Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-09-28

the necessary expenses of the Govern
ment." The Wings, with Mr. Clay
as their candidate. in the same year
declared for tariff for revenue to
deiray the necessary expenses Of the
Government" There does not seem
to be u wide difference in til csc declar.
ations. Both parties declare that only
revenue enough to bear the necessary
expenses of the government should be
raised. Neither party, like the Re
publicans Of to-day. desired Il surplus
of millions in the Treasury to steal.
1t is true the tariff of 1912 was modi-
fled BY the tariff of 1916. The prin-
cipal difference was the substitution of
ad-valorcm for specific duties. The
tariff Of 1916, says DR.. VIM Elder,
in his essay on Protection and Free
! Trade WAS d;scriminulivc in it,.
schedules aud protective in rates"
And we believe prominent aud in.
tellIgent iron manufacturer Of this
county said a few days ago the tariff
OF 1916 was the best tariff We ever
haI.
The whole effort OF the Republicans
a. well H. the effort of the Stalwart
candidate is to make the people be.
licve, first, that the present tariff is in
danger if Pattisop should be elected
Governor. nud second, that the present
tariff II just and equitable. That the
present tariff !, an engine ot mon
strous fraud upon and oppression 10
the people is easily demonstrated by
quoting the declarations of eminent
/ Republicans all over the country.
John A. kasson, the best Republican
in Iowa, IN the House in 1866 said /:
What you call protection amounts
therefore to a system Of equal robbing !;
taking from one home interest to pay
another" On the 10Th of March last.
the same member said in the House
of Representatives
! know Of very few people in the
/ { nitcd 'StAtes who admit they have no
/ complaint ~ make against some part Of the
I details Of the present tariff. Whether you
are free trader. or pr3hibt1ry tariff men,
l protective tariff men or advocate ofA tar.
I 1T ior revenue only. | take IT tor granted
that YOU all Agrce iusi IN some manner the
/ present iAtifl should b. reviewed and more
[ or lcss mod lied.
! / may assume then, sir, / think without
. dispute that there ish common consent on
both sidrs uf the house that there should
be- a revision Of tho tariff. IL being admit.
ted tha. revision Is Necessary, the next
/ question s. ~ 10 the manner of the revis-
ion"
The distinguished author Of the
Morrill, bill, who is regarded as one Of
the most extreme protectiohi'ts, has
said.
"Our normal condition, modified by
national growth, mus 10 resumed. We
are to consider bow much, II any Of inter-
nal revenue can be rclinquished, and next
where and how tho tariff can be- safely
and wisely revised. so ~ % leave IL prop.
erly productive and in harmony with all
interests, preserving the proper equilibri.
um among the different branches Of trade
and Just To every section of the country.
| The amount of revenue required must be
determined, and tho requirement for ordi-
nary expenses, for interest on the public
debt, and for pensions, "a well ss for the
enlargement of our liIliputian Navy, and
the decent equipment of our military fort
| ifcations, is still so great that extreme pro.
lection Ia not 20 much the question as that
Of revenue and with barely moderate
discrimination In favor Of American fields
and workshops, not leaving them in dan
ger Of unfair foreign competition, little
more, II is believed, will be found neces-
sary."
IL the present tariff is what it should
be, if it is just and proper, If it gives
to labor its just reward and is rs be-
neficent as the Stalwart candidate and
his organs claim it is, why did Re-
publican Congress just pass a bill Gre
ating Tariff Commission for the pur-
pose of revising itP If high protect
i've tariffs are what they are claimed
to be, what caused the great financial
breakup of 1873 that prostrated bust.
ness for FIVE years and turned more
than three millions Of laboring men
out of employment The same sys-
tenn that was in force before that pc
riod and that i In force now, existed
then. That the present tariff Is made
in the interest Of the wealthy aud