New-York tribune., 1870-11-29
PRICE FOUR CENTS.


have been very much interested In what The Reyenns
Commissioner saif on this subject but for ore VIII
such mighty rebellion, IL incapable OF collecting "a,
s n%eson II %Sk FOR INK t a nn% S Cm
missioner walked out OF the room disappointed and con
,anres ne Bs Sir the experience Of the pus came to
my rescue and talked of the fact that fraud vas increa
ing throughou the country and the revenue running
down and demanded that the recommendation made
in 1865 shOud be adopted and congress ntneh 10 tias
expression OF opinion and fixed 90 cents a. the tax 90
whisky And now want TO call your attention 70 the
result Iu the year 1865, when the tax was ~ he revenue
TO s13 O0O but in the first year that the tox was re-
duced went si2Ooooo and last year IL approai'
At the close Of the year my colleagues the Revenue
Office created, and Ia accepting that Once, L.
for the first time, really commenced my inquiries COZ
ft Of the Strongest and srictest school bad the
feet Of Henry q. Carey and had read all ms books
him and Visited at hs hoass and femember as late as
the Fall OF 1865 when he expressing to me s grat
humble instrument OF carrying out the doctrines which
he had preached for 80 long time Well now now az!
happen to changei did not do it Willingly. felt that
drifting and threw out all my endeyor,to preye
that drifting; but eth doubted found taat I'm tne5e l
Committee OF Congress, set OF n'n who repre-
sened that unless something was done for ter nteis
ined; and yet found that they were not ruined anG
found that while the who came to Congress aud dee
manded protection as their salvation
engaged, there other men in the same business wn
came 10 Congress and asked for rrotectio aud
remembered those uen bad said understand how to
manage our business and the most ask OF Congress
TO 70 me et thns 9s iU IN great majority Of cac pro-
lection was asked not with view OF fostering Ainor
can interests. In 1867, had before the Committees Il
Congress the representatives of the Syracuse salt inter
est demanding that the tax salt ls and cents per
bushel be raised to 25 and 80 and they said unless
was done, great interest would sink aud alerward
foupd that at the very time these assaon' were al
month"; and making stock dividends which have carried
up It's capital in the space Of 10 years. from s"oO 10
In isGf the Government sent me to Europe to continue
the investigation which was then making ana th,rG -
learned many things which still further shook my fath
in the doctrines OF Protection as they had been taught 10
Sy m SO oaGsy cen made tSa the sb o.
| facurer TO stand In competition with the manu-
aeturars , tbs OF 0,ner an f,o II IN En-
| gland, where had been through the cotton mills,
unaer,ook an Investigation OF the manu-.
actures there. found that on the morning got there
the mills closing up and inning TO work at bait
time, partially Through the depression 81 business Which
was beginning throughoqt Europe, but mainly thr0ugn
tho competition OF the English manufacturers, whose
goods, you will find, I'LL all the shelves; and wages weIo
fully onethrd less than were paid at Manchester ~
ery and as went further and got into the country
where wages lower. found that just in proportion
Britain, those were the places where Protection Was
NV faith in ali this doctrine was seriously shaken by
some little incidents which occurred IN my personal eN-
perence, In company with this great Prince OF Protec
tioniss Mr Carey remember talking on the subject
Of death OF Mr. Cobden said that among the many
since oR the ns 3 Rs Sea e y S
sec /" said he "He was such friend OF this country
sa M son. ne o near ss s he Wod have the oc
sion TO indoctrinato them with Free Trade said lt
was very weak spos in the amor that they should be
afraid to have sound IN Life and theory como 10
Yet there are many things which TO render the
form Of tariff desirable, II people prefer anind.rcci
tax 20 any Others also recognize this fact that tho
to auaciarePs and Others on he strength
OF which capital has been invested; and would not
have that pledge Withdrawn without warning Whatever
be our tbS opinions IL my FrSo SG@d and R
seems to that those are not really the questions at
issue to-day But the questions at issue are the abuses
ported INTO law and foised on the American people.
reminded here Of the story Of the fellow who lost
1t day and night, and high and low, Finally lo went
into bath, end after he hsd been there lte time 10
lost. Immense applause and laughterl Now sly that
have to wash down TO Protection We have not Sos
great minds, Carey and Greeley and others tLaughter
and applause.l When We have washed down 10 thai,
then is tue time to discuss the question oi Protection or
We have to wash down past the abuses. This term
| "abuses" know is very general one; and should
like to explain what mean by It, hold in my hand
knife let what abuses have been prpetrated
grow any elephants in this country-though don't
know what we may do IN the iatnTeyen We We nave s1e
here that r. protected by arf OF 60 or 20 per cent
One Of the last things did GO my visit 70 Er9Pe
country and how they doing their business ior
and co per cent on the steel it wondc that they
could hold their own against British cutlery; because
the duty on the British knife Is only IS per cent found
| on entering the manufactures that the ivory was
brought in and cut by hlnery into pieces of the rgt
rT of little saws these blocks we're cut into
elongated pieces machinery drilled the holes 10 the
ready to be fitted with the knife Then found hat te
snd Sande sta1ped into form by dies and tho wno
the parts OF every knife htted every other KNIFE IKE the
| parts Of Springfield musket.
Well now went into the manufactures OF cutlery n
Sheffield after arrived in England; and then in
mediaely learned the secret how ana why the American
manufacturer vas able to hold his own markell Ia sPe
knife were sawn aud drilled by hand labor was cheaper
| there than machinery; al me blades and
as With ns were formed by hammetins
by hand. saw that In consequn nee OF the American
manufacturer having taken advantage 0f machinery We
IL we're thus enabled TO hold our own under
facturer DO II lie had everything perfect iIe
would not only hold his own market, but ne
OF the markets the world And should not only bs
building more manufaetories but we should be glYlns
goods, aud getting balance OF trade IN our favor iu
port But ho Steel must be protected because some
body IN Pittsburgh makes steel
Another instance-the manufacture Of hats Take an
Well We poor that We are compelled 10 breed
rabbits for their fun 20 We import them nnder dGty os
trimmed with silk ribbon that pays 60 per cent Then
per cent but foregn manufactured hats admitted
under duty of IS per cent We have invented the most
ingenious machinery tO make hats There sa machine
that blows the mixture OF fur and cotton round
tho model, and other machinery for hIlSblDg it,
and yet while exported before the oneseyenii
Of all the hats made to-day we hardy export hat :
while the price has mach increased that we haNa
ceased to manufacture as We I'D before the
II to that the true protection Of American
industry would he simply 10 remove al thc-e tNes LIT
the hal anuacurer have his hatnag rial, cheap and
You IA find the home consumption MI Increase, and
that will add 10 tho means whereby the property ~
the conniry will he increased | cenla 20
giving illustration after illustrate Of this topic bit
those Illustrations are perhaps filter fcr more formal
lecture. Thg PrOtcctuHists meet tafm az by saying
that the cOuutry D. so prosperous WI nov the count
is pf -pcruuS Wc wtrc cgoa,i Nits n,.ucEsr rap J;
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