The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-06-23
Speech Of Hon. j. II. Grlnnell on
the Tariff.

Speech or Hon. J. II. Grlnnell on
the Tariff.
We take the following extracts from
the speech Of our Representative in
Congress, delivered in a discussion up
on the tariff bill, the forepart of this
month. Do not fail to read them, far
mers, they will be found specially inter.
esting to you.
II yielded portion Of my time to the
gentleman who has proceeded me Mr.
Dawes, for the purpose Of correcting
the statements ofthe gentleman from
Ohio, Mr.. Cox. Sir, let me add have
heard Of the sophistry of figures, and
before proceeding to discuss this sub.
ject as intend l shall call the attention
Of the House TO some figures which are
found in this volume published by Con
gress in regard to my own section Of
country, which the gentlemen from
Ohio has seen fit to misreprcsent and
trauuce upon tnls moor.
IF we are to take the statements Of
the gentleman from Ohio we in the
West are a set Of Nomads, a half.civil-
lied, barbarous race, raising nothing
but corn, wheat, and pork for our sup.
port. Now, sir, here is a fact in regard
TO the manufactures Of the western
States. While l find that New Eng
land has four hundred and fifty three
manufactures, and the Middle States
seven hundred and forty eight, The
Western States have four hundred and
seventynine manufacturing establish
ments. 1t will be observed, therefore.
that the Western States had some TWEEN
ty or thirty manufactures more than
New England in 1860 al have increas
ed fifty per cent, the last four years.
The people Of New England and Penn
sylvania are denounced as vampires.
feeding upon the wealth Of the people
Of the West, enjoying all the benefits
of Government and the new States
none.
Two ffths Of TIE market value Of the
farmers grain is now expended by him
in effecting foreign exchange with
the manufacturer OF woollen, cotton,
leather, and hardware, while the fahri.
cater may reach our market with his
light concentrated articles, BY a trans
porta,ion tax OF two per cent. Of their
value. As political economists it be
comes onr duty 10 reduce these home
burdens by one fifth, as We may when
the manufactures shall be on our own
aoil, and make still further reduction
BY establishing our artisans by the nca,
est water power or coal bed.
Let me give an illustration OF the
arms. length expenses and exchanges
by the farmers Of the Northwest.
The keeper ola herd has an ex-
change with the boot maker. For q
pair Of boots he will pay six dollars
and the hide Of 4 bullock, which he ex.
changes fifty miles from railroad, is
worth three dollars. And how is this
price determined ? Not by q tannery
process IN his own village, where be
may find indigenous weeds and can
bring from abroad concentrated tannin
but BY first selling the hide to the coun
try dealer, he to the merchant at the
depot, he to a Chicago dealer, who con
signs to commission house in New
York, who finds tanner for a purchas
or in Greene county New York, who
sells to a leather dealer in New York.
who finds Gust omer in Massachusetts,
boot. ot.maker. who sells his stock to a
Boston johber, and he finds 4 custom
er in a Chicago merchant, and he
WHOLESALERS TO the town retailer, who
supplies the farmer from whom the
bulock's hide was bought two years
before, after the hid" mas paid lran>pn'-
tation for three thousand miles, passed
through eleven hands, including the
tanner and boot maker. with a commits
sion to each. The wonder is tha, there
isno greater disparity III the price of
,uqlwhich he raised and that whichwas
bought 1t is three dollars, and that
money IL obtained by the price II
wheat in Lynn, where he fed the boot.
maker, which would be about six bush.
els ; thus t.e raiser Of a heavy product
distant from a customer got but half q
price for what he sold, and was taxed
three prices, regarding his means Of
payment, for what he was compelled 10
buy. Such exchanges properly expose