The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-09-15

framing the next tariff bill, I woul
, adopt specific duties in every pOssibl
case, equal in result to the averag
. al UdlOrem revenue duty demands
by the wants of the Government, an
I would apply this rate to all the art
Gle of class No. 3, and make exception
only when the nature Of the artiel
demanded q higher or lower duty
would take of the duty from clas
No 2, and enlarge the free list OnI
TO the extent that I could swell thC
revenue above the average on class No
4 Such tariff framed by praetiea
men would have some chance for sta
bility. 1t might be lowered or RAISED
by uniform percentage as our finan.
ees Justify, or as our importatiOns in
creased or diminished. 1t would give
to our domestic industry that steady
support, protection and encourage
ment without which NE can not
compete with the cheaper capital and
labor of EurOpe-and would remove a
/ purely business question from the
arena of party politics You might
I call such a tariff a revenue tariff. or a
protective tariff, or tariff with incl
/ dental protection. "YOu pay yOur
I AAOnNN anu 0AA lGAhG NOuL EAl0lEE.N II
would produce revenue, and prOtec-
ton IS an inevitable incident. The
course Of the Democratic party ON the
I question is full OF absurdities and in
consisteneies. They want revenue
tariff, and yet they would repeal the
purely revenue duties on tea, coffee
and sugar They want low duties on
iron, cotton and wooden goods, Snd
yet they would enlarge the free list so
rs to make this impossible But their
absurdities eliminated at the close Of
the last session. They have for years
been deciaiming against our naviea-
tiOn laws, by which foreign built
ships are absolutely prohibited from
American registry. When the war
broke out between Germany aud
France, the President recommended
and Congress was prepared to admit
the great ocean steamers duty free
This rare chance to acquire a navy by
the misfortune OF other nations, this
opportunity to repair the loss of our
commercial marine during the war.
was defeated for the time by Mr..
Brooks of the House, and Mr.. Bavard
of the Senate, both leading Demo-
Gratis, hy talking until the session clos
ed.
OTHER QUESTIONS.
There are many other topics now
American politics which
demand the cOnSiderate attention of
the American people. We have to
think OF Chinese immigration, of the |
duty of our country in the great strug-
gle between Germany and France, OF |
our claims against Great Britain, of /
the labor question in its diversified /
forms, of the financial questions to |
which l could only refer, of the /
Indian question, one of the most in
of our politics, and many /
others of like character. Your time |
will not allow me TO discuss theT III
only say in conclusion that eaC
them has received the eOnsiderat
tention of the President and off 10.
ress. We have, as far as law can CO /
it, broken up the cOolie systel,, We
have maintained our foreign rels 5ns
wi dign and honor Unlike
I'll eat 3I-.In, we have honestly /
and enforced the neutral
ity we proclaim. We have developed
.he labor ana industry of all sections
Jf the country and have maintained
peace on our Indian frontier by doing
ustiee to the Indian. Look on this
great country of ours, the ucart of a
continent teeming with busy life, en-
Oracing all ATTITUDES, tOlersAing all re-
igiOns, educating all children, deal
ng by an equal and invarible rule
With all men, with the favors OF heav-
m resting upon US, with fruitful
,rOps, no famine, no pestilence, no I
king, no privileged orders, the road to
Ortune and to fame open equally to
VI, free institutions, laws Of your own
administered by the great
'arty that guided you through the
and by the same soldiers
Who fought your battles, and carried
our flag, with victory. 1t is for you,
to say whether it is
lot better to rest content with all
hese blessings, than to yield reac-
ion full of danger, merely to gain [
lace in Office for those who, when YOU /
rused them, betrayed you. II