Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-01-31
DAVIS ON TARIFF.
CANA Farewell Remarks In Favor
IF Wise Protection.
=. History Of Partiss-0piniOns Of the
Fathsrs-Faets and Figures-HOw
Protection Protects-The
Labor Question.
/, IWE ISSUE PLAINLY STATED.
----I D.spalcA 70 tle Reqisler.

. bs his last formal address before the
',,,s 10 favor the prompt adoption of a
- and equal tariff law at this session.
,-:, ,pse,l was illustrated and fortified by
.rt,r, rirg array Of figures, ard his re-
ks we're listened to with earnest stten-
ra9 BY those present.
The following is as full synopsis as can
,pver ;rrtly be had:
S,Bs,gr payiS began his remarks with the
.,,smert that he believed the country de-
| .r5sd The passage Of a tariff law at this
..iop of congress, is only for the purpose
sndir. the uncertainty which now pre-
,2ed in many branches of trade, and
,b;rb il continued, must end in disaster
many industries. He regretted that all
| sT1oriats AZ this time were not disposed
y,sU The taritI question alike, but did
5,.lt that a careful examination Of
X history of the country would show not
| [riy The true policy of the United States
1rIsrplng il. but also that the leaders of
.mocracy from the beginning of the Gov
f-rUert we're substantially Of one mind
. non the subject.
lartu hisIOrys
All our political parties from the begin
- of the Republic had agreed that the
,rsus,s Of running the Government
| agld be paid by tariff or custom duties,
"A NOT bv internal taxation. Until the
I. % vgr We had practically no system OF
| ,rrnsI avenue taxes for the support of
p GOyernm, Ut The few taxes levied
non carriages tnl other vehicles of lux
L. when gre $ OUt of the war OF 1912 and
,rrupi atoL four years, could hardly
|. ,,r.r,et as a exception TO the IUle
| .rb PREVAILED nUil 1851, and not until
br sxl-rr,r,s e.. the Government growing
no, the eypPus Of the civil war neCessi-
,eI the raising Oi extraordinary revenue,
1 IS this additional means employed.
Ast 10 the policy Of raising money for the
lenses Of the Government by tariff o
4 Sion, Iuties, there never was any ques
yr between the two parties. The Wing
der Claws leadership insisted on pro
Xcron for the sake of protection, and Clay
Lsn,ed 20 levy customs duties oa foreign
Manufacturers even when the money was
needed for carrying on the functions OF
fyernment, proposing to divide the eN-
S which would accrue among the sew
Il states. which was actually done to the
tent OF S-S,OCO,OO in 1896, but both
! bigs and Democrats were in accord upon
4 PROPOSITION that so long as money was
keded for defraying the expenses OF the
reral government, the proper method OF
Il .ipc il was through tariff or customs
kries. with incidental protection.
.IThe founders of Democracy went even
p -,her than this in their advocacy OF tariff
IL tsSDrtS.
Opinions of the Fathers
|fhouas Jefferson, as early as 1916, urged
III io>,erns OF domestic manufactures,
|A lriHg lha, the policy was rs necessary
h our Independence as to our comfort.
| ] PRESIDENT Monroe, in his first inaugural
| i -ess. expressed similar views.
| atrew Jackson, in 1928, urged the en-
III racement of domestic manufactures,
| i IN l~24. in a letter to DIR. l.. II. Cole
| j u. oi North Carolina, argued that the
j .s,ries which proposed to develop this
.1 atry. being the great materials OF our
III nal defense. they ought to have eX-
. j .pd ,g them adequate and fair protec-
-. that our manufacturers and laborers
IN b, placed in a fair competition with
| - 80 ni Europe, and that we may have
fhln our country a supply y OF the Leading
| II important articles so essential to war.
. ktnaro- payis referred to other utterances
.af distinguished leaders of Democracy OF
,Her date. advocating the fair and just
| II 2 winch he was now disposed to sup
Facts and Figures
H. referred to the present obligations
phich the Government was called upon to
sst, a-rr,gltiug about S3iO,OOO,OOO for
~ and $40 2SU, 1922 for 1854, and ar
80 q that the necessities OF the situation
NC such as to require the retention OF
IN a tariff law as would be fair aud just
tohll the great interests Of the Union.
q reviewed the financial history Of the
clpntry. showing that whenever the bal
.1He Oi trade was against US there was I'M
| FerlShmrnt and financial distress. Thus
~ panic Of lN31 was preceded by seven
{4TS IN which this balance was steadily
inst rs. sggrtgating for that period the
Of Sl+1UI5gpl.
sr the eight years preceding the panic
- NJ the loss was SS35, ,0l3, ,573, and for
ten years preceding the panic OF 1873.
~ balance against Us aggregated S,OlI,.
-| 22j
mining with 1876 the balance OF trade
~ teen IN our favor every succeeding year,
~ sgg-egate OF the seven years balances
.<@ng S2v5,5,O,ISS. The figures, however,
run down to SIS, ,9O2, 6S3 during 1882
tina reduction grew out of the eL'
diture OF large amount of our money
p1d to buy foreign goods that ought to
nanuiaclurrl here.
How Protection Protects.
considerable portion of Senator Davis
srSs were devoted to proving that 8
y Iuhc'ousiy framed tended to the gen,
prosperity. The prosperity which il
'lsht to the manufacturer tended to the
hi OF the agr, r,,ulturaliSt in the end
farmer was willing to pay the amount
- manufactured product necessary tC
81 up manufacturers az home Of thoss
tR uiactures enabled him to get good
Is for the products of his farm. In
y instances the preservation of our in,
~ Ties by JudiciOus prOtec 10n had built
competition which reVoluuonized
frS When the tariff OF SIS per ton
lald upon steel rails they cost 500 pet
~" through the development of that
ch "i steel manufacture steel rails had
otIo" so per ton without any change
an evidence Of the further aavaat IA
E1. m "al accrued from protecting on.
49, ~ 'nN their benefits % the cOmmu
1,:- "%''a they we're built up. he re
T--[ :" ,.e strength manifested by the
7<,- -, -, ,ue c'V'i war and its capacity man
- 10 sustain the demand upon its re-
.f-'es "n..e the South, forced to look
sU- '"- Us manufactured supplies, rap
''"e weak and impoverished.
The Labor Question.
-. &c H>ion the Senator referrino tr
t,,~-.' AT.oltS ..i.1 made by the census re-
- az 'Iared Jared he VAS not toiling to heir
o. iri i'.T, .ailaer at the expense of oul
- '"e . business outlook had resolve
49, '"' alternative Of tarifFor rain
I~@# i,,. i,.oT heTe TO the foreign stlnts-d
a. ,''CaI question it had become evi
,orI-| - Fsrty OF ayOwed free trtd,
did 81 for IGu,u h;ua sustain the party which
CAPITAL NOTES.
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