Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-09-25
GARFIELD'S
TARIFF RECORD !!
More "Mud' From the Official
Records of Congress.
His First Votes as a Congressman
Against Protection,
And Avows His Sympathiss With
the Free Traders.
He Aids in Cutting Down the Du-
ties on Iron and Steel,
Which Have Made Recent Immense
ImpOrtations Possible,
Stopped the Mills and Thrown
Wheeling Mechanics out
of Work.
How About the Poor Mans Break
fast Table:
He Takes the Tariff on Iron and
Puts it on Tea and Coffee.
The Reasons Why Errstt, Bayne
and Kelley BoIted His Nom
ination for Speaker.

those who arr laborlng men, TO the an
nexed very interesting bit OF history.
1t is a statement, taken from official re-
cords, Of the course James A. Gar
field, their Presidential candidate, has
pursued in Congress with regard to the
tariff, upon which question the organs
which support him daily assert him to
he sound. Study his speeches and votes.
and Judge :Or yourselves.
Garfeld's FRS, Vote in Congress Against
the Tariff
The first sess.o on OF Congress OF which
Garfield was a member, was the iirsi
session OF the Thirty.eighth Congress,
ls63-6i. This was the session in which
the tariff was raised. from the 'Gl tariff
OF 81, to - per ton on pig iron. On
page 1922, Part 1, Of the Congressional
Globe OF 1864, June 9TH, We find James
A. Garfield voting to reduce the pro.
posed tariff on railroad iron from 50
down to 90 cents per hundred pounds,
and on the final vote on raising the tariff
his vote is not recorded. On the reduc-
ton Of the proposed duty on railroad
iron he voted in opposition 10 every
protective tariff man in the House, in.
cluding such men as Judge Kelley, Thai.
Stevens, and Gen. Moorhcad, OF Pitts.
burgh, Pa.
The rest OF GarlieIds tariff record We
premise by stating the facts that the
tariff Of ~, the highest ever known in
the country, was - per ton on pig iron;
the tariff OF '45 altered this duty to 80
per Ct nj. at "a Orcm, and the taril Of -
changed this again to u per cent. In
March, ISL, this tariff WAS changed
again to 81 per ton, and then again in
1851 raised to >p--,he fsuTc OF the old
t.riH 80 ~.
Garfield Avows HIS Free Trade Sympa-
thies.
Ii was at this figure when the tariff OF
1870, was introduced, on which occasion
James A. Garfield made the following
remarks:
"As an abstract theory OF political
economy, FREE TRADE has many ad-
yocates and much can be said in its IA.
vor: nor will il bc drnied that the schol-
arship 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 FREE TRADE"
Judge W. ID. Kelley, the great tariff |
champion OF Pennsylvania, denied this |
and cited the writllgs of Henry &. !
Carey, whcreupon Garfield said in re.
ply:
II detract nothing from the great
ability and the acknowledged fame OF
Mr.. Carey, when ! say that on this sub |
ject he represents minority among the
financial writers OF our day. am try.
ing to state as fairly ~ can the present
Of the question; and in doing
so ! affirm that the tendency 0f modern
thought is toward FREE TRADE
Gartield's speech on the Tariff Of 1870,
Page 26S, Part I, Appendix to Congress.
lonal Globe, 2d Session, il>t CongrsJ
April lst, 1870.
Garaeli Votes ID Make sweeping Reduc-
,tions in Tarln.
True to those remarks we find Gar
field voting to reduce the 81 duty on pig
ron To - per ton, and il was - re-
iuCed by the following section ui H..
aw, on page 103 and o.. Laws Of 1. :,
Part :, Appendix, ID Session Ais, Con-
,ress:
SECTION p, iad js il ennr'd, That after
he 3lst dav Oi December lsGg ~ lieu oi
he duties now imposed by law on the
lrtcles hereinafter enumerated or pro.
,ided for. imported from foreign cOun.
ries, there shall be- levied, coll, ctcd AMI
paid the fo lowing duties anl rates Of
iutieS, that IL to saw
On iron in pigs, seven dollars per ton.
On cast scrap iron O'"ycry description,
six dollars per ton.
On wrought scrap iron, eight dollars
per ton.
Garfeld's vote in ilYOr ol this great
reduction Oi the tar,l o. 1872 and 1864,
gill be found on Page i,l01, Part :, and
again on Page j,j22 Congressional GlOJ,,
Part u, ~ Session il-t Congress.
GArueld votes Against JTONeEliOB, DhN " |
Tax Tea and Coffee
On Page - CyggrrssiBtgi G'yJ', l-t Scs-
sion 42d Congress, will be iound the
record OF Garfield on taxing the tarllI
duties oil coal and keeping said duties
on tea and coffee. The resolution on
the coal tariff reads A. follows:
Be Il resolrcd, H., That from and after
= .l.a.r Vn1nlrnftAn |
tax or duty shall be- collected upon Tor
elgn coal.
On this the vote Of Garfield is record
ed, YEA.
4 bill offered by Randall. Democrat
of Pennsylvania, was next real as i0l'
lows:
Be ca,cteI, &c, That from and alter
the passage of thi, ae, Tea and Coffee |
shall be placed on the !rre list, and no |
further import duties snail be collected |
from the same.
On this the vote OF Garfield is record |
ed, no.
This record shows tli' GIriiell was !
perfectly ~illiu? TO pat rp,i down to |
.ur lowest prize, anI ~ the same time |
voted that those who mined The coal |
should pay the highest price for Tea
and Coffee,
Garfield Votes for Further Reductions In
Tariff on Iron and steel.
In 1872 the Tariff bill ofJune G:h, ihat
year, was voted on and passed th'
House. This bill made sweeping re-
iuction OF ten per centlm IN the I-i!'i
iuties on foreign woods, and on IRON Az" Z
'teel. We quote from It's II section d
ollows: :. .
SECTION 2.-That on and after tne !. !
lay OF August, 1872, in lien 0i the ""'L ~ !
m posed by law on the articles VA {
ection enumerated, there sh~'' u 'T' b
I'd, collected and paid on the gyoIs' o
rares, and merchandise IN 'hIs secl.o!i n
and provided Tor imported a
'om foreign coun.rles, ninety P, b
entum OF the several duties ana rates oi b
uty now imposed by law upon saIi ar A
cles severaliv, 1T BEING THE II. a
ENT OF THIS SECTION To RE v
UCE EXISTING DUTIES On SAID u
RTICLE> TEN PER CEN lCM OF !,
CCH DUTIES, that j: to say; q
On all woods. =;
On all iron and steel, and on all man. :, -
actures OF iron and steel, OF which :.
etals or either OF them shall be the =
part OF chief value, except =
< cotton machinery. .
The vote OF Carl ia on the passage OF :.
lie tariff bill o June 6, 1872, will be
und in the Congressional Globe. Par,