New-York tribune., 1872-04-29
MORE TARIFF TURMOIL.
CrT!ovS SPEECH BY MIR. BURCHARD-A NOVEL
THEORY OF BOCNTIES-" WARNING TO MAN
ITACIUEIEG STATES.

CTI! = SPEECH BY MIR. BURCHARD-A NOVEL
THEORY OF BOCNTIES-" WARNING TO MAN
UTACIUEI2G STATES.
uY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEi
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-Mr. Burchard of
Iuois w4o together with MI Finkelnburg, is under
stood re- patcrua responsible for the Tariff
IA, now before tHe HoGse, made long speech in its
sap,a cu SATURDAY., wl,ch listened to with great
atte, o. When :lr. Burchard went upon the Ways and
Mean Committee last December. he understood to
d moderate Protcc;ioEist, but his speech Indicates
Tia. Ao has fully adopted the theories Of the Free
T-..l.. Indeed, he is reported to have said TO his
i,al> that his investigations member Of the Com
uitce have caused lin to lose the little belief that he
ever bad in The wisdom of Protection. He constantly
r c.sel to ;ar.G duties his speech as tariff
luuI'..s,' and he exhibited some curious tables
ir.ousy made up 10 give plausbility 10 the theory
Tat a jarn benefits only the industries protected. and
thu the expense OF all others. He said that there
were over three hundred thousand able bodied men
dlawiug pensions from the wealth OF the county
through the tariff laws and he read schedule showing
Tic OF persons employed in each Of the ten pro-
tee; industries in the country, and the amount Of
bouuty they receive per odpitd according to his the
lie held that the tariff had largely diminished ex-
ports within the last years and that the decline in
thiJhuiidng due to its injurious effects The salt
bounty, he declared. amounted to s2S5o.OOO Of which
$4,000 went 10 the OnOndasa salt Company alone.
Pennsylvania lie charged with deriving $A,OOo.oO6
bounty annually which S200OC,OO0 more than the
pro rata share of her citizens. He maintained
the Tarf laws exacted so cents year from every
man, woman and child in the nation, to support the
miners and ron-workers Of that State. The "bounty"
paid 20 the paper-makers Of New Eugland, New-York,
Ncw-Jerscv, and Pennsylvania, sl7 100000,
EO0DOOO0 Of which, he said, exacted a contrbu-
tiou from Other States The manufacturers OF wooden
goods secured from the people, he said bounty"
ceeGing $5OcOOOOO annually, OF which over s2000O
collected by States from the remaining States OF
tho Union. Massachusetts, he accused OF receiving
100000 from other States, beside what her manufac-
turers collected from her farmers and producers
The cotton "bOuuty" he estimated at $5l,OOO,0DO Of
which ne charged Massachusetts, with $l7,OOO0OO, and
Rhode Island with S7COO,O00
Carrying out his ~ bounty" theory, Mr. Burchard pro-
GUced elaborate table exhibiting the amount Of
bOunties each State account the wooen
and cotton tariffs and the contributions exacted from
other States pay the bounty the exhibit making
a,ayar that the Western and Southern States are
enormously taxed for the benefit OF Eastern manufac
turers lie followed this table with another, exhibiting
per head OF the wealth Of each State, which,
said, showed where the benefits Of tariff bOunties"
received. He then proceeded 10 repeat the usual
that high protective tariff does not ill the Treasury
u the country, but the pockets Of the manufac-
rers. After explaining the character OF the reductions
proposed by the bill on various articles he appealed 10
bill offered IL they insisted upon being paid
al annual bounty Of SEQ at the expense Of the
taxpayers OF tie other States he warned them that the
etastcs OF the Census Bureau would IA tribute
payug people.
Feru.ndo Wood also spoke upon the Tariff bill chiefly
5n defc OF the OF his Democratic colleagues
5he repeal OF the and coffee dsties large part of
1s speech had connection with the Tariff related
IL exces OF appropriations out of the large
econ co from sales or old Inatfral.