, 1870-05-24

! mon E0od, and We pave no I1GuL IOb7FH oou4ES
| tariffs for their destruction. We need them
for our rains, our showers to feed our streams
| TO eupply our r1xcrs, cur springs, to say moth
| lue Of prr hOu6ea, our homes, our bafne, our
a1nps, our vehicles, implements OF all classes
| and kinds; and hence, he who 1nhumanly de-
stroys forest, is an enemy Of our race. 4.
! nmy earlier life, IN the State Of Maine, on
4! tho banks OF the Androscoggin and kennebec,
| often heard people say hst the forests Of
Maine could mover be stripped Of their timber,
| and that no 1nRn would ever live to see the day
| when Msine would not abound in forests and
| yet now Maine is already despo1ed, and
has but comparatively little Of the useful
kinds, Of the higher qualities, Of pine left for
! expectation. In country like ours, then,
repeat, prairie country, often barren
mountain country, something should be done
for the cultivation and expansion OF our
ton. L re owe nothing to ourselves We owe
something to our posterty, and they viii just
! II repEoach qs fer our indifference to their
welfare.
Let the canadians despol themselves
\ Il they choose, or let us despol them,
sofa, and Maine, should remember that every
tree noW cut down is to be worth ten
times more hereafter, and that 1t is
robbery Of their children il not Of them
| selves to receive miserable bounhes now from
| government for destruction, when preserEa~
after. say nothing here in all this Of the
wrong andEiujustico Of depriring the poor man
| of the east and centre Of the cheapest timber
! and boards wherewith to build him house,
I while tho rich can build in blck, OF freestone,
or marble, or iron. ssy nothing Of the folly
| Of giving the manufacturer Of the East abounty
on his cottons md his wonlcns, when you thus
I tax his timber and planks and boards Of which
| his mandatory is made. All is fo1lF, all is
| wrong, from beginning to end, snd the wonder
frea.arhnnJ
/ land
Nv honorable friend from Ohio, OR
Echenck) who sits before me, and does me- the
honor Of listening to me, IN some remarks
which he made the other day, feelinng that the
a6nculturlsts Of the country should have their
share Of the spoils, made an argument in ia
ror Of tho existing duty OF ten per cent on
hidea. He spoke, he said, for the aSricultut-
lists, for the farmer; and he contended, as did
Governor Thomas, Of Maryland, for the coal
mine owners, that the farmers should have
something in tho protective tariff distribution
as we'll Bs the manufacturers. Well, If this
system of legislation was Just OF visa let US
really see what in this article Of hides the
farmer paSs for what he gets extra, il he gets
any extra at al.
The great God Of Nature, IN His distribution
Of goods among men, has, as in wool and in
copper, 60 distributed them that tho product
Of one people becomes necessary to tho per-
lection Of the products Of another
The texture OF the hide Of Buenos Ayres,
but has not p1iability and touehness- The do
nestic hide has that necessary pliali1ity and
toughness with its long and pliable fibre.
Hence, the South American hide is chiefly
manufactured into hernlock soils leather, aud
the domestic hide into harness and betting
leather. The trade estimates that Of our great
staple. hen1ock solo leather, 81 to 9S per cent
is made from the hides of South America,
against but 2 to 8 per cent from domestic
hides Statement Of 1Ir- Allen, Of Ah1wau-
have hides free, while our gold tax, 10 per
cent. with warehouse charges &C., runs up tho
tax to u or Is cents, according to tho price
Of currency. Hence, our reports of leather
and OF the products OF leather are now nearly
lost to us. Canada is now exporting leather
IN large quantities to Europe, and Europe
and Canada are supplying South America, a
trade VIC once had-retutning for raw hides
and wool the manufactures Of leather, in boots,
Ehoes, harness, and saddferE- Now, here is
3 great trade lost destructive to our ship
ping and onr labo1ess, aud with no profit, as
ret, TO the United States farmer. On the con-
tzaIy, the fact is that if We do not export the
produc! Of hides imported, the leather made
from them here reduces the yalue OF hides
produced by the farmers Of cur own country.
It is not pretended, that if South american
hides did interfere with United States hides,
It wonld reduce the hide value moro tlan 80
or IS cents per hide. But, granting that re-
duction, what does the farmer who raises one
bullock or two for The market pay for that
protections What on Lis be1tinS, his bar
ness, his saddles, lis boots and shoes for
himself, wife, and children? Certainly three
OF four dollars more tllan he,gets extra for his
hides. Thus, about every interest in the coun-
Try has an interest in free hides; and in land
where ba1ks and other tanning materials arc
as cheap as they are here, give our people free
H. k1,ex-
the markets of the world, md supply our own
people with boots aud shoes cheaper than ever
and that abolition OF tax is demanded by one
Of the greatest 1aborips interest in the eoun-
ty-the great army Of the Crispius, the boot
and shoelnakers, the harness and saddlery
the iron, cotton, nor wool manufacturer has
greater claim upon the country, for the Amy
Of crispins is grcater than either.
Tx OK BOOTS AND suoEg-
Have rou ever calculated yourself, Mr..
Chairman, what are the taxes npon the boots
10 Per cent; The tax on The bark for tanning
the leather is 20 per cent Oh tho oil, 20 per
cent; on the lumber used for lasts or boxing
the boots and shoes, 20 per cents on the
50 pei cent; on the tools used in making
them, ~ cents per pound. And the shoe-
maker in New England pays S1.25 In gold per
ton bounty to somebody for the coal be nses
to keep him warm IN his workshop while he
makes the shoes Not even the ss'oemaie1s
Of Lypn 1, or hasel sel Massashasetts they
ahouid hve On codhsh, OF he11ms, or oatmeai.
can stand AZ this Not eEeo the sewing ma
chine nor the leather-ep1thng maehine. Ton.
der1ul Yankee Inventions as they are, can get
orer that 1e wonderful, though wonderfully
worse Invention which imposes upon the shoe
maker eight taxes and gives him no real boun-
t. in return. Hence, We hnve lost our export
trade IN shoea to the Br'f1eh provinces, 10 zen
uai and Sooth Atne1aca, Ans13na auo tue
West Indies, and nave o".no.eo aoMn onn our e1
ports TO the sInau Salue o. F4ao.oV ~ ils toos.
At 1ms tune, en9 5Pee0 f1, sonsS = s tnsr;e M ats Is
snd sk,ns Po3seo 1Iom +h; 5onsn Sn %
tan9ed III "71<11a' ano 'aen eApo1tea ~ In6-
iano. ,r. ~
aceo1umG ~ tue c11Guisuons OF IL CoM-
penn. AZ ieasL, rave peen nnanswe1ea, as 1hey
are unans~eIaolc-lnele 1 M are pfoducea refoneh
the country some 4t.NU.uU par wnmens and
chi!drene shoes per aunnm, I'm ~ these, Il y
estimated thas 81 ieast io,oV0.oou paifs, Emch
ale M8in y loTt as men ~ i'cn; a5s maas ",
and serge. me import o. these @ materials
is estimated ~ Eaine at s5,aoo,e1; me IN.
t1es On taem - .i6 eolu 10 -
then) 70 soma 4,2oov' n.satne1sasea s pface
is pa1a Ds hoe Nomen, loo5 aAu Iacn. o1
the csuotrs-ana iol wnats GeIla1nM = ~ MOI 1o1
revenue, nor tor protection, Tor ihere arc
ony one or t"e snaA1 iactol1es ln alassaenu-
setts, VIII 3 1e" hanas, mat rfoouce them-
VI, ~ ~ AI. Mels .a.neI otsE i Due T.
lne govsinent, ID a. ntEnts aua pui-
become partner N the lasting and sssrSe ousa-
ness, anu Iuns onq "a 81 s[.n sna
al an eAleaee " tuupeople - Sl.ouv.otv .s't Psi
ar. eu as1s1, 41,a a,a;};t,7ras ~ 4h
AZ - - usnay - = e. as,.,,ti,, ~ no
whole 1orelgn intercourse q nhe co9n
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