The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1867-03-07
The A11exhan1an.
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1867.
The Tariff.

The tariff bill is unfortunately dead, so
far as the Thirty-ninth session of Congress
is concerned. Happily, the Fortieth
Congress has assembled, to which an
other bill will be presented ere the
lapsing of many days. Many of the
Republicans, Representatives OF the North
west, which is almost entirely devoted to
agriculture, opposed this as they doubtless
would any other measure for the protec-
tion of the manufacturing interests of the
country. BY these men, at least, a 2lau-
sible excuse may be offered for their course,
but what plea Pennsylvania can have
IN extenuation of his antagonism to fair
protective tariff, We are not able to divine
AS last effort to pass the pending bill,
loaded down as it was with over two
hundred amendments tackled on by its
enemies in order to insure its defeat, a
motion was made to disencumber it of all
amendments not agreed to by the Senate
or already adopted by the House, and to
bring the House at once to final action
Yet this motion was defeated by vote of
los in its favor to Ga againstit. Of those
voting in favor of thus saving the bill,
were only five Democrats, of whom four
were from our State, Ancona, Dawson,
Boyer and Strouse, and one, Sitgreaves,
from New Jersey. Not one Pennsylvania
Republican voted in opposition to the
bill. Of those who voted not to sustain
tie bill, 33 were Democrats, and 81 Re-
publicans. One Democrat (GlossbreDner)
from Pennsylvania voted against the bill,
and the remaining three appear to have
shirked voting. Of the Indiana 6elega-
tion, not one sustains protection, unless it
is Speaker Colfax, who is without vote
save In case Of tie. Missouri cast two
votes for protection, both Republicans
The six others of her delegation voted
with the free traders. The day is not far
distant when this same Northwest, now
so clamorous against protection, will be
just as clamorous for it. A fair and
adequate protective tariff is az sure as
anything in the future can be, and that
not the distant future, unless the President
opposes it with his veto. The opposition
to such tariff number scarcely less than
one-third of the Senate and about two
ffths of the House. Had the friends of
the measure had week longer in which
to work, they would have achieved success.
The mills and factories of Pennsylvania
are now closed, and the undeniable reason
Of their closure is in the following facts
The high taxation rendered necessary to
pay the public debt; the present tariff
rates, which are so low that they scarcely
balance the high rates of taxation and
the consequent importation Of foreign
goods. The plain, simple remedy by
which again to open our workshops and
give employment to our idle workmen, is
tariff that will balance the high rates of
taxation and give protection to our ne
chauics against the cheap labor of Europe
Had six additional Democratic votes been
cast in favor of this proposed remedy, it
would have been a success. But out of
torty-seven Democratic members of the
House, only FIVE could be found to favor
such plain and efficient remedy. For
the Representative of an agricultural
community to vote against protection is
bad enough; but what can be said in
extenuation of the Representatives of
manufacturing communities, of those four
Democratic Peunsylvanians, who oppose
the interest of their own people +?
1t LIS Finished!