The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-02-09
National Agricultural Conven-
tim.

New YORK, Feb. Sat the ses-
sion of the national agricultural
convention yesterday, Prof. A. FL.
Perry, of Williams college, in an
address on trade, proceeded to
illustrate how agriculture is injured
by tariff, in the case of cotton ties
and steel rails. He said in a crop OF
6,500,000 bales of cotton the tariff
duty of thirty-five per cent. raises
the cost OF ties twelve cents per
bale, as is conceded by the Penn
sylvania iron market. Then the ex-
ira cost of bailing on crop is $72,-
900, and, therefore, the extra cost of
seven per cent. duty, which is now
sought TO be imposed by
the McKinly bill pending in con-
gress, will be $4,000 on a crop of
six million bales. In case of steel
rails and the tariff, the professor
showed the cost to be about seven
dollars extra for each rail of a
heavier pattern, or $4,000 per mile
extra for the single track road laid
of steel rails. Farmers and plant
ers pay this extra cost while they
transport their produce and cotton
from the prairies of the west and the
fields of the south to the plan of ex-
port. Every one helps to pay it who
sends a pound of freight, or travels
a mile of steel rails.
Hon. LII. Kimball, director general
of the national cotton exposition
at Atlanta, then read paper
on the results of the great
exhibition. In his most sanguine mo
ments he said he mad not dreamed
of such a grand composite display
of every southern Industry and re-
source, or minerals and woods,
which, in their audacity, the direct
ors, wiser than they knew, had ac-
cumulated in this great exhibition.
1t was such an exhibition of purely
American industry as had never be-
fore been seen. Fifteen years had
elapsed since the old labor system
had been killed forever. The mas
ter had neither money nor credit
nor power. The slaves were intox-
icated with their first draught of
liberty. 1t was the old story of how
that had been so long bent as to
lose its elasticity, but the
elements of true manhood
during these four years of strife and
bloodshed the southern people had
so fully demonstrated. (Applause.) J
The SOL remained, and gathering up
the broken threads of former pros
perity, the south would make them
into complete garment, which she
spread out at Atlanta. (Applause.)
He was born in Maine, q Republi-
can and Prohibitionlst, but feeling
that the south was the natural home
of enterprise he had built there. He
had lived there through all stages
and had never suffered the slightest
ostracism, and he knew that here
after sectional strife was done. The
next great result was the wonder
full sale of northern implements and
| labor-saving contrivances among
southern planters. The sale of ma
nure spread amounted to some
thing over $4,000; 1900 cot
ton planters, 200 new pattern
carriages, 500 carloads engines,
plows, harrows and cultivators, and
other machinery have, up to Octo-
Der, been sold in the south since the
exhibition. In conclusion he said:
"We want men and women of brain,
who are not afraid of work. We
have discarded sentiment and
turned all energies towards practi-
cal things. There is room for all.
A hearty welcome for all, and for
tune for all who will come and
settle in the young south. [Great
applause.
General Tremar moved a vote
of thanks, which was seconded by
Mr.. Francis d, Moulton, who said
he had been delegate to the At
lanta exhibition, and where he
thought to find hostility, he had
found a hearty welcome. The
motion was adopted.