The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-13
SEYMOUR ON POLITICS.
He Believes Tilden Would Be a Safe
N0minee-His Views on the
Tariff.

"It Will be q confused campaign
up to the time o. the n sminsting
conventions" said Mr.. seymour.
"And then WHAT"
"And then a hot and spirited con-
test"
"Will you speculate az to the win
ner ~
"Speculation would be well nigh
| idle at this time. There are many
side issues and elements that are
| Liable, in Presidential campaign,
to exert influences almost as potent
as those growing out Of the main
issues"
Sand the main issues; what do
on regard as likely to be the main
! issues in the coming campaign ?"
"They may become befogged in
the Lateral issues l refer to, and al
| most lost in the warmth of personal
psrtissnship for candidates; but the
two great topics CT the day are our
carrying trade and tariff. With re-
gard to the Last I am not well in
formed, but L think it is to excite
great interest in the future; and it
threatens to divide, with regard to
it, the western from the eastern
States.
81 think in the mai the Demo
cratic party is in favor of revenue
tariff, and the Republican party Is in
favor Of protective tariff. The q1es-
ton is, can We expect to sell our ag-
ricultural products to Great Britain
free of charge, when we say it is our
duty to protect the products of our
factories by taxation upon imports
ftO n other countries %
Sand you regard the position of
the Republican parry on the tariff
question as likely to bring about
these results which you fear?"
"fhe Republican party Is ev
Identity bent on taxing out foreign
products and protecting by prohibit.
ton. The Republican party vir>
tual1y says 10 England: "We will
not admit your products here except
as it suits our convenience. / fear
England will retaliate."
lis that the reason You are low
tariff advocate-fear that England
will retaliate?"
Shy no means the only reason.
The cause for possible retaliation Is |
what 1 deplore as unwise and in
furious. Besides that is the effect |
Of high tariff upon our own people,
and particularly those In humble
circumstances. For instance: have
two intelligent men in my employ.
D is 81 Irishman, the other an
One day they were
OF the relative cost of exist
ence here and abroad. They said it
COST them double the amount for
clothing here EthaG it did at home.
This puzzled me some time. but
came to understand it at length. The
goods came here under heavy
duty. The importer sells the
cloth to the jobber, and |
be figures a profit on the duty, as
well as upon tine primary cost of the
goods. The jobber again sells the
goods and exacts his profit upon the
he pays, which inclu les
he high protective duty originally |
evied. The goods pass to the small
retail dealer, who In turn charges
up the profit on the import duty
that accom- panies the goods. They
+ each the laboring man at last, at a
cost double that Of the same goods
to the British workman. The re
suit is that the man working for
81. so a day, and who builds himself
a houss from his earnings, is cons
PEELED to sustain the added cost rep
resented by the high tariff imposed
by his own government uron the
materials used in the construction
of the house. The same rule holds
good with reference to other items
of expense in living. No, it Is not
alone that I fear British retaliation,
but because [ see the oppressive
ope alton OF high tariff system
upon the people of this country. |
Anu the incidental possibility of re
talIistion by England would add
the further evil Of a clCs d avenue
for the sale Of cur products"
"And you feel that Congress |
should adopt such course IS VIII |
remedy the ere and prevent the |
QtDFr
"Undoubtedly Congress should d. |
so; but Congre- s viii probably adopt |
such a course as viii secure for its |
maioity the greatest number ell
votes"
"TVhat do you believe will be the
result OF the present position OF the |
Democratic party toward the tariff |
question in the coming campaign ?"
cit may not be well to print this,
but it is probably true that the PEE
sent position OF the rar:y toward
the tariff question may hurt the
prospect Of the party in the coming
election; but the whole protec'isel
fabric h1s got TO tumble"
s.Whon do you now regard as the
most available candidate in your
party for Presidential nomination
NJ 80, tal-ovn that M TildeD