Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-01-24
Garfield on Protection.

Garfield on Protection.
THE HIGH TARIFF MEN MORE DANGEROUS
TO REAL PROTECTION THAN THE
ExTnEHE FREE TRADERS
On the 9th of March, 1878, the late
President Garfield then member Of
congress from Ohio, replied TO Mr. W.
ID. Kelley oftbis state, on the subject
of the tariff pnd an inflated currency in
the following vigorous and effective
style:
In 1860 the burdens of national taxa.
tion were light All our revenues, in
cludinF loans. amounted only to $7G,.
100000, and our whole public debt but
| $65,0OO000 In the year 1860 the ton.
mage of our ships upon the seas was
$685. SOS tons, which was more by l40,.
eco tons than in any other year Of our
history before or since. Two thirds Of
cur imports we're then carriedin Ameri.
can bottoms, as were also more than
thirds of our exports. Our exports
that year reached the aggregate value
Of sfO0,0O0,0OO, which was $i3, 800, 600
more than during any previous year.
Our import were $3G2, 900 900 decidedly
more than any other year. And make
this statement on the authority Of Da.
| vid A. Wells that in 1850 we were ex.
| porting TO foreign countries more
American manufactures than In any
other year of our history. In a table
printed on page 10 Of the report of the
special commissioner Of the revenue for
1869, ibhppears that in 1850 there came
to this country 10000 emigrants,
5000 more than during the preceding
I year.
THosrERoUs ARA
Z A. an exhibit Of the nctiyity and in.
dusiry Of our people, forty eight hun.
dred and nineteen patents were issued
ct the patent Office in lsG0. eleven
hundred more than the average number
for the three years preceding. In that
ven we built | $40 miles Of railroad.
/ The people of the United States con.
sumcd $4,000 tons Of sugar in 1871 and
in ls60 they consumed the enormous
amount iG4,0CO tons; more than irr any
other year Of our previous history. The
mean annual consumption Of tea in the
| United States, which was 10000, 900
/ pounds in tho decade ending with 1850
was 100000 in the decade ending
with 1850. This is certainly an indica.
ton that the people had something to
buy with.
From 1881 10 1851 the cotton crop Of
/ the United States ranged from 100. 600.
600 to 2,338,OO0 bales per annum. In
7 lSG0 II had rizon to tho enormous crop
OF l,G7j,770 bales almost a million
more bales than were ever grown in the
United S;atcs in any previous year Of
our history.
AGRICULTURE tsp MANUFACTURES.
find from the ocnsu. report. that
I in 1850 our wheat crops was l01.OO0,op0
/ bushels, and IN 1850 it was l-3.OOO.OOO
bushels. IN 1850 wc rai.cd s11.Op0.OO0
bushels Of corn. in 1860. SIS, 5000
bushels, whiicin in 1870 We raised but 200.
10000 bushels. The crop oi l.Go was
7s,O0l,oOO bushels more than that Of
l,70 and 5io,On0,OO0 moro than that of
| 1850 And 30 with several OF the great
cereals. Tho crop Of barley far 1860
was three times that of i,5O. The crops
/, Of rye and bucswhcat in 1850 exceeded
those Of 1870 "a we'll az those OF $50
( In 1850 The valuc of The American
farms was three and ono. quarter billions
/ Of doIlars; in Isf0 f. wa, s6.6i5.Oo0. .OO0
by the census. IN increase Of lD3 per
CEN, while the population increased
but IS per cent. during that decade.
/ The value Of farming implements in
/ 1870 was sljl,0OO.O 600; in 1850 it was
$2l6O00,00O, an increase Of 20 per cent
/ while in the next decadeit increased
but - per cent From the statistics Of
manufactures gwen in the census find
that in 1850, oj7. 600 hands were employ.
ed in 1850, i,3ll.O0o In 1880 the pro.
duct Of manufactures amounted 10
1858, ,0O0,0 900; in 1850 to al .O0q, ,0O0, 900,
an increase Of 20 per cent, while the
population increased but IS per cent.
Tho products Of our manufactures in.
creased in that decade $4,000, 900.
But that gentlemen Mr.. Kelley tells
us IL was year Of unusual distress.
IRON AND COAL.
lie spoke Of the iron interest in that
year. Lot me tell him shat The iron
and steel associations say in their report
for 1877. find on page 2s that in 1880