The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-05

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oysm, and the group produced about Sl4,- |
IA 0oo Of revenue last year. Besides
ssSvins "a source Of public revenue,
what intellieent man falls to see that the
metals are the basis OF all the macnlnery;
tools, and Implements OF every inonsHy
More than any other In the woro,s NE
tory this Is the age when inventive genius
is bending all Its energies 10 devise means
to increase the effectiveness oil human ~,
Dor. The mechanical wonders displayeu
al our Centennial Exposition are sui
fclent illustration.
The people that cannot make their own
implements OF industry must be contentto
lake very humble and subordinate place
in ne family Of nations. The people that
cannot. al any time, by their own previous
training, arm and equip themselves tor
war must be content TO exist BY the
sutferauce, OF others.
/ do not say that no rates In this group
are too high. Some Of them can safely DO
reduced. But l do say these industries
could not have attained their present sue
cess without the national care; and 70
abandon them now will prevent their con.
tinued prosperity.
Further along IN his speech, General
Garfield quoted the following remark
from Mr.. Tucker:
Why should we make pig-iron when
with Berkshire pigs raised upon our tarms
We can buy more iron pigs from England
than we can get by trying TO make them
ourselves? We can get more iron pigs
rom England for Berkshire pigs than we
can from the Pennsylvania manufacturers.
why, then, should l not be permitted to
send there for them?
The reply that General Garfield made
to that pleafor free trade was as follows:
"For single season, perhaps, his plan
might be profitable to the consumers Of
iron, but II his policy was adopted as q
permanent one It.would reduce us 70 a
merely agricultural people. whose chiel
business would be to produce the simplest
! iron materials by the least skill and cul-
tme. and let the men oil brains OF other
countries do our thinking for US, and pro
vide for Us all products requiring the
cunning hand Of the artisan, while we
would be compelled to do the drudgery
for ourselves aud Tor them" ,e.
The speech from which we are qpotiDt
| Is studded all through with similar unmis
taxable declarations in favor OF the policy
Of protection, and how Speaker Randall
Iif he As correctly reported, should have
ever yentured to say that General Garfield
was not on record in favor Of protection IL
matter that he and his friends, for thu
sake OF his reputation, should explain,
One Of the grounds on which Genera
Garfield opposed the Wood bill, was, il
his own words, because Il seeks 70 criPph
die protective features 9th tae."
Upon the general subject Of tariff legis
lation, Gen. Garfield expressed himself III
the following statesman-like manner:
Too much Of our tariff discussion has
been warped by narrow and sectional con
siderations. But when we base our action
upon the conceded national Importance o.
The, great industries have referred TO-
when we recognize the fact that artisans
and their products are essential to the
gell.being OF our country, 1t follows that
there 10 no dweller In the humblest cot
tape on our remotest frontier who has moi
| a deep personal interest in the legislation
| THAT shall promote these great national 1n'
dustries. Those arts that enable our
nation to rise in the scale OF civilization
bring their blessings to all, and patriotic
citizens will cheerfully bear q fair share oil
the burden necessary to make their coun'
try great and selfsustaining. l will de-
fend tariff that is national In It's aims,
that protects and suslains those interests
without which the nation cannot become
great and selI-sustaining.
So important, in my view, Is the ability
Of the nation to manufacture all these ar
tiCles necessary to arm, equip, and clothe
our people, that il it could not be secured
| in any other way would vote to pay
money out Of the Federal Treasury 10
maintain Government iron and steel, wool.
en- and cotton mills, at whatever cost.
Were we to neglect these great interests
and depend upon other nations, In what Q
condition OF helplessness would we lind
ourselves when we should be again in.
yolyed in war with the very nations on
whom we were depending to furnish Us
these supplies2 The system adopted by
our fathers Is wiser, for II so encourages
the national industries as to make 1t pos
sible at all times for our people 10 equip
themselves for war, aud at the same time
increase their intelligence and skill 80 as to
make them better fitted for all the duties
OF citizenship both in war and In peace
We provide for the common defense by Q
system which promotes the general wei
fare.
We think that after reading all the ex'
tracts we have given above from General
Garfeld's speech against the Wood bill
that most Of our readers will not need tc
be assured that Speaker Randall made ar
egregious mistake at Bellaire-one that
will do him and his party decided harm
in the record. No fair minded man will
countenance such an outrageous misrep
sentation.
One more quotation and we have done
In closing bis remarks against the Wood
bill, General Garfield expressed himself al
follows:
A bill so radical in It's character, so dan
gerous to our business prosperity, would
work infinite mischief at this time, when
the country is Just recovering itself from .
long period Of depression and getting again
upon solid prourd, Just coming up out o.
the wild sJa OF panic and distress which
tossed us 80 long.
Lett be remembered that 90 per cent o.
all the laboring people Of this country are
artisans engaged in manufactures. Theil
culture has been fostered by our tariff
laws. 1t Is their pursuits and the skil
which they have developed that produced
the glory Of our centennial exhibition
To them the country owes the splendor o
the position itholds before the world more
than TO any other equal number OF ou
citizens. II this bill becomes law, 1
strikes down their occupation and throw
into the keenest distress the brightest ant
best elements OF our population.
l implore this House not to permit Us Il
be thrown into great confusion, either by
letting this bill become law, or by letting