Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-10-02
Cen. Buffers Views
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Gen. Betj y. Batl.r fe- weeks ago
delivered speech in fremont Temple.
B,.,on. on the political issues OF the
day, advocating no e.ndida,s,. aud deal
log mostly ~iih the ,.ha and fisheries
questions. The Temple vas erosded to
hs.r him. The following Is an abstract
of the General. rsm.rk':
Fellow citizens; am here to comply
9TH I. very .ppreeia,i'sly phr.'ed re.
qu,., Of q number Of the business men OF
Bo.lon and Of the S,sie-.o f.r s !
kno~. ~i,hOu, any distinction Of party
to si,e my opinion. upon t.fih policy
acquired from legislative and business
experience in the pioneer manufacturing
city Of the country for nearly sixty years
actually engaged 10 manufactures OF sew
sr.l Kind. ior more than a quarter OF I.
century. aud my view, ".la~ysf OF The
.,stu. Of our fishery rights.
Io-ell II at once the resultant and
sssmpln Of . tariff which provides. not
Coz revenue only. bu, for the protection
ot American manufacturing Industry
In 1890 hsr territory Vas little better
than . sheep pasture and fishing place
The location h.d two advantages Tor
m.nuf.eiufe the fall, Of the Merim.e
yielded. without too grea, cost, sre.,
-.,,r power. les than forty miles OF
river and canal navigation gave access to
the sea .t Boston. OF this latter sd'an.
,.se she he. been deprived since lsiS.
After the elo.e Of the wsr in 1873. cot
ton cloth manufacture. had sprung up 10
Rhode Island and q, wal,ham, Mas. :
10 ,oms extent By the votes Of South
,rn msn tariff We. imposed upon cot
ton fabric, no, for revenue only. ii' i'm
posts were Substantially PrOhie'tory'
~hish gave encouragement, to American
manufactures, thu. establishing = home
make, for the grea, Southern agr'eul'
iur.l staple cotton.
To establish American manufactures
especially a. ag.ins, Bnglapd, by lev,lns
du,is. on imports. has ever been . lead
In, id,. Of American policy. IL b.
been ..id. and with evidence OF correct
rs.s. that the one grrs, object OF the
American constitution VI. 10 enable .
central government entirely to control the
importation Of foreign merchandise and
the impo., duties thereon. Certain II Is
,ks, Rhode Island for two yesr. from 80
to 90. refused TO aoosp, the constitution
because such control by the federal gov.
eminent would enable Ne~ York to ri'.l
in importance Newport, which city o,hs'-
wise nigh, have been made free port
by the State.
That our fathers were thoroughly In
earnest on hi. QUESTION i' seen by the
second statute Of the fnsi Congress on
July 4, l1sp. when an &C, was passed
which. according to the fashion Of the
time. contained = recital Of ito object. {.
following;
"wheress, IL il necessary for the sup
port Of the government. for the discharge
Of the debts Of the United States, and
the encouragement. aud protection OF
manufactures. that duties be laid on
goods. wares and merchandise imported.
Thu, the fathers OF the republic made
"eneoursgemsnt and protection OF man
uf.e,urss" as much prime necessity |.
",he ,uppOr, Of the government and the
discharge OF the public debts. Nor
vas this single expression by Congre"
Of the legislative idea ,hs, protection vas
necessary. for in several acts passed after.
ward the same idea appear. | call at
,en,ion to these acts Of the fathers, be-
cause an idea seems now to be put for
ward ,h., lsvyins duties for the purposes
Of protection Was q recent Invention
| believe |, will be agreed ,hs, our pres
ent tariff laws. 90 far As they protect
American industries, are in eonsonsnee
With the principles ths, l have shown
were established by the fa,hers Yet
they have been denounced In very high
quarter in language certainly inap' aud
somewha, in,empers,e. "But our pres.
ent tariff laws. the vicious. inequi,abls
and illogical source OF unnecessary taxa.
ton, ough, to be At once revised aud
amended" When this denuneiaiion OF
the principle. OF laws given us by the
fathers comes from the Pfesiden, Il COM
pels us carefully TO examine what has
been the ,ffec, OF such vicious laws
upon the prosperity Of our country, to
find that this language is nn,rue, IS veil
a. unjust.
Before We further discuss these ques.
ton. |, will be necessary earefuly to de-
fine certain terms and phrases which are
no, too carefully commonly used.
The speaker defined free trade. tariff
for revenue. tariff with incidental pro,sc.
,ion and tariff for protection only. Con-
tinuing. he said:
II my definitions are corrsct-and
believe they srs-l know Of no party in
this country which would be in favor OF
. tariff for protection only. That is, to
levy tai TO raise money upon imPOrts'