The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-04

Wilmington. ". c. Sept 27.-The
anti-prUtectiouists are more thoroughly
organized in North Carolina than IN any
other Southern State. lndeei, the Dem
ocrats here. Is 10 michigan. have boldly
taken up the discussion. not to drop 1t
until the protective Tar I Is abolished.
The energetic and 10, elligent men OF
North Carolina are anti-protecttve, tut
the Tariff CommissioT succeeded even
here In not meeting repre- cntatre men
OF energy and ln~teiligco@- The nee plan
ters who BEGAN their Plea AZ Savannah
and continued II al C~atrlc.jol continued
il here also To day. b lie, this, the only
other industry that wss Iuvesrig ,ted To
day was the GU turc % the peanut Al
though they have African labor and al
though the peauut has received d%liligeut
culture and iouri-hei - extensively a,
to became part AMI parcel of the grand
Republ can eau . IN y lrth 'aroli Ia. Ten
nessee AMI Virginia. the peanut 'artners
in>i>. that tn, c.ano: campets with the
gIawers in AirIc.. The commission lis
tened .%it'Ion; smiling 10 their ii J p cas-
Tor the protection of the pcauu, aud
seemed co .c.,u. oi having Investigated
The most important industry " North
y - - N1th 'd1S a1it" oot "a
people arr ,od- naturei and long suffer
ing. De Of the important industries of
Wilmington l. the trade ia fertilizers.
Thousands I tons ~, Annually Imported
and distributed t,.n this point which
have been maie in England OF phosphaies
mined At Char eston. /. suli huric acid
were on the free iiI ,ht, Important mxu-
utacturlng could al be douc IN America
a.I 49,, l., -. laaA ~ta.aL I,, he a.a,
mission heard nothing ABOUT this-in fact
it passed out OF the cotton belt tonight
aud has heard nothing about the most
important industry of the South.
The session here TO gay was held 10 the
Custom-H use The rice interest was adj
vocatcd by ID. l. Russell. Donald McRae
aud :. l. Fremont the peanut and chalk
interest by George Il French, aud the
silk cocoons interest VAS incidentally men
toned b., Mr.. Fremont. rhe advocates
OF the rice lnierest express themselves
atl>hed with tbs = e>ent duties, tut de-
clared that any re iuctiou Ut them wOuic
be fatal Ia mat interest. In regard To
peanuts, Mr.. French gave the average an
uuai produciIun oi the Wilmington sec
ton As l2O, 600 bushels. Up TO 1861 il
was equal to -eights of the entire
crop OF the United States, but under the
duty Of | cent a pound imposed IN 1854
the industry had increased until now Ten
nessee produced from 5000 90 to D 90
bushels and Virginia from 700 . TO L.
900 900 bushels The price Was affected by
the importation of African peanuts. The
discoutiuuance ui the duty would put an
end to the peanut industry otNurth Car
DINA and impoverish many small farmers.
AS to chalk, large deposits Of it were
found In the State, but It's freight to New
York and Philadelphia. where chalk is
made into whiting. would be higher than
the cost Of English chalk there, which is
carried as ballast. In regard to silk CO
coons, the soil aud climate of the State
we're favorable to the cultivation of null
berry trees and the raising of siikworms
Both these interests might be developed
by the imposition Of q duty on chalk and
on silk cOcoons.
Mr.. Boteler asked Mr.. Fremont whether
any complaints came up from the farming
community about the tariff.
Mr.. Fremont replied in the negative.
All that was heard about it, he said, was
from Congress and from stump speakers.
He thought, however, that the popular
side of the question was a tariff for rsve-
nue.. with incidental protection but rs
the rice people wanted the present duty
On rice maintained, they could not ask to
have duties taken If other protected ar
ticles.