The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21

! sential to American prosperity.
MI. POLAND. OF Vermont, rcPied To some STRIFE
lures OF Mr.. Wood on the revision OF the tariff in
| which Mr.. Wood had stated that the tariff duties
! had been increased by that revision. caused both
by the clumsiness OF the revision anu by the mis-
! chievous Constructions OF :he Treasury Depart.
those VINO critcised the revised statutes IN rela-
! tiGn to The tariff was that they knew nothing
Mr.. SnANKs. OF Indiana. said that II he be-
! lieved that increased tarin was necessary to
| carry on me government he should vote Tor the
| bill; but ne did not believe It, and therefore ne
should vote against the Dill
FARMERS AND MANUFACTURERS
| MIR. DoBBINs, OF New Jersey, sait That as
/ practical farmer ne had always found That under
low rarifr, or under the free trade system the re-
| suit was general devastation. He beheved tnat
the interests OF the farmer and OF the manulac-
turer were mutual When the great mannlac.
| all the interests OF The country were prosperous
Mr.. STORM, OF pennsylvania expressed the pc
bacco would promote lrauds. He thought that
! seventy cents gallon on Wnlskey ana twenty
taxes he was opposed, therefore. to the increase
OF the tex on them and ne was also Opposed Va
the restoration OF the ten per cent on manuiac-
Mr.. ALBRIGHT. Of Pennsylvanis-Are you in
" A HIGH TARIFF ROBBERY
Mr. STORM am, SIR unqualifedly always
have been and am now. believe That the curse
| OF Pennsyvan ia is that we members OF Congress
are here in the character OF beegars, begging for
favors from the national government, and the
fact that the high tariff which has prevailed
since 1860 has over stimulated production until
pig iron and rolled iron are piled up mountain
high, and there Is no market for 1t. indorse the
doctrine OF Mr.. David A. Wells, that high tarin
Is 'rike vaulting ambition which o'erleaps Itself
and falls on the other side."
Mr.. ALBRIGHT-Does not the gentleman know
that iron rose after the reduction OF ten per cent
on the duty? .
large iron manufacturers in Pennsylvania and you
will fnu that they were caught with immense
amounts OF iron on hand. and now, with ali their
asking Congress TO give them an additional bonus
belleve that nigh tariff ID robbery, and nothing
Mr.. SMITH, OF Ohio thanked God that there was
a Representative from pennsylvania who rose
above the peculiar interests OF that Stare. He
dared members from tue West to go home and say
that they had voted TO raise the duty on articles
oil prime necessity.
Mr.. KELLEY OF Pennsylvania, returned the CON-
pliments OF Mr.. Cox, speaking OF him as pnilosO-
pher, statesman and one who must be repre-
sentative. He did not wonder that that gentle
MS Whole policy was that American labor should
be degraded to level with that of other lands.
speaking Of Mr. Cox's carpet-bag proclivittes, he
York and coming back to Congress from q constit-
uency that loved rec trade ana drollery.
REVENUE TARIFF.
| Mr.. BECK, OF Kentucky, expressed himself not
as free trader, but as in favor Of a tarlt1 Tor
! revenue. He hoped that some day the constitu-
ton would be amended so as 10 nave direct taxes
LEVIED. not IN proportion to population but TO
Mr.. MYERS, OF Pennsylvania, opposed the strik.
ing out OF the fifth section, arguing That the great
the great need Of the people, whether in lie, prop
erty or business, was protection. He said
committed Jolly in Fastening TO pay on the ma
tonai debt How shall our empty excnequer be
replenlsned Internal taxes must be raised,
chiefly on luxuries; but such taxes are very
duties on foreign imports. This tarlfr question
divided parties few years SINCE the wings favor
democrats favorlng tariff for revenue, the pro-
lection being Incidental. Yet now, when chance
purely revenue bill most of them aided oy few
| revenue relormers on this slde, object to the
american work worSmen. am sick Of this sectional
cry. This Is not pennsylvania question:. There
no american div inns dass 20
give healthier growth to the rest. We cannot
build up our commerce on either ocean by striking
Dlow at American shipbuliding and buying our
vessels the Clyde. We cannot aid our farmers
to sell then gram by paralyzlng every trade and
by arresting manuiac ures and driving the
people OF the cities into want. The gentleman
from New York does not favor the American wool
grower when ne buys his clothes abroad nor the
| working people who make equally good ones at
hcme. II Is the old syren song-buy at the cheap
est market where pauper labor produces and close
the workshops at home. Did say close them
Illogical reduction OF this ten per cent duty two
years ago. million unemployed people are look
ing to Congress Tor relief t, two hundred OF the
naf OF the furnaces IN the country are out OF
blast the factories St are ., on hai lime
and the shlpyards are almost vacant. NO wonder
the farmer does not prosper. Yet the friends OF
more revenue, stand in the gateway as a bar to
our own labor. protest against this wrong in
Mr. WARD. OF Illinois, offered a proviso putting
emery ore on the free list, and ntlmated that Mr..
( Dawes had been instrumental in having tax OF
So or 81 a ton put dpon 1t because bed OF 1t
had been found In his own district
Mr.. DAWES replied to MIR. Ward, and ironically
deplOred that such breadth OF craftsmanship as
had distinguished the br1er Congressional career
OF that gentleman had not impressed Itself upon
his admiring constituents. II that gentleman had
studied acts more and prejudice less ne would
not have made the speech which he had Just made
because there was no foundation OF iact on which
to base IT, it had its birth IN the New York SUM-
and II any gentleman wanted to know where to
find anything but the truth he commenced him TO
Mr. ONEILL Of Pennsylvania, characterized the
position OF his colleague (Mr. Stormy in avowing
himself a free trader as most remarkable TACT.
IL was the only case OF the kind, with one excep-
| representatives within the last ten years.
Mr.. ATKINS, OF Tennessee, protested against the
increase OF taxation on tobacco and whiskey and
characterized protective tariff as an Injustice.
Mr.. SPEER OF Pennsylvania, In order to show the
Inconsistency OF MS colleague thir. Storm sent
| to the Clerks desk and had read an extract from
speech OF MIR. Storm on the tariff OF 1872.
THE TEN PER CENT RESTORATION.
Mr.. ALBRIGHT declared himself in favor OF the
ten per cent restoration, but not especially as a
Pennsylvania measure, because the South needle
marked tSat his cosasaes mr. Sc siorm
district was the largest manufacturing
I district OF pennsylvania, ana that there
were twenty-five thousand unemployed men
there VINO were knocking at the doors OF Congress
and petitionng their representative to vote Tor q
restoration OF that ten per cent. He had only TO
say that That gentlemans constituents did not
agree with him in subscribing to the doctrines Of
free trace.
Mr. DAWES defended the fifth section OF the
b, not as New England measure, but as a
measure that would bring sS,000,0C0 into the
Treasury and at the sa me time revive industry all
over the country.
FREE TRADE FACTS.
Mr.. COTTON OF Iowa, argued that high tarlff
injured the manufacturers as well as The farmers,
because II ADDED artihclally TO the cost OF manu-
features. so that they could not be sold abroad.
Last year there had been exported only
$4,000 worth OF woOllen goods. while wheat
was exported to the value OF $l0l 100000. A
nlgn tariff injured the farmer by making him
pay an increased price Tor articles made In this
country, while he was compelled. in selling MS
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