Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-07-25
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During the debate on tho tor;sr h,,,
81 1924, Mr.. Buchanan said: IF | nm.
aerstand the principle Of this bin. it Is
fat a moderate additional protection
snail DC afforded to those manufactur.
trs. the raw material of which either
= or made be made abundant in this
country. When this raw material Is
2 product of agriculture it has a pecu.
gar claim to our favor, because by thot
means the agriculture. interest will be
promoted" (Annals Congress, 18th.
LIST, Vol. ., p. 1S9O.)
There Is no eQuivocation, no sliding
away from, no evasion in that senti.
nlcnt; a great agricultural feature un.
DERIVING the true policy of this country.
1t was wise, paternal and economic.
And 1t was in 1924, pending the de.
bate on the tariff bill, that Mr.. Van
RENSSELAER, of New York, as chairman
OF the House Committee on Agricul-
ture, made a report from that commit.
tee pursuant to instructions of the
House as to whether it would be to
the interests of the agriculturalists to
increase the duties then in force on
articles Of foreign growth and manu-
facturc."
Free raw material might have q
alluring sound to the average
manufacturer If he could have with it,
as an accompaniment, Il good, stiff
duty on the fabrics he makes from
such free raw material, and a promise
that such a tariff on his goods would
be maintained. but he knows that the
hook baited with free raw material
conceals the barb of free trade in his
manufactured products. and he should
honorably and wisely refuse to even
nibble ut the bait.
lie knows that Il policy which would
give protection to him on the basis of
free raw material would have no con-
sideration for the farmer and that it
could not stand. He knows that while
the protection desired by all classes to-
ward establishing Industries need not
be radical. it must be adequate and not
accidental; ana it must be broad
enough to include all sections Of our
country and the varied products there
OF, regard being had for the kind Of
product, climate and soil and any OBJ
stacles to be overcome.
This will appear also from the speech
of Hon. Silas Wright, that distinguish
Ell Democrat Of New York, who, in
speaking on the tariff Of 1923, and as
Il member of the committee who re-
ported that bill, stated this to be his
position:
1T has been my object, and l believe
it to have been the object Of the major
ity of the committee. to frame a bill
which should have in view the protec-
ton Of the leading interests Of the coun-
try. have supposed that in all the
laws having n reference to the pro-
lection of the domestic industry Of the
country. agriculture should be consid-
cred the prominent and leading inter-
est. This l have considered the basis
upon which the other great interests
rest and to which they are to be con-
sidered as subservient. Still. this is
not to be considered as entitled to pro-
lection exclusive of the manufactur-
ing interests. l do not believe that a
law which would be injurious to manu-
facturers would be beneficial to agri-
culture"
He did not believe a bill could be
framed, intended to furnish general
protection, which would not operate
injuriously upon some II of the III
terests concerned and to some sec
tons. "One leading principle which
operated upon my mind in the forma-
ton of the present bill is that it is not
and cannot be the policy of this gov
eminent or of this Congress to turn the
manufacturing capital of the country
to the manufacture Of raw material of
q foreign country, while we do or can
produce the same material in sufficient
quantities ourselves. | cannot suppose
this rule should ever be lost sight Of"
Gong. Debates Goth, LIST. p. 1850
Democratic Congressman should re-
member this.
The "Erec" Cry n Fraud.
According to Il statement made by the
bureau of statistics of the Treasury
Department. the amount of revenue de-
rived during the eleven months ending
May 81, 1895. from Il imports OF su-
gar, iron ore and bituminous coal was
follows: Coal, bituminous. $537 1850;
iron ore. $1O2.:}OS: sugar, $15,642.G4S.
$16,2S2,S36.
Had these three articles been placed
upon the free list the deficiency Of the
Treasury Department for the fiscal year
lust ended would have been increased
by nearly $1S,OOO.0OO. This additional
the people would have paid
now, or later on. in the shape Of an al
ditional increase In the national debt.
There would have been nothing free to
the people, excepting the mere cry OF
free raw material. II the people do not