Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1860-08-17

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ing the year preceding had cut off the hom
crop. increasing the price and causing larg
importation. The ad uaLorem duty on this larg,
importation at the blgh prices induced by tn,
destruction of the home crop, produced 81
large revenue from this source alone, that I
statesman must at once have seen that such 10.
crease would not be likely again TO occur. A
blnndeE like this by gentleman at the heac
of the Treasury Department, should render u.
cautious IN receiving his estimates as basi.
Of legislation.
When the Chairman of the Committee on
Finance says that the country asks for nc
change ia the revenue laws, he forgets the
hundreds of petitions with their thousands Of
names OF laboring men attached, asking for re-
lief. Ii he has read The petitions referred TO
the Committee on Finance, he must have seen,
that not only the iron and coal interests, but
every other branch of industry throughout the
country has been prostrated. That in nv
STATE, as elsewhere, men were seeking vainly
Tor employment, while those dependent on the
labor OF their strong arms were asking for
Draad- :or the uecessaries of life, Indirectly
denied to them here by those to whom the lux
urIes OF life have become common because of
their continued abundance. 10 all the estab-
iishments bow IN actual operation, the latorer
is working at greatly reduced wages, while the
employers are reaping no profit on the capital
invested. lie should know that the stability
of tree governments depends upon the inteli-
gence and moral culture of the governed that
the laborer and the artisan should be afforded
the means of SO educating their children, which
means are only to be derived from the pretec-
and nf ttas g
industry necessary to the development of the
resources of States.
Mr. Hunter. l said, s'except The iron iu-
serest."
Mr.. Cameron. Does the Senator think be
can get along without the iron interest of Penn-
sylgania and other State,1 Does he remember
that the annual value Of the manufactured
products of Philadelphia alone is $3.50, ,000,-
UOU, or twenty per cent. more than The entire
boasted cottou crop of the United Statesl-
Has be not heard that the products Of the fac
tories and workshops Of the young city of Gin
cnnati amount annually to more than SII2.-
OUU,0OO! That the commerce of the great
northern lakes reaches every year the enor-
nous sum of S750,000, 000i But [ do not
agree with him that it is the iron interest alone
that needs protection. The various industrial
interests OF the country depend upon each
other. When one is suffering depression, the
others sympathlze with it, and thus the wrong
becomes common TO all, On the other hand,
when you encourage one you indirectly quick
en all the rest. ln evidence of my statement
that It Is not alone the iron interest that is
asking for the passage of this bill, | cite the
attention of the Senator to the fact that every
Republican Senator stands ready and anxious
to put this measure on its final passage, and
to record their votes in Its favor. They would
not do so did not their constituents demand it
at their hands in behalf of their interests.
The Senator has read many letters to show
that the bill, as 1t comes from the House, is a
bad o0e-that no change is necessary. Up>
fortunately, all those letters, as | understand
them, are the productions Of foreign agents OF
foreign manufacturers. | believe there were
no Americans among his correspondents, save
the custom house officers: aud who has vet 10
learn that custom house officials will make
Just such statements those 10 authority above
them dictatea Sir, the whole system of our
revenue is 10 the hands of foreiguers-at the
mercy ct foreign capital, might say. Fif-
teen years ago there were importing merchants
10 our cities, men Of capital and experience,
meD OF intelligence, who devoted their entire
energies to the business of commerce. They
sacflheed much to insure, not their own pros-
perlty solely, but the prosperity of our great
commercial cities, seaport or inland. Where
are they nowl Driven into other pursuits.
some OF shem into hopeless bankruptcy, by
system which permitted, aud still permits, the
agents OF foreign capital and pauper labor to
operate traudulenily upon our commercial in
,erests. Let US look at the system. The
british manufacturer sends his agent to New
\ rk; the agent establishes commercial
souse, and gives another name to the concern
his own, perhaps; to this agent the British
manufacturer furnishes the goods to be- sold in
sur markets, invoiced at price to suit him.
'elf. On that invoice the duty is laid. The
JINGLE article of steel occurs TO my mind lust
It this point. viii gentlemen believe that the
'aW iron from which the steel is made sells in /
he Liverpool market for higher price than
he steel Is iDvoiced for in the New York GUS
om houses Strange as it may seem, indiea-
I've OF ftaud as the transaction may appear On
Is very face, such is the faci. The same is
rue OF all other articles of trade coming into
'ur ports to compete with AMERICAN manufac-
ufes. lake tho article of cloth, mentioned
y my colleague. Formerly we got a large
AMOUNT OF It from England, aud we manufae-
ured quantities at home. But our home man
aoturers have been driven out of the business
ntirely, SO that there is not to day singIe
of broadcloth 10 the United
states. The large factories erected 20 carry
"a the business under the tariff of 1912 have
een given over to other, and in some case..
aser purposes. Some have gone into the
1anutacture of carpet yarns; others have been
lsmantled of their appliances, and turned to
ome little account in other directions. We
oW get nearly all our broadcloth from Ger
aany, where it is manufactured In accordance