South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-10-08
Garaela,a Tari4 record


to the annexed very interesting bit of
history. 1t is statement, taken from
official records, OF the course James
"A. Garfield, their Presidential candi-
date, has pursued in Congress with
regard to the tariff, upon which ques-
ton the organs which support him
daily assert him to be sound Study
his speeches and votes and judge for
yourselves.
Gsr6eld's Fir 81 Vote in Congress Against the
Ts,ia
The first session of Congress Of
which Garfield was member, was the
first session of the Thirty-eighth Con-
gress, 1864. This was the session
IN which the tariff was raised, from
the 81 tariff of SO to 50 per ton on
pig iron. On page 1922, Part !, of
the Congressional Globe of 1864,
June 9th, we find James a. Garfield
voting TO reduce the proposed tariff on
railroad iron from so down 10 go
cents per hundred pounds, and on the
final vote on raising the tariff his vote
is not recorded. On the reduction of
the proposed duty On railroad iron he
voted in opposition to every protec-
tive tariff man in the House, inclu-
ding such men ~ Judge Kelley, Thad
Stephens, and Gen. Moorehead, of
Pittsburgh, Pa.
The rest Of Garield's tariff record
we premise BY stating the Facts that
the tariff Of AZ, tho highest ever
known in the country, was 50 per
ton on pig IRON; the tariff of 40 alter
ed this duty to 80 per cent, al volorem,
and the tariff of 81 changed this
again 10 % per cent. IN March,
1861, this tariK was changed again to
So per ton, and then again in 1864
raised to S9-thc figure OF the old
tariff Of ~
Garield Avow5 his Free Trade Sympathc,.
1t was at this figure when the tariff
Of 1870, WAS introduced, on which oc-
casion James a. Garfield made the
following remarks:
CAS- an abstract theory of political
economy, free trade has many advo-
Gates and much can 5e said in its IA
vor; noE will it ba denied that tile
scholarship Of modern times is largely
on that side that large majority OF
the great thinkers OF the present day
are leading in the direction of what is
called fres trade
Judge ". D. Kelley, the great tariff
champion OF Pennsylvania, denied
this and cited the writings OF Henry
e. Carey, whereupon Garfield said il
reply.
al detract nothing from the great
ability and the acknowledged fame OF
Mr.. Carey, when say that on this
subjec the represents q minority among
the financial writer's OF our day. |
am trying to state as fairly &c | ca
the present condition and in doing
30 | affirm that the tendency Of nod
ern Thought is toward freq trade
LGartield's speech on tho Tariff OF
1870, Page $50, Part 7, Appendix to
Congressional Globe, 81 Session, 41st
Congress, April 1st, 1901
Garfield Votes 20 Naks Sweeping Reductions ia
TcriE.
True to those remarks we find
Garfield voting 10 reduce Tic % duly
on pig iron TO 81 per ton, and il was
so reduced by the following section
of the law, on page7o3 and 90l, Laws
of y. s, Part Z, Appendix, "a Session
41at Congress:
Section q, And be it enacted -
That aFte~ the 3Ist day Of December
1869, IL lieu of tha duties now in
posed by law on the articles hcreinaf-
tor enumerated or provided for I'M
ported from foreign countries, there
shall be levied, collected and paid the
following duties and rates Of duties,
that is 20 say u
On iron in pigs, seven dollars per
ton.
On cast scrap iron ofevery deecrip-
ton, ak dollars per ton.
On wrought scrap iron, eight dol
lars per ton.
Garheld's vote in favor of Chs
great reduction OF The tariff OF 1912
and 1864 Will be found on Page 4,
l01. Part ), and again on Page 5,52Z
Congressional Globe, Part q, al
Session 4Ist Congress.
Garfield Votes Against Protsciioa, bot to Tax
Tea ari Coffee
On Page 81 Congressional Globe.
1st Session al Congress. viii he
found the record of Garfield ON TAX
ing tie tariff duties of coal and
keeping said duties on ten and coffee.
The resolution on tho coal tariff roads
"a follows:
BE it resolved &c, That from and
after the passage Of this Joint resolu-
ton no tax or duty shall be collected
upon foreign coal
On this tic vote Of Garfield 10 ~
corded, yea.
4 bin offered by Randall, Demo-