The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-16

raised substantially s.0O0,0O0 bushels Of
potatoes; she finds home market for her
potatoes; there is a tax on potatoes of Is
cents bushel, which hus an effect of
keeping the Canadian out of the markets
of Boston and New York; the Maine man
lis protected against the Illinois
farmer by 1000 miles of rail-
road, while the Wisconsin lumber,
dealer is protected from 30 to So per /,
GOO against the Canadian, although he
with impunity, hires the Canadian to chop
his logs and raft them-no tax on hiring
Canadians to come into this country to
work. Louisiana is protected on her sugar;
the New England states upon their wooden
manufactures; Pennsylvania upon her IRON
production; Illinois Is by the present tariff
compelled TO purchase of all of those pro-
teeted states and submit to the enhanced
price, although she could purchase cheaper
elsewhere If permitted, while she is CON-
PEELED to ship her products, as the above
table shows, to foreign countries to linda
market Just In proportion as the above
table shows that the agriculturist
has been compelled to go to foreign mar
kets with her products, just in that pro-
portion is she and all the laborers AMI
mechanics depending upon agriculture for
employment cheated by the present tariff.
Agriculture forced into foreign markets
with n per cent of her products, while
manufacturers only have to export 1919
of their products, and all the manufac-
turers Of the western states who export
their products are cheated in the same
proportion as the farmer We have given
away millions of acres of our pineries,
and now We are taxing the farmers of
Illinois to give the recipients of. the great
donations already bestowed upon them
additional bounties. Today we are giving
away the public lands to encourage timber
raising. and at the same time paying a
bounty to destroy the forests of this
country.
| What will be the result if this bill is de-
feateds The revenues must be reduced
| every one knows that. The next tmove
upon the part of the protectionists is to
repeal the tax upon whisky and tobacco;
there is no Disgusting their design. They
schme to prefer cheap whisky and dear
sugar. The proposition is to keep the tax
up upon the necessaries OF life, upon the
articles which the poor are compelled to
have and to reduce it upon luxures- This
is q struggle to take the tax off of whisky
and place it upon the clothing and other
necessaries of life, / prefer to let the tax
remain on whisky and reduce it upon the
clothing that rich and poor are compelled
to have.
| The following extract is taken from a
document issued by the representatives of
the Louisiana protected industries, and
dated New Orleans. March II, 1884. and
suppose copy has been furnished every
member upon this floor. It seems thai
Judge Taylor was sent by that society to
look after the sugar interests. Here is the
extract taken from that document:
We urged upon them the absolute ne
cessity, as we understood it, of combina.
ton. They answered this argument by
saying that the question of putting sugar
on the free list was mere question OF
time, and they would advise the Louisiana
planters to prepare for it and go into some
other business.
| We saw many members of congress from
| different sections OF the country, belonging
to both political parties. and the expression
of opinion by those who are called pro.
tectionists in regard TO Louisiansinterests
was this: that Louisiana was knocking at
the doors of congress for protection fol
one industry but she was averse to giving
protection to other industries; that it was
nonsense to talk about protecting sugar
if the manufactures and other industries
of the United States were not protected
i Mr. Kelley said he was looked upon as
the father of the protection movement, and
that he was In favor of protecting sugar
and would stand by it as long as he could
but that if Louisiana representatives voted
to place everything else either on the re-
duced list of tariff duties or the free list
that so far as he was concerned, if it be-
came necessary, he was willing to sacrifice
sugar He said an argument could be
made against sugar which was more taking
with the people of the north than that il
regard to any other article. because sugar
. went into the mouth of every man, woman
. and child He further stated that by com
bination the passage of the Morrison bill
: could be prevented, and that it would re
suit in the adoption of some policy b,
which the industries of the whole Union
could be protected.
We found it very difficult TO get mem
) beers to talk on the tariff bill and this Nor
rison bill There were some people who
appeared willing TO give us bounty. w
said We did not wish bounty, but desire'
| to be placed on the same basis as othe
industries which were protected.
j This extract shows the means by which
| votes are to be secured to defeat the Nor
rison bill.
3 will publish with my remarks lette
t have received from lumber co mpan
E signed by themselves and their attorney
/; which shows that they regard it necessar.
t to employ an attorney to look after thei
+ interests before congress. and it also show
9 how small they regard 10 per cent whe
e taken out of the pockets of the conGamel
I but what tremendous large thing it
I when it is omitted from the bountie
9 taken from the consumer and transferreI
3 to them without consideration:
ToNAwANDA, N. Y, March II, 1884
II Dear sir: We notice the progress of Ii
!. Morrison tariff bill in congress. and obsery
, that lumber is therein placed upon til
free list. As business men, and in a posi-
ton to know thoroughly whereof "
speak, we beg 10 bring to your caref.
= consideration several reasons why the bi
. in its present shape, as regards lumbe
should not pass
q First-Everything necessary to produe
= lumber in Canada is at least % per Gel
: cheaper than In the United States.
Second-Three hundred million dollal
. and 1000. 900 men are engaged in the Blu
. mess, and tariff reduction if made wou
y be direct blow at both the labor an
? capital therein represented.
~ Third-The average value of lumb,
to the consumer may be placed at say 81
per thousand. The present duty of !
Der thousand is therefore only 10 per Gel