Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-30

we III as To those OF the shOp anu ldCtoIy
to hemp, To wool, the product of the
great industry of sheep husbandry. as
we'll as To the finished woolens of the
mills-we promise the most ample pro
lection
The Chicago platform, upon which
Bryan is running, holds that tariff
duties should be levied solely for the
purposes of revenue" and adds, until
the money question is settled, we are
opposed To any further changes in our
tariff laws, except such as are neces-
sarv 10 make up the deficit in revenue
caused by the adverse decision of the
supreme court on the income tax"
Mr. BRYAN himself is even more
strongly opposed To protection than
are the various parties which are sup
porting him. His chief reputation in
congress was made by his tariff
speeches of March 10, 1892, and
January Is, 1894. In these speeches
he denounced protection in every
form. and in the 1894 speech he
advocated every reduction in the tariff
that was proposed. his only lament be-
ING that the reductions did not go far
enough. Here are two extracts from
the 1892 speech, and columns of the
same sort of stun might be quoted:
Il desire To say that | am in hearty
sympathy with the majority of the
committee in its decision to attack the
/ tariff i'm detail: and | think that the
! bills which have been reported and the
! bills to be reported will fully answer
the argument OF the gentleman. that
we are making only Il slight assault
upon the system.
The reduction which we have made
in the tariff upon manufactured articles
is "A great reduction in existing sched-
ules. 1t is not as great reduction as
mirht be made. | believe that we
have left far more tariff than can be
( shown to he necessary to provide for
any difference. if there is any differ
cnce. between the cost of manufacture
here and abroad. But | am led 10
agree TO this moderate reduction OF the
tariff upon manufactured articles for
two reasons: First because. in going
from a vicious SYNtem-and believe
that our present system Is vicious
system. created by the necessities of
war and continued by favoritism--be be-
cause say. i'm going from vicious 70
/ a correct system. lllt IlpSl Id)Nl IlO-
gress can Ice made by degrees.
The following is from the Congress
sonal Records report o. Mr.. Bryan
speech Jan. -. ls94. when the Wilson
bill was under discussion.
Mr. Bryan: Il have said that the
purpose of the protective tariff was tc
transfer money from one mans pocket
to another mans pocket. | want tc
show To YOU and to this committee
that il is the only purpose protective
tariff can possibly have. Why do You
impose tariff? You impose ii upon
the theory that you cannot produce in
this country the article which you
protect as cheaply as it can be pro
1uced abroad, and you put the tariff
= non that article in order that tn
, price Of the article may bc SO much III
, creased that our people can afford t
produce It, You mean that the MAJ
who buys that article shall pay int
The public treasury the tariff upon tn
J article. and you expect that this, to
gethcr with the price. will be sutiicien
I To protect somebody else.
e There is a question. Mr.. Chairman
n when YOU come TO consider the detail
of a revenue tariff. as TO just how
d n0gnt 10 ne ltll. \ l"ll''N'I h'i'i 81
ready to stand by iTanywhere. that
protective tariff levied not 10 rails
revenue. but to protect some parucula
+ industry, is wrong in principle an
: vicious in practice"
e Mr. Perkins: Are you to he undo
!. stood as opposed To state or nation;
e. protection TO be extended To the bee
sugar industry?'
Mr.. Bryan: Il am most aSsuredly
Mr.. Mckenna: DO You really bcliev
Il that the protective policy is similar
II the pickpocket's policy of putting
i man's hand into another mans pock'
and extracting money from it?''
n Mr.. Bryan: "Yes. that is my belief
IF Il care not, for the sake of II
: argument. which position Is true. Or
- of three conditions must exist at In
time We have imposed a tariff on Voc
= we may have given a compensatoi
II duty, which is equivalent 10 that tart
upon wool in all in all its manufactur,
Is forms. The manufacturers of wo
m must. if he buys foreign wool. pay tn
~ duty. Now. if the farmer gets no