Show LE LB who esar bear witt e n A aa a ast tho Protect protective ivo tariff r U s GRANT said in his sixth message or of 1871 1874 1 tile the introduction fret free of dinv duty of such stich wools wool is as we ilo 10 not lot produce would stimulate the manulat manufacture ture of goods ri quiring the use of 11 elloso ils P odo tl produce ind and the alre would aou 1 1 be a beri dienel elit il to home brodu nini in ill his hi seventh Mess message atle 0 1875 lie he adds these the duties not only come from the consumers at collic bu but act as 1 a I protection proter tion to foreign faire fijn 11 RESIDENT JAMES A GARFIELD said april 1 1870 in opposition altion to the of if tariff 1 I till am for the kind of protection which loads to frer freo trade on the da clay of may 1872 he said paid and thoe who heard mr should note thia 1 I 1 know moreover that the wholesale price of american silt in toronto canada is a dollar lower per birrel barrel than the same saine lit alt is ia on oil the new york side of the lake all thit it is we produce it ship it across acro s divil plying portage fi eight freight and transportation and then sell it to our canadian neighbors I 1 one dollar it a barrel chea cheaper per than it is sold on oil our own shores to our own onn people certainly gentlemen will not want a duty continued that enables th this thin to be done PRESIDENT CHESTER A ARTHUR said in his second nies message sage of 1882 1889 1 I recommend an all enlar enlargement ment of the diee lirt and a substantial reduction of the duties upon cot cotton toll iron and teel steel and upon u ga r molasses silk wool all and woolen boods SECRETARY OF STATE JAMES G LAINE 13 said on oil tile tho day of june julie 1808 during tho the entire war when we ive were seeking every thin tiling on oil the lie earth and in tho the skies out of which taxation could be wrung neither bread stuffs nor lumber ever became the subject of one penny of ta when ailien the western frontiersman builds a 1 home be needs lumber for liis his cabin lumber for his fence ber for his nv wagon or nr cart lumber for his plough and lumber for almost every in his daily life but tho the republican party e clapped a tariff on oil I 1 umber lumber just the llie same earne and azain in 1890 mr blaine said in reference to the mckinley bill ic will not open the markets of lie he world for another bushel of american wheat S SENATOR JOHN Sn EHMAN the republican lican leader in the senate said on the oth day of june julie every advance toward a free e exchange c 0 of commodities is in advance in civilization every obstruction st to a free exchange 0 o is born of tile same narrow arrow despotic spirit which planted castles upon tho the thine rhine to plunder peaceful commerce every obstruction to commerce is is a tax upon consumption every facility to a free exchange cheapens commodities increases trade and production and promotes civilization nothing is worse than sectionalism within a nation and bothin nothing is better belter for the peace of nations than unrestricted freedom of commerce com merc and intercourse with each other senator WM WH B ALLISON on tho abo alth of march 1870 said 1 41 I will say with regard i to the duty on wool and woolens that I 1 rc regard L ard it riot not as art an intentional fraud bu but t operating as it a fiand upon the great reat body of the people of the united states slates I 1 allude to the wool tariff the tariff act of 1861 was vas a war measure und and was not intended intend id to remain upon the statute book as it a protective tariff in time of peace SENATOR SEN ATOll JOHN A lot LOUAN pan maid faid on the day of april 1870 when mien a gentl gentleman cui n stands upon this floor and tells me ine that this high tariff is for the krotec protection tor of the laborin laboring man I 1 tell hini him lie cannot pos possibly possible sibl substantiate such fuel a theory SENATOR RANK FRANK I Hl alcock COCK aid taid t may ilay 10 19 we VR need no protective tariff to protect our home hoine markets against the foreign producers lit in all the cli cheaper caller fabrics we can and do compete i lelh ith the world As to al ail I 1 fabrics iron steel 9 wood and leather goods largely made by mat machinery mathi hir nery iery arid and in which manual labur labor ia coin para lively a small element we need no protection whatever we can call make arid and tell ell them on equal terms with the rest of the world CONGRE WHAN ano A kabson said in the title of the tariff bill should be chael changed cd to read A bill to prevent the diffused bles blessings eings of providence from beina being i e enjoyed by tile people of the united unite d |