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


devotion as he has at all times evinced in
behalf of the interests of Pennsylvania
must necessarily beget in the tosoms of
bis fellew citizens corresponding devo>
ton we feel will be signally manifested at
the polls on the second Tuesday of 0cto-
Der next.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-,
TIN ES OF THE UNITED STATES,
On WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER Is,
1914, MR.. HINkY ID. FOSTER. OF
PENNSYLVANIA. MADE THE FOL-
LOWING REMARKS On THE BILL
TO REPEAL THE DUTIES On RAIL
ROAD lkUN.-VMe Congressional GLobe,
pot. ii, I'd Ssssion, 2SM Congress pp, A,
As:
Mr. FOSTER, after adverting to the un-
expected and hasty manner in which the
blil had been brought forward, and re-
marking that Pennsylvania had been ac>
customed to consider the tariff question
~ one 10 be treated On general principles
proceeded to express his regret that his
colleague Mr.. E j. Morris had alluded
to the recent canvass in Pennsylvania as
he had done. As member OF this House
from Pennsylvania, he felt proud OF that
great Stale, aud he would not allow him,
self, here or elsewhere, as hi, colleague
had done to charge the people of Penn
sylvanla with acting with false and fraud.
uiert motives Oh the subject OF the tariff.
Ii the Wing party had carried tie State
MI. +. esteemed that party so highly, that,
before the National Legls ature, lie would
hot have been found making such a charge.
lie knew The manner IN which the can
Iass had been conducted aud wnen the
gentleman came To speak %: IL as IL had
been carried on in ms Mr.. F.. connty.
and TO declare that the people mad acted
under such Influences he mad mistaken
them altogether they had acted under
no deluson. The tariff question was the
one which, in the late canvass in Pensyl-
vai ia, had deeply agitaied the puolc
mind. They had been told by their Wing
, friends there, and generally throughout
! the county, that by the election OF Nj.
F! Polk the iron and coal interests of Penn
sylvania were to be trudden down bat he
had declared to them that the profession
that the Wing party were the only friends
. to the protection OF the iron interests of
| Pennsy iyanla we're hollow and unsound
! tbat at the last session of Congress. in the
Senate OF the United States, the first blow
at the iron interest had spruGg from a
member of the Wing party from Maine
and although distinguished Ser atuI from
Georgia had made a plsrllna. e TO Penn.
sylvania to tell the people of that State
that protection 10 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 fair, equitable, honor
able adjustment OF the tariff system they
must not rely on the Wing party alone
What did we see now? The fist move
ment at the present session Of Congress,
attacking the great interests of Pernsyl-
yania, did it come from the Democracy
of the North, the South, the East OF the
| West No; hut from prominent Whig
member of this House. Now when hi.
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 al
the lights o. the people OF the Whole U
mon, four. horse wagon would not hold
all the documents thrown into that one
district b" Wing writer's and Wing ora.
tors.
But he was sorry, ss he had observed
that his colleague lad dragged before this
assembly any question of tuls kind; anf
he knew that neither the gentleman nor
any other mar who might have attempt
ed AT the late election, had been sue
cessful in misleading the people upon tho
question Of the tariff or any other, Tit
question of protection of the iron interes
c Pennsylvania, was one deeply felt by
Pennsylvania. II might not perhaps bu
known to this House, that. in Pennsylva
MIA alone, there was one establishment il
the western part oil the State, where the'
: could manufacture railroad iron TO tn
amount of between so to 100 tons pc
week. Mr.. f. also referred to one or tw,
: other establishments which were manu-
featuring to a like extent.
:. they had been told by the gentleman
I from South Carolina Mr.. Holmes tina
i Pennsylvania at one time introduced
J, large quantities orimp0rted gailroa9 IRON
u For ten years prior to 1871, railroad iror
had been admitted free of duty. fhcI
# no abroad iron had been manufactured
+ in the Union; then no capital had beeI
o invested in this country in lis manuiaC
}, tue Bat let hlm tell the genilena
: from South Carolina that Pennsylvani
q when she did import that rnlr al mo
=. fee of duty, 2alu twelve dollars more y,
Y ton than she could now manufacture
G for. 1t had been free of duty for ten years
y foreigners then had control Of the "nol
r market; domestic competition the. e wa
;. none. Then she had paid sixty dollar
per ION for railroad iron; and he pledge
l. himself here thar her nianutao urers yer
n ready to contract now, where contracts
!. be made. at forty eight dollars per ton.
If Mr. HOLMES interposed, and asked