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====Opposition towards high tariffs====
====Opposition towards high tariffs====
Unlike many Republicans, Logan did not favor a higher level of protective tariffs aimed at benefiting domestic business interests.<ref name=41-42>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 41–42.</ref> Advocating on behalf of farmer interests, he quarreled with colleague William "Pig Iron" Kelley of [[Pennsylvania]] and argued that protectionism did not aid the "laboring man." When lamented by Kelly of being unhelpful for the GOP, Logan retorted:<ref name=41-42/>
Unlike many Republicans, Logan did not favor a higher level of protective tariffs aimed at benefiting domestic business interests.<ref name=41-42>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 41–42.</ref> Advocating on behalf of farmer interests, he quarreled with colleague William "Pig Iron" Kelley of [[Pennsylvania]] over a bill and argued that protectionism did not aid the "laboring man." When lamented by Kelly of being unhelpful for the GOP, Logan retorted:<ref name=41-42/>
{{cquote|In my section of the country this is not regarded as a party question.}}
{{cquote|In my section of the country this is not regarded as a party question.|||Logan}}
Rep. Robert Schenck, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, implied that Logan lacked a full understanding on the issue of tariffs, and elicited the Illinois congressman's following reaction:<ref name=41-42/>
{{cquote|...the gentleman takes occasion all the time to 'pitch into' me, because I have... offered amendments to the bill.}}
Logan further referred to the tariff as an "atrocity" and Schenck denounced Logan's forceful opposition towards the bill, which he described as "kicked to death by grasshoppers."<ref name=41-42/>
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