Excerpt from Proceedings of the National Tariff Convention: Held at the Cooper Institute, New York, November 29 and 30, 1881
The grave questions of public concern to be acted upon will be as follows:
First. - Immediate remedy of the injuries done by decisions of the Treasury Department and the Courts, which have so construed the Tariff Laws in many cases as to legalize evasions of Customs Duties, to prostrate numerous important American Industries, and give to Foreign Manufacturers large sums of money which should go into the Treasury of the United States; decisions which the Secretaries of the Treasury, in some instances, have declared to be wrongs which Congress should be asked to remedy.
Second. - The appointment of a competent Commission to thoroughly investigate and report upon the Progress, Condition, and Needs of American Industries, and to recommend such Tariff Legislation as will be Protective in character, consistent in all its parts, and adapted to the present condition of the Business of the Country.
Third. - The consideration of the policy of an Early and Progressive Reduction of Internal Taxes by the General Government.
Fourth. - The maintenance of a favorable Balance of Trade, and the Enlargement of our Markets for American Products, by the Promotion of our Shipbuilding Interests and Foreign Commerce.
The Convention will consist of six hundred delegates. The basis of representation of trades and industries will be notified to them by the Executive Committee, and communications relating to the Convention or its business may be addressed to D. F. Houston, Chairman, Thurlow, Pa.; to James M. Swank, Secretary of The American Iron and Steel Association, Philadelphia; or to Marcus Hanlon, Secretary, care of The American Protectionist, No. 305 Broadway, New York.
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