The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-28
A DLoW An gOuTaEaH PROaPgllTY1

The dIFpalehes fIom Washington Ia Thur
day mornings paper lell Us of a le'le
received Wv Cohgrmsman heily, Of Penn
sylyania, who h member Of the Ways aH'
Means COMMITTEES, from Mr. Robert Pallo
son, Of Philadelphia, who y ono Of w
largest wooden aud cotton manufacturers %
lho county, opposing lha propo'oi rrda'
don ~ duties on cotton machinery
II appears 10 n that II h T.
tho i1lor0t Of the South for lbt
duties on lhin claia Of machinery not ouly 70
BIO reduced, but 10 BIO removed entirely aoo
toOt any Opposition to II Il a blow At The
prosperity " lho soeth, ST. Patterson, be-
Ing u cotton and wooden manufacturer with d
largo c,tabliphed business, worry naturally, ID
10th 10 500 any more cotton md wlol'h
manufactures buIit up in tho country, ~ lbc
gronler lho number tho greater will DO Iht
competition Lo must meet The south
IA lu,t now beginning 10 turn
her attention 10 this line Of
Industry and the more hindHnc@ there arc
~ her way for tho procurement oltho proper
machinery, the more she "a loser IN Goor'
gin We 200 that cotton mil' aro paying hand
soncy, 70 handsomely indeed, that capital
Is being attracted to lhis species Of invest
ment, Ills but reasonable that cotton iac'
tories should pay IN tbefouth, Ia iact, they
ought 10 pny beltor here than anywhere else
In tho Union, The staple grows In our
llelds right at tho doors Of tho iaclo'
rios aud transportation of the raw
material to Northern mills and Of the manu-
featured goods back to US Ia s0yod. Labor
can be had ~ cheaply rs In the North, for
what wa may lack in numbers Of tho ncccs-
sary hands for tho spindcs aud looms can be
brought right from thc oyercrowded regions
of the North, ind labor skilled In tho BUSH
meas ut that. Wa,cr-power Is rs plentiful
and Ms good M II Is in the North, and in local
i,icsw where wHtcr-powcr may be lacking fuel
/ abundant and cheap for steam power, Why
then should not the South turn It's attention
to cotton and wooden manufacturing And
as we aro doing so, why should mn onerous
protective tnrilfdcpryo US Of the opportunity
of procuring cheap machinery for our cot
ton and wooden mills : Must the factory
princes Of the Northern and Eastern States
be granted u monopoly in this business, and
BE- privileged TO levy tribute upon tho PEG
plo of the South and tho West
because, iorsooth, tho establishment Of other
factories will begot acompolition which they
dread TO sheY If the genius and spirit OF
our form of government amount to anything
they mean that tho interests Of the sections
aro identical and that ono part Of tho coun-
.ry ia not unsllled " imnunlt.,l, guarantees
and favors that other parts are denied
" hen the country was young and the great
that now add so much TO its wealth
and commercial Importance were being
and developed, 1t was
perhaps right and Just enough to protect
those industries from that foreign compete
ton calculated to stine them, but now that
the country has assumed the proportions Of a
giant and those industries which are fcstered
by n protective tariff on the class Of goods
.key manufactured are on firm ground and
able 10 hold their own, it is but justice to
'oster and encourage the same class ofindus-
,ries in other localities of the country, in |
hat way which is best for them,
md that is by increasing !
heir facilities for procuring cheap |
necessary for their work. Did
he cotton mills of the East have to pay n
tariff on the machinery they i'm
ported from Europos If not, why should
hose of the South and West have to do SO ?
It is the merest sophistry to say that Any
Southern State because it may have iron ore
and coal in its bosom. is interested in pro-
tectins the iron foundries of Pennsylvania,
for the reason that it may some day have
foundries. A protective tariff is wrong in
and it is an unjust burthen upon
the people no matter upon what such tariff
may be imposed.