, 1869-01-16
WASHINGTON.
1 Combination Of ths High-Tariff and
Land and B3Ad Jshbers--Bsth Work.
INK for Additional 8ubddfes and
IN intrtaie OF Fafiif-Tables
EhoWfng tia Present Import
i: Tax on Textile PahElcs,
'-'', IT,, &c,

Efug somewhat demoFallEed, and would be
beaten Entirely out OF slight but for strength
obta1ned by combinations With other rings Of,
lobbyists. The high tarif ring has, from the
6sst, readily affiliated With the railroad SUBJ
sidy cornbln2tlGnk.
Sometime dutng the early part Of 1867 The
following petition. atgucd By large number
Of railroad officials, put in an appear-.
aoce md mas Largely circuls:ed through
the country by the high tariff newspaper CT
gxns. md IN pamphlet form:
80 Tho Fipznte Cornmtttee pt the Senate Of tho
Ne, IL IN ersi9ued4 respeetnully rrpreaeut-
!. TnAt In ous op.uao1 It - nlkhlJ imoottaut
for the 1ntfests of Anss1tcsn railroad conpsuies.
~, thss1he buYlneat Of manufacturing t+sz:taer
steel raa}e A1iet~ boilet p.1ta; otRtnEs, &C.. IN
this counlfs. ahould he commenced and carried
eifn power. OF other contingency, we may b e.
paelo Of suppl3tn4 our Fhol* aun1est1c demand
!. 1tAt pFsEo12 10 tha prrsens extensive
Pr p.sst.etMs M r ~ souat, fss Bssse,
ehsEget sl5o pes tor II gold for tne ,satns raus
tint snoJ -fecp. ID 10 4llQ pct ron IN koad Eheu
they oeesa1e aware shat sneh preparations Kers
being made; TINS showing tho necessity for
home tupplf. in order ttat the foreign Aruele
nay be OBJ alreo IT reasonable rata:
.. 1hat We srs eredtpl1 informed thas l,tse
t9lla. tarR1pea, ae.a Ga u eoutae Ct fraction It
s,iv.na c.evslsna, oato ~; ne9s,s. A,sh,. .
rbe rsatt OF tbs present action 90 re sEln plu
before heg1tIIrE to build Notks Of the aAnt
1aa arssa' Pnasa ~ na asa S" .as e.
tJlrlnla; Bal iuote, MARYLAND: Cincinnati.
Jhts.; sId st L ais, Mtsoud which Eas1s. II
hul :, viii mora 'hsa supply ths Present doues-
Nov. Ihert.rforp, xo respectfully sek that thu
Houae BILL placing two xnd half et1u PET
1nc ss;s 81 s,ss' st ILL., e vs. ass es,
eteel CT t1oEs dtfhcult srufactntt, bd spstAntd
md that i! steel rails conuaeted for psev1ous 70
Ja!I - lse5. be permitted 70 ntef ~ eoarr5 a
Prominent among ths sisners OF this peti.
tIou are the names al John D. Perry, Pfesi
dent Of the UnIou Pacific Railway, Eastern
Division, xrd Vim. j. Palmer, Treasurer o
the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division
Right here let me stop to SAY that, In thl!
and tthcr letters to TIE TRBUEE. conilne
myself s,rictly to the st1tenents Of fAnts anG
| let the readers put them toGrthes to sui
| themselves, and dsaw their own nterenees.
Bon Daniel J. AorrcIl Is nutmber Of Con
gresz from tho Seventeenth Dlatrtet Of Penn.
s4lvania, Pfes1dent Ct the First Natlona
Bank Of Johnstowp, Superintendent Of tht
| Cambria Iron Works, and Pres: dent Of ttl
| High Tariff League Of Pennsylvania; anl
last, but not least. come way tutcsested 1t
| tho Bessemtr aieel patents in the UGttst
5tates trustee, think, ior tho proprietoz'
! Of the process.
4 pIoslsiuu was in4ested In tho Pacific
| Railroad law imperasively requiring the sub
] sddized corporations to Hst American Iron
| Hon. Dan!el ]. AoHel's companT-the Cam
htia Iron coapany has been rcty 1ortuustt
*@ 1%Y PS
| ties Of raid rails. IN G*ct, Hon. Daniel J.
| Morvell's company manufacture, I under
| stand, nothing out sattroad Iron, and it t
but natural tnat the honorable gsutlemar At
shuuld wi4h MS best custoners well. How
eyer, \ few months altar tho appearance o
| The above-quo,cd petition bill was intro
duced IN Congress authorizing The Union Pa
cidc Railway Company, Eastern Division, t
construct an Independent railroad thsousf
TO C1}iotpi&, granting b subsidy in alt
thereof estimated worth not les7 thai
t5O, ,Doo,to0, and The Industrial League
ofncest, agents aud newspaper ahtcItltea De
came It's most yoeiferouS cnsmp1ons.
Ure OF the hiEh tArm organs, controlled b.
| an officer Of the Industrial leasue, deyote
column afis column to an arde1t adYocac
Of the propffery OF granting the required snt
eldy+ Tue paid lab byista Of the 1eaxue b
snhsldy JOB unlil 1t Was almost impozs bic I.
say which MAS the controlling interest, tarn
or rall.ay subsidy. Be taat u It may, IA
combined Eorce OF the sWo rings. after work
ing sgo,n December, 1861 TO July, 1865, m4u
| aged to get = little pioneer bill through th
sen,tc granting the Union Peci1c Kai1wa5
Eastern D1yt.tuu-not 1fty million du1ar.
hut-sbout ore million dollars In bonds, ~
another similar company the De yer Pacit
-ont million acres oF land. It Is no \ gu th
Speakers liable, wherr II Is likely to rtnA,
| unttl tt dag OF Its death. onEht here t
| state that i portion Of the tariff ring hi
split otffrom the support OF the railway lot
hert, IN o1der to hare little sttengt
and influence on both side
50 that in this contest betEee
tic 1ohbers md taxpayers, the tariff rIu
Will hare its satellites On bath .ld-s-one .,
| to claim the E$EArda Of victory, the other
copdole with the defextcd~ This Ia the Eel
) high art Of lobbying, having force On bo1
| sites IN every dRht.
There Is not 4 shadow Of doubt that Il
!, | fympathy OF the tariu mAu&gefs Is Who'll
! twuti the land AID bond jnboess- Astw star
on tee other side for effect, and to Eathc, |
fueree. II anything vas wantinR TO she
the direction Of their real adaIstiors, T.
{aets that they hAve sadditd An I'M port tax
from twenty u three Auudrsd per crnt ups
: the tnc ustsih T. tcrests OF the country .
arc now uo1 king might and main for MOI
FutntsheA the desired light Let me- ht lit
. more explicit upon tina point. hare oefd
me q swcrn stnsesreut showing the tmpt
:. TAX now collected on many articles Of prt!
| necessity.