Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-06

LOG or TIE CONSTITUTION.
Phnadelrhiu Ledger.
The continuance of bounties on manu-
features long established must almost
always be of questionable policyi be-
cause o. presumption would arise IN every
ease that there were natural and inherent
impedimcnts TO success. ll79l.l-Alex-
nnder Hamilton.
Al present / win say that I, too, am
friend TO free trade, but it must be
free trade Of perfect reciprocity; us2Ol |
The fourth mode In which protection
can be afforded 70 domestic industry is
70 admit free Of duty every article which
aids the operations Of the manufacturers.
llsss.l Henry Clay.
The psopks u New Enghnd and es'
pecially 81 Mnsnnrhusetts, are very ex-
tensively engaged Ia tho manufacture Of |
articles IN which wool. hemp, flax, silk, /
lead, tn, brass, iron and hides are I
largely consupod It Is for their in
forests that The duties on these articles /
should b merely nominal. or that they |
should be freo II our manufactures are |
20 inroaae--to keep pace with our popu- |
lation and The growing wants Of our |
peOplo--if we are to have the control OF
The markets Of our own country, If we
arc 70 meet with and compete with the
manufactures Of England and other
nations Of western Europe in the market !
Of the world, we must havo our raw ma
+ terials duty free or at mere nominal duty.
ils57.)-Henry Wilson.
Protection II simply a system Of equal
robbery, taking from one home industry
70 pay another. If we 20 on in
the present plan Of adding 10 the cost of
everything we produce there Is not
another country ON the face of the globe
that will contribute one cent 20 enrich
the people of the United States, or be
able 10 buy single article of our pro
duction. IL is an attempt, against the
laws of Providence, 60 force the people OF
this country 10 pay more for what they
need than the laws Of Providence would
otherwise REQUIRE The title of
the (tarih) bin should be so changed as
70 road: "a bill 10 prevent the diiiused
blessings of Providence from being en-
joyed by the people of the United
States" In relation to the article of
iron or upon any other particular branch
upon which you increase yonr tariff, you
Immediately 60 of in another direction
and increase the tariff upon other col
lateral interests affected by IL, and so
you follow up d gigantic system of houn
ties upon an these interests, upon the
plea Of protecting them. lls60) John
A. Kasson.
said II, and / stand by IL, that as a
general rule the duties paid upon inn
ports operate as a tax upon the consumer.
(le0o.l -
Every advance towards free ex-
change of commodities is an advance in
civilization; every obstruction 30 a free
exchange, Is born OF the same narrow,
despotil spirit which planted castles upon
the Rhine TO pluder peaceful commences
every obstruction 10 comerce is a tax
upon consumption, every facility 10 a
free exchange cheapenB commodities, in
creases trnde and production, and pro-
notes civilization. Nothing is worse than
eectionalism within nation, and nothing
IS better for the peace of nations than
unrestricted freedom Of comerce and in
torcourse with zach other. (ls08.l John
sherman
II lie little TOO late, IN the year 1893,
70 advance the doctrine that when we
are dealing with subjects OF taxation we
have no right TO consider questions Of
morals as connected with tho operation
OF such taxation. have been brought
up in school Of politics which has taught
me that 10 do right is the highest pos
sibie expediency. llsos.l-George II.
Edwards.
The duty must be levied on the raw
material or on the manufactured article.
If you levy il on tho raw material, you
discriminate against American labor
Henry L. Dawes.
During the entire war, when we were
seeking everything on the earth and in
the skies and in tho waters under the
earth out of which taxation could be
wrung, IL never entered into the con-
ception of Congress TO tax breadstuiis-
never. During the most pressing ext
gencies Of the terrible contest In which
We were tuNhNNul hNAAHtA uiNNNhluAh MOI
lumber ever became the subject of one
penny Of taxation. Now, as Il
the article Of lumber, again remind The
House that there has never been a tas
upon this article. / say that wherever
the Western lrontersman undertakes Il
make for himself a home, 10 tin the soil
to carry on the business OF life, he need.
lumber for his cabin, he needs lumber for
his fence, he needs lumber for his wagoi
or cart, he needs lumber for his plough
ne needs lumber for almost every pur
pose in his daily life. ls0s.l flames C
Blaine.
The hours Of labor in the Iancashir,
mills arc hfty-siN, in the Massachusetts
sixty, per week The hours of labor il
the mills in tho other New Englan,
States, where the wages arc general,
less than in Massachusetts,, are usualll
sixty-six TO siNty-nine per week. Tn
doubtedly the inequalities in the wage
of English and American operatives ar
more thon equalized by the greater o
fciency of the latter and their longe
hours Of labor. (lSsl.l -James @. Blaine
am for protection which leads L
ultimate free trade. (April /, ls70.)-
James A. Garfield.
The tariff Of ls46, although confess
edly and professedly a tariff Tor revenu,
was, so far as regards all the great in
terests Of the country, as perfect q taril
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