue
standard of duties would the gentleman
t tell him how much railroad iron it would
+. be necessary to import under the provis
{ ions of this bill, to raise revenue sufficient
for government! To morrow the gentle
man might tell his friend from New Eng
land that 'thc revenue Standard upor
woolen and cotton goods amounted to the
: same as it did in the gentlemans action OF
i IRON and he might make a similar declar
= alton to gentlemen from New York, and
y u from other States engaged in the manu-
facture of salt, iron, wool, cotton, and su
: gar Although the gentleman professed tc
be in favor of ''revenuo duty" he (Mr
e ~ should tell the peop'e of his State, a
c least that the gentleman, by his action
: was in favor of having foreign iron come il
duty free.
e All that Pennsylvania asked was fair
o honest settlement of this great question ,sh,
:. wantd it adjusted in some manner to Civ,
It security to her citizens. She had always
B. maintained the doctrine that the majority
i were to rule land that their laws were to b,
D., submitted to. From 1888 to ls42-a pc
e riod during which all her industrial pursuit
= had been stricken down by the operation
g Of the compromise act arm had beel
raised there in defiance of the authority o
}. this government but daily and hourl.
d they saw the whole of these interests goin,
y to decay and destruction; and they waitc'
s. until the appeal made to the patriotism AM
: good sense of the American people pre-
l vailed in the passage of the tariff of 1912
t. under which all her interests were begin
k ming to revive and look up. She now oc
r. cuped the same position she had occupie
le before the passage of the compromise ac
d of s33 The principle of the tariff of s4
ID as far as related to the manufacture o
IN iron of any description, or of every des
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