The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-05
AMERICAN TARIFF Laws

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During the 12o years of the Ameri-
can tarin system there have been
| thirteen general revisions OF the tarin'
as many more serious attempts At gen
eral revision. and hundreds OF minor
changes. From Madison, who wrote
the first tariff act, to Serene T.. Payne
who will probably see the pending re-
vision called the Payne law eacn new
tariff has been fathered by some prom
inent man. In recent years 1t has peen
the custom to give the name OF the
chairman of the Ways and Means Com
mittee to the tarin acts. as, lor IN
stance, the Dingley act. the wilson
act, and the Mckinley act. Prior 10
the civil war tariff law frequently
got the name Of some one OUTSIDE Q.
the House. The Walker tarin derived
It's name from Robert j. Walker, sec
rotary OF the Treasury. The Clay COM
promise got its names from henry
| Clay, then q United States Senator.
James Madison wrote Americas mrs.
tariff law, No statesman has ever
done q more audacfous thing IL was
while straining at gnat OF per
cent tariff that the confederation wen.
to pieces. But Mr.. Madison proposed
to make the same colonies which COM
posed the Confederation swallow the
camel Of much higher tarin. ne sue
ceeded and the ENCOURAGEMENT OF
American manufactures" to which the
States would not agree when members
Of the Confederation. was meekiy ac-
quiesced In when members OF the UNI
ted states. With Madison II was
case Of everything to gain and nothins
to lose. He understood full well that
II the government could not levy
tariff on imports It meant ruin anyway.
and the test might as well come tnen
as Thereafter. Madison, fhiinore anu
Mckinley are the only three authors
of tariff laws who ever reacneo tne
presidency.
Alexander j Dallas, secretary %
the Treasury under Madison, was tne
virtual author OF the tarfn OF lslo. ~
had been the custom for the secretary
Of the Treasury to be called on Tor
report showing the needs Of the treas
ury and the direction change IN tne
tariff should take. Hamilton mad pro.
Albert Galiatin had done likewise. TAX
ing the opposite view in the main. Dair
las was born in the British Island Oh
Jamaica, and took the oath OF aiiesi-
ance in 1888. 1t was on his Suggestion
that the Second National Bank was IN
corporated In 1915, and mis- services &c
Secretary OF the Treasury during the
financially perilous times FOLLOWING our
second war with England have always
been regarded as of high order.
1t is rather hard to assign the au-
thorship of the tariff OF 1874. IL was
reported by the Committee on Manu-
features. of which Mr.. Todd, or Penn
sylvania, was Chairman. though the
measure was framed by the committee
acting as a whole. Mr.. Todd steereo
Il through the House.
Silas Wright wrote the report on the
bill which was afterward distorted IN
to the Tariff OF denominations. Chair
man Mallory, of the Committee on
Manufactures, managed the bill In tine
House. but the probabilities are that
the credit for drafting the measure Is
largely due to Silas Wright. wright
was political power In his day. and
as member of the United States SEN
ate he made hfmself one or the leaoers
OF the national Democracy.
John Quincy Adams was the autnor
of the bill which furnishes the OASIS OF
the tariff Of 1892, and as such was tne
only ex-President who ever draItea =
tarin law. Madison. fiifmore anu NC
Ktnley became PRESIDENT AFTER sneLi
bills became laws put AoaWs wac 80
ident before, ne mao 70 cohseho WIZ
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