St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-17

WIZ III MY CtpdutCN III
the faith, he has always been an oppo-
nent Of protective tariff. He has
made study OF this question, and in
an interesting and valuable article ba-
low he shows that the great originator
of the So-callcd American system as
well as the greatest leaders of the Re
publicau party never advocated protec-
ton as permanent policy, nor as it is
preached by Mckinley and his follow
erS. Col. CronkS' article contains 4
mine of information OIL the subject. and
is opDOrlune at this time. 1t follows:
Henry Clay.
1870 In a debate with Mr.. Calhoun,
MI Clay said: No one in the conf
mrncemenE of the protective policy
ever supposed that it was III bp per-
petual. We hoped and believed that
temporary protection extended to our
infant manufactures would bring them
up. and enable them to withstand COM
petition with those of Europe. Ii the
protective policy were entirely to cease
III 1872, it wuilid have existed twenty
six years from 1916, quite as hong as its
friends surpassed might he necessary"
1921. Mr.. Clay. speaking Of wages.
said: "ffe valuable inventions and
vast improvements in machinery WHICH
nave been made in Il few years have
produced a new era in the arts.
The effect OF this change in the pow
prs of production may be estimated
from what have already stated in re
latiGn 10 England. ami To the triumphs
of European artificial labor over the
natural labor OF Asia. In considering
the fitness of q nation for the establish
ment of manufactures. we must no
longer limit our views to the state of its
population and the price Of wages. All
circumstances must be regarded. OF
which, perhaps, the least import ant,
capital. Ingenuity III lie construction
and adrOitness in The use OF machinery.
and the poss" Of The raw materials,
| are those which deserve the greatest
| consideration. All these circumstances
| Except that of capital. of which there is
/ no deficiency exist in our country i'll an
| eminent degree, and more than cOun-
| terbaiance the disadvantage. it it really
| existed, of the lower wages OF labor lii
! Great Britain"
~ John A. Kass0n.
In 1866 Hon. john A. Kasson said:
t'Protection is simply system of 1Gb-
| berry taken from one home industry 10
| pay another. Ii we go Oh in the pres
| eht plan of adding to the cost of every
| thing we produce, there is not another
| country upon the face of the globe that
| will contribute one cent to enrich the
| people of the United States. or be able
! to buy single article of our produce
| ton. 1t is an attempt against the laws
! of Providence 10 force people of this
country to pay more for what they need
than the laws of Providence would
| otherwise require"
| Mckinley and Nelson
1892. Hon. William Mckinley said:
"The free list might be enlarged with
out affecting lnjuriously single Amer
| lean interest"
1888. Hon. Knute Nelson said: ''In
| the face of these platform pledges, in
| the face OF these admissions from uiI-
| willing witnesses. in the face of the
larger. ever growing and threatening
surplus taken from the people by taxa
ton aud used by certain banks without
any consideration therefor. and in face
of the fact that SO many OF the bareSt
| necesSaries of life are loaded down with
the highest kind of tariff taxes; it
makes Inc sick at heart to think
| that there are leading men
on this side of the chamber
who can find at this Juncture, and under
these circumstances, no other field for
tax reduction than the internal revenue
tax on spirits and tobacco. Surely,
these things are not the diet on which
the poor labOring man keeps his family
-worthier. better and juSter. it seems
to my mind, would it be to give our
people. the telling masses, cheaper
food, cheaper fuel. cheaper clothing and
cheaper shelter; cheaper because re-
leased from the heavy and unnecessary
bondage of high tariff taxes. l will
1 mt fraa o0al frpts Solt md
free lumber, against free whisky and
free tobacco, under all circumstances
and so will the great masses of the
American people,"
Vice President Wilson.
1857. Hon. Henry Wilson said: "Mr.
President, the manufacturers make no
war upon the wool growers. They as
sumo that the reduction of the duty on
wool, or the repeal of the duty Alto
gether, will infuSe vigor into dropping
interest. stimulate home productions,
diminish the importation of foreign wool
en- manufactures, and afford a steady
and increasing demand for American
wool.
"They believe this policy will be more
beneficial to the wool growers. to the
agricultural interests. than the present
policy. The manufacturers of WOODEN
|
ence and extensive knowledge, enter
tain these views, and they are sustained
in these opinions by the experience of
the great manufacturing nations of the
old world. Since the reduction of the
duties on the raw materials in England,
since wool was admitted free, heI
wooden manufactures heve so increased,
so proSpered, that the production OF
native wool has increased more than 10t
Nf
! land. France and Belgium demon
strates the wisdom of that policy
which makes the raw material
duty free. Let US profit by their ex-
| ample The people of Few England
Mr.. President, and especially Of Massa.
chusetts. are very extensively engaged
| iH the manufacture of articles in which
wool. hemp. flax. silk. lead. tin, brass
iron and hides are largely consumed. Ii
IS for their interest that the duties or
these articl IS should be merely nominal
or that they should be free. Ii oul
manufactures are to increase, to KEEP
pace with our population and the grow
. ing wants of our people; if we are &c
have the control of the market of oul
own country; if we are to meet with
and compete with the manufactures al
England aud ether nations OF Western
Europe, in the market of the world, we
. must have our raw material free Of
duty, or at a mere nominal duty.
"Men who have looked with hungry
eyes upon treasury overlooking WIFE
surplus millions do not wish 10 see the
sources from which those coveted mill
ions are derived dried up. Now, as in
times past, political ambition is not UNI
! willing to sacrifice the business inter
.. ests of the country in the hope to win
political power. / think American
labor will be best protected by taxing
all the necessaries of life lightly, plac
; 1 ing the raw materials which enter into
our manufactures OH the free list"
oliver p Morton,
Il 1872, sail: Now. wish to say to the
, | senate that am strongly convinced
that We should 80 further and reduce