Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-10-02


our Republican friends, and especially
those who are labor,ng men, to the an
nexei very interesting bit OF history.
II is "A statement, taken IRON official re-
cords, ofthe course James A. Garfield,
their Presidential candidate, has pur-
sued in Congress with regard to the
tariff, upon which question the organs
which support him daily assert him to
be sound. Study his speeches aud votes
and judge ior yourselves.
. Garfeld's tirs, Vote in Congress Against
the Tariff.
The first session OF Congress OF which
Garfield was a member, was the first SEES
sion OF the Thirtv.eighth Congress, lSGS.
81 This was the session in which the
tariff was raised, from the 81 tailii OF 10
10 - per ton on pig iron. On page
S322, Part 4. of the Congressional Gto5e OF
1864, June 9th, we find James A. Gar
field voting to reduce the proposed tar
iii on railroad iron from 50 down 10 %
GEMS per hundred pounds, and on the
final vote on raising the tariff his vote IA
no, recorded. On the reduction Of the
proposed duty on railroad iron he voted
IN opposition To every protective ,ar.h
man IN the House. including such mel
~ judge Kelley, Thad. stevens, ami
Cen. Mo~orrhcal, oi Pittsburgh, Pa.
The rest ol Garield's tariff reco'u We
p-rmiSr hv stating the iacts that III"
t,riT ui'l2, the highest ever kGown III
the country. was - per ton on pig IRON;
the tariff oi ~ altered this duty Ia 80
pcr cent. ai rUlDr.m, and the tariff %
changed this a.ain To- - per cent. In
March. lSGl, this tariff was charged
again to 81 per ton, and then again IN
1851 raised to S9-the figure OF the old
tariff OF -.
Garfield Avows HIS Free Trade Sympa-
thies.
I, was az this figure when the tariff o'
1870, was introduced, on which occasion
James A Garfield made the following re-
marks:
AS an abstract theory OF po'illca!
economy, FREE TRADE has many al
yors,rs and much can he said in Its IA
yur: MOI will il Ice denied that the sChol.
o-Shin Of modern times is largely On
TtIAr SIDE; that a larte majority OF
the yrrat thinkers OF the present day are
leading in the direction ol what Is called
FREE TRADE
Judge ". u Kelley. the great ttrlti
champion ui PENNSYLVANIA, denied tins
and cited the writings Of Henry L.
Carey, w]hereupOn Garfield said IN re-
PLY:
II derract nothing from the great
ability and the acknowledged fame Oi
Mr.. Carey, when | saw that on this sab
i"Ct he represents a minority among the
financial wri.r oi our day. ! am try
N. . state ~ fairly as | can the present
condition ui the question; ami IN DOING
- affirm that the tendency OF modern
thought Is toward FREE TRADE -
rGartiald's speech on the Tariff Of 1870,
Page .6S. Par, Z, Appendix To Congress
ional Globe. ~ session, lis, Conc,eS',
April lst, $50
Garfield Votes TO Make Sweeping Reduc-
tons in Tar II
True TO those remarks We fad Gar
field vn,ing ;o redur" the 80 duty on pig
ion TO s. per ton. and II Va so reduced
uv the following section "' the llT, on
pare 7lIand 90i, Laws oi |. :. Part =,
Anp,nIix, 81 session IA, Congress-:
Sr,riox II, nd he d sn1c'oi. Ih4; after
the 3ls, dav OF December lSi'. in lieu OF
the duties now imposed by law on the
aulrles hereinafter cnpmerA 81 "r pro.
videl for. imported 'run toi"'Ed .orr
Tres, there Shall be- levied, Cu,irrlcl and
paIlthc following duties ami rates otdu'
ties, that - To- say
On IRON in plss, seven dollars per ton.
On cast scrap iron OF every deSrrlp'
ZION. six dollars per ton.
Ga wrought scrap iron, eight dollars
per ton.
,;iricli's vote in favor Of this great
reduction oi the tariff Of 1872 and 1864,
will be iOundon Page i,lO1, Part ,, ani
a.aln on Page 5,522 Congressional! G'Ob',
Part d. 81 Session ilst Congress.
Garfield Votes Against Protection. but to
Tax Tea and CSree.
On Page - COngr S,OuIl Glp,c, Is, Sos
sion Al Cong ess, will be found the
record OF Garfield on ,ak,rg the taiitfdr.
ties oh coal and kee"ing sad duties on
tea and coffee. The resolution on ,hc
coal tar II rpa ! n follows;
b, i .sS,lr.i e., That from AMI after
the passage OF this joint resolution no
tax or duty shai! be collected upon Tor.
cign cal.
Ga this the vote OF Garfield is reco;d'
ell, YEA.
4 hill offered by Randall, Democrat,
az PENNSYLVANIA, was mex read as iJi'
lows:
b It cn1ci.d, Gt., That from and alter
the na. l!e Of this act Tea and Coffee
. snail be placed on the Tree list, and no
urther import duties shall he collected
from t.c same.
Ga this the vote OF Garfield Is record
eel No
This record shows that Garfield was
perfectly willing tu pa, coal down to iar
lowest price. and at the same time votel
that those who mined the coal should
nav the highest price Tor Tea and Coffee.
Garfield Votes for Further Reductions IN
Tar,f on Iron and steel.
In 1872 the Tariff bill ii JuneG,h,t that
wear. was voted on and passed the
House. This bill made a sweeping re-
. durtjOn ui ten per CentUm n the TArti
I duties on foreign woods, and on iron n
sie,l Wequote from its "a section as
follows:
SlCr.DS THAT on and after the lst
day OF August, 1872, in lieu OF the duties
| imnoSed by law on the articles in this
section enumerated, there shall be lev
/ led, collected and paid on the goods,
wares, and merchandise in this section
emu u"raiel and provide! for, imported
.rpn foreign countries, ninety per cen
,um oi the several duties anu rates oil
$500 L.. L. ., nAp cad ar-
| ticlrs severally, 1T BEING THE IN
3 rt.Nr or THIS r To PIE.