Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-20
THE TARIFF.
MIR. Camden's Views on the subject Under
the Present Necessities.
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The PRESIDENT prOteBpOy". The amend
ment will he 50 modified.
Mr.. CAMDEN. Mr.. President, | desire
to say 4 few words in explanation of my
views and the votes | have given during
the progress OF this question. The prin-
I cipleS applicable to leyylng a tariff under
the present necessities Of the Government
are, to my mind, simple and plain; but in
the distribution and adjustment Ot the tariff
duties there are great difficulties. The re
uUiremcntS of the Government have made
it necessary to raise from all sources 4
revenue of more than 500, 0O0, 600 a year.
This is 4 tax upon the people. 1t matters
not what form II assumes, it Is nevertheless
a tax.
The sentiments OF the are opposed to Ill
rect taxation, aud taxation known rs in
ternal revenue is more Objectionable to the
people than a taritftaN. Ii cannot be de
MED that whenever n tariff duty is levied
upon any article which is produced in this
country, the tariff gives TO that article IN
/ cidental protection TO the extent Of the
duty imposed. Now, if we find it necessary
to raise by tariff duty 5000, 900, COO 4 year
that amount cannot be raised upon articles
which are not produced or manufactured
in this country, and therefore must be I'M
posed to a very large extent upon articles
/ produced or manufactured in this country,
and the duty levied rpOn such articles
must of necessity afford incidental prOteC-
ton, OF, in other words, be a protective
tariff upOn every article embraced IN such
1 tariff, which is produced or manufactured
in this country.
1t is therefore plain to my mind that the
most important question involved IN levy
ing such q tariff rs IS needed ut the present
time 10 raise the amount OF revenue required
hy the Government, is to so adjust it as to
bear equitably upon all the material IN
tereSts of the country, both aS To agrlcuI-
tural and other productions IN their raw
state, and upon manufactured articles. l
Am no more in favor Of taxing the people
OF this country than any OF the Senators
upon this floor, and | wish with all my
heart that there was no necessity o leyyng
any tax upon the people; but that necessity
exists and il is useless to disguiSeit. Sena-
tors may talk against taxing the people
and deprecate the idea Of levylnG lmpOSt
duties anon the articles consumed by the
labOring men of the the country, aud l
svmpathize with the sentiment; but still 1t
is absurd for the simple reaSonthat, take 1t
Is o will, you are bound to tax the peo-
ple of this country Just so much as Is neces-
Sary to raise money to defray the expenses
of the Government and to discharge its OBJ
Iirations. While we are imposing tariff
1 duties for this purpose it is the duty and
the obligation of Senators representing the
various interests of the States and the
various sections of this country to see that
the producing and manufacturing interests
shall have fair and equitable shares in the
advantages resulting from such a tariff.
You may call it advantages or you may
call it incidental protection or you may
call it protective tariff, for they all mean
the same thing whenever a tariff duty IS
laid upon an article produced IN TINS
country, for the very fact OF imposing such
4 dutv gives to that article an increased
market value pUOpOrtiOnate TO the duty
/ levied. and when you speak Of a tarlfi for
| revenue only as cOntradiStinguished from
a tariff for incidental protection or from
protection used in its rOadest sense, under
the conditions that exist at this time Tor
| raising a large revenue, IL Is, to my mind,
q distinct on without \ difference. for the
simple reason that the effects OF such n
| tarilf are exactly the same, call 1t what
name Won will. And Mr.. President, when
any Senator on this floor advocates 4 fair
and reasonable protection or claims n talr
and reasonable distribution OF the adj
vantages of the tariff for the products of his
own section, | agree with him, and con-
slider he is perfectly right IN doing 50, ana
is representing the interests OF his conStltu-
ents; he is violating no principle oil polltl-
cal faith. because the necessity exists IOr
sucha tariff, andjuStice and equity requires
il shall be fairly and justly distributed 10
the advantage of all interests and all sec
tions. and when the Senator from louisiana
lTMr. .JoNAs1 asks for fair protection for the
GREAT agricultural sugar interests OF MS
State ! think he is right, and IS entitied 10
ask that that interest shall bear only us
fair proportion Of the reduction to be naae;
and so with the Senators Carollha
as to rice: the Senator from Alabama rs 10
raw silk: the Senators from Missouri rs 10
lead and zinc, and the Senator from Dela-
ware GMr. BAYARD as to the productive
industries of that State-all these articles
are entitled to fair proportion Of the beneht
from our having a tariff tax; and repre-
senting in part as l do q large and growing
interest in wood, coal, salt, and other pro-
ducts in my State, 1 claim for these inter
ests the same fair treatment and the same
proportionate advantages in the adjustment
of the tariff as is claimed for other interests
in the States represented on this floor.
The wOOl-growing interests Of the United
States are very large and very generaliy
distributed: there are very few States IN the
uD;on that are not interested in this pro-
duetion. This interest has grown largely
in the last few years. The Senator from
) Kentucky mfr. WILLIANsl states that the