The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-12-29

nm cxcrssi'e protection which stimulates
like ruinous and irresponsible competition Z
nome. ~ Congressional Globe ls59-S), pag
1s6zl
Mr.. sherman. OF Ohio. said: when MI
stanton says the manufacturer are urging an
pressing this bill. he says what he must cer
tainly know Is not correct the manufacturer
have asked over and over again 10 be le
alone Ibid .Os3
Mr.. Morrill, has since said that the tar,n O
1861 was not asked for. and but coldly wei
coined by manufacturers Congrcssional Glob1
1859 70. page 3aS5l.
Senator X. NJ. Hunter. OF Virginia. the,
chairman Of, the senate finance committee
said Have any OF the manufacturer com,
hereto complain or ask for new dutiess Is 1
not notorious that II we were 10 leave il 10 III,
manufacturer OF New England themselves. I,
the manufacturers OF hard ware. textile fabrics
etc, there would be a large majority ayains
any change; DO We not know that the woole,
manufacture dates IL revival from the tarir o
1851. which altered the duties on WOOL
The history OF American Industry shows tina,
during no other period has there been a NOR,
heaithy and rapid development OF our manu-
featuring industry than during the fifteen year,
OF low tarin from 1916 to 1854. nor a NOR
healthy and harmonious growth OF agrieultur,
and all the other great industries OF the coun
try.
No chapter In our political cxperien &c ear
ries with II a more s~alutary lesion than this,
and none could appeal more strongly 10 law.
makers To establish a Just and rational system
OF public revenues. neither exhaus,ing aprl
culture hy constant blood-lctting. nor keeping
manufactures alternating between chills and
fevers by artificial pampering. In This direction
alone lies stability. concord OF sections. and
OF great industries. We have alread,
said that public discussion may disclose error r.
or minor detail In the schedules of our bill
10 eScHDe such errors wnulH reaftfra .. ,hnr
ough anu minute IA knowledge Of all the diyi.
siols, subdivisions. complex and manifold
mazes ana iuvolLt.ons OF our thcmioal. textile
metal and other industries. that no committee
OF congress, no matter how rxtende I the ranr
or their personal knowledge. or how laborious
and painsiakins their Efforts. could ever hope
TO possess.
We have not forgot "a that we rcprcs nj
the people. who are ths many. a. well a. the
protected inter'Sis, who ars the few. aud
while We have dealt xith the latter In no spirii
of uafrienlliness ". have felt that IL was our
duty ana not their privilege 10 make
tie tarir schedules. Those who concede the
right OF tencnstaries 10 fix their own hourfi.s
must necessarily commi; 70 them tho framing
AMI wording 81 the Law ~ which those houn.
ties are secure to them A com.
mittee OF congress thus Is msrcly the
amanuensis OF the protected inter SITS. II ha~
been shown SO II ariy and 20 oft N in the De.
~ ft' tAA1t fAbi tNl tlfI IA
portant schedule OF the existing law was ma H.
I'm Its very ~"rc- IN Il cures ny represents
ttves OF the interests ii was .-.m.d To protect
that II Is unne se~~ary IN our report To present
he record preof OF this fat. but IL ma, not be
arniss to cite further evidence to show that ihi
Is not only the necessary rule. but the open and
avowcd method OF framing protective tariffs.
When the senate substitute for the hi
passed by this houss In The Fifticth congress-
which substitute il the real basis OF the exist
ing law-ua ~ being prepared. Senator Hoar. Of
Massachusetts, appeared before the senate
and used this language: In.
stead OF coming he fore your subcommittee for
"a formal hearing on our Massachusetts indus.
tries ! thought the hest way was u CAREFUL,
prepare = 81 Ue OF all tn various Industries p.r
haps sixfS or seventy In all. aud ask brother
Aldrith to ro over them with me ami ascertain
what the people wanted In each case. and II
there wers any cases where the committees h vi
not already done exactly what the petitioners
desired or had net inlexiriy passed upon the
question ] .ouId have "A hearing before you
hut ! find la every instance the action Of the
as Mr.. Altrich thinks IL likely 70
be. as ent r-ly satisfactory to the interests !
represent with the exception OF one or two
and the pa p.rs Ia rrgari TO those cases | have
handed To Mr.. Alirich"
No stree s~r indictment OF the whole pro.
tective sv~d IN could he made thar that which
- untpi~A4ta>N I III THESE WtFlS ll u
United States senator. that laws which impose
taxes on fd great masses of people must be
written in language 80 technical that the most
intelligent citizen cum not fully understand
them. aud ehat the rates OF taxation snoul / lie
dictated by she srlhshness and greed OF those
who are 10 receive the taxes. We have be
lieved that the first step toward q
the taxes or the materials OF industry. There
can be no ~uh-tanfial and fcneti ,ial reduction
upon the necessary clofhing and other com
forts OF the American people. nor any sub
stnntial an l beneficial enlargement OF The Held
OF American labor. as lons as we * materials |
and proce -se~ ~ production. Every tax upo
the producer falls with Increased force on the
consumer. Every tax OIL the producer In this |
country Is a prote ctien ia his competitors In
all other countries AMI 80 narrows his
market ~ 10 limit thu number All lessen
the WAGES Of those TO whom he can
employment.
Iron anu coal are the fas.s OF modern indus
try. The NJ anlancc and ,heatT4-ss of their |
~ippls uE RS uS III M INV Hines or productions
tlc manufa turin. supremacy Of the world
nile the mines 81 9th Z countries are 1ccom
Ing exhausted and fhe cost ~ mining in
consequence is increasing we are con.
stantly discovering aLd developing new
o. supply The lis ovcry Of the i'm
beds Of Besscmcr ore~ Ia The lake re
Z on. and 81 foundry ores in sevcri, ~ the
states. their convenience for trans
,,ortatio1 and for the assesnblage OF materials
The use o. the steam shovel la mining all these
have so chcaprncd the cost 81 produ ing ~
ron and steel as ~ take away ali possibility |
and dan or OF foreign comp stitiol in a.mo,
very part OF the country.
Not less rapid has iecn the growth Of our
,oal produ iion. Ths,oli area OF tho Unitci
states as state by Mr.. >award ia the Coal
Trade for 1893. il estimated at ly.. square
niles. OF which iao.0i can he comfortably
NJ present. This coal area is over
hrce times larger IT. N that OF the rest OF the
world com inei. Tho existing duty ~ seventy
I've cents u ton on ircn ore and on IL summons
'oal can not he JUSTIFIED either as a protective
n n revenue duty. The impor,ations into
his ,onnt-y are too small to add
20 our revenue. while no one con.
TINT the cost of mining il higher IN the
United states than In the countries that might
eek our market. IL coul, never have f-en ia
ended that legislation wht.h establishes per
freedom Of internal trade among the
tates should couptenance laws IN a mold one
OF the Union, however remote. iribu.
ary 70 other Sc ttioiis for the supplies or tho-n
esessary materials whose location IL or
aimed hy natural law. aud not " hum ~
hofce.
This house In two congresses In rcccn. wears
ayinE, after full dcbate. passed laws putting
DOL upon the free list II n not deemed ncrcs-