Mr. HARDING, ofllliuois. I move to strike out 4 dollars a barrel on mackerel, and to insert 6. " Mr. Chairman, I am glad that for once I can unite in the policy of the Gentfrom Maine in relation to this matter. I am heartily in favor of protecting the interests of this country against competition from abroad. When we established fishing bounties we intended to encourage fish“ing in British waters for the purpose of introduciu into this country cheap food to compete with t to productions of this country. Now, sir, I am glad to see that the gentleman is satisfied to abandon that policyof importing our provisions from abroad. I understand him now to be in favor of increasing the duty on foreign fish for the purpose of protecting the American product. am in favorofthatpolicy. I am, fart ermore, in favor of extending that principle over the length and breadth of our countr. I know that the centralizing policy of England has made Canadaalmostexclusively an agricultural country. There was a Yankee who went from my country and manufactured, sleigh bells there, but he is the only manufacturer that I ever heard of in Canada. Every thing they use is manufactured in England, and the people of Canada are producing merely what the American people produce. Now, I am not in favor of having a recipro city treaty with them on this platform. If they were a manufacturing people: who could compete with NewEngland an our eastern manufacturers, so as to bring down the priceof manufactured articles, I do not know but what I should have been in favor of a reciprocity treaty. But what is the effect of the principle of this bill? It is to throw open to NewEngland the agricultural region of Canada to supply them. I wrth cheap foo thus excludin our own country from a market which we s iould otherwise have. Sir, I have been for 30 years nay 35 years in the ranks, in the rear or in the front; sometimes in the one position, and sometimes in the other, sustaining a tariff which should ultimately give a good market at home for the productions of our forms. We have encouraged the manufacturinginterests of this country until now we make quite a respect able show in the world. Butin place of furnishing a market for our agricultural productions, this bill opens the door.to Canada, an agricultural region, to compete with us. Now, I want to say to these gentlemen from the East that I will go for putting on a high, a prohibitory tariff upon manufactured goods, but you must deal with as fairly. Shut the door against those things that compete with us, such as cattle, horses, ogs, corn, and wheat, and then we can live to ether. I will buy my shirt of you and you will uy your bread of inc that is my principlo. I withdraw the amendment to the amendment