Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-09-17
Frank Hereford and the Salt Cues
ton

Frank Hereford and the Salt Cues
ton
Mr. Hereiurd's record in Congress
Is such thu, no faIlt can properly
be found with it. He has always
been wide awake, watchful for all the
Interests of his constituents, and care
tai To improve every opportunity he
had for doing them service. The
opposition speakers and journals, with
a reclle,sness always marking des-
pcrate cause. are compelled 10 invent
some pretext on which to attack him.
Oae o, the points raised by Mr.. Witch
cr en- last SATURDAY evening, was his
action on the NaltgUes,ion. when the
proposal was made To- reduce the tar
III on thar article. The charge made
was that he did not oppose the reduc-
ton. ami allowed the salt business OF
the Eauawha Valley to be injured.
The record shows that the charge Is
entirely false, and is trumped up on
~ bv tine malice of the Radicals OF
the District. We copy from the Con
.rc>,iopal Record Mr. Hcretord's re
marks on the subject:
Mr. HEnEfoBp-T heargumcnt ofthe
gentleman from North Carolina, Nr.
Vance in favor of free salt applies
lust as well To every other article on
Our tariff lit He saws it should be
made i,ee because it Is one of the ne
cc,,itie, of life. - Is Iron one OF the
prime necessities OF life. 1t Is par,
and parcel of the blood itself Salt
ha, o, be manufactured before 1t can
be made useful - does IRON have
90 be- manufactured before it can be
made useful. - throughout the en-
tire list.
THIS tariff. if it Is 70, the purpose
81 protecting the labor, the industry,
the manufacture. Industries of the
country, applies with equal force to
salt ~ il does To iron or any other ar
ticle that i manufactured throughout
the land. And | come now again to
exempiity In my own person and to
furnish certainly a practical demon
,tration OF the Platform OF one OF tho
great political parties in tue last pres
ideutial campaign that this question
,t the tariff was remitted 10 each con-
ere ,~iouai district to decide for Itself.
The district that | represent object
that salt shall be made free, and see
that INV friend from the opposite side
ot ,hc Ohio river has IN interest iden-
teal with nv own.
VI. HARla~. Virginia. would ask
jhe gentleman why it Is the interest
of his district that salt should not We
made free:
Mr.. HEEEFoEp. | viii tell YOU; al
most while lam talking IN for wear,
several of the salt furnaces ot my dis
trict have been lying lille on account
of the low price ut salt, and hundred,
of men are thrown oUt Unemployment
who were engaged in the manufacture
ofSalt and in the hundreds Of ether
means OF employment that are neceS
>arily used in yde manufacture AMI
production II salt | do not ,ee why
the gentleman should strike at the ar
ticle OF salt. which i one OF the few
article, that should have protection,
/. there l. any AT al
lam opposed 10 the amendment the
gentleman from North Carolina has
offered and hope it will not prevail.
1t is not in the original bill, and in
the spirit of the Chairman of the
Committee ou WAYS and means. say
chat We should not add any new arti-
cles To- this list. 1t W do. our iaborS
will be- intcrmmahle, ard We will not
get away from here until the sum
mer shall have passed avay.
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