The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-23
From Madison to Dingiey Bills Are Reviewed. A BOUNTY IS PAID
 BY THE CONSUMER Evils and Favoritism of Pro- tection Exposed by
 the Candidate. Protest Against the Men Who Make Unjust Laws and Thea "stsnd Pat. when Abody Proposes to Repeal or Modify Them.

Esopus, N. r., Oct. 22-In a sseech on the tarif issue today. Judge Parker replied to remarks on that subject from men representing six districts. New York delegations which were received at Rosemount. The delegations were from the Harlem Democratic club, Central Parker independent club. West Side Parker independent club, Re- form club, Business Mems Parker and Davis associations, and the New York State League of Parker and Davis clubs.
 The day was not pleasant for an out door political gathering. Fleeting clouds yelled the sky, the airs was chilly and during the noon hour cold rain began to fall
 The Harlem club. accompanied by band. arrived on the steamer Sagamore and marched up to Judge Parkers house. The visitors made themselves at. home on the grounds until the arrival of the other delegations over the West Shore railroad.
 The speaker on behalf of the visiting delegations were Isaac A. Hopper, for the Harlem club; Louis R. Enrich for the independent clubs and Everett ". Abbott for the reform. club.
 Mir Hopper presented to Judge Par ker an engrossed copy of resolutions in support of the Democratic National ticket which were adopted at a recent meeting of the Harlem club.
 In reply to the delegations Judge Parker said:
 Judge Parker Speaks.
 Gentlemen-I thank you for the ad- dresses you have made and for your generous assurances of the support of your selves and the various clubs you represent in the campaign now being waged. My response shall be confined to the issue most prominently presen- ted by your speeches.
 In order to understand our present situation in respect to the tariff, It is best to glance at the past and see how we reached he position we now oc- aupy. Our political opponents usually point to Alexander Hamilton as the founder and exponder of the protective system, and they are never weary of quoting from his rerJrt of 1791 in sup port of their positions They always speak of Hamilton's report on manu- factures as though it were report on protection. Even the editor of his com plete works, the present Senator from Massachusetts, does so.
 Being a report on manufactures only 1t does not justify protective duties on wool coal. lumber. iron ore. borax and other products of the soil, mines and fisheries in which our present tariff IL not last. Take out of the tariff, ev- erything that Hamilton did not include in his report and the alliance of special interests which the tariff reports would be shattered in fragments.
 Hamilton said that his object was to promote such manufactures. "as will tend to render the United States in- dependent of foreign nations for mili- tary and other essential supplies.
 America Independent.
 Does anybody say that we have not reached that condition9 Does anybody contend that the United States Is still dependent on foreign nations for mili- tary and other essential supplies? Have we not frequently heard the note of alarm in Europe at the American invasion of the worlds markets by our manufactured goods and especially those of iron and steel?
 Whether Hamilton's conceptions as to the best way to establish manufac- turing industries were right or not the object which he sought was long since gained. but the protective tariff is now vastly higher than any that he recommended or probably conceived of.
 In this report Hamilton enumerated a number of manufacturing industries as already established in the United States In his time. Among these were leather, iron and steel. copper and brass, tiles and pottery, wood, paper. hats, carriages of all kinds and most articles of personal clothing and household use,
 "These," he says, have grown up and hourished at rapidity which sur prises, affecting an encouraging as- surance of success"-meaning success in other branches of manufactures. If these branches had grown up and hourished with surprising rapidity one hundred and thirteen years ago, what just claim on extravagant government bounties can they advance now? All though Hamilton is usually cited as the founder of the system it really be- gan before him.
 The First TarIR Bill.
 The first tariff bill was presented in 17sg. As originally reported, it was A tariff for revenue only. MT. Madi- son. who reported it to the House. was opposed to protection on principle, but he yielded in some particulars to the advocates of that doctrine, so that his bill became a tariff for revenue with some slight incidental protection. the average rate of duty being $ I-2 per cent advalorem.
 All of our tariffs until 1SO6 were of this sort and the argument used to sun mort the very moderate protective fea- tures was substantially the same as that of Hamilton already mentioned The war of 1912 and the embargo acts that accompanied 1t stopped importa- tton for the time being. having the ef- feet of prohibitory tariff.
 When the war came to an end and the protected classes were again sub iected to the competition which they had before successfully met. they de- manded more protection aud they got If. The tarif was advanced 24 1-2 per cent. average. and then by leaps and Sornds till that of 1928. when 1t reached 43 per cent The latter has passed into history as the tariff of nominations"
 It was followed by Clays compro- mise measure of 1888. which reduced duties by a sliding scale extending over number of years to 20 per cent MT Clay was at that era and indeed during his whole 'i'" @'""- dard bearer of 'tt