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Show H HIGH TARIFF NECESSARY. H In a speech before the House of Hep- H j rcscntatlvcs June 2."., 1000, Hon James 1 T. McClcary gave a completo resume B of our tarill laws from 1612. Uy charts H and tlgurcs he showed that tarlh re- H vision as well as free trado has ever iB resulted to the country's terrible dis advantage, and ho proved his case so conclusively that none havo yet at- tempted to answer him. H Our first tariff was for the war of H 1812. Despite the expense of the war H the country had never before been In H , such a prosperous condition as It was H I between 1812 and 1810. In 1815 the rc hlon Idea came along, and while Congress riuhtlv Intended to lower the wai tariff, Uiy lowered It too much and depletion resulted. A panic citno and hard times Listed for seven years In 18.M a high protective tailff was levied and the prosperity of the country again, went up In bounds. In 181.2 and 18:n a bill was passed providing for a giadual reduction of 10 percent every all ernat,e year until the general rate was but 20 per cent ad valorem. Iiefore the third induction induc-tion had been made the panic of 18.17 resulted. William Henry Harrison was elected on a pintcctioii platfoim, and In 1842 tlio tariff was raised, prosperity being the result. ' The Walker tariff of 184(1 again made a reduction, and 18'7 there was another revision downward and a .panic followed fol-lowed immediately. From 1802 to 1871 the Morrill protective pro-tective tariff was in force and prosperity prosper-ity was again enthroned. In 1871, '72 and '7.1 the crv for "reduction "re-duction of war taxes" resulted In a revision and the panic of 187.1 followed fol-lowed In 1875 there was a slight revision upward, and a reasonable Increase In prosperity, but In 1882 and 1SS.I there was another revision, but In this only the wool growers suffered However, In 18'U the WINon-Gorman "tarfff for revenue only" law was placed on the books and the result was boup houses to Hie limit In 1897 the Dlnglev piotectlve tariff law came Into cIT'Ct audthc present Incomparable piospenty has existed since that time. As the distinguished writer on economic subjects, Mr Francis Curtis, well sajs- "Tno history of our tariff laws shows, that In every instance, without exception, ex-ception, slnio the foundatiorof the Government, where the existing tariff, or any part of it has been reduced, there have followed disastrous consequences conse-quences In all or a part of our In' dustrlcs. There has not been a slnele exception not one. On the other hand. It can be said that In everv in stance, where the tariff has been Increased In-creased as a whole, or upon slnglo Industries, those Industries and 'the commercial prosperity of the, country at large have been Increased, and continued con-tinued so long as that higher tailff Itself continued. This, too, can bo laid down as a rule without a single exception," If revision results so disastrously, what would fice tiado result In? Democracy Is for freo trade. Why elect a reprcntailve to Congress who Is against protection? The people can well afford to lot well enough alone. |