The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-22

Hens aSsehoieu 10 greet them. Afterward
formal reception was held in the parlors
AM M various opinions on tariff expressed,
" w.. ~ JACKSON, formerly a general in the
.onieueraie army and now engaged eN-
tehSlVeiy IN farming and cattle raising. an
pealed for such revision of tariff that
would DO justice to the agricultural part Of
inc population. He wanted the farmers
Prot.otedaganst protection. J. b. Killo-
Drew who IL engaged in the iron
business, wanted the tariff ON iron
and steel let alone, because If was raised
the large capital that would be invested in
tue business in Pennsylvania would effect
mally crush out the business in Tennessee.
Lhe commissioners left for Chattanooga on
the midnight train.
CHATTANOOGA, September 2l.-The tariff
commission held session here this morn
lhg, Rt which there was general concur.
renee of views in favor of existing tariffs.
particularly on iron.
n statement was made as to the grand
resources of the state of Tennessee by J, L.
MeuoWan newspaper editor and corrcspon.
ucnt OF the birmingham, Alabama Iron
age The resources Ot the state are coal,
IRON, timber and cotton. The iron interests
ol the south have been developed rapidly
since lStO II would not be to the interest
OF the south TO have the duty on pig
IRON reduced Excepting the tariff on
bar'iron and all the other coarser
GRADES OF iron the tariff was not excessive.
lhere was an abundance OF iron in Ten.
nessec and it was continuous. He he.
heVed that the American produce of pig.
iron should have such protection as would
put him on an even plane with the foreign
producer, IN view of the difference in wages.
\. NJ. Johnston, of Lookout rolling
mllls, concurred in McGowan's views. lie
declared himself democratic dyed in the
wool, and said that he had always admired
General llancoCk's s outspoken statement in
lavor OF tariff for revenue only, but he be-
neyCd that the present tariff was revenue
tarltl and that 1t should therefore be sus.
tanned as 1t is. Mr.. Johnson did not believe
that any, change in the iron tariff system
was needed, and thought il would he an
advantage To him as a producer of bar
iron, 1t there should be home compcti.
tlon IN pig-iron. lie believed he was
/ better oil than ifhc were dependent on the
foreign supply, but would not have such a
| duly as would enable home manufacturers
oi plg'lron to put prices too high. and he
would adjust that matter, and thought II
well adjusted now. lie would not have the
plg-lron men grow rich at the expense o.
the general interest Of tho country
IL. ). Chamberlain, president of the Roam,
! roillng mills, a, II. Lowe. commission mer
chant, and L. a. Mcjutlic. connected with
the iron interest, concurred generally in tn,
views OF the preceding witnesses, Chamber
iaih STATING mat ho never hears dissatisiuc-
ton expressed now on the question OF tariff
and Mr.. McGuilie stated that the oninior
OF the farmers, 80 far as they have beer
brought within the radius of manuiactur
ing establishments, il extremely
favorable to the present dutie,
on iron, and farmers would strongly
dcprecate anything that would unsettl,
the present condition of things. Luke Lea
OF Jackson, Mississippi, gave his opinion a,
to the sentiment in that state on the sub
lect OF the tariff He said that apart from
the newspapers and politicians, there wa
no dissatisfaction on the subject Tn,
sentiment in the south il
IN laVor OF establishing manufacture
III ~ the sotth ami II was growing rapidly
The sentiment Is favorable TO the policy q
protection also. The people of Mississipp
generally were indifferent to the subject o
tarlil they had never investigated /
thoroughly and knew and cared but litt
about IT, and al to any general opposition
to the tariti, there was no such thin
among people OF Mississippi. Fo
himself he thought 1t woul,
be wise to have the tariff made permanen
and based generally on the needs of IN
government so that there would not be
constant agitation about it. Whatever
was, trade would soon adapt itself to /
and the people certainly would pre-
Ter 10 have all the revenu
raised from customs duties and /
have the intcrnl revenue system abol
ished. One OF the witnesses stated tho
he had invited the president of the cham
Der OF commerce to attend the meeting a
the commissioners and give expression /,
his ireeIrade views He, however, WA
not present. The commission left 70
! Atlanta this afternoon.