Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-12-20

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New York Merchant, and vigorous
worker for Protection:
The people have decided In favor OF
d Protective Tariff. and any departure
from that by Congress would. ia my
opinion, be bad faith with the people
as well as bad politics. II there IS any
one thing that this election has decided
il Is that The American people are In
favor Of protecting American manu-
features and American wage-earners.
Thomas Dolan. WOODEN mauufact urer
of Philadelphia, aud one of her most
entorprising citizens:
/ Every industry in the country will ex-
pect Congress TO take up the subject at
once. and to act fairly aud fearlessly.
and frame Tariff bill that will give
full protection to every American ia
terest. | believe the future legislation
will be strictly in this line.
Henry Cabot Lodge. Member of Con-
gress from Massachusetts:
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-Ifthe Senate
sends down a bill at this session, it is
the duty Of the present House to pass
it. That they will do SO seems very i'm
probable. Ii there is no Tariff legisla-
ton before the 4lh Of March it seems TO
me that an extra session cannot be
avoided. and that it would be the duty
of the Republican Congress to. pass the
Senate Tariff bill. or one substantially
like 1t, as speedily as possible. The
question has been thoroughly debated.
| both 10 Congress and before the people,
and there is no need of further discus
sion. The country has decided as to
the manner in which the Tariff shall bs
revised Sad the surplus removed. The
duty of the Republican party is TO take
| immediate action.
Senator Manderson:
do not look for any tariff legislation
at the second session Of tho Fiftieth
Congress. II, however. as l hope and
believe, the Republican party after the
4th day of March shall be in possession
of both houses of Congress, it must re-
deem its pledges to revise the Tariff and
correct its inequalities. This revision.
while reducing the income OF the gov
eminent down to its actual needs,
should be in the interest of the Protec
tive system guarding carefully our
labor interest and the divcrsihcatfon OF
our industries. believe that the Fifty
first Congress will see this work well
performed. and that every pledge made
by the Republican party during the
canvass that has just closed will be full
filled. What Is needed is bill that is
not sectional, but that is national in its
characteristics and operation.
Hon. George Il. Ely, State Senator.
Ohio:
The opposing principles of Free Trade
and Protection have been in open con-
fiict Out Of il has come an impressive
deiverance in favor of Protection. The
nation. in q magnificent way, has set
the seal Of its approval upon the prin
ciples and policies of the fathers OF
the republic and which bore
US through the war for the Union.
Shall We hesitate now to fulfill the OBJ
vious obligations OF our party positione
Surplus in the Treasury is 30 part of
Republican policy. Treasury income,
however, sufficient not only to meet the
necessary expenditure for keeping the
machinery Of administration in motion.
but for such expenditures as may DO
necessary to develop the dormant
material resources of our country, and
for sending the products Of American
labor and capital in American bottoms,
covered by the Stars and Stripes, around
the world, is Republican policy.
Hon. George West, Member of Con-
gress, New York.
The business and industrial interests
of the country, together with the labor
interests, demand rest from tariff agita-
ton We have been harassed by con-
missions, worried by Congressional
committees and threatened by all sorts
of reductions, from Morrison's hori-
z0ntal method down to Roger Q. Mills
Free-Trade bill. The people are get
ting tired. and the wise thing for Re-
publicans to do is to settle this question
as soon as they have the power 10 do it.
am in favor of putting all COM
modities not produced in this country
and which cannot be prottably pro-
duced on the free list. Manufactured
articles which can just as we'll be made
here, should net be meddled with.
Hon. Mahlon Chance. ex.Consul:
All articles that cannot be produced
in this country, or are not used as
substitute therefor, should be free. and
the reducing or raising of duties should
be made solely with view OF project
ing American wages and capital against
their foreign rivals. We should not on
" protect our infant industries, but
maintain our giant enes, and by legis,
lation stimulate and foster new and I'M
developed lines of production.
Senator Ingalls,:
WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 1.-THE
Tariff should be SO adjusted as TO admit
free of duty all products. natural or
manufactured, except Injuries, that are
used but not produced in this country.
Upon everything raised or manufac-
tnrcd here. such duty should be i'm
posed as would exclude competitive i'm
portation at price lower than would
afford reasonable profit upon domestic
raw material, fair interest upon capital
invested and assure the maintenance of
the American standard OF wages.
Senator Hiscock
The Senate Committee are thorough.
ly in earnest in the work, and the policy
of the Republicans will undoubtedly be
to bring up the bill at the earliest
moment, and pass it. il possible. this
session. am aware that the bill as it
stands is not perfect, and have no doubt
that changes will DO made which will
strengthen it in many particulars.
Senator Chace:
l think the probabilities are that
future Tariff legislation will be on the
most pronounced lines of Protection TO
all American producers -agricultura
mechanical and manufacturing. /
think the free raw material fallacy is
scotched. The Democracy went before
the country with straddle on this
question, which Is proof positive that