The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-13

The Debate In tho Senate ON the Tarln
COmnlsaIon nIII.


WASHINGTON, D. G., December 49,
When tho Tariff Commission bill wai
taken up, Garland made a speech thereon.
He maintained a tariff; that Is, tax upon
tho people who consume imports upon
which It is imposed when fairly and justly
levied, has always been favorite mode o.
raising revenue. Sums paid enter into
current expenses OF those paying them
and the burden Is not felt us when the pay
ment Is made direct and at a fixed and
stated time when citizen is called upon
to pay u tax 10 be used In carrying on bill
Government. The amount so claimed To
be paid, should be in proportion to the
ability Of that citizen 10 pay, and 10 the
protection afforded him by his State.
These maxims are indeed axioms.
Tho speaker said they were violated in
every tariff enactment which is originated
for protection or controlled BY the doctrine
Of protection. In his own judgment neither
the doctrine Of protection nor that OF free
trade had u resting place in this country.
After quoting from the tariff speech OF Mr..
Voorhees, at Atlanta, and from the remarks
OF Mr. Morrill,, he said the overriding argu.
ment, that which was affecting this corn-
try to-day In regard to tho tendencies oi the
protective policy, was that they were but a
step 10 lead up to monopoles which arc
expressing this country beyond all others,
to It's injury.
Beck followed Garland and replied to
Morrill,. BECK said Morrill, had argued
that we are getting rich because we are ex.
porting more than we are importing, but
we would only have 10 turn the protection
wheel little more, and we would have nc
imports at all-it would be all exports. A
farmer who exports 100000 worth oI
grain must have machinery and supplies
10 carry on the operations, These are OF.
fered 10 him for 100000.
Mr.. Morlll's protective tariff says 10 him
you shall not have them unless you pay
100000 for the privilege, but we have Con
gressional pets in New England who will
sell them 10 you for 100000 instead OF the
price Of 100000 at which all his competition
elsewhere get them. He pays $4,000 ir
New England and the Senator from Yer
mont and his followers order our ofIicialt
to record the glorious fact that the balance
Of trade Ia In our favor.
Our people must pay a foreign price.
with the tax added the man engaged In
the trade Is impoverished by II, and the
country thereby get no revenue, while the
man not engaged in tho same trade, and
who ought not TO be entitled to any OF itl
proceeds, receive through the congressional
legislation all the profits, the exporter oI
grain being forced to buy all his supplies
from that man, enlarging upon the practical
operation Of protective tariff.
Mr.. Beck said in 1900, after the proteC.
tive tariff ot IL per cent, that our shipping
interests had advanced until our tonnage
was almost equal 10 that Of England, and
greater Than that Of all the world beside.
Now, under The Morrill, protective tariff
Our ships have been drawn from sea until
we are now paying $3.50 900, 900 per year Ia
foreign nations instead Of receiving from
them s26,0O0,O00 oi q balance In our iavoi
as we did Id 1890.
Al the conclusion Of Mr Becks rematkI
the bills on the subject Wefe referred 10 The
Committee on Finances.