New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-10-18
duERICAN INDUSTRY MIST Re Pro.
T-CTED.

From Gysscs By Gneu. 0ardeN n he Rouse AZ h'ST
Seatatt s. June :. 1870
Gentlemen oppose this view OF public
policy tell lis that tncy faycr tarir 1or revenue
alone / therefore invite their attention ." the
revenue phase of the question. The est4l..ated cX-
nenditurcs for the next fiscal year are
$3.50. 800 900, including interest on the, puhhc
deLt and the appropriations IeguIte4 nS law IUr
estimates the revenues winch our present laws
will furnish at S269OUOOOO; from customs
S133 OOu 600: from internal revenue, Sl2eOUOoU
and from miscellaneous sources HlOOUO,OO".
lie tells us that il will be necessary To cut down
H. ov+,enditurcs II 600. 900 below the estimates
in order 10 prevent deficit ol that amount. me
rveuues of the las fiscal year failed by T32JO,OOO
to meet the expenditures required by law. .
In the lace of these facts can We safely diImnlsh
orr reycnues3 Ii we mean to preserve the pubho
faIth aud meet all the necessities oil the Govern
mcnt We cannot reduce me ptcSenG rTNoiues
SINGLE dollar Yet the majority 0t TINS HouSc not
only prouose to reduce the internal tax on splrle
ana tobacco but they propose IN tins bill To reduce
fine revenues on customs by nj least SGOOO,OOO.
10 avoid the disgrace OF delIcst they propose 10
SUSPEND the operations Of the SINKING ilpd ana
thereby shake the foundation OF thc puDilccleuIt.
Hut they tell us thai some OF the reductions made
~ fins hill will increase rather than diminish the
revenue Perhaps on few articles ims VIII De9
true but as "A whole it IS undenable mat TINS OH
will effect a considerable reduction III the revenues
Gentlemen on the other size have been in the
habit of denOuncing our present taril laws IS ue-
structve to rather than productive OF revenue Lei
me invite their attention 10 few PLAN facts;
During the fifteen years that preceded onr late
raised from customs an average annual revenue Oh
S47 800 OO0 never in any year receiving more IMAM
GI.OOOO0O. That system brought us a , h1eayy
deficit III $50. that Congress was compelled 10
borrow money to meet the ordinary expenses OF the
Government. " ~. =. -
duce an adequate revenuel Trey dcnounce II as
not a revenue tariff. Let them wrestle with the
folloUinp fact during the eleven years that nave
passed since the close of the war we have averaged
$40. 300 600 of revenue per annum from customs
alone Can they say that this is not revenue
tari1 which produces more than three times as
much revenue per aDnum as that law uid when
1bcv delight 10 call I" the revenue tariff y In one
wear ls7., the revenues from customs amouh't, 10
S2lZ 900, 900 Can they say That the present law
does not produce revenue : III prcuuccS from
textile fabrics alone more revenue than we ever
caised from all sources under any laiIh before me
var. From this IT follows that me assault upon
the present law fails II made on the score Vi ieNe-
Bnf wish TO say. Mr. Chairman, that have no
syupathy with those who approach thus question
onl from the standpoint OF Their own local seiisn
interest. " hen man comes to me ana says iut
a probIbtOry duty on the foreign article when
coInpetes with my Product that may gtt rcD
rapidly" he does not eNcIie nv sFUpa'ny NC
repels me and when another says GIVE no pro
lection 10 the manufacturing INDUSTRIES Iol = dln
uor "A manufacturer and 90 not care 10 nave lheih
sustaincd' say that he, too, Is equally Merccnary
and unpariotic. If we were To leglslate ia that
spirit. might turn to the gentleman rom OIilcaeo
and say: 10 not ask Inc 20 vote TOT an appToPIla-
tiou to build a couTthOuse or post oihce III your
CITY: | never expect to get any letters from that
Office and the people OF MY dlS'TICi hoN'i
he in yonr courts If were to act m ths spirit
of narrow isolation should be unit 10r the
national positions we occupy. ,
Too much OF our tariff discussion has been warped
by narrow ana sectional considerations. But
when We base our action upon the conceded
national importance Of the great industries nave
referred to- when we rccOPhiIt INC lac, 'hdt ~ tSs
and their products are essential 10 tho WeIl-belng
of our country it follows that there rs no dwcller
in the humblcst cottage on orr reinolcsl frontier
who has not a deep personal interest," III .o i'SIsI"
fion that shall promote these great national INDUS
tries Those arts that enable on nation 10 rise IN
.bc scale of q gilzatiOn bring Their blessings 10 All
and patriotic citizens VIII cheerIuliF Dral Lair
share of the burden necessary To make Their
cnunfrV great and sci-sustdlning. j VIII defend
n farn that is national IN It's aims mat protects
and sustains those interests ,Wlthont Nh!cn uie
nation cannot become great and selisnhtalnlhV. i
So importaut in my view, ~ the nbiilty ol Inc
nation TO manuiactuTc all thc5e hflei'h neceshhy
10 arm, equip, and cloihe our people. lhat u ~
could moi be- secured IN any othci way houlh
vote 10 nav money out Of the Federal treasury 10
maintain Government IRON and steel w"oleh an!
:on mills at whatever cost. Nei9 We 70 "'pircs
tbese great interests and depend upon DINER
n.tious iu what "a condition at hrlplessness would
w, find ourselves when we hhonld DC again IN
Volved in war with the very nhtIohs on "h.n w, We
were depending 10 furnish ~ thcsc nhppileS INC
system adoptrd by our fathers Is Wiser. lor u so
encourages the great national hdnsiles hs 10 make
ii possible nj all times Tor our p'"P,o o .pap
their intelligence aud skill 40 rs 10 make lhen
bette fitted tor oil the duties ol cih@ehbhlp DOM
In war and in peace. We pfOVlhe I"f tne common
defepce by y system which promotes the general |
/ believe that we ought to seek that point of
stable eaui briu some where between PIonlDltoIy
farili on the one hand, and tarih that gives 10
nrotection on the other. What ~ That point OF !
stable equilibrium In my Judgment II is TINS;
rate high that foreign producers cannot hoou
our markets and break down our home Inanuiac- |
turers Int not so high aSto keep them altogether
ont enabling our manufacturers TO con bine ana |
raise the prices. Ror W high ~ W stimulate an un-