Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-09
THE TARIFF.
Its Value to Pennsylvania.
How the Democrats Have -Assailed Il
at Every Opportunity.
What the Republican Party Has Done for
Protection In the Interest Of
the Country and its
Citizens,

p.oysc1Io, In IN. Iet....s ~
the Country and lts
| ViuZenss
In the early stages of the Republic all classes,
all sections and all parties were earnestly for
protective tariff on foreign imports, for the pur-
pose OF encouraging and fostering the establish
ment and permanent maintenance of domestic
production. This was inherent In the spirit of
the revolution, which was as much melted by
the despotic repression of the colonial indus
| tries in order 10 give the permanent control of
the American markets TO British manufactures,
as by any other cause Among the first fruits
| OF the protective policy was the American cot
ton crop. which was fairly protected info ex-
| istence But as I'm the lapse of time the Repub-
| lie became populous and fiourishing and the
| amazing spread of cotton culture made il the
| basis of the formidable political power which
| subsequently assumed the name of the Demo-
| cratic party. a combination of the strong for
/ eign commercial element at New York with the
southern Agricultural force was formed the in
terest OF which Law I'm opposing the protection
/ OF domestic manufactures and fayoring a low
| tariff on foreign goods. on the ground OF fur
nisbing the farmers and planters with cheap
merchandise for consumptiop.
| This southern school of politics was founded
| bv John e. Calboun. of Soutb Carolina. and
although IL was courageously opposed by Presi-
dent Jackson, vet under the auspices of Presi-
| dent Van Rnren ,be whole Democratic nartv
| gradually fell into The arrangement. The rea-
son of this was tbat I'm New YORK. which was
| tba northern centre or The Democratic partv.
the predominant Influence was The foreign i'm
MORT trade When This became fairly established
| and recognized foreign capitaI and com merce
centralized almost irresIstibIv In Ne,, York
c,tv and ARMED with aronle NANCY suunltes for
| no,it,ca, ,vort. from tbose sources the Demo
cratic leaders n, Ne,v yort, and the soptb long
| managed the whole national pol,cv tn suit The
views or ,he aoriculturaI interests of the south
ON the one hand and of foreign commerce ON the
other To coun,erac, This combination tho
friends of nrotection soupbt IN builJ N, MANN
fac,pres in such parts of The soutb as were not
adapted ro the nlanting interests and those
movements we're represeniei nv wbjo s,ates
men n, tho sop,b ike Ciav CIavto, Roll
Naneam. Crittenden. etc while In the New
England and Middle STATES manufactures grsvv
and s,reno,benas in conseouence of the enor-
wors inenx OF rora,g, ,abor
rur r.prrr x,rrox,r orrsrro~
r,v mo, MIN The graa, prssi,an,,a1 co,,-
Nf t0F fol r1N %
na,IopaI tas, ores,ion The dafsat or van
Rpren led tn the MASSAGE or the Protective Tar,g
of ,s,, pnder which All hrancbas of nrosnc,,va
ipdus,rv ,oo, an i,nr,a,sa star, and made sucb
nrocross tho, ,hs rIap,a,ton o,,oo,cny Of ,ne
sop,b saw tho dawn or their noIicv and novar
nnIass n reoc,Ion copId he effected Irnon the
nlain and onen tSsne or Free Trade This cou,d
no, he done and therefor, n was No, a at,er,n,ad
Rpt nv the snrewd devise nj tne annexation of
Texas a ponuIar cry was RAISED on which the
Damocra,s aOain ATTAINED the control NJ the
Administration and Congrsss The Iror,a,ta,e
resu,t was the massage of the low tartror ,s.e
and the war with Nexico Irndar This ruIpops
tariff the nrosress made unier the Protect,ve
Tar,n was mostly lost
When. during Iackson,s administration
Soutb carolina urdertoo. IN nulltrv the nro
tectfve duries n Copnrom,se Tartfr was on
acted. Rut when the tariff of 1912 WAS passed
strongly protective as II was. no resistance was
offered ar Threatened PubIic sentiment, had
advanced. Statesmanship resorted to strategy
instead OF menace. Extending the area Of The
Republic was but a device TO enable The cotton
power to recover centrol and enac, a low tariff.
Accordingly the Tariff OF 1876 was passed bv
the casting vo,e of Vice President DalIas and
signed by President Polk. both of whom. while
candidates for those offices. were heralaed as
friends of the existing Tariff of 1872 So trans-
parent was this trick that even the war fever
did not prevent the decisive defeat of the Demo-
cratic ticket at The Presidential election of 1913
During The suhseouent Democratic nomina-
lions of Presidents Pierce and Buchanan free
trade had fuii swing bacause tbere was no no,i,,
cal element strong enougb to make beadwav
against the Democratic partv. This was caused
by the fact that the concentration of foreien
canilol and commerce n, New YORK had becor,e
enormous. and was wholly on the Democratic
side. while al the south the planiatIon o,iearcbv
had completely crushed the Wing element and
made the soutb a Democratic unit. Slavery az
the south and foreign capital at New York were
the bases upon which the formidable strength of
the Democratic partv was buitup In the na-
ture of things such a party could notbe expected
10 favor the growth of domestic industry. and II
never did. From catering IN an Agricultural
population at The south. IL passed naturally IN
efforts 10 make the farmers of the north and
west believe their interests hostile 10 protection
Rut no sooner did the Renublican Marty oh,ain
The mower IN enact a protactive tarifr than i, did
so. ana has firmly maintained thai polIcy ever
since. No sooner. however. had the war ended
and with II the vast demand for money than
the Democratic leaders renewed their attacks
upon the protective tariff mainly under the in
fiuence of the foreign oapifal centralized in New
York Every successive Congress since the
war has been agitated by Democratic efforts to
modify or repeal the protective duties
CONTROLLING THE SOLID sOUrU.
These did not gather much force untII the
confeterates recovered control of The solid
south. and since that time The er;,rts at frae
trade have been omen. undiseuisad and dss-
perate In the last eighteen wears Renpbltcan
polIcy has erected a stupendous fabric or do
mesric industry al, over the north and uas, ard
in many narts of the soptb. The western IN
dus,ries have risen tn colossal nropor,ions no
if by magic. Yet. In The only two Denocratic
Congresses we have had since ,S,o the mos,
Iaborious efforts have been made to destroy the
protective system. and to epac, tariff schedules
for the dIscouraeement of native rnapufac,ures
and favorine The competIno foraiyp goo,s
When Mr. Kerr democrat [, was elected sneak
of the House OF Representatives, he appointet n
Committee OF WAYS and Means with a decided
free trade majority, which spent IFS entire
time in vain endeavors to mature and mass a
free trade tariff. Mr.. Randall (Democratl. The
present Speaker, appointed a similar commit
tee, headed by Fernando Wood an ultra Free
trade Democrat Thai committee tnade tho
most outrageous ,arir for tho o,,.os.il,,, :,
,ar,oa, ,n,,,s,r,o. - -, ,,L., ~
..,a. 80 ,.,,a,,ao,,, -, -. ~
We, 80 .''"' wen iiie ree-
''aue VI sons ofioseu ~ 10 upii anu ioolisn.
AUG "k"'ne"' PieSe"'eu "y Tue ofoaa COM
"oh se"'e vi 1A""ie" "oAson' ina. ov ui'efsi-
iyihs inc employ menus vi 'ne people, the mar
heS ior agricultural prouuce would De I'M
Pio'eu' has siauuaiy oeeohie the accepted doc
lrine ioi hor'aern anu western iarmers' all oil
"no" iaVor manufactures ior that reason. But