New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-12

be- il possible adjusted equally 10 each other In what
way that be accomplished by legislation so well "a
by collecting the revenue necessary for the Govern
mont, largely from the consumption OF articles OF lux
ury and the smaest amount possible from the neces-
saries OF lite Collecting by duties Il IN realty
collecting II from incomes based on expenditures In
living. This method, while stripped of the objection
able features of specific income direct axof being
nquistoria TO the private business of ndi iduals-
distributes the burdens of government upon those most
able TO bear them, and 10 whom in justice they belong
IN discussing the Morrill, Iarh bill IN congress, May
Z 1860, my views as to the proper adjustment OF y
tariff and Its influence the industries of the country
are as clearly expressed in the following extract az 1t IA
| possible for me to do it:
If produce the commodities for which the specie
| is exchanged the advantage of making the exchange
al home instead Of abroad is that while We retain, Tor
the purposes OF trade reliable circulating medium u
saves 10 the producer of each commodity the cost oil
doub" transportation. For instance. Won manufacture
shoe which costs dollar 1t costs another dollar
for it, transportation abroad. You exchange il there
AZ its cost price of two dollars for commodity
costing two dollars, the transportation of which back
costs one dollar So the article you get in exchange
for the shoe costs three dollars. requiring threc shoes
to pay for when if il had been produced at the door
OF the shoe manufacturer, at greater cost than ~
inc pace n ~ production, two shoes wouid have pai
for II and the cost of transportation aud the labor OF
ono shoe would have been a,cd to the consumer
Thus the consumer of each would hc benefited 20 the
amount Of onc-third of the cost of the article. .
Whatever productions, therefore, nation has natural
advantages or facilities for producing il Is OF national
interest and concern that It should supply it, own
market, on the principle that YOU buy cheapest where
Won ply easiest Whenever the productions of a
ton. industry are retained within lis own iuit.. Che
people thereof are moro prosperous than they could ne
if they expended their means In paying for the trans
portatiun of their products and the trans
potation of foreign products IN exchange, instead o
saving that expense hv producing ~ home.
Therefore It IS uctcr IN my Judgment. for conn
try o produce within sct NJ far as climate and fo
will permit the commodities nr which gold aud silver
are c,chmgcd instead Of sending them tu other conn
trios IN payment for such commodities. While
collecting the revenue necessary for The support oi thc
Government Wise statc.mnusiip would give ~ the
industrial interests Of the country Hll the advantage
That could he iu4ily furnished thcm under IT, J9sr'
10 the takp1Ncr Requires that Tia. hghcs scale uf duties
ahoud be- Imposed upon thoao articles regarded ns lux
wics, aud the luWcst upon the nccc .rry and indis
pcnsnhc aiiccs ol lilc and IA doing th@, iusii'c 4"
the luhor of the country requires discrimination ~
favor Of the products ui our own indu7tlra. nud
especially of thoso In which W. posacss mutual nd'an
lagc' II Is In this way on, That We can guard our ~,
dnSitv hgalnst the uniust competition 81 whhi nnn
experience, luatotrd for hgcr 10y cuunirNhhhE uu''H
and Legislative icatriciioua.'
PRODUCTIONS HrcoHp oF ruE RrrunttCAN rAnlN.
Tho Republican pnrty n lt' carlic7t formation
cmbodica the very ceaoncc OF ia existence.
pcrsona rights. manhood citizenship and the
beet mtctc,H Of tho hhorng classes. IT.
frat great act In administering tho Government
wa 10 dedicate forever hy Legislative enactment The
unoccuicd public lands Of the linton 10 free homes Tor
fec uru thus inviting tho Of toll 10 como aud ~
under their own "vnc aud hg.ttcc secure against
homeless puScfty aud want" ltH great champions and
chosen standard bearers have been Ia thcr own lNcr
the personal representatives of labor aud its uial-.
Lincoln, Wilson, Greeley, Wade aud Garfield and
host of their nlusrious compccrs IN youth and early
mani, od canned their daily bread by their daily toll IN
tho workshop and the Held along the highways of
commerce.
James G. Blaine aqd John A. Logan, two Of the Illus
triou- compcers of these lllustfOuH have been
selected 10 bear the standard of the Republican party
over the political batlchcd of The country to crown
ing victory on the idcs of November next. Each the
architect Of his fortune, uuaidcd by wealth az
III influence,
of eharac cr achieved honorable distinction among
their fcllow-mcn. The dwclers in the most obscure
hamlet of the land have no occasion to ask who Is
Blaine or Logan. The record of their lives a part of
the history the Republic for twenty five years i'll
of its most eventtui cras.
FRUITS OF REPUBEICAN ADMINISTRATION.
quarter of century Of successful administration,
beginning IN tho long roll Of of the most gigantic
wars of history, is the conclusive evidence of the
ability of the Republican party t. manage the affairs of
government wisely and well Among its measures of
legislation is banking system, which furnishc. a cir
cula ng medium Of uniform value equal everywhere
to gold, and under which during the twenty years of
its existence bl-hoder has ever lost dollar by
bank failures and while the system lasts never
unless the people Of the United States prove false to
their pghtcd honor in the payment of the National
debt: is a system of revenue protection under which
almost half of the National debt has already been pad
and the industries of the country have developed from
an annual production of three thousand millions oi
dollars in 1850 to over eight thousand millions IN
1850.
Ihcsc are some of the fruits Of the legislative and ad
minstratiye policy Of the Rcpub lean party-aud IT.
mission is not vet ended That will end when every
child born on American soil can in its mature childhood
read the Constitution of the United states and the
sermon on the Mount As political organization tn
mission of the Republican party will end when public
opinion recognizes the equal rights Of all men before
tic law strong enough everywhere To protect the mum
blcst and fcchlc.t IN the enjoyment of all the aran
tc,d right. and privileges of American citizenship
Then and not till then viii the mission of the RcPub
lcan pary end. Called into existence 10 prevent the
extension of slavery into the Territories of thc Union.
it became in the proydeuces of God the instrument to
save the life of the bcpIhlic in th" hour of It's dre.t
rcil and To- blot forever from the continent the usi
buttons of human bondage. The great central ideas OF
il. existence stamped in indeibe character upon
the pillars of the age. and are wittrnan the organic
law there to remain "a long a. the Bepublic lives