The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-28

things that were to come to the farmer
from reciprocity have vanished. The
Pan-American scheme is a fraud and a
delusion. The Hon. James G. Blaine did
not know what he was talking about,
and b. Harrison wasted his time i'm
claiming credit for it. Not only these
distinguished republicans were all
wrong. but dozens of other republican
leaders who saw the necessity of free
raw materials for this country were
equally mistaken. There was Henry
Wilson, for instance, who was consid-
cred good republican in his day, who
said:
think American labor will be best
protected by taxing all the necessaries
of life lightly; placing the raw materials
which enter into our manufactures on
the free list; raising revenue to support
the government upon articles that come
in competition with our manufactures
and upon the luxuries of life, which are
consumed by the more wealthy classes
Of society.
And Senator Henry L. Dawes. also an
eminent republican authority. who said:
The duty must be levied on the raw
manufactured
Gle. If you levy II on the raw material
you discriminate against American la
Dor. and if YOU levy it on the manufact-
ured article you discriminate in favor
of American labor. You must have
either protective tariff or a tariff
which discriminates against American
labor.
Ulysses s. Grant was known as a re-
publican. and he said in his message OF
1917:
/ would mention those articles which
enter into manufactures of all sorts. All
duty paid upon such articles goes direct
ly TO the cost of the article when manu-
featured here, and must be paid for by
the consumers. These duties not only
come from the consumers at home. but
act as protection to foreign manufact-
urers of the same completed articles
i'm our own and distant markets.
President Arthur said in his message
of 1882:
l recommend an enlargement Of the
free list so as to include within it the
numerous articles which yield inconsider-
able revenue, a SimpliticatiOn Of the COM
pick and inconsistent schedule of duties
upon certain manufactures, particularly
those Of cotton, iron and steel, and "A
substantial reduction Of the duties upon
those articles, ana upon sugar, molasses,
silk, wool and wooden goods.
And again, in his message Of 1884:
The healthful enlargement Of our
trade with Europe, Asia and Africa
should be sought by reducing tariff bur
dens on such of their wares as neither
we nor the other American states are
fitted to produce, and thus enabling our
selves to obtain in return a better mar
ket for our supplies of food, of raw ma
terials, and of the manufactures in
which we excel.
Mr.. Knute Nelson, the foremost repub-
lican of Minnesota, said on March %
1888:
Worthier. better and juster. IT seems
to my mind, would It be To give our
people-the tOlling masses-cheaper food
cheaper fuel, cheaper clothing and
cheaper shelter-cheaper because re-
leased from the heavy and unnecessary
bondage of high tariff taxes. I will put
free sugar, free coal, free salt and free
lumber against free whisky and free to-
bacco under all circumstances, and so
will the great mass of the American
people.
The Hon. Hugh McCulloch, secretary
of the treasury under Presidents Lin
coin and Arthur, said in his annual re-
port for 1884:
tlb InaI the eNlStlnS uulleS upon raw
materials which are To be used i'm manu-
facture should be removed This can
be done in the interest of our foreign
trade 90 That the duties upon the ar
ticleS used or consumed by those who
are the least able to bear the burden Of
taxation should be reduced. This also
can he effected without prejudice to our
export trade.
And President Garfield said on April
1, 1870:
Duties should be so high that our
manufacturers can fairly compete with
the foreign product, but not so high as
to enable them to drive out the foreign
article enjoy a monopoly of the trade,
and regulate the prices as they please.
This is my doctrine of protection. If
congress pursues this line of policy
steadily we shall, year by year, ap-
proach more nearly to the basis of free
trade, because we shall be more nearly
able to compete with other nations on
equal terms. l am for a protection
which leads to ultimate free trade
The Journal has now not an idea on
the tariff question in common with these
recognized leaders Of its party. Follow
ing i'm the lead Of Mckinley and Reed,
who are the brains of the party as it now
exists, the Journal has submitted, body
and soul, to the constituencies demands
OF the trusts and combines which have
been built up in this country i'm the
name of protection TO American labor.
What an awful descent from what was
republicanism when republlcanism was
conpa ratively respectable.
The employees Of the Trenton potteries