The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1894-12-07

On the subject Of tariff legislation the
in his messn % save.

On the subject Of tariff legislation the
president in hts message says;
The tariff act passed at the last session Of
congress needs important amendments il it
is to be executed effectively and with GER
tainty. In addition to such necessary
amendments as will not change the rates
of duty, am still very decidedly in favor
of putting coal and iron upon the free list
So far as the sugar schedule Is concerned,
/ woald be glad, under the existing aggra-
vations, to see every particle of differential
duty in favor of refined sugar stricken out
Of our tariff law. II with all the favor ac-
corded the sugar-reining interest in our
tariff laws, it still languishes to the extent
of closing rcfineries and discharging thou
sands of workmen, it would seem TO pre-
sent O hopeless case for reasonable legisla-
ton, Whatever else is done or omitted,
earnestly repeat here the Recommendation
have made In another portion of this COM
municaticn, that the additional duty of
l-l0th of cent per pound laid upon su-
gar imported from countries paying a
bounty on Its export be abrogated. II
seems to me that exceedingly important
considerations point to the propriety of
this amendment with the advent Of new
tariff policy not only calculated to relieve
the consumers of our land ia the cost of
their daily life; but to invite a better de-
yelopment of American thrift and create
for us closer and more profitable commerce.
al relations with the rest of the world, il
follows as logical and imperative neces-
sity that We should at once remove the
chief, If not the oRly obstacle which has SO
long prevented our participation in the
foreign carrying trade OF the sea. A tar
i'll built upon the theory that it is well to
check imports, and that a home narke,
should bound the industry and effort of
American producers, was 6tly supplement-
ed by refusal to allow American registry
to vessels built abroad, though owned and
navigated by our people, thus exhibiting a
willingness to abandon all contest for the
advantage of American trans-oceanic car
riage. Our new tariff policy, built upon
the theory that 1t is we'll TO encourage such
importations as our people need. and tha,
our products and manufactures should find
markets in every part of the habitable
globe, is consistently supplemented by the
greatest possible liberty to our citizens In
The ownership and navigation OF ships IN
which our products and manufactures may
be transported. The millions now paid 10
foreigners for carrying American passen-
gers and products across the sea should be
turned into American hands. Shipbuild-
ing, which has been projected TO strangu-
lation, should be revived by the prospect of
profitable employment for ships when built.
and the American sailor should be resur-
rected and again take his place. sturdy
and industrious citizen In time Of peace
and patriotic and safe defender of Amer
lean interests in the days Of conflict. The
ancient provision of our law. aenying
American registry to ships built abroad
and owned By Americans, appears in the
light of presen, conditions not only to he a
failure for good at every point, but to be
neerer a relic Of barbArism than anything
that exists under the permission Of a stat
ute Of the United States. | earnestly rec-
ommend Its promp. repeal.