Speech #690098498

I believe that he did as much as any one man to fix and make sure that a protective tariff is as basic a fundamental of this Government as if It were one of the stones of our actual foundation. The tariff as perfected gave the United States its " industrial revolution." just as the invention of the steam engine and the spinning jenny gave England its "Industrial revolutioni" more tian 100 years ago. Our industrial revolution. which was well under way by 1896. enabled. us to absorb the immigrants who began to come at the rate of 1.000.000 a year. and made the restriction of immigration a question to be discussed principally from the economic standpoint. rather than that of the future of our Governmentthe standards of future citizens. I would not mention the tariff in this memorial addressand what I have said is a matter of history rather than of politicsbut for the fact that Mr. RAKER aned myself had discussed it many times in connection with immigration. He believed in a tariff. He said that if Canada could sustain permanently a tariff policy. Canada would develop manufactures. and a home market. and that immigrants then would go there. which might relieve the United States from too much immigration coming to the citiesnot to the country. But I had started to mention a few of those whom RAKER and I found here in the Sixtythird Congress. but who are now reaping the last reward of devotion to duty. James R.