Year: 1870

noiders nate them because they hate


the Government They wanted the


rebellion TO succeed, and il j. bot natn-


raj that they should hate the men who


lent the money TO put down the rebel
lion.


Passing from that, come now 10


the question OF the tariff. There j. "a


great deal said by Democratic politi-


clans about the tariff What is n tariff.


n duty levied upon foreign goods i'm


ported into the United States. We


have always had tariff In this


country ever since the Government


was formed. 1t began with the adj


m;nistration of George Washington;


and before the Union was formed the


several States had their respective tar
ifs. We have always raised revenue


by tariff, and always shall. 1t has


been done under every administration.
When the war came on we could not


raise enough money by tariff We


had TO raise il by tariff I'm part. We
& ttst tttt aNooNit- IL ~ w tFhsts t0A


we still have TO raise a hundred and


fifty-five or a hundred and sixty mil


lion dollars year, 10y tariff, how


VIII you get money 10 carry on the


government? Will you get it 10y di-


rect taxatione Is the Democratic


party i'm favor of that Certainly not;


nobody is in favor of that. Then We


must have a tariff 10 get revenue. /,


is idle 10 talk about repeating il unless
you can carry on the government
without money. Mr.. Voorhees, has
discovered a way to pay the national
debt without taxation, without costing
anything; now If he can just find n
way to carry on the government with
out money, the work of financial
reform will be complete. Laughter.


Then free trade is cut of the ques-
ton; when a man talks about il he
talks about thing that is impossible.
1 do not care in what manner you
adjust the tariff, if you have a tariff
at all it will afford some protection;
you must have q tariff for revenue,
and free trade is out Of the question
rs long as you have tariff.


There are several kinds of tariff.
There is what is called prohibitory
tariff-that is an obsolete idea. 1
know of nobody who is i'm favor of il.
Then there is tariff for protection
that differs but little from from a pro-
hibitory tariff i'm principle; that is not
the kind of tariff that We want. But
as tariff for revenue will afford some
and as we must have a tar
i'll for revenue, we propose that the
protection shall result in favor of our
own producers, and not in favor Of
foreign producers.


There are two or three ways of levy
ing tariff. One way, advocated by
Mr.. Kerr, is to levy its highest upon
articles that we do not produce at all,
such as tea, sugar and coffee.


If you do that, of course il must
come lightest upon articles that we do
produce in competition with foreign
countries, SO as to afford to our own
producers the least possible protection
and encouragement.


There is another plan called the
horizontal tariff, which is levied at an
equal rate OF per cent. OH all articles,
regard to whether they are
luxurIes or necessaries. II has been
said TO be tariff of strict neutrality
between the home producer and the
foreign producer. If you think that
i'm that respect between
home producers and foreign producers
should prevail, then you would be
m favor of the hoiizontal tariff; but
here are very few people who are in
avor of that. In levying a tariff for
'evenue, we should i'm the first place
)ut the tax higher upon luxuries than
lpon necessaries, and then, if there
must be discrimination, let il be in
avor of our home producers.


Then there is another method Of
evying IA tariff; put it lowest on arti-
les that we do not produce, and
higher upon articles that We do pro-
luce, so that there will be at all times


fair and equal competition between
he foreign and the home producer.
f you make it prohibitory tariff you
ct no revenue by it. Ii you put IL
Glow the point Of competition you
ct revenue only, and give the market
Yer to the foreign producer. We do
OF want a prohibitory tariff: We do
ct want to make monopoly here;
ut as you must have a tariff, how
hould you levy it? / say, pat il at a
oint that will afford fair competi-
on between the home and foreign
roducer That brings you revenue
ecause there is competition. and COM
ctition implies foreign importation.
hat gives revenue, and at the same
me builds up you. own home manu-
lcturers and home labor. / am for
home labor rs far n IL can
e done legitimately. / do not want
, see the laboriDg men OF Indiana
orking for the same prices that the
orking men of Great Britain, France
I'D Germany command Labor is
igher in this county than IL isin the
,untries OF Europe, and l hope and

Ipect TO see il maintained, and when
e can legitimatcly protect and en-
,urage our own labor, am i'm favor


doing il. But l DO not want any
,dy to saj because ] say this that