Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-10-09
Tea and Coffee

Tea and Coffee.
On the 7ih oi July, 1850. General Gar
field delivered \ speech in the House oi
Representatives., at Washington, IN
Committee oi the Whole. in which he
endorsed the Tariff system cf GIea;
Britain, as follows:
"Mr. Garfield: desire la call the n
tention of the committee 10 two or three
points which have n bearing on this sub.
ject, and 20 give the reason why ! hope
we will not ~ 'rr' -" hu'v either on
tea or coffee. In the first place, 1t is the
genius Ot our wn"Ic Sls.cuH, and TIE tN'
perience OF the Government has approv'
ed it, that the best way OF raising rev
enue is TO impose duties on the irwcs,
possible articles. Twenty-Five years ago
in England there were more than LOO
different articles on which duty was
imposed, AMI nov they have been ="
reduced that upon five articles more
than half the revenue Of the country ~
collected. In England in 1863 1884,.
100000 OF revenue were raised, and Of
that sum $iS9, 9,OC00.0O0 wer>' derived
from five articles, namely: fermentcd,
malt and spl'ltuous liquors. aud tea.
coffee and tobacco and sugar in their
various forms.
81 say that these five articles all l'rlri
the government ci Great Britain $50,
OOO, 900 of its revenue. the total IL Hh.ch
was S35i 100000. Thus almost two.
thirds OF the revenues were raised from
five articles, AMI two oi the five wcrr
coffee and tea. TScnty.two million
five hundred thousand dollars were
raised in Great Britain IN the year 1860
on tea alone, and the consumption OF
that article IL steadily Increasing IN that
country. 1t IL now two AMI seven.
tcnths pounds per cdDit, uf the pnpula.
ton, whereas IN tins country thc con
sumption, though increasing, has
only reached one pound ycr cnp'tn ]
say then that We have no artir" which
the experience oi all financial nations
sho VIZ can better bear the dnty without
reducing the consumption than tea.
"Fnrthprmo"n tlr- IL on" Il H." '"r
articles on which We can levy q duty
without duriiratiOn Ui taxation aii
without directly involving other inter
ests. 1t il a simple aud PLAN question
OF revenue. There ~ no other ariir!"
into which 1t enters as an element. -
Confessional GioJr, Part ". lst S"s.
sion, 39th Congress, up. 3,6j' 3.GjS
The idea oi thns. who favor a p'o:cr
tive tariff is Ia levy duties on sn'h pro
duets Of for'ig countries as are a!'D
produced in this country rather than on
products like tea and coffee which have
no place in American history. Tn"
British system is cNacIly the opposite
and for that system General Garfield
contended in the speech from which Tia"
foregoing quotation has been made.
Ia 1863 tien Grii.i was elected an
honorary member 81 the tObirn Cub
Of England. an association OrganiZ"l TOR
the purpos. Of disseminating Ire" trai"
doctrines through tn" world.
On February 10, lS12, III" proposition
TO place tea aud conr. on the ire" list
was again made in Congfc-s The p'o.
tectionists favored the proposition be.
cause they desired 10 rLlso revenues
from articles IN the prDinctlDn Di "uI"n
our people compete with ihns" Oi tore isn
countries. Tucrclprr al the memf"r-
OF Congress from Pennsylvania, inc.ni.
ing Hon. W. -. Kelley, vot..l for 'he
repeal oi the dstI.s on tea aUd cuir".
Gen Gattir,d vDiri against the rrp"AI.
See CJnJ tssjDnIi Gbtr, - Stssl0t. i-d
Congress, part II, .. LIS.
Foreign Coal
On the l3 n oi March, 1871, the .oi'o..
ing Joint resolution was passed 10y the
House o: Representatives:
b, Il rGci,H &c , That from aat af'cr
the pass,g" oi this Joint resolution n
tax or ,!u,y -hall b. levied or cOll.cte:
on foreign coal
On Ia, passage oi ihi. resolution Gen.
Garfield voted Iys See TJnyr'sgDa1l
Giobc. Part l.. ~ Congress, p. -.
The lIUn. ". ID Kelley and all other
members OF Congres. in favor Of rrorec.
ton voted against TIN. pint resolution
repeating the duty on cosl.
Foreign Iron &C.
Daring the frs, session Oi the Thirty
e; <hth CJnsress the tarih on pig iron
Vas raised from S 10 80 per ton. On
pagr 3.3l2. Part ", of the C1ngr,o,onai
GGl- of 1864, June 9Th, We tind James
A. Garfield voting 10 reduce the pro-
posed tariff on railroad iron rom eighty
| down tOslKty cents per nuhlrci pOuhb-,
AMI on the final vote Of raising the tAfIi!
his vote i. no, recorded. On The reduc
ton Of the duty Oh railroad iron he vo'
ted in opposition 10 every pro'ectl'.
tarid man in the House. including such
men az Judge Kelley, Thalieu. stevens
and Gen. J. X. Moorehsad- In 1870
the duty OF 50 per ton on pig iron va.
reduced to s. per ton. Gen. GARFIELD
voted for the reduction. ln 1872 a bii
| making a reduction of ten per cent. IN
the dutie. on wools. iron and steel pass
ell Congress. This bill provided:
That on and after the lst day o
August, 1872, in lieu Of the duties im
posed by lax on the articles IN tins SEC
ton enumerated. there shall be i-Sied
collected and pail on the goods, ware'
and merchandise in this section enurner
J ated and provided for, imported from
foreign countries. ninety per centu'n o
the several duties and rates oil OUT.
nov imposed by iaw upon said article
l .~vsr.llv n heinv the intent OF this Sc