Republican Campaign Text Book

CONTENTS.

PART II.-Pages 3 to 5. Condition of

the South under its free-trade masters-

Sad condition of the Southern masses—

Mr. Tarver's testimony as to the "" 'poorer

classes"-Mr. J. H. Taylor's testimony-

The poor whites "but one step in ad-

vance of the Indian"-Mr. Gregg's manu-

facturing village-Many scantily sup

plied with bread," and "stinted with

meat"-The planting classes blind to the

misery of the poor whites-Testimony of

Messrs. Roper, Tracey, Gregg, and Lump-

kin on the benefits to all of manufacture

-The planting classes refuse to be con-

vinced Their counter-proposition

"elevate" the white masses by making

them slaves-Fitzhugh's defence of white

slavery Keitt's defence of it in the House

of Representatives.

CHAPTER II.

The Tariff Question-Its History, Legisla-

tion, and Votes. Pages 5 to 27.

PART I.-Pages 6 to 7. The Republican-

American protective system-Advocated

by Washington, Franklin, Hamilton,

Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Madison, John

Q. Adams, Lincoln, Webster, Garfield,

Grant, Blaine, and Logan.

PART II.-Pages 7 to 8. Tariff legislation

from 1789 to 1793-Failure of original

confederation due to lack of "protection"

-The present Union organized with full

powers to protect "-The first tariff

resolution-The first tariff act-Protec-

Embargo and Non-Intercourse Acts-The

War of 1812-1815 - Brougham's an-

nouncement to the Commons of the British

purpose to "stifle in the cradle" the

rising manufactures in the United States."

PART IV.-Pages 9 to 10. Tariff act of

1816-Calhoun on protection-That act,

establishing "Protection,' passed by

Southern votes-The vote analyzed.

PART V.-Pages 10 to 11. The tariffs of

1824 and 1828-The compromise tariff of

1833 and its consequent disasters-Utter-

ances of Clayton and Clay-The Whig

tariff of 1842.

PART VI.-Pages 11 to 12. The Demo-
cratic trick which resulted in repeal of
the tariff of 1842 and enactment of the
Democratic-English free trade tariff of
1846-Letters of Polk and McCandless.

PART VII.-Pages 12 to 14.

Disastrous

effects of free-trade tariff of 1846-

Testimony of Henry C. Carey, Abram S.

Hewitt, and Joseph Casey.

PART VIII.-Page 14. President Fill.

more's message asking a restoration of

protection as a means to revive prosperity.

PART IX.-Pages 14 to 15. President

Buchanan's message-The nation bank-

rupt and without credit.

PART X.-Page 15. The Morrill Protec-

tive tariff of 1860-Subsequent Republi-

can legislation all protective.

PART XI.-Pages 15 to 16. The Morrison

free-trade tariff of 1876-A Democratic-

English free-trade death-blow aimed at

American industries-Analysis of the
bill, and its prospective effects.
PART XII.-Pages 16 to 18.

The Fer-

nando Wood Free-Trade Tariff Bill of

1878-How it injured American industrial

interests-The panic it occasioned-Gal-

lant fight of the Republicans for the labor-

ingman Infamous intentions of the

Democratic-English free-traders - Mill's
free-trade resolution-Votes on both.

Hurd's

PART XIII.-Pages 18 to 19.

resolution (1880) to restore the ruinous

Democratic-English free-trade tariff of

1846-Duell's speech.

tive tariffs of 1789 and 1790 passed by PART XIV.-Pages 19 to 20. Republican-

Southern votes.

PART III.-Pages 8 to 9. From 1793 to

1807-The commercial craze-Hamilton's

Report on Manufactures-Effect of the

American Tariff Commission Act of

1882-Text of bill-Votes in both houses

-Mills' attempt to substitute the Demo-

cratic-English free-trade tariff of 1846

for the Commission Bill-The Democratic

vote for free-trade and ruin.

PART XV.-Pages 20 to 21. Knit goods-

Duty on Woollen Goods-Bill of 1882, "to

correct an error," opposed by the Demo-

crats in both Houses-The votes.

duce tax on distilled spirits, and to extend

the period of withdrawal from warehouses

two years.

CHAPTER IV.

T31 to 47. 1

PART XVI.-Pages 21 to 22. Republican- The Protected American Farmer. Pages

American Tariff Act of 1883-Votes ex-

hibiting continued Democratic hostility

to protection.

PART XVII.-Pages 22 to 24. Democratic

defeat of the bill to restore the duty on

wool-How it came to need restoration-|

Sherman's amendment to the tariff bill

of 1883, and Senate vote thereon-Text of

the amendatory bill of 1884-The injus-

tice acknowledged by all-More than a

million people interested-Every State ap-

pealing for the restoration-The Demo-

cratic pledges to the wool-growers to re-

store it-The vote by which the Democrats

contemptuously broke those pledges.

PART XVIII.-Page 25. Statistics of the

American wool-growing interest-Num-

ber of sheep-flocks by States and Terri-

tories-Number of sheep and quantity of

wool.

PART XIX-Pages 26 to 27. Text of the

Morrison Democratic-English Free-Trade

PART I.-Pages 31 to 33. Benefits of the

Republican-American protective system to

the American farmer--The proof by

Henry C. Carey, Hon. J. T. Updegraff,

and a suffering Canadian farmer.

PART II.-Pages 33 to 35. Increase from

1860 in farms, farm-acreage, farm values,

production and prices of farm products,

and decrease in prices of all the farmer

wants to buy-Speeches of Representatives

Hiscock, Kasson, Brumm, Browne and

Chace.

PART III. Pages 35 to 86. Democratic

admission that protection cheapness all

articles bought by the farmer-Speeches

of Ex-Senator Eaton and Representatives

Kelley, Evans, and Russell-Our farmers,

foreign market vanishing-They will soon

want more protection for the home

market.

Tariff Bill of 1884-Vote on the motion to PART IV-Pages 37 to 43. Values in ag-

consider-Vote on motion to strike out
enacting clause-The Republicans kill the
obnoxious bill.

CHAPTER III.

Treasury-Surplus Reduction. Pages 28 to 30.

PARTI.-Pages 28 to 30. Recommendations

of Secretary of the Treasury-3 per cent.

riculture enhanced by increase of Non-

agricultural population-Values of farm

lands and percentages of agricultural

workers-Tabulated comparisons by States

and within each State-Tabulated state-

ments showing higher land values in man-

ufacturing counties-Variation of prices

by States and groups of States-Tabulated

aggregate value of products of manufac-

tures compared with acreage and value of

farm lands by States and groups of

States.

bonds now payable-The 3 and 4 per/PART V.-Pages 44 to 46. The farmer's

cents, and refunding certificates-Esti-

mated surplus for 1884-Such surplus con-

tinuing would pay the whole debt in 15

years-Authority of the Treasury to use

income--Values of farm products enhan-

ced by increase of non-agricultural workers

Tables comparing groups of States-

Comparisons within each State.

the surplus-Difficulties in exercising it- PART VI. -Pages 46 to 47. Wages of

The surplus likely to swell-How to avoid

a "heaped-up surplus "-The sinking fund

-Future reduction of revenues-The nec-

essary legislation-The Tariff Commission

created to make such reduction-The

tariff act of 1883 fails to reduce as much

as expected-The principles that should

govern reduction-Inexpediency of imme-

diate tariff reduction.

farm labor. [See also Part V. of Chapter

V., page 54.]

CHAPTER V.

The Protected American Laborer. Pages

47 to 60.

PART II.-Page 30. Reduction of internal PART I.-Pages 47 to 48. Comparative

revenue taxes-" Moderate modification"
and "total repeal "-Taxes on fermented
liquors and on bank circulation-Data bear-
ing upon proposed abolition of all inter-
nal-revenue taxes-Vote in Senate
repeal of tax on bank circulation-Votes
in House on proposition to abolish or re- and Scotland.

wages of mechanical and factory labor in
Massachusetts and Great Britain-Increase
of such wages in Massachusetts from 1860.
on PART II.-Page 49. Comparative wages of
mechanical and factory labor in New Jersey

PART III.-Pages 49 to 51. Comparative

weekly rates of all wages in Europe and

America in country and city.

PART IV.-Pages 52 to 53. Daily wages of

mechanical labor in American States and

Territories, grouped-The rise under pro-

tection-1874 compared with 1860.

PART V.-Pages 54 to 56. Comparative

American farm-wages in different locali-

ties-The rise in such wages under Re-

publican protection from 1860 to 1874-

Farm-wages highest when near large man-
ufacturing industries.

PART VI.-Pages 57 to 58. Comparative
cost of the laborer's living in Great
Britain and Massachusetts-Analysis of
tables of food, rent and other prices-
Comparative budgets and percentages of
expenditure-Proof that the Massachusetts
workman lives better and saves
than his British brother.

PART VII.-Pages 59 to 60. Food prices

in European countries and cities com-

pared with those in America-Purchasing

power of one dollar in England, France,

Germany and America-Earnings of brain-

workers in England-What a competent

English clerk earns, expends and saves in

one year.

CHAPTER VI.

Condition of Unprotected Labor in Europe.

Pages 61 to 67.

PART L.-Pages 61 to 64. Condition of lu-