Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-28

I eHectually protect our own manufac-
/ lures.
Resolved Gf the Senate concurs)
that it be earnestly recommended to
the members Of the Legislature and
all officers Of the Government Of this
state, and the members of the Sen
ate and House of representatives of
this state in Congress, and the citi-
zens of tbs $ ate generally, to cothe
themselves in the manufactured
goods of our country, and to take
all practicable means to cause them
to be introduced into general use, in
preference to those of foreign i'm
portations.
Upon the same subject Alexander
Hamilton said:
The idea Of an extensive domestic
market for the surplus produce of
the soil il of the first consequence.
1t is, of all things, that which most
effectually conduces to a flourishine
state of agriculture. To secure such
"A market there is no other expedient
than to promote manufacturing es-
adjustments. Manufacturers, who
| constitute the most numerous class
after the cultivators of the land, are,
for that reason, the principal cop
sumers of the surplus of their labor.
In 1882 Henry Clay said in refer
ence to the tariff legislation of
lS24-28:
if | were to select any term of
seven years since the adoption of
| the present constitution which ex-
hibited a scene of the most wide
spread 1ismay and desolation, it
would be exactly that term of seven
years which Immediately preceded
the establishment of the tariff OF
1924. 1t the term of seven years
were To be selected Of the greatest
prosperity which this people have
enjoyed since the establishment of
their present Constitution, il would
be exactly that period of seven years
which Immediately followed tie pas
sage Of the tariff of 1924. And l.
the fact MT indisputable, that all es-
sential objects of consumption af-
tected by the tariff are cheaper and
better since the act of 1924 than
they we're for several years prior to
that law? | appeal for its truth to
common observation, and to all prac-
tical men. appeal to the farmer of
the country whether he does not
purchase on better terms his iron
salt, brown sugar, cotton goods and
wollens. for his laboring people?
And | ask the cotton planter If he
has not been better aud more cheap
ly supplied with his cotton bagging?
| plant myself upon this fact OF
cheapness and superiority as upon
impregnable ground.
In 1914 John Quincy Adams de-
clared:
The tariff of 1912 has wrought
wonders for the purposes for which
it was enacted-the procurement of
an adequate revenue, and of protec-
ton for the native industry and free
labor of the land. 1t has fully per
formed its promise in the production
of revenue. 1t has restored the pal
sled credit Of the Nation, filled the
Golfers of the treasury, provided am
pie means for defraying the current
expenses Of the years 1912, 43, "a
and AS, and already paid off large
proportion Of the heavy debt CON
tracted by the previous Administra-
ton.
Later, James Buchanan, afterward
elected President by the Democracy,
argued for high tariff on iron, and
said:
No nation can be perfectly indie
pendent which depends upon for
eign countries for its supply of iron.
1t is an article equally necessary IN
peace and war Without a plentiful
supply of it we cannot provide for
the common defence. Can we so
soon have forgotten the lesson which
experience taught us during the late
war with Great Britain? Our for
G on supply was then cut off, and we
could not manufacture in sufficient
Quantities for the increased domes-
tic demand; the price Of the article
became extravagant; and both the
government and the agriculturist
were compelled to pay double the
sum for which they might have pur
chased it had its manufacture before
that period been encouraged by
proper protecting duties
KsVossiuo nBI Mankind