Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-09-26

ably advocated when in Congress. Such
devotion ~ he has at all times evinced in
behalf of the interests of Pennsylyanis
must necessarily 0eget in the tosoms o.
his ieIlew citizens corresponding devo.
ton we feel will be signally manifested al
the polls on the second Tuesday of 0cto.
Der next.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TlNES OF THE UNITED STATES,
ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER Is.
1874, MR.. HlNkY D. FOSTER OF
PENNSYLVANIA. MADE THE Fol.
LOWING REMARKS uN THE BILL
To REPEAL rllE DUTIES On RAIL
ROAD lRON.-VuIe Congressional Gto6e
I0t. ii. 2d osssaon, 18Th congress PIP, n
45:
Mr.. FOSTER, after adverting to the IN
expected and nasty manner IN which the
blli had been brought forward and re.
marNng that Pennsylvania had been &C.
cuStomed TO consider the tariff question
as one TO be treated IN general principles
proceeded To express his regret that his
colleague Mr. + j. Morrisl had alluded
to the recent canvass IN PENNSYLVANIA as
!
from Pennsy lYania, he felt proud of that
great Stale, and he would not allow him.
self, here or elsewhere, as his colleague
had done 10 charge the people of Penn
sylvanla with acting with lalSe and fraud.
ulelt motives on the subject of the tariff.
Ii the Wing party had carried the Slate
Mr. +. esteemed that party 80 hlgnly, that,
before the National Legls ature, lie would
tot have been found making such charge.
lie knew the manner IN which the cam
yass had been conducted and when the
gentleman came 10 speak o! it as II had
been carried on in his Mr.. F.. county.
and TO declare that the people ndd acted
under such influences, he mad mistaken
Them altogether they had acted under
no deluslon. The tariff question was the
one which, in the late CANVASS in Pensyl-
var ia, had deeply agllaled the pu olic
| pnd. They had been told by their Wing
, friends there, and generally throughout
the counu5, thar by the election ot Nj.
Polk the iron and coal interests OF Penn
sy!vanls we're to be trOdden down bat he
had declared to them that the profession
J tndt the Wing party were the only friends
TO the protection OF the iron interests of
| Pennsy ivania we're hollow and unsound {;
that 81 the last session OF Congress. in the
Senate OF the United States, the first blow
NJ the iron interest had sprung from
member Of the Wing party from Maine
and although a distinguished Ser ator from
Georgia had made a pIsri,ns. e to Penn.
SylVania to tell the people of that State
that protection 70 That great interest
could only be looked for from the Wing
party, yet when they turned to the Jour
nal of the Senate, they found the vote of
That Senator recorded against the tariff OF
1912, and his vote recorded in favor of the
bill OF the gentleman from Maine to re
duce the duty on railroad iron Had he
been mistaken when he told the people of
his State that for u fair, equitable, honor
aOle adjustment OF the tarIh system they
must not rely on the Wing party alone ?
What did we see now? The first move
ment at the present session Of Congress,
attacking the great interests of Pernsyl-
vania, did il come from the Democracy
of the North, the South, the East OF the
West ? No tut from prominent Wing
memoer of this House Now when his
colleague undertook To say that 10000
of the people of Pennsylvania had been
deluded. he told him that he did not know
that people. If the gentleman confined
his remarks to the people Of his own dis.
trict. it was very probable that he might
have some personal reasons therefor. But
If lhe people OF Pennsylvania had had all
the lights OF the people OF the whole u.
Mon, four horse wagon would net hold
all the documents thrown into that one
district b" Wing writer's and Wing ors>
tors.
Bat he was sorry, ss he had observed,
that his colleague lad dragged before this
assembly any question of tnls kind; aud
he knew that neitner the gentle n.n nor
any other mar who might have attempt
ed it at the late electi IN, had been sue.
cesStul in misleading the people upon the
question of the tariff or any other, The
question of protection of the iron interest
C Pennsylvania, was one deeply felt by
Pennsylvania. Ii might not perhaps be
knnwh to this House, that. in Pennsylva-
mia alone, there was one establishment in
the western part oil the State, where they
could manufacture railroad iron TO the
amount of between so TO 100 tons per
week. Mr.. f. also referred TO one or two
other establishments which were manu-.
featuring To like extent.
they lad been told by the gentleman
from South Carolina Mr.. Holmes that
Penrsy lvania at one time introduced
large quantities of imported rairoa! iron,
For ten years prior to lS4l, railroad iron
had been admitted free OF duty. Then
no abroad iron had been manufactured
in the Union; then no capital had been
invested in this country in ITS manuiac'
tule But let hlm tell the gentleman
from South Carolina that Pennsylvania
when she did import that rair ad IRON
free of duty, Iaiu twelve dollars more pc r
ton than she could now Manufacture il
for. 1t had beer free nf duty for ten years
foreigners then had control of the Snole
market domestic competition thee was
none. Then she had paid sixty dollars
per Ton for railroad iron and he pledged
himself here thar her nlanufac urers were
ready to contract now, where contracts TO
be made at forty eight dollars per ton.
Mr. HOLMES interposed, and asked il
"A upHatgtnf,1 tho A. .a.. ~