The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-23

seven years, less than that which at the be-
giDning Was 70 - their sufficient IN courage
mont.
IL addition 70 this they have bad tho ID
vantage resulting fsOm their situation.
Their competitors w<ro across the sea and
The entire ocean freight together win some
portion OF the inlaud freight WAS In TN ir
favor. The benefit OF tho tariff TO the manu-
fssturef at tbs bsginning and ever after Was
immediate. with the farmer 1t was . cast
Ing Of broad upon the waters 10 DO returned
% hin after many days. Blu. young men
hsvs grown old and nave die1, their children
as6 their children's children nave been gath
ese0 90 their fathers and 20 not one of them
Vas tie homo market anything ei.e than =
nooktng hops. Aud 20 IL viii continue to be
70 tho end OF more days tasn any OF us snail
I've 70 go. The fruitful lands OF this CONT.
nont viii always Afford the words chief food
supply. The farmer has lad and Will have
no holp but from himself. Nor does he ask
is. With genial shy overhead and . Gener.
ous soil as his feet, ne asks Of nis fellows
ealy fair play and favor only Of Goa.
Axis 20 tho homo market deluAion was the
osetease Of iufaat industries. Alexander
aamiltOn, often called the father OF the pro
tecttvo system. did mot propose II - Q perma-
nsnt policy. His argument was that, . wc
were chiefly IN agricultural pcop.s it Was
noCeooary, in order 10 attract labvr and CApi-
I'll 70 TIE untsied avenues OF manufactures,
% oRos ebo0 enmo special AhvAnlAse 10 COM
pensAao for tho risks insideat TO Ill Ecw un-
dsetakln8o, and % carry them through the
pssio1 Of exOeriment during which they mu u
- : disadvantage IN comp tition with
established Eivals. THIS was certainly
speGlous, Dut whether sound IL II hardly
worth Wills 70 consider, for the argument
AAs long outlivsd III occasion, uniess our
manufactures, like everything else, live IN
perennial youth. Tue Business Of this
eountsy 10 done By the great grand children
OF those who walked this sartn when protec-
taoa Was proposed - temposy expedient for
Ne encouragement OF infant industries. 50
litsle has tais policy answered the purpose
for which - Wa1 nrst proposed. or elss %
widely hns that purpose been departed from.
that tafi1 Of 90 per cent or four times that
originally proposed. 10 now claimed to 10
Leoesssry Tor The maintenance Of our manu-
fnctures.
From ls46 TO 1881 W had constantly dimin-
ishing rates OF duty. fsl!iAg during the pc
ROD named from % TO ~ per cent. Our maui
ufactufes nourisned during that time not
only holding their own. but constantly q.
toncin4 themselves against the competition
81 foreigners. But the war brought with II
the necesslty for Greater revenue and the gov
eminent Was compelled TO tar whatever it
could. Duties upon tmports we're Increased
until they averaged nearly ~ per cent. bus
upon every hand the increase WIS justified
oaly - war measure, to b abrogsted when
tho 0xtgency pAssed away. The gar on led
tW0aty 0ve years ago. but the war tArtH
lbidss With ~. Efforts for IL reduction
have been cOnstantsy made, and LOT OK
olusively ~ democrats
So cary . 1856, Mr.. Kasson, then YOUR
representative. insisted upon reduction 0f
duties. In the course OF : speech IN the
house against . bill 10 further incr0A - du.
ties he said Tho title Or the till shoIld b. %
amended - % read: "A bill 70 prevent the
di9used blessings Of PIOvidenUe from being
es50yed b. tho poOpte of Tho Untted states. /"
Mr.. AlliDon was mot Tar behind Mr.. Kasson.
In 1880 Nc WAS earnest Tor reduction. speak
Ing Of thu democrats tArim OF 1915, be said
thAt 10, .'alshough ccnfessedly and prefes
sedly tAri1 for revenue was 90 far ~ re-
pasds Ill the great Interests OF the country,
- perfect tari6 ~ any that We have ever
had" OF the tatif, ~ It was In 1870, no said
that Il WAS enacted - . war measure" and
wxD NOT INTENDED IS q measure which
SHOULD remain upon the statute book - Q
protective tasiR in the time Of peace" He f.
vored then reduction Of 20 per cent upon
noasiy III The leading articles In the scedule.
For years there was great dlscons cnt among
Leading fopu obtcans with Inc existing tArt6
and tho necsssity for redu SttOn was generally
acknowledged, but Il WAS insisted that the
reduction should b made By tho friends or
thsetAr.0 and Not " it, Opponents. With .
vtoN to such : reduction the FOrfy-tieh. b
ooneress appointed . commission 10 investt-
rate the question and tepors lts conclusions
TINS comm ssi0n. appointed bY : republicans
psesldenk ~ msdO up almOst entirely of re-
pupaica0s and psotectionlsse. reported in,
lsos and presented = sCD0mo or tariff dut-
tire of which they sid, s.the average
esauction Ia rates including thar from the
oalArGemont Of tho lrce liar and tho aboli-
tlOA Of the duties on charges and commissions.
- which tho cOmntssion has Aiued. II not
less On ths average than twenty per cent, and
Il . tho opinion 0i tina con mission that the
reouction viii reach twcutysaSe per cent"
At shis tame tho repu nlio6uss iAA the house
and the president. Toe senate counting
David Davis with tho deniocrats was . tie.
Here vas good opportunity fer At least at
tempting the rsducston which had boen 90
9enot ally demsuded. SO re0estedty promised,
and nov % expi lily recommended ny tx
very commission Witch this congrcss had Gre.
asod - make Recommendations on shat SUBJ
jtct.
At the elections Of 1855 the resublicaas lost
the hOuse and did not regain IL until In 1853.
10 every attsmp st tsriff reduction By the
democratic there ~as answered that while Q
SEDUCTION was neces,ary. the reduction must
b made BY the friends Of the tari6. The
men Who Woeo Tor tuolr own oei0sh ends tax.
| Ing from yCu large part OF your earnings,
admitted that they were taking too much and
promised to Gtvo serious consideration to tho
matter Of reducing their exactions. Bur
naturally th0J were very SLOW about 1t, and
whe0 they found that the peoD 9 continues to
- patient and forbearing under their bur
0sns i. II not surprising that 1t last they shOuld
undertake change In which tine reduction
was not u what they take from the farmer,
Dus II what thsy leave him.
1Appeal 70 your recollection to confirm my
esAte0ents that in the tariff discussions OF
| the past few yeArs the position OF Iowa repub-
ucAns has bsea one Of apology aud pr0mise
Of reduction. They have been free 70 SAY
they would Apply the remsey when they At
taine0 70 p0ver In al the branches OF govern
| meat In the discussions before the people
or this state no one b - claimed that duties
| we're too low or that the needed re 1edy WA
| - raise them, but always 70 the contrary tina,
duties were too high and should be scaled
| down.
A consideration OF the new Law, item b.
item. 10 out Of the question. have already
| Quoted Mr.. Blaine to show that the bill voted
| Tor b every Fspubli IAN representative from
| this oeAae had not line In IL which offered
/ A1y rotiof 70 their constituents, and quote
another republican authority with respecs e
The duties eseAbatshsd ~ the new law. II
10 issue OF September 70, the Chicago Tribune
says: "a careful perusal OF the table vii
show that while thsre are many, reductions they
ass o. unln port.nt ATTIC =, While inc Ia.
ofeasss have bsen heavy on wool olotAina
An0 To 0eo0r nocoeeATie0 OF lt1o.s
TAsse ID - uniform System Of laying du
l tSos IN eur tara schsme. 6ome duties On
oDect1C. tAAt y - much Per pound or yard d
oeA9r quantity. . tho Case may be, Without