Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-09-30
OURIMPORP DUTIES.

The Tar Question as Viewed from 4
Statesma.'s Standpo Co,r-
ciou OF Republican Manufacturers.
PurINpELPuA, PENN., September %.
Speaker Randall hal walkover yes
rpriav i'm getting Il denomination from
,ue Third Congressional District. As
the Ea-ub.itHuS here-having sent the
bloody shirt 70 wash-Ire making great
aEO over the ta;iH issue, Mr.. Randall
made his reuomipatIOu the OCCASION Tor
a speech ON that question. He was
rhecrej and app'aulcj from en1 to end.
Alter thaukin. the Convention, and re-
marking that this was the
Tenth Consecutive Nomination
bestowed on him, all but the first OF
which mad been unanimous, Mr.. Randall
said
The Democracy hold the judgment
that the public credit Is the very es-
.,...e 10. -. -.ncrll welfare The pub.
rra..ht l., a sacred Obligation, to I've pa |
uu.. no lls' dollar. Republican C~ItHrs
AMI p1.,..l. uWu.sr-UcrrS arc rnt..y-
ORA. 90 lave rIr people believe that the
a.,yru' ID J.r Democratic party to power
VII iu--r.rr" VITA tuc present prosperi-
o. rt tG' country.
Nothn. Can 10 wid-r from the Truth.
do ur' believe /; is in the power of
either p,r,y, ID they would, 10 destroy
our present prosperous condition OF
tyJ'r. Tia. industry OF our people, the
ur.I.g;ivrEy~s ut our soil, and
ilr wants ot foreign ma
lions all combine to enrich
us. Thy-c arprChenSjOns are generally
founded upOu a vague charge as to the
purpose Ol the Democracy 10 destroy
our tariff laws. There is no one who
understands the existing tariff laws who
vii! not admit that they need revision.
They were in the most part
Enacted During Period Of War,
ard 20 raise a war revenue. The Demo
cratic party, however, has not entered
rpuu 4 vicious assault on these laws.
On the contrary, they have avoided adj
vcrs, and experimental legislation on
this great subject, and at the last ses-
sion Of Congress found solution, the
first practical one proposed IN Congress
during the last twenty years.
"Atthe opening OF the present Presl-
dental campaign had occasion to speak
IN the subject, and then said what l
now desire 10 repeat.
That the Correct Solution
OF the tariff controversy was happily
reached in the councils OF the Demo
cratic partv ri the last session OF the
present Congress. A bill was passed by
tine Democratic Senate, AMI is now first
i'm order ON the Speakers table ut the
House, and will surely be acted upon IN
December next, rcmlttiug the revision
of this tariff 70 4 commission OF experts
iyr recommendation 10 Congress. Should
this h,il become = law, as II most likely
will, the question vii. in a great meas
urr. be eliminated from party politics,
and thJt branch OF revenue adjusted IN
A Bus esi-L.Se and Comprehensive
Way.
"l want, in this connection, TO say
few W0r,;s % the manufacturers OF the
country aud % assure them that they
ucri have 40 apprehension OF injury To
their interests in this connection. Inc
highest annual yip.d from customs duties
lurius or since the war was over S2lb,-
ulD.uDO N lN72 Daring the last year.
culu, Jrur&l. 1851. the Ell ,jpmS duties
r,grG.,! SlSGONOOO. The amount nee
,.Sslrv uow Is generally reckOncd at
.i2IVOOjp, and | assert that this
amount cannot be raised IN an
intelligent AMI Business-Lika Manner
ua,u the articles imported which come
in competition with like articles manu-
iaclurcl in tuiS country without giving
ai,png,c protection u our Industries.
There NAV br exceptional industries
which require a greater care, but they
arr lew.
..Thc truth is that the payment OF the
puh'ic debt. principal and interest, Is the
safe guard OF our industries The bur
den of an internal taxation will be hrst
ab,ted. rs our debt shall be reduced by
pavments AMI our expenses decreased
by re- lurtiou in our rate OF Interest.
I,is Better for Our Whole Country,
and especially Tor our manufacturing
interests. that such bill as | have
alluded 10 should become
INV. Will il not be a wise
anI marketable settlement OF the con-
troverSy between tariff for protection
and tariT for revenue? Can't be Sald
that free trade in the present condition
of our country is possible, as advocated
by those philosophical facts as they
now exist? They do not stop fully 10
understand the financial indebtedness
and condition OF our country, and reIv
ON principles that at this time do not
aIirst the mode ior the rclei oi the one
Grthe improvement Of the other.
.rbe EF,-tat Political Coercion
on the part ot some Of our manGtactur-
ers toward their employees should De re-
sisted by every laboring man ana iL., me,
chanic. They give full and adequate
ra,mrn to their employers for all the
wages they receive, and they are not not
called upon TO forfeit their manhood anu
sink themselves into absolute sertdom,
but should be American freemen lnttact
fact as we'll a. in name.