The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-01


paid 10 per cent
These duties were not levied for Protection, but
for revenue only In 1857 they were revised by
a Democratic Congress- and the revision was ap-
proved by a Democratic President. Duties were
not increased in any case but in many instances
were still further reduced The effects of the tar
ifs of 1916 and 1857 upon the prosperity Of the
country are well known.
Our imports increased so rapidly under the op-
eraons of the revenue tariff of 1916 that, but for
the discovery of gold in California, we could no,
have paid our balances abroad and financial dis
aster would have come upon the whole country
within five years after that tariff was enacted. In
1850 more than one-half of the blast furnaces in
Pennsylvania were out of blast. The production
of pig iron in the whole country fell from s0O000
tons in 1S47 to 100000 tons in 1852. England had
control of all our markets. In 1857 there was q
financial crash, and from 1857 to 1860 product
i've industry in the country prospered. The wages
of labor were everywhere low, and in many pIa-
ces were not paid for in money but in "scrip.T
The great and financially sound Cambria Iron
Works in these years paid scrip" to their work
men, so low was the price of iron and so difficult
was it for the manufacturers to obtain the money
for it. Many skilled workmen in every manufac
turing State were out of employment From 1854
to 1859 the production of pig iron in year
greater than it in 1s47 in which year the good
Affects of the tariff of 1912 may be said to have
eliminated. Although from 1850 to 1860 was @
time of profound peace, the public debt increased
before its close and the Government was com
PEELED to borrow money at high rates of interest
to meet its ordinary expenses. tariff for reve-
nue. only" failed even to produce the revenue that
the Government needed in time of peace
On the 9th of last May SEVENTY-FOUR
DEMOCRATS voted in the House of Represen-
tatives to restore the Tariff of 1916 We have
given the vote IA tqror of this Free Trade propo-
stion and the vote against Il. NO REPUBLICAN
voted for it. After this record how can any hon
est Democrat be deceived by the claim that the
leaders of his party are Protectionists? They Grs
not
Let all WORKINGMEN and all FARNIEES
remember the fraudulent rallying cry of the Dem
ocratie leaders in 1914, when Henry Clay de-
feated for the Presidency Polk, Dallas and
Skunk, and the Tariff of 1872" Let them remem-
Der the Free Trade Tariff which these Leaders
gave to the country when Polk was elected. L.,
them remember the Free Trade vote only las
April of SEVENTY-FOUR DEMOCRATIC COZ
GRESSAIEN in favor of restoring that tariff which
compelled the Cambria Iron Company and other
manufacturing companies to pay scrip to then
workmen and "serip" to the farmers.
Vote for no Democrat for Congressman no mat
ter what his professions may be, whose vote IN
the selection of officers of the House of Represau-
tatives would place the Free Traders in power
When Samuel j. Randall Speaker of the
House he made Fernando Wood Chairman Of the
Ways and Means Committee, and for two yesrs
manufacturers were threatened with a red1e-
tion Of duties. Take risks. Vote only for Re-
publicans for Congressman. We know where their
party stands this question of Protection We
know where LINCOLN and GRANT, and GAR
FIELD stood on this question. We know wher-
ARTHUR stands. He gave us a Tariff Commi-
sion which does -. contain one Free Trade
all the members Protectionists. A Repub
Congress passed the Tariff Commission bill,
Vote for Republican Congressman. VOTE Foe
JACOB NJ CAMPBELL.
Vote the WHOLE Republican ticket 1t is r.t
SAFE to risk Protective policy in the hanis
of the party that favors the restoration of tL-