Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-10-13
sThe Tariff as u ought 10 be-.

Last Winter, little book, bearing
evidence Of foreign manufacture, was
extensively lcircula:ed with the OBJ
ject Of influencing the action of Con-
gress III the matter of the Tariff. The
book bore the title, "The Tariff as it
is and as it should be-" Gen. Sccnck,
in one of his speeches to the House,
took little time to make a reference
to this little work, and to expose it.
The following extract from that
speech is worth attention:
WHO got this up for you? Who
has undertaken to deceive us in this
way? Some knaye or some fool.
l think a knave. Some one seek
ing to indoc,rinate the people OF
the United States with these Eng
lish free trade notions finds it neccs-
sary for that object to lie with fig
ures; but the trick Of Their arrange
ment is so bald that a very little ex-
animation detects and exposes the
falsehood. l am the last man to
talk about the influence OF british
gold.' / do not believe that any
ono Of public consideration or char
acter is influenced by British gold
any more than l would suspect gen
tlcmcn who sustain the idea OF dis
eliminating tariff for purposes Of pro-
lection to be influenced On their part
by corrupt motives. This is but party
slang on either side. Rut, sir, do
say the people OF this country who
are led TO advocate these free trade
doctrines are sustaining cunning
policy, an anli-American policy, the
paternity OF which is unm,stakable.
Look at it. DO you suppose if y
Franchman had been con,riving a
way in which the people of the
United States should legisiatc so as
to give his country the benefit Of our
crcdulity he would have put the duty
on wines, or silks, or gloves? Not a
bit OF it. He would have advised us
TO lay it most heavily on woolen
goods, cotton yarns, cutlery, and ar
tic!cs OF that kind.
But look into this Tariff as it
ought to be-" and you will find chat
whatever John Bull produces, either
at home or in his colonies, is lett in
the free list, and the revenue the
people OF the United States may re-
quirc is recommended TO be raised
from other sources. How kind and
consldcrate so TO teach and take
charge Of us. How disintcrcstcd TO-
ward his neighbor across the channel.
l should like to have Johnny Cra-
pcau's view of the matter, TO have
him present his schedule, and COM
pare the two together. This s'Taritf
as it ought to be''-let US take look
at it again. Woolen goods are TO be
all free; cotton goods to be all free;
iron and steel manufactures to be all
free. They are made mostly in Eng
land. Coal, grain and lumber, which
are produced i'll the British PROVING
es, are to be all free. But tea, coffee,
spices, wines, silks, gloves, brandy,
furs, whatever is produced most in
China or in Brazil, in France or in
Belgium or Germany, is to have a
duty put on it, SO that thus may be
made up the 1924, 900, 900 OF revenue,
which is our allowance. Benevolent
England! How grateful should Broth
ar Jonathan be to you!
This is plain talk. | charge this
scheme on nobody here; but do
charge that the paternityof this plan
by which we are to legislate for the
benefit of British products and Brit
ish interests, is unmistakable. II
bears John Bull" written all over it
His trade mark is branded SO deer
you cannot erase it. l have no pre-
.judicc against England or the Eng
lish people. Let them live; let them
prosper; 1t is a great nation, a won
derinl nation. But I protest against
their making tariff for US.