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SPE ECH
CT Mn. SAMUEL S. PHELPS,
ON TH1E1 TARIFF.
IN THE SENATE, FEBRUARY 16 AND 10, 1914

. t'oncludcd)
| IL Is sald that by w'hdraWihS your support
rom inc iaporers OF hnrope' you ooPr've theH
Vi tho aoi,ity Oh purchasing anu CONSUMING YOU
COTTON DE IL SO. WIZ NOT the employment
your own laoorers CONFER corresponding aoIi''
" upon ,heii IL one hunureu 'nousanu Peo
pie are sustained IN Europe by your demand lol
cotton iaorics' VIII no. the same hunoer oe sus
taiheu nero ana VIII not tneir wants. oo.h o.
lhe raw material anu OF 'he means OF suoslst'
chce' DC as great Nay, 'hey VIII DC greater
inasuiuch DIS inc hlner'ca' Iaoorer Is oe''er ieo
ana Detter clothed thah the european operative
or, the luea that INC estao''shiheht anu eAteh'
son OF our cotton manufactures would nave
direct and ineVltab'c tendency 10 destroy the de-
mana ior inc raw iiia'erla'' - 10 me ParaooN
S W'''cs l. woulu .nanN .nt no"prao,e 'oena'o'
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ocna,oI sPeahs oi run ~ lhc oo'to'l interest,"
from .n's sourcf-ol tne Necessity oi eN'es up
tno oui'lsdtlo'' pIoauso we are pIo''o,ns icr ns
ooiisu.np1oh iie see',ls " .nlnh' ,nat IL we
''ia'iu'aclu'c 'ol ou,scNIs' ule"t britain W'''
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r"u VIC s.d'. "eeu no"o "ele' .,"u ''el' s,'
Nv" 10 1t do " tnI oo.'oi " nnupP!y
"'nc, 'haINcts vi ''c "o''u ~ N'o'' pr.td'''
suPp.es 'lle'l sue nus sct .nc hia.e',dl 'roil'
~ 1t cue .a',o' sct ~ e.aT" .oiI. hnu noW 10
.np', oonsul'P'on ~ We a"9os'u ~ .ne INJURY
carried carried, on u' here or in E"rope ' No" " ''
Whether Great Britain can get the article
cheaper elsewhere than from this country, is a
problem which time must solve. Ifthere be dan
ger on this score, the most efactua mode of OBJ
Waiting it is to secure to ourselves, bv fostering
our domestic establishments, the foreign mar.
kct, and thus secure not only the sale of the raw
material, but the profitable employment of our
surplus and otherwise useless labor. This pro.
cess has commenced already. We compete
with Great Britain in South America, in China,
the East and West Indies-ndeed, everywhere
where a market is to be found. Sir, which is
best--to content ourselves with bare compe.
tltlon for the sale of the raw material only, and
that in the ports OF our great and only rival in
commercial pursuits, or to enter boldly into a
competition, not for that material only but for
its value enhanced by our labor, and one in
which we are not at her mercy! Does the
Senator imagine that such a competition, tend
ing directly to transcend the demand for the
fabric. to an overstock Of the market at the haz-
ard of the manufacturer, will diminish the de-
mand for the raw material ! Sir, | have high
authority for my position. A distinguished cit-
zen OF South Carolina, late a member of this
body, once said to me, "Sir, your protective sys-
Zoo, ,,II co;l ,,,,, ,,,',,. ,oI,,, - ,,.o,. w.,
o"st ho ,', p Uny,o hnt van ,,,",
naaI' Goroin a,to, PoUp un, Iavo Sm,ad
that, your prosperity will staIiu uPon q :,
basis" Sir, that distinguished man was right
in his advice in the last partcuar-he had adj
vised us 10 bell the cat. agree with him, that
if we can secure the foreign market, we are
safe. But he did not advise us how we were
10 secure the foreign market without first Sc.
curing our own nor how we could success
fully compete wi Great Britain in the great
mart of the world, if we suffered her to sttle
and crush our manufacturing energies at home
Did that saracious nan suppose that this com.
petition TO which he urged us, and which was
/ TO rive us permanent prosperity, was to sacrl-
flee the interests of his native State, and blast
the homes of her sons!
Sir. in the Enrlish market we should have
TO compe,e with Brazil, Texas, indeed every
country canable of growing cotton. How far
the British East India possessions may hereaf.
ter supply tina, MARKET we are not now able tc
determine, but warn the Senator that the in.
terests of the Northern manufacturer and the