The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-12-15

of Florida, Stephens, Cannon, Orth,
KassOn, Anderson, Carlisle, Gibson,
Dingley, McLane, Harris, of Massachu-
setts, HOar, Dunnell, Hooker, Ford, VAL
entine, Cassidy, Hall, Hill, of New Jer-
sey, Cox. of New York, Vance, George,
O'NeIll, Chase, Aiken, PettibOne, Mills,
Joyce, Tucker, Wilson, and Williams, of
Wisconsin. The House then adjourned
until Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, December 12-SENATE.-
The tariff commission bill was taken
up, and Mr.. Garland made a speech
thereon. He maintained that a tariff
that is tax upon the people who con-
sumo the imports upon which it is i'm
posed, when fairly and justly levied,
has always been a fayOrite mode of
raising revenue; the sums paid enter
into the current expenses of those pay
ing them, and the burden is not felt, as
when payment is made direct and at
fixed and stated time, when a citizen Is
called upon to pay tax to be used in
carrying on his Government. The
amount so claimed 10 be paid should be
in proportion to the ability of that citi-
zen to pay, and to the protection
afforded him by the State. These
maXims, or indeed axiOms, the speaker
said, We're violated in every tariff enact
ment which is originated for protection
ton. In his own judgment neither the
doctrine of protection nor that of free
trade has a resting place III this cOun-
try, After quoting from the tariff
speech of Mr.. Voorhees, at Atlanta, and
from the remarks of Mr.. Morrill,, he
said the overriding argument that was
affecting this country to-day in regard
to the tendencies of a protective policy,
was that they were but step to and
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pressing this country beyond all others
to its injury.
Mr.. Beck followed Mr.. Garland, and
replied to Mr.. Morrill,. Mr.. Beck said
that MIR. Morrill, had argued that we are
getting rich, because we are exporting
more than we are importing; but we
would only have to turn the protection
wheel little more, and we would
have no imports at all; it would
be all exports. The farmer who PX-
ports 100000 Of grain must have ma
chinery and supplies to carry on opera
tiOns. These are offered to him for S60,-
600. MIR. MOrrilPs protective tariff says
to him: You shall not have them un-
less you pay $4,000 for the privilege;
but we have Congressional pets in New
England who will sell them to you for
$4,000" Instead of the price of $50, 900
at which all his competitors elsewhere
land, and the Senator from Vermont
and his followers order our officials to
record the glorious fact that the balance
of trade is in our favor. Our people
must pay the foreign price with the tax
added. The man engaged in trade is
impoverished by it, and the country
thereby gets no revenue, while the man
not engaged in the same trade, and wh
ought not to be entitled to any of its
proceeds, receives, through Congress
siOnal legislation, all the profits, the ex-
porter OF grain being forced to buy all
his supplies from that way. Enlarging
upon the practical operation of prOtec-
1--we tariff, Mr.. Beck said that in 1860,
after protective tariff of 18 per cent,
our shipping interests had advanced
until our tonnage was almost equal to
that of England, and greater than that
of all he world beside. Now, under
Mr.. MOrrilPs protective tariff, our ships
have been driven from the sea until we
are now paying $130O0O,OOO per year to
foreign nations, instead of receiving
from them $25, 100000 of the balance in
our favor, as we did in 1850.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Beck's re-
mP rks hills on the subject were referred
to the Committee on Finance.