The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-07-22

voted to reduce the SO duty on pig iron
to 81 per ton, and it was so reduced,
aud other grades Of iron and steel in
proportion. In this he voted in oppo'
sitien to Judge Kelley and Other Penn
sylvania members. [See Congressional
Globe, I'd session 4lst Congress.
At the next session of Congress- Gen.
Garfield voted to take the duty entirely
off foreign coal. But while doing this,
he was also with the Free Traders in
their efforts to keep the tax or tea and
coffee. At this session Samuel ], Ran;
dali, of Pennsylvania, offered the follow
lug bill:
Be it enacted, &C., That from and af-
ter the passage of this act Tea and Cof.
fee shall be placed on the free list, and
no further import duties shall be col.
lected from the same.
Gen. Gartield's vote is recorded NO
on this measure. The record therefore
shows that while Garfield was perfectly
willing to reduce the duties on iron and
steel, and to put coal down to the lowest
price, he at the same time voted that
those who mined the coal should pay
the highest price for tea and coffee. The
tax on tea and coffee is a pet measure of
the Free Traders, as they are not pro.
duced in this country. The free trade
theory is low duties on articles on which
there is home competition with foreign
production, ard high duties on articles
of prime necessity not produced in this
country.
To progress to the next raid on the
Tariff. In 1872 the tariff bill of June g.,
that year, was voted on and passed by
the House. This bill made a sweeping
reduction Of 10 per centum in the tariff
duties on foreign woods, and'on iron and
steel. We quote from it's second section
as follows:
Section 2.-That on md after the LIST
day of August, 1872, In view Of the du.
ties imposed by law on the articles emu.
merated in this s%eltion, there shall be
levied, collected and paid on the goods,
wares and merchandise in tlis section
enumerated and provided for, imported
from foreign countries, 80 per centum
for the several duties and rates of duty
now imposed by law on said articles
severally, IT BEING THE INTENT OF
THIS SECTION TO REDUCE EXIST.
ING DUTIES ON SAID ARTICLES
TEN PER CENIUM OF SUCH DU.
TIES, that is to say:
Ga all woods. \
Ga all iron and steel, and on all man.
ufaCtures Of iron and steel, of which
metals or either Of them shall be the
component part of the chief value, ex.
cepting cotton machinery.
The vote of Garfield on the passage of
this tariff bill of June Oh, 1872, will be
found in the Congressional Globe, part
5, ID session 43d Congress, page 1862. 1t
is recorded YEA.
This closes up Gen. Garfeld's tariff re.
cord. Since 1872 the tariff has not been
meddled with. Latterly we believe Gen.
Garfield has been talking Protection,
but talk is cheap. When votes were
WnhIOu uO NOJOu Will Luo EE66 1Edu6Gb
The record would be incomplete did we
not call attention to the fact thatin 1877,
when the Republicans of the house nom.
mated Garfield for Speaker tue veteran
proteCtionist Judge Kelley and Co, gress.
men Errett and Bayne, of Allegheny
county, bolted his caucus nomination on
the ground of his we'll known free trade
sympathies and his votes against Penn.
sylvania interests.
This dispatch, printed near three years
ago, is mighty interesting reading in this
connection:
From the Plttsburg Dailies, Oct, 16, 1871
WASHINGTON, Oct. Is, 1877.
major Errett and Col. Bayne absented
themselves from the Republican caucus,
and refused to vote in the House to. day
for the Republican caucus candidate for
Speaker, Gen. Garfield, ofFree Trade and
Golden club fame. Judge Kelley also
adopted this course
We think what we have printed should
satisfy our %inquiring correspondent, as it
certainly explains the refusal of the
Pittsburg Gazette to give place to Gen.
Garield's tariff record in its columns.
All the statements we have made can be
verified by the official records of Con,
gress, and no attempt has been made to
deny them.