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monopoly which has obtained heretofore for
the Onondago salt works ought
70 csass,
BEayAHrx HAHaIsoN.-Ths creation Of
the tariff commission was = confession that
ths tariff nssds rsyision. III the report comes
in. il should bs promptly sotsd upon.-No-
ysmbsr 20, 1882,
CHARIss j. FoLaER, Secretary Of the
Trsasury-.Taxes upon spirits and tobacc,,
being upon things not needful, should be
retained rather than those upon the common
necessaries Of lifs.-Annusl Report, 1883.
WILL1Ax B. ALL1sox.-I will say with re-
gard to the duty on wool and woolens, that
/ regard il as not IS internal fraud but ~
operating as though it were . fraud upon
the great body Of people of the United States.
March "a, 1870.
GEN. JoHH A. LoGAN.-When . gentleman.
stands upon this floor and tells me that this
high, this extraordinary high tariff il Tor
the protection of the laboring man, / tell
him that / do not understand how he can
possibly ~substantiate such . theory April
18, 1870.
OLrvER P. MoRToH.-The country expects
q 4 large reduction the country knows that
promised this reduction, and the dominant
party here is responsible to the country for
this reduction, and will be held responsible
if it il not made.
PRESIDENT GRANr.-Many duties now col
lected = might be sremitted
I would mention those articles which enter
into manufactures of all sorts These
duties not only como from the Jul
at home, but act as q protection to foreign
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Message, Dec. 1876.
LEVI P. MoRToN.-"Mr. Morton's record
as a free trader Offset his cablegram as a
protectionist Albany Evening Journal
Rep Jan. 9, 1885. When Mr.. Townshend
of Illinois, moved to pass the bill to place
salt and other articles on the free list, April
S, 1880, Mr.. Levi P. Morton voted aye.
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HuaH McCULLoUaH, Secretary Of the
Treasury under Presidents Lincoln and Ar
existing duties upon raw mater
ials which are to be used in manufacture
should be removed.-Annual Report, 1884.
Mr.. Cleveland has marked out . course
which can safely be followsd.-Dec. 1887.
JoHxSHERMAN-Such excessive protection
not only ceases to diversity production, but
forces labor into protected employments.-
1872. The tariff ought to be carefully re.
vised with q view to correct any ~inequali-
or ~incongruities that have grown out Of
the change Of values sincethe passage Of the
act of 1s83.-January, 1883.
e - W.
JUSTICE MILLER, Of the United States su-
prsme court.-To lay with one hand the
power Of the government on the property
Of the citizen, and with the other to bestow
it upon favored individuals to aid private
and build up private fortunes, is
none the less q robbery because it is done
under the forms oflaw and is called taxation.
PRESIDENT ARrHuR.-A total abolition of
excise taxes would almost inevitably prove
q serious, if not an insurmountable obstacle
to q thorough revision Of the tariff and to
any considerable reduction IN import duties.
The present tariff system is, in many re-
spects, unjust. It makes unequal distribu-
lions, both of its burdens and it's benefits
Annual Message, 1882.
&c
JAMES A.. GARfIELD.II am for . p1otec-
ton which leads to ultimate free trade
April !, 1870.-For nearly two years the
wholesale price of American salt in Toronto,
Canada, was q dollar lower per barrel than
the same salt was selling for on the New
York side of the lake. = Certainly,
gentlemen will not want q duty continued
that. enables that thing tobe done.-May 10,
1872.
JOHN J.. ITaALLs.-We are on the verge Of
an impending revolution, On
one side is capital, = = enriched by
domestic levy and foreign = y
= On the other is labor, asking for employ
ment, striving to develop domestic indus
tries, battling with the forces Of nature,
4 resolutely determined to overthrow q
system under which the rich are growing
and the poor are growing poorer.
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JAMES G.. BLAINE.-During the entire
war. when we were seeking everything on
The earth out Of which taxation could be
wrung, it never entered into the conception
Of Congress to tax breads tuffs-never.
= Neither breadstuffs nor lumber ever be-
the subject Of one penny Of taxation.
Undoubtedly the inequalities in
The wages Of English and American opera
tivss are more than ~equalized by the greater
efficiency of the latter and their longer.
hours of labor.-1861. @