Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-14

quence OF this duty on coal, they think
it wise TO perpetuate this tax. which Is
OF 30 little value either to the whole
country or the treasury. think IL un-
wise to continue this duty on coal and |
am therefore IN Japor Of Us repeat =
Congregational GIoJe, Part l., Isl session 42d
Congress.
The Hon. w. ID. Kelley and all
other members Of Congress in favor of
protection voted against this joint res
olution repeating the duty on coal.
FOREIGN IRON, ETC.
During the first session of the
Thirty-eight Congress the tariff on
pig iron was raised from So to 50 per
ton. On page 1912, part ". of the
Congressional Globe of 1864, June u,
we find james A. Garfield voting to
reduce the proposed tariff on railroad
iron from eighty down to sixty cents
per hundred pounds, and on the final
vote on raising the tariff his vote is
not recorded. On the reduction of the
duty on railroad iron he voted in OPP
position to every protective tariff man
in the House, including such men as
Judge Kelley, Ihaddeus Stevens and
General j. X. Moorhead. In 1870
the duty Of SO per ton on pig iron was
reduced TO 81 per ton. General Gar
field voted for the reduction. In
1872 bill making reduction of ten
per cent. in the duties on wools, iron
and steel passed Congress. This bill
provided
THAT on and after the lst day OF
August. 1872, in lieu Of the duties i'm
posed by law on the articles in this sec
ton enumerated, there shall be levied,
collected and paid on goods. wares and
merchandise in this section enumerated
and provided for imported from foreign
countries, ninety per centum OF the
several duties and rates Of duty now
imposed by law upon said articles sew.
orally, Il being he intent of hs section 10
reduce eristing duties on Sad articles Ten per
ee"'u" Of such duties, that is to say
'On all woods.
con all iron and steel, and on all
iron and steel, and on all manufactures
OF iron and steel, of which metals. or
either of them, shall be the component
part OF chief value, excepting cotton
machinery"
The vote Of General Garfield on the
passage of this tariff bill on June q,
1872, will be found in the Congress
siondi Giobe, Part V, ID session 42d
Congress, p. 1862. 1t is recorded yea
Thus it will be seen that General
Garfield voted in favor of every re-
duction of the tariff on foreign iron
during the last sixteen years.
VIEWS on FREE TRADE.
In debate on the tariff question in
the House Of Representatives, on July
10, 1866, 39th Congress, General Gar
field said:
81 am willing as compromise to
favor the reduction of the proposed
duty on railroad iron. and ! presume
the committee on railroads will agree
with me in this. ! think we should
also reduce the proposed duty on salt
and ! have no doubt in several other
particulars we will reduce the rate Of
duty"
Mr.. Thaddeus Stevens replied with
this question:
why not come out honestly and
accept the proposition of the gentleman
from Iowa Mr.. Wilson. who favored a
tariff for revenue only which is a much
more ingenious one p
To which General Garfield respond.
ed that
against the abstract doctrine of free
trade as such very little can be said As
theory there is much TO commend il.
But it can never be applied TO values
crcept in time Of peace.
On April l, 1870, the following de-
bate took place in the House of Rep
resentatives between General Garfield |
and Hon. w. ID. Kelley of Philadel-
phia?
"Mr. Garfield As an abstract theory |
Of political economy free trade has
many advocates and much can be said |
in its favor; nor will it be denied that |
the scholarship of modern times is |
largely on that side that large ma. |
jority of the great thinkers Of the pres. |
ent day are leading in the direction of |
what is called free trade.
"Mr. Kelley; The gentleman says
that no man will deny that the tenden. |
cy of opinion among scholars is toward |
free trade. | beg leave to deny it, and |
do most positively. The tendency of |
opinion among the scholars OF the con. |
tinent is very decided towards protec.
ton. This is strikingly illustrated by |
the recent publication in six OF the |
languages Of the continent Of the vol. |
luminous writings of Henry C. Carey, |
and their adoption as text books in the |
schools of Prussia. think the gentle. |
mans proposition is true of the English |
speaking people of the world, but that |
the preponderant tendency is the other
way" - See Appendir 10 Congressional
Globe, 2d session, 4la Congress, p. 26s.