| Show republican LEADERS LEADEM who bear witness bitne s against the protective tariff PRESIDENT V S GRANT said it in his sixth message of 1874 t the introduction free of duty of such wools as vie do not produce would stimulate tile the manufacture of goods requiring the use of those we do produce and therefore would be a benefit to lome home production in his seventh message lessage lA 1875 he adds these thee duties not only come from the consumers at home bonic but act as a protection to foreign nan PRESIDENT IllES IDEST JAMES A GARri ILD said april 1 1870 in opposition to the increase of tariff 1 I 1 am for the kind of protection which leads to ultimate F free ree trade on oil the day of may fay 1872 lie said eaid and those who iho heard mr 1111 horr should note this thip 1 I 1 know moreover that the wholesale I 1 price rice of american Anie rican aalt in toronto tor onto C canada a 11 aia da is a i dollar lower per barrel than the ame fame f salt falt is on the new york side of the lake that is we produce it ship hill it acro s paying portage freight and transportation and then sell fell it to our canadian neighbors one dollar a barrel cheaper than it is boltl on oil our own shores to our own people certainly gentlemen ent lemen will not want a 1 d duty 11 ty continued that enables this thin thing to be done p CHESTER A ARTHUR said in his second in mcge cage age of 1 I recommend art an crilli ginejt of the free list and a substantial reduction or of the duties upon cotton iron and steel and upon sugar molasses aniol a ases silk wool anil and woolen OF STATI STATE JAMUS 4 BLAIN 13 said on tho the day of jul june ae i SOS during the anthe war when we were seeking 0 every iliin thing 7 on oil the he earth and i in n t the lie sk skies ies ou oat t of which taxation could lie be wrung rung neither bread stull d nor lumber ever became the subject of one penny of ta when tile western frontiersman builds a home hoine he be needs lumber for his bis cabin lumber for his fence lumber for his wagon or cart lumber for foi his plough and lul lumber liber for almost every purpose pur poe in his daily life but the republican Republic till party clapped a tariff on oil I 1 lumber just the llie same anil again in ia 1890 mr blaine hlaing said irre in reference forence to the mckinizy McKi INIcK irile nIcy y bill vj uy wih not open the markets k ct 5 0 of f the world for another bushel of american wheat 11 SENATOR SE vatan joll JOJIN SIMMIAN the republican leader in the alio senate said on the oth lay day of june judici 1808 it every advance toward a free exchange 0 of commodities is in advance I 1 in n civilization every obstruction st to a fica fi cc ex exchange hatie 0 is born of the same saine narrow despotic spirit which planted castles upon tile rhine to plunder peaceful commerce every obEt obstruction ruction to commerce erce is a tax upon consumption every facility to a free exchange 0 cheapens increases trade and all production and promotes civilization civilia tion tothill No nothing thill is is worse than sectionalism within a nation and nothing is better belter for tile the peace of if nations than unrestricted freedom of commerce and intercourse with each other SENATOR 1 ALLISON on the of March 1870 said 1 I 1 will say say with regard 0 to tile the dut duty 11 on oil wool and nd woolen that I 1 regard mcgarl it not as an intentional fraud but ope operating operatic ratin as a fraud upon the 0 great 1 it body of tile people of tile ho united states stales I 1 allude to to the wool tariff tariff the tariff act of was a war nic mei sure asure and was not intend id d to remain upon t alic lie statute book as a prote effic tarifa in time of peace SEV ATOl 1 Lt fo foga ay said on oil the isali elds ildy of april 1870 ewhen a gentleman stands upon this floor bloor and ami tells tile ine that thai this high high tariff iq for the protection of the laboring 10 inadi ma i I 1 tell hini him lie ea cannot I 1 adot sibly b abt sue such a theory ia inn rk said may alay lu IJ 1886 we need no plot e active tariff to protect horne anark markcus es against the foreign producers jn ill all the cli cheaper caller fabrics we call anil and do compete with tile the world at AS coall 0 o all ru fabrics rubrics iron disteel steel wood aud and leather goods largely made inada lay by machinery and in winch manual labor is comparatively a small element clenie nt we ive need JAO tion whatever we vc can call make and bell ell them thac m on oil equal terms with tile rest of tile the world ja A KASON said in 1806 thu the title of the tar bill should be changed to read A bill to prevent the lie blessings of from froin being enjoyed by br flie th people of tile lie united state |
