General Garfield As a Statesman And Orator Paragraphs From His Speeches in Con
General Garfield As a Statesman And Orator Paragraphs From His Speeches in Con
James a James Abram Garfield
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[From a Speech in the House of Representatives, April i, 1570. '] I STAND novv where I have always stood since I have been a member of this House. I take the liberty of quoting, from the Congressional Globe of 1866. The following remarks which I then made on the subject of the tarifT : 12 GENERAL GARFIELD. " We have seen that one extreme school of economists would place the price of all manufactured articles in the hands of foreign producers by rendering it impossible for our manufacturers to c...om- pete with them : while the other extreme school, by making it im- possible for the foreigner to sell his competing waies in our market, would give the people no immediate check upon the prices which our manufacturers might fix for their products. I disagree with both these extremes. I hold that a properly adjusted competition between home and foreign products is the best gauge by which to regulate international trade. Duties should be so high that our manufacturers can fairly compete with the foreign product, but not so high as to enable them to drive out the foreign article, enjoy a monopoly of the trade, and regulate the price as they please.
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