Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-04-03
The Democracy The Chiuamen and Free
Trade-Remarks Of Hon. Simon Came.
ron on Free Trade, Tariff and Protec.
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1raue-KenlarkS OF Hon. Simon Came.
ron on Free Trade, Tariff and Protec.
tion.
The Democratic party has exhibited
hostility to the cheap labor of the Chinese
beeause--it says-Cbinamen reduce the
wages of American mechanics and Amer.
lean Labor generally. At the same time
the chief leaders of the Democratic party
have all along been in favor of reduc'
lion OF the duty or tariff ON goods and
articles manufactured and produced by
pauper labor in Europe. Who can ex-
plain this inconsistency Free goods
and other articles produced in European
countries and elsewhere by pauper labor
aud that is almost the only kind Of
labor they have in foreign Countries
and introduced into the United States
free of duty or tariff, would soon bring
American labor 10 level with foreign
labor
Leading Republicans favor free trade
or no duty or tariff on such articles as
tea, coffee, &c, that are raised outside of
the limits of our country, and protec-
tive tariff on all such articles as are not
raised or produced within the limits of
our government.
Senator Cameron spoke to these points
as follows, in the United States Senate,
on the goth of March last:
Mr. Cameron voted for the exon
Grafton of tea and coffee from duty, be-
cause | believe that measure to be right.
There is no house in the whole United
States go humble that its inmates do
not use either tea or coffee. No family
is so poor that it does not sometimes use
one or the other. / have always acted
on my votes on such questions upon the
ground that it was my duty as repre-
sentative of the people, the lowly as well
as the high, to take care of the humble
who cannot take care of them selves.
When Mr.. Polk was President of the
United States, he sent in special mes
sage asking Congress to put a duty on
tea and coffee, and it was made party
question. belonged to his party then,
but l refused to vote for it; and when
ever have had an opportunity to vote
on that subject, l have voted to make
these articles of primo necessity in the
houser of the poor free.
My course through life has always
been, if wanted to succeed, to do one
thing at a time. 1t is an old maxim, l !
believe. that if you do but one thing at
time, you will be likely to do it with
better execution. trust. therefore, that |
the gentlemen who want other articles
made free will let this tea and coffee bill
be disposed of by itself.
The Senators from Mary land, think,
vote against protection TO everything
except coal. Now, sir, the people of
Pennsylvania need no protection to their
coal. They have special article of coal
that no other part of the world produces,
and it can take care of itself. | vote for
duty on coal, however, because it is
my desire to take care Of West Virginia
and Maryland They have coal and
they have salt, which are in great danger
of being useless to them unless they
have some protection. Their represent
atives know that, but do not seem to
appreciate that their States and other
portions of this country have interests
that they must help to protect if they ex-
pect help from us. The people of Illinois
have almost as much interest in coal as
the people of Vest Virginia. Presently 4
when coal f.om Nova Scotia comes up
the lakes and around to Chicago free of
duty, the coal owners of Illinois will be-
gin to complain. They have more coal t
in Illinois than there is in any other part
IF the world in the same extent of terri. .
ory. and they have in Indiana-not only !.
IN immense quantity of coal, but better =
,oal for certain specific purposes, except
hat coal in Pennsylvania, than there is i
n any other part of the world. t
Mr.. Trumbull. There is nothing
bout coal in this motion.
Mr. Cameron. ! know there is moth 4
az about coal in this motion, but you o
annot expect the coal to be taken care a
{ if those who are interested in coal do e