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examine, with some minuteness, the ayes an
noes, to see who were then the friends and yyh
the enemies Of protection.
AT that time Virginia had TWENTY-FIVE member
IN the House OF Representatives, and her vote o
me adoption OF the resolution stood as follows
(See Journal 1909, p. As, 46.)
4 AYES. NOES.
James Breckenridge, Burwell Bassett
William A. Burwell. Walter ZONES.
Mathew Clay, Joseph Lewis. ir.
John Clop.on, Jobn Rapdolnh
Johh lawson John Roane,
: y"hN !" EPPEs, James Stephenson,
Thomas Gholson. jr. Jacob Swoope-7.
Peterson GOODWIN,
John q. Jackson,
Thomas Newton,
WILSON C.. Nicholas,
! Daniel Sheffey,
John Smiih--l3.
Absent-John Love and Edwin Gray.
| Thus 1t will be seen that the vote of Virpini;
on 'he doctrine OF protection stood, thirteen in the
ahrlna'ive, 10 seven in the negative! And wha
Is sui more remarkable, john w. EppEs, the
son-In-aw of Thomas Jefferson, and WILSON, Ca.
RY NICHOLAS, his most confidential friend, and
Immediate representative, ,cere among those ,chO
coied FOX tie Resolution!
But this Is not all. South Carolina had seven
representatives present, of whom six viz: Sa
muelJ. Aston, William Butler, Joseph Calhoun.
Robert Marion, Thomas Moore, and Robert Wi.
'neisPooh' voted FOR the resolution, and only ONE,
VIZ: John Taylor, voted AGAINST 1T.
Among those who voted FOR the resolution ,be
reader VIII also find the names of RICHARD M.
JOHNSON of KY, and GEORGE M. TROUP
of Georgia.
On the 2lst June 1909. Mr.. Newton of Va.
me chairman OF the committee on commerce and
manufactures, 10 which SO much of the Presi-
oehts message as related TO the protection and
encouragement Of domestic manufactures had
Deen Referred, made report, fully sustaining the
doctrine OF protection. Jour. 1909, p. 75)
from Tins report we will extract only one brief
passage:
NATION EREcTS SOLID BASIS FOR THE SUP
PORT AND MAINTENANCE OF ITS INDEPENDENTS AND
PROSPERITY, WHOSE POLICY Is DRAW FROM ITS
NATIVE SOURCES ALL ARTICLES OF TIE FIRST NE.
CEssITY."
In compliance with the resolution Of the House
oil Representatives, to which we have lust refer
req, MT. Gal'atin, the staunch old Republican Sc
cretary of the Treasury, made report to Con.
gress on the 18th o: April, 1910, IN which he
enumerated the various manufactures of the H.
H'ates' pointed out their progress and benefits to
me country, and recommended PRoTEcTIoN by
increased duties on Importation. lie estimated
lhe annual product of American manufactures at
SiSo,o oo,OU0, and that the raw materials used,
ana the provisions and other articles, the produce
oil The u. States, consumed by the manufacturers,
created market at home for our agricultural
productions, almost equal TO that ,vhicE arose from
Ute whoie joreign demand!
But, as the means of obtaining information as
10 t'e precise condition of manufactures were
very imperfect, MIR. Gaiiatin recommended that
'he agents Tor taking the census should be reauir.
ca 10 collect iull information or the Subject. Ac-
eoruingly, by the law of 1910, Congress required
Tie AiaIshals and their Deputies " to take an ac-
count OF The several manufacturing establishments
and manufacturers" and this, be it remembered.
Tor the purpose of aflording the information ne.
cesSary to enable Congress TO devise a plan for
PROTECTING and FOSTERING that branch of Anne
rcan industry!
Whilst we are on this point, it may no. be
amiss 10 say single word in regard TO the con-
sumption of the productions Of other States, by
those which are exteniveIy engaged in manufac-
lures.
The whole amount Of our expectations to Great
Britain, were, for the years 1889 and 40, a lit
tie over FIFTY MILLIONS of dollars annually
Ana by reference to the table appended to the
speech of the Hon. Charles Hudson of Mass,
delivered in Congress, in Jelly 1912, the value of
the productions of other States of the Confedera-
ccy' which were consumed by the single State of
massachusetts, amounted to more than FORTY
TWO MILLIONS of dollars five add TO this sum
the consumption by Rhode Island, Connecticut,
and the other manufacturing States, we think we
hazard little in saying. that the New England
States furnish us market for our agricultural
productions far greater than the whole British
Empire!