Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-30
Ysr. Mckenzie's Speech, in the House
ofRenresentntiveS. March IS.

man, | am in favor Of protecting American IN
dustry. My business as a merchant: ought,
nerhaps. to have induced me to favor Tree trade:
hut baipg @ great friend OF Henry Clay's policy,
from boyhood up, | thought the proper man
ner OF developing and building up the resour
cas of the country was to protect our cWh IN
dustry against the pauper labor OF foreign
countries. | remember we'll the greas Iippe,,
canoe contest in 1910, when the enthusiasm OF
the country was aroused to the highest pitch,
and when the Democracy Was so much aston
ished that out OF the twenty seven otates then
in the Union old Tippecanoe carried twenty
one, leaving Van Buren, and his policy but six,
and somo Of them very small indeed; and the
thing was considered so ridiculous that in our
reioicinrs the Democracy, except the ottlce'
holding portion of them, Joined With us. Then
came the contest of 1874, when all expected
the election of the gallant Harry Clay but 10,
at a late hour of that "eventful hight in Novem-
Der came the sound as q death blow ID all the
Wings hopes, "Who is James K. Polk :
answered by the words, president CT the
United States
In 1910 the duties we're SIS, 900, 900; free
liss, $57, 900, 900; dutiabIe, $40, OOO, 900. La
| lS4l, duties, $40, goo, 900; free list, $66,OOO,-
900; du;iablc, S6l, 900, 900. In 1912, duties,
SIG, 000, 900 free list fell off that year to $780,
900, 900; dutiable, SG9, 600, 900. ln l943' du
ties, $l0, 900, 900; Tree list. $35,0OO,0 OO du-
table, 500, 900, 900. Mr.. Po!k's term, lS45,
duties, s3l. 00O, 900; free list, S22.0OO, oOO;
dutiabIe, sos, OO0, 900. La lS46, duties, ST.
600, 900 free list. S24. 900, 900 dutiable, 500
600, 900. In lS47, duties, $3.50 0 ,000 tree
list, Sal, 600, 900; dutiable, $l04, 600, 600. La
1913, duties, s32, 900, 900; tree list, $22. 000,-
600; dutiablc, 1872, 900, 900, ln 1866, duties,
Sl79, 600 900; tree list, 500, 000. 900 dutiabIe,
1915, 900, 900. In 1867, duties, Sl76, 600, 600;
free list, S39, 900, 900; dutiable, 1872 900 900.
In 1868, duties, Sl64, 900, 600 tree list, 500
600 O)O; duLiabIe, $343, 900, 900. In 1869, du
ties, $50. 900, 900; free list, S4l 900, 600 du-
table, 1896, 600, 900.
Although a friend Of a protective tariff, |
was never in favor of a high tariff, but one
ample to pay the expenses Of the Government
and at the same time give incidental rrotec
| ton TO American industry. =,
The result Of the late struggle between 'he
TWO sections Of the Union has settled the que5-
ton Of ample protection to American lhuu'try
beyond caviI. The wants OF the country TO pay
the interest % the public debt, to pay the
pension list, to pay the expenses OIL an extGna-
ed countlY, the Army AMI Navy, the civil Ilst'
and the many calls constantly made on the ma
tioDaI Treasury to develop the country, must
satisfy ali parties that the duties on imports
for MANY years to come must be high. The 90
inct. therefore, ought to be as fast Is possible
TO reduce The public expenditures to a peace
nlatiorm. The iron Interest, great Us 1t Is to-
| dav, is to be greatly extended; the opening up
Of the rich beds Of ore in Virginia has hardly
| commenced: there is enough there to supply
The world, let alone what is in Pennsylvania
and other States. | appschend Virginia will
never be a large manufacturing State, at least
in cotton goods. She cannot compete with
the North, where the factories are on an enortn'
Gus scale and ample capital to work them; adj
ded to which, the most Of the goods made IN
Virginil AID North Carolina are shipped
North 10 ne sold. paying commission and ex-
ponses Of freight, our merchants and traders
gojrr there Ia purchase III preference 10 buying
at home 1t their OVID doors; and thus the man.
utactur2rs pay 10 the commission merchants all
their profits, instead Of encouraging their OVID
manufacturers, Is they ought to do, and thuS
force thea to put their goods out o. their hands,
frequently to ba sold at unrcmuoeraflve prices.
Virginia viii probably be able to extend the
manufacture Of WOODEN goods the number OF
sheep is cons!aatly Increasing, and thus a home
market viii be found i1r her woni
The result Of the last years prices OF "ntat
in the markets Of the wr.id nluSt 'o!c1 hel' Il IL
continues another vsIr, 10 aoauco1 70 i Stcat
cXte0t the clitirdiiOl VI t'i' ISis"i' '"0 NV
hnr RI thn rais;GL q cattle ID a greater extent
49,, hSretotur.. think Il considerable re-
duotion ought II he maze in the duties on the
leading articles which enter So largely into con.
sumption; and a. the Republican party, OF
which [ profess TO be an humble member, can
not escape the responsibility Of this task unless
they wish the words weighed in the balance
and found wanting applied to them, let them
carefully j1ok into the matter, and reduce
where it is possible TO do SO. | think coffee,
tea, sugar, ard salt ought to come down 80 per
CENT, y. least, and sc: l. Was surprised to find
ia maxim. u calculation how little it cost per
head per auuum to pay the duties Oh sugar
and coffee.
Mr.. Chairman, when [ was a mere boy, in
a large importing house in Alexandra, a large
amount OF salt was imported annually into that
city from St. Ubes, Listou, Turks Island, and
Liverpool. The quantity used for the Poto-
mac fisheries in the spring was about $50, 900
bushels. At that period on the Potomac, as
we'll as The Susquehanna, tho catch OF herring
and shad was very large, perhaps five times
as great as il is to day. The largest quantity |
of salt us.d vas Lisbon, St. Ubcs, and Turks
Island. the two former being used principally
for striking or curing the fish, the Turks Is
land for packing. We knew nothing in those
DAYS OF domestic salt. Within the last year
or two Syracuse salt, under the heavy tariff,
has found its woy to Virginia, and is Compel
ing to some extent with the Liverpool salt.
1t is a fine quality of salt, whittier than the
Liverpool, but Of couse the prejudice has to
be overcome, and a reduction of 10 or 20 cents
per sack has induced some Of the dealers to
pass it of as Liverpool imported. They are
pretty cntc in New York, and l suppose they
buy up the second hand Liverpool sacks that
arc empted and fill them with the Syracuse
salt, selling it us Liverpool salt, because they
can make better profit on it than they can on
imported salt.
Liverpool ground alum, in old times, mover
was imported under 10 to the ton DOW it
at 10! to IL to the ton, and is selling at
81 GO to 81 10 per sack, and fine salt at 50 30
to So so.
We are not favored 10 Virginia with any 80
cent salt from Syracuse or anywhere else. l
desire to have q letter read showing what salt
- ,rh~fE ~. tho c,it uorlyu in WochipotoD 4