The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-03-30

| them thai he was willing The tariff should be so
| SrfanSPd as TO yield sufficient revenue for the
government, aid that all he asked, and many
other gentlemen who agreed with him, was to
| bring the tariff to revenue standaru2 Was
! he 10 understand tie 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 Car
DINA, and those who acted with him, were dis
| posed 10 make2 He was glad that The gentle
| man from South Carolina had thus early gwen
| them information as 10 the course he intended
to pursue as TO the question OF the tariff. The
gentleman went for a revenue standard of du-
ties: would the gentleman tell him how much
railroad iron it would be necessary TO import
under the provisions OF this bill, to raise reve-
nue. sufficient for government? Tomorrow the
gentleman might tell his friend from New Eng
land that 'rhe revenue standard" upon cotton
goods amounted 10 the same as il did in the
gentleman's action on iron and he might make
a sInllar declaration to gentlemen from New
York, and from other States engaged in the
manufacture of salt, iron, wool, cotton, and su-
! gar. Although the gentleman professed to be
IN favor ofa "revenue duty" he (Mr. F. should
| tell the people of his State, at least, that The
I
ing foreign iron come in duty free.
| All that Pennsylvania asked was far, hon.
! est settlement of this great question; she wan
| ted II adjusted IN some manner to give security
! 10 her citizens. She always maintained the
doctrine that the majority were to rule, and that
their laws were made 10 be submitted TO. From
1888 to lS42-a period during which all her
industrial pursuits had been stricken down by
the operation of the compromise act no arm
had been raised there in defiance OF the author
ity Of this governments but daily and hourly
they saw the whole of these interests going 10
decay and distinctions and they waited until
! The appeal made 10 the patriotism, and good sense
OF the American people prevailed in the pas
sage OF the tariff of 1912, under which all her
interests were beginning 10 revive and look up
She now occupied the same position she had
occupied before the passage OF the compromise
act of 1888. The principle ofthe tariff of lS42,
as far as related TO the manufacture Of iron, Of
any description, or OF every description, was
not too high.
He would state it as reproach 10 the A.
Fnerlcan character, that, in his own State, for
eIgn railroad iron had been laid down within
six inches nfihe finest beds of rnn in tha world
Such iron abounded in Pennsylvania, Missouri.
Tennessee, and New Jersey; and yet foreign
railroad iron had hitherto been imported. and
laid down on all our railroads. He wanted to
see the time arrive when, bv the perfection of
machinery, by the increased skill and by the iu-
creased capital OF Pennsylvania, they would be
able to successfully compete with foreigners
without any protection at all. He knew that
the time would come bot be would tell GEN
tiemen from the South that it never would ar
live unless adequate protection was given 10
our great interests IN the beginning. To show
the beneficial effects Of protection, he would
mention that IN 1888, 80, and 10, when rail-
road IRON was brought in free of duty, and when
1t was imported largely IN all The States, it rose
up 30 and 90 per cent but now, since The lar
iff of 1910, it can be bought II per cent chea-
per than it was in 1888 '39, ana 40 He was
really sorry 10 see hrs friend from South Caro-
lima IMR HoLMES1 fall into the arms ofa coai-
ton, which he believed had already begun be-
tween some of the gentlemen Of the South and
of New England but let him tell The New
England gentlemen, that il they deserted Penn
sylvania, and threw themselves INTO the arms
OF the gentleman from South Carolina, they
must not expect the aid OF the former when
their own interests are in danger. Prnnsylva-
of their cotton and woollen manufactures: and
he would ask them who it was that passed the
tariff OF lS42, by which such ample prefection
was afforded 10 the important interests OF New
England When let him ask the gentleman
OF New England-did Pennsylvania ever falter
on the question OF protecting domestic industry!
Why then, when an attempt was made TO strike
down at one blow her most important and vital
interests, should it be countenanced by those 10
whom Pennsylvania had always given her sup
port! Why was it, when Pennsy ylvania was
alone singled out from all the other States, and
her interests sci up as mark to be shot at, that
he found some of bis friends from New England
joining in the attack? IF they were disposed
to desert Pennsylvania now, let them not here
after say, whatever the action Of Pennsylvania
may BE- in regard to tariff, that she has deser-
ted them. 1.-THE majority ofthal Hou,e thought
the duty on railroad iron, or any kind of iron,
was too high, why, let il be reduced in gem
eTal bill; but when they were asked to strike
down this important interest, not for the sake OF
the farmer. or the mechanic, but for The sake of
large corporations, then he hoped they would
pause and consider whether they would be con-
sulting the interests ofthe country il adopting
the measure. He was glad that thus early in the
session prominent member fthe whg party
had brought forward measure that would show
the people how far they were willing to pro-
teci their interests, while they would exempt
from taxation wealthy incorporated comPanI's,
and impose its burdens on the industry of the
country. He wanted TO know, and PennsvI-
vania wanted to know, if there was disposi
ton in that House 10 strike down ber most i'm
portant interests, while the interests of other
portions OF the Union were left untouched and
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