, 1870-05-09

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lury Of tha external protection md IN
tcrnstionN taxation Of pig iron and railroad
iron for moment do not doeire to 80 hsck
very fAr. no further than the beginning Of the
late wN- What is the fact7 By The 1aw Of
1861 the tsrih on pig iron was s6 per ton, and
ton. Up to this time, and for little while
after, there arose no necessity for any epeciA
internal taxation. Six dollars per ton was
thought to be fair protection then, and S12
for rai1roAd iron. IN 1862 protection 10 rail-
ro.d iron We increased e1.5o per ton. making
another Law w1s passed in which the duty on pig
iron waB increased to e9 per ton, and tho duty
on railroad iron to TO certs per 100 pounds,
largely increasing the duty on each article, A
taxation, in which tax Of - per ton whs
placed upon pig iron, and - on railroad IRON.
The iron men called for more protection, on
the ground that they could not stand IN inter
nal tax such as Congress- imposed upon thotn,
and ive in competition With importers. who
were bringing the game material into the
country. Upon The assumption that they bad
only reasonable protection before The internal
tux wAs placed upon them, their appeal was !
just, md Congress gave them the Increased |
protection from &c to -, and 4 corresponding
increase On railroad iron.
Curing The progress Of The VIII, and for
some Little time aftetward, We taxed every
thing. All manufactures. everything that wa1
bought and sold, was taxed to mise money to
save the country, and finally to paS the col
die1s and get the country fairly on its feet.
piain they were willing to giye up III, i need
be, for the one great object. When = high tatid
was needed they raid, " Put it on" When IN
come tar, stamp tar, direct tax. any sort Of =
tax, no matter what, waa demanded, they
sid sal, the s ~ sad a,op &c y. pp pty ii i Int ina
has gone Ly- The nation has been saved, and
what has been done siuce7 Let us see. Just
20 soon As the emergency passed hy1 and We
could afford to do so, we began to get rid Of
| internal taxation; and We have been modify.
| b the act q July is, 1856. we reduced inter-
| nil taxation e65 000, 900. By the act OF March
., 1867, it was reduced e40, ,ooo. 600, Dy the
act Of February 8, 1868, internal taxation
x.s reduced ga o6o oee; By ,dss tha aeta Of
reduced the sum Of si5. .o0d, 900. By the
act OF March l, 1868, We repealed the eections
Of the Law Of June 30, 1864, which imposed An
Internal tax Of q i ton on pig iron, md s3 on
manufactures; and since then there has boon
no direct internal tAx imposed On those a1ti-
cles. They have been relieved, and yet the
high duty imposed AZ protection, which was
only demanded because Of tho internal taxation,
I remains and uhenwo talk OF reducing We arc
answered By the charge th.t no are IN Tho IN
terest Of foreign labor, the importers, and
generally want to destroy our houe industry
ind ruin the country.
Nov, sir, protest against such ! course.
And. sir, think it would be as well for these
gentlemen, representing constituencies inter
ested in these manufactures, TO gracefully
submit to d reasonable reduction bafora the
great body Of the people rise up In their might
and compel proper, it not an extrAvagant,
change to the opposite extreme. The attention
I - y 4SvAr r&at an nnk
and they viii understand it, and under tht
pressure OF bard times in the West, and in fac
Ill the agricultural portions OF the country
they will demand that their interests, - vel
as tho interests Of tue people Of tho iror
regions Of Pennsylvania, be protected
There il no feature OF the tariff lsws more
| important to the people Of Illinois than the
/ portion Of the lar in relation to iron. Railroad
iron, especially, is an important matter wltl
! Us. Nearly al the St4tes West are to-da..
! ever before. Take my district. There /. to
diiy hew railroad or two being built in ever.
!. county in it. There are 1t ieaas Go1 n1ias Q
. railroad being built in the district reprnsen
! to-day. Il requires millions Of dol1srs to pur
\ chase the iron to carry out snch enterprises il
: which they ete engsged every county. e,sy
, eoue cases more than once, to subscribe etoc
to build these roads, which they regard q
> necessary to their present aud future pros
peritr. It is mAtter OF no Little consequouc
q 70 them whether they psy high price Or
! and they are unwilling to fold their arms an
7 I've silent, and allow high protection to be cor
tinred. 1heee subscriptions to railroads ar
made By counties, cities, and towns, anl th
people Of the localities are taxed to pay then
! and the local taxes OF our Western 6tatea ar
: ming to DC more sensitive than heretofore upo
I all these questions OF taxation, whether diree
= or ty tariff laws. They are told, and "
) arc told heze, that tho people engaged N mss
n ufaeture Of iron in various forms, and dres
a goods and cotton goods, and all the other mar
a 1facturern Of the country, arc not maxim
n money now. It may ba 30, though I donf
= whether it is half 20 bad rs We are told b1
ifit is true, 1t is equally true Of al the farme!
3 Of the country Just now: They are not on
they IRE poorer today than they were 1ast 5es
4 and much poorer than two years ago. r
Il pricc OF their stock has fallen they, find u
Il the price Of their grain in below w
it was before tho wh, and sti1 tn
= = Of taxation Ind = Better day. They sIe tax
u Ia their uurclases Of lumber. While the We
T. = -.'y favored here ard there with wood1an
70 having broad p4aisssa and little timber, a,
on on hni,d his house, AID rse -s-.,.int IL scare
Ja ,;s Of timber, still to crafty and prosper II
~ people on the border. near Tho Canada liz
a | the IAfH1Gf Ok 44llu19 phy -IlQuL6
~ somebody in the shape Of a ta1 on lumber:
M ~ Mr. Chairman, this is not the way. to hss
-.n people ~ whole.
inf HAenin, there must be retained in the pres.
an law high protective duty on ealt The CO
la cover, after Ill their 1abors, that tho tarin
iea falt was too high, and they propose to al
~ the tariff on salt to remain As It is. /!
IL Chsirnsn. it would seen that in this St
II broad country Of ours, fuN Of almost eve
~ ought to b. allowed to buy salt as cheap rs
We can, whether 1T homo Of abroad. It il
In OF tho necessities Of life. 1t is truly = "a
,a- Of life; and get wo propose to continue
low proteetinyse duty upon i ot 1s and q &C
be- pr pr, Of q the 0'i iess.stien q ., CO Cong
md on this salt question: Let Us q
ne 1ao d the ta1i1 Of 1851 the tain on salt was
IN, cd At 1 cents Per bushel Of 66 pounds, pro
ded cd that salt IN bags OF not In bulk sslhA p
M M Of 1862 tho ta1if waa fixed at 6 cents per
mai pounds; then BY tho law of Juna 80, 1864,
the tarin duty wAs raised to al cents per
id | pounds, in sacks and barrels, and ia bull
~ cents per 100 pounds, which is the pre-
n ~ law and section Of the law in relation to il
In nal taxation, IN which the specific ta1
ana placed on pig iron and railroad iron, fir
4 or specific tax also Of cents per 100 Pou
3use Upon that ta1 being placed On salt, the
the mana Was tnsae 10! P!o!Gcon - - ueco s.a
d in P1oaucco " &ue uApoaaeo ~ t11 lilac
. TO- The t.z is taken of, md still it Is insi
m that the tax shall ROMAN unchanged
he ,,eevrie Of this country are expected to GU
scquae.co in ttsniis e1ssIa11gaii.. tariff on aas
rery accommodate two or three establishment
% i this country th.t h,ye been doing vol II =
who saIt oufs1eee, aao o. coalse W uot ~ nosu
,T;no men want to be left alone It Is not st1'
hose that they take that position, and manage
hose perrnaatvs arguments to keep the quoaio
as to tslt out Of the present bin entirelJ: Ism
ttee. psiAed, however, that the Committee Of
nest and Means allowed themselves to bo oTctr
the 1y them.
Nj The gentleman from Pennsslvania OR.
iona. fald) es,d in speech, 4 few days ago, on
,sion was to be let alone. Nobody wonde1 at t
nnd such disposition is not strange. When
this have got a high protective tarin on all
,aant manufacture, and there Is dispoatson q
cnn- | feeted By representatives Of tho consume
ce to tho country to reduce the tariff, and the
utaee rednee Tho profits Of tho i5on men In 7
!ss Of sylvapia, it is not strange that he shoult
eopIe nounco that tho people, the monopo1s
Re au his State, arc willing to bo let alone.
4 tbe Tho people Of this country do not prc
They 70 accept bis ohet; they arc for ssahnE
, now the tariff rates Is we have and vii scale
niior internal taxation Reduced ta1ation i,
demand Of tho people now, and their de-
I an Or command VII be carried CUT, either y
,eurd- congress or me next one. 1ney Go N G !
. the | atont It taey 90 nos mean 70 pe H1su Z
d un- teInAi revenue 9H9 9nu1 tney ~ a1se
We almost aotolate hcir!eesneeS ana poserE
req rnuch. We can reduce taxation from say
! con- nsc 70 uunu1eo mAons NY SUI u
res in enough revenue 70 noeet tns oe"aas
, the the government
Il de-
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