New-York tribune., 1871-08-25
PROTECTION IN THE WEST
THE HON. 8. .sIIELLABARGER ON THE TARIFF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND PROrRCrION-ruv
POLICY OF REVENUE REPORMRRs


evening the policy Of t Republican party m rega,a
TO the Tariff, and the principles and aims Of "Reyanus
Reformcrs." He said:
FELLOW CITIZENS: shall attempt TO address you ua
the subject Of the tariff shall need and craye vou
sympathy and patience. The intelligent and pruden,
generally avoid this subject because they oomprehe.s
It's immense compeXity and srduousness; and shallo,
talk much about IL because they do not Ia as,am
ing tho role Of the latter tonight beg the benefit Of s
fact that IT my frat Osnse, and hopo that this fac,
will the Office Of an apology for the badnes. Of
the performance. and show willingness to committed
upon subject whereOn representative ought 70 .s
always silent.
20 therefore first the inquiry, What the country
to expect touching the tarG from the contaued aoen
dency OF our Republican partyi
Mr. Shellabarger then observed that the Republican
party is essentially unit upon the following points:
l. This nations faith is 10 be kept forever nyolate IN
the matter OF It's debts Us pensions, and every financial
THIS win require such revenues as, being assessed
with just dscrminatons AFFORD 10 American Industry
s. That deec Of "encouragcment-call it protection.
is Just dscripu ttion," which shall insure eQnai
opportunity and condition Of stability respects supply
and demand also ~ respects pernancnce OF price In.
oentyes TO the exercise Of skill and economy suos
moderate degree Of profit as shall elecuaUy discourage
| incOnsidcrate and excessive competition"
This protection should not be extended 10 anyin
dustres that are not here legitimate" and to such
| are q" "legitimate" " 1t ought TO ho given equally.
standards.
THE PROPOSED BASIS OP TARIFF LEGISLATION
In regard TO be actual policy to I've followed in regat
| ing the duties imports, Mr. Shelabarger maintained
that the +" Revenue Reformers' propose the following
| basis OF action:
Encouragement-cal 1t Protection If you will-oi
American industry"
mate" that f., such as may become permanent in tins
country without the aid Of sot-house culture,
3. The Protection must, In quantity be mean" or
middle, and 80 high as TO insure moderate degree 0f
profit" and so low as with duo sll ana economy 70
the other industries OF the country, and so low 10
eilectualy discourage excessive competition -,
insure pernancnce in price and incentive TO the eXer
These surely arc the exact elements of that grea, fun
damenal law touching Protection and the degree oti
upon Congress consideration" and enactment into
laws have considered It. Aud after the most careful
consideration OF which am capable, say Oft two
things The first ia that approve it-cOmpeteiy and
whOy-apprOye both as 10 It's general principles aud
its detas-apprOye 1t both what believe TO be the
true doctrine upon this subject, and as formula OF
great terseness cOmprehensiVeness, ana eXacne's Tor
the announcement Of Just relations OF American egss
ton to American Industries Ihe other thhg say Oh "
is that emb0des the doctrines OF the Republican party
tive utterancs OF our great party. Begin you please
with the Convention which first nominated Mr. Lincoln
reason OF the vastes of It's numbers and the eminenee
ability, aud commanding influence OF Us mem6ershpi
A mere phenomenon, connecting ITSELF In clVlZatOns
history with the deathgrappe between two antasohstl
cal forms OF civilization, how strange II wasi As ths
bodv which gave 10 the Republic for first hm
Who has passed the first place IN lame Us aehdeI oi
the rights and dignity OF labor the OohHeaUTa Dar ~ as
Co1venon is a epoch But these are not Its chief emf
In what by It's platform % Of 9 oOn
acknowledgements in what IL compelled 70 be ad'
pizad ights of man How amazing have been the re.
anita OF that Conventions legislation on the worlds az
fars-n the organic structures of government, the
ESSENTIAL rights OF man under governments-upon the
istence OF GOvernment seH-up0n the cause OF civil
liberty and the very endurance among men, Of repub
|
weightest affairs or this globe, the expansive influence
docIrne of that second resolution, affirming the equality
~ man under government and law OF the third reso.
tOn declaring this Union TO be indstruoube and OF the
seventh resolution, declaring liberty to be universal and
Tended against its blight But in this family Of ilusr
Ous things 1.-THE l2thl which was hailed by the
vast Convention with voice that was absolutely start
ling. The Conventions shout was caught by the mutt.
tude without aud was passed from city TO clty ana o
hamlet 20 hatnet until the very Repn6e rocked upon
approval OF that PLATFORM ana OF TINS 18th resolution
was ratified by plurality vote OF half million
That twelfth resolution OF the hrst National paormd
O Re.o5d That While providing revenue the support th. g.u
o. s. P s ogntr% S5 We eommepd tb poey Of Tp sr
change which leaves 70 the workngmen liberal wages sgrua
prices mechanics ani manufacturers an de4 reward
r their M labor aud enterprise snd TO the natou commercial Ps
Passing over, Us we are compelled 20. similar auhor
tatiye utterances take Ohios and lowas platforms Ia
1870 in these words tariff for revenue indspen-
dical to the industrial and producing interests OF any
class section, while securing to the home producer
gans and noss similar, as Is this years IN Oho
doubt whether In all the history Of free thought ee
government there to De found upon great question
or economy unity of principle and OF purpose so com
plete, honorable and patriotic as that unity TO which
| have now referred you IN the Republican party
The POSSIBILITY OF HARMONY AMONG REPUBncASs on
THE TARIFF
In regard TO the test question OF the actual duties 10 h
| imposed Sir shellabarger remarked:
Now, venture to make the affirmation, that in regard
to the precise duties TO be rock upon which
it is affirmed party s about to make utter and disa
trous shpwreck-there not least among the masses
OF people radical difference which need or will en-
danger the ultimate integrity OF our party admit ina.
! among them who assume 10 lead and make our tlria
literature, ami especially that part Of our Literature
which we get from Inspirations alien 70 US, there
schism. But copy the words Of my most ex
ceent colleague Mr. Stevenson, who leads the Revenue
Reformers' Of our party from OHIO in Congress ana ap
ply his words to this last named pOn and say rs he sa
in the great debate of March, 1870 Gen schenck We
| are much together than you think we are A.,
Now let us see II our differences 90 deeper ina. Ies
mere surface the "ncdentals," the matters 0f dner
to how best we shall get at what We an o1t
the things "tentatiyc'-and as 80 which eAlerngniS
trial experience Will, by their teachings bring Us quA'
FIRST Who in the Republican party does not revolt a.
the idea OF making law that shall confessedy TAX o'
Of one mans part OF them, ana gl'e 70 an
other without giving TO me taAed man poouD'A''
| equivalent OF some sort There Il no such man -,
Second Neither is there an Intelligent man IN the
country who avors protecting interests here which arc
not Legitimate" That is nobody is for fostering lndus
tries by legislation whose products owing TO the peIa
nent Conditions under which they must ever be produced
here can produced without much greater eApeni
or human aOoI -, san,torod
| For illustration: nobody IL for what was rendered
f,ons by tle cpigram Of an English statesman, MAX
ing protected wine out OF grapes raised IN hothOgSeS IN
| Scotland" L ,,-,,,.., ,.us "a
st that any law which really does have the enect Oh
here creating augmentlng great ana esitimayo
dusry does by necessity bring TO every hSns d o 20
nation other benefits than the revenues may yeuD
our tresury-beneits precisely as real ana colnptha
cIs,rIv within the coguilance oi just egis aton'
and inst as much 20 bc counted IN estimating te
of revenue law. tariff law as Is tins item o ""A'
! revenue it gives the treasury, ,,,., ally
| Among these benefits claimed for law which resly
has this Eject OF creating augmenthg III our cou
~ ,,sat industrv or industries may be named suchls
nlior ones as These that by adding home 10 aJWey.
cnmnr,tnn won secure an ultimate reduction OF poe'