The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-22
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GARFIELD AND rae TARIFF.
ne Denouness the wood Tariff Bill as a
InIuultouS ueaSure.

lie DenoupeFs the wood Tariff Bill As NJ
ubiquitous neaAure.
Extract from his speech at RtnIIills, sOptSmbsI IS
1879.
Gen. Garfield next took up the tariff fol
consideration, and proceeded to give a his
tory OF the Wood tariff introduced into
the last Congress. The General is mem
Der of the Committee on Ways and Means,
OF which committee Fernando Wood was
Chairman in the last Congress. He said
The South having come back in full force
into Congress, their Brigadiers, as in old
times, proceeded to make dead set against
Northern industries. They seemed in
spiEed by all their old.time desire 10 break
down the prosperity OF the North, and
as usual the Northern Democracy became
their faithful henChmen. The brigadiers
rule the Democratic caucus in Congress,
and the caucus rules the party. These
brigadiers, while seeking 10 break down
the great industries Of the North by re.
ducing the duty on iron, glass, wool,
cotton and wooden goods, actually raised
the duties on sugar, rice and hemp, which
were Southern products. For instance,
while they reduced tie duty on pig iron
from 50 per ton to S.. they raised the duty
on sugar from 90 per cent. to 72. And
why? Because sugar Is the special in.
dustry OF Louisiana, and Louisiana Is a
Southern State. And in like manner they
kept up the duty on rice and hemp. They
protected the South from the pauper labor
Of foreign lands while opening the food
gates to break down iron, glass, wool and
cotton and wooden manufacture. Ran
dolph Tucker, Virginia Statesman Of the
States Rights School, said that If the peo-
pie OF Pennsylvania could not make iron
pigs they could raise Berkshire pigs, and
so far as be was concerned they might do.
it. He and such as he would turn the
Northern people into community OF hog.
herds, while encouraging and building
up the specialties OF the South.
They recognize that ii was the di.
versity and industry OF the North
the brain and skill Of eight hundred thou
saud artisans-that had broken down their
Southern Confederacy. 1t was the skilled
labor OF the North that had made her 80
and irresistible in the war.
Hence the Southern brigadiers were will
ing and anxious 10 see her humbled in
the dust. And in this attempt they had as
usual the faithful services OF their humble
servants, the Northern Democracy. When
the Wood bill, an Ubiquitous bill, a. char
dcteri;ed Il on The floor Of The HOuSe NJ he time
was brought in and put on its passage,
every Democrat in Congress voted
for it except three or four,
and every Republican save one solitary
voted against 1t, and TO The Re.
publican party is due The credit for ,auiug he
country from The qredtcdlGmity Lhat trOtlid hare
come upon il had that blu become law.
Among the Northern Democrats who fol-
lowed the lead Of the Southern brigadiers
in this business, and voted for that in
iQuitous' bill, were Gen. Ewing aud Gen.
Rice, candidates for your votes for Gov
ernor and Lieutenant. Governor OF Ohio.
Yes, fellow citizens, these are the friend.
Of your FRUSTRATED industries, who propose
TO PROSTATE them still further to crush
them utterly out OF existence by flooding
The country nth he products of he pduper labor
Of Europe. Gen. Ewing and Gen. Rice are
two OF The men who voted for that Wood
bill. You will find their names on the
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