New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-07

A SOUTHERN COAA'-'
fBY TgLEGRAFH TO THE IsiSON" -
,,,.,,,>,cro> March 6.-The obstinate detcrmm-
ation of Chairman Morrison and MS Iec 'i"u0 W
lagues 70 force the tariff bill into the House. "l'
ont allowing an opportunity Tor 1ar olsouSsio"
or mature consideration was shown to-u"S'
,rhon after session of couple OF hours
,be measure was forced TO hnal Note'
There have been several hearings, and the results
are not vet before the committee In PRINT, SO tn"U
there has been no opportunity for the memociS ~
stndytbe arguments and analyze the statementssuo-
mitted against the bill. Only two daysago Chairman
Morrison declined to permit Representative Cu'ch.
CON IN read an argument against free lumber ana
sucoested that the committee would consider III
after il had been printed. The reading mlsht
have occupied fifteen minutes OF the ''ho
of the committee. The argument VIII NOT oo
printed for week at least.
Tho only amendment passed was that OF MI
Uurd providing that coal from Canada sh"'l no'
he admitted free of duty until the DOMINION UoN-
ernment shall have exempted from payment VI uu-
ties coal imported from the United states. WE
Hiscock moved to restore lumper ahu san W WI
6ntiable list. Judge Kelley moved to strike coa'
from, the free list. MIR. Mckinley moved TO
except from the proposed reduction metals ana
oortbenware and glassware. Mr.. Russell moved 10
oxemnt flax. hemp and jute goods ginghams, hhe
cotton yarns prints and wOmen's all WOOL dress
goods from the 20 per cent reduction. All thoso
amendments were rejected by strict parry Vo'o'
ofter short discussion Chairman Morrison eh-
nects 70 report the bill to the House
ON Monday His report, he says
will be brief one supp
exulaning the provisions of the bill ana us elco''
ON the existing rates of duty. The kepuphcan
members will submit at the same time ieasohs why
the bill should not be passed
CONFIDENT OF PASSING THE BILL.
Chairman Morrison and his colleagues express
great confidence that the bill will pass the honse
Henry Watterson this afternoon said: " Ihe Dill
is going to pass the House. All this talk 10 the
effect that Randall will cause its defeat is worth the
same as the talk of his friends that he would
he elected Speaker. Not more than twenty-five
Uemocrats will vote against it, and doubt IL even
20 many will do so, You can make point by pre-
dieting and sticking to the prediction that the Dill
will pass the House If it be defeated, the agi'a-
tion will continue and the next bill will be much
seyerer one SO far as the manufacturing interests
are concerned"
"Will Won vote for the Morrison bill y Congress
man Hardy was asked to-day. Il have not decldeu'
The bill is not put forward with the expectation
that It will pass, but simply as declaration OF
Democratic principles on the tariff question. IL the
majority of the Democratic caucus shall vote to
odopt such a declaration, / do not see how
any good Democrat could vote against
il. If we pass the bill, 1 suppose it will cost us
some votes in the manufacturing districts. / have
supposed that we could confidently appeal to the
agricultural people, but the result OF the special
election in Kansas, where the issue of protection
was squarely raised against free trade seems TO me
70 be quite significant notice that the result has
greatly changed AnderSon's opinions, which had
been strongly inclined toward tariff REFORM
TIE SOUTH NnsREPREsENTED.
In ALL the discussions in and be- |
fore the Ways and Means Commit |
fee Mr.. Blount. Of Georgia, Mr.. Mills. of |
Texas, and Mr.. Herbert of Alabama, nave sturdiy
insisted that the cotton and iron manufacturers OF
the South feel no interest IN the maintenance OF
the tariff; but that if they could have free
machinery they could compete with all the world.
Until to-day these assertions had not been |
challenged by any Southern manufacturer; this |
afternoon they were not only disputed but |
competelv overthrOwn, so far as the cotton manu- |
featuring industries of the South are concerned. |
Macon, Georgia is the home Mr.. BlOunt, and from
time TO time he has volunteered considerable infOr-
nation respecting the cotton industries of that and
other cities. He seemed rather uncomfortable this |
afternoon when lie entered the room and found Mr.. |
Hanson who is at the head of large cotton factory
at Macon. explaining his views to the committee.
Z.
ible arguments that has been heard against the
Morrison bill, and corrected many misapprehen-
siops in regard to the relative advantages and dis
advantages of cotton manufacturers in the South |
as compared with their Northern competitors
SOUTHERN DISADVANTAGES.
/, appears that the greater cheapness OF |
raw material and more hospitable eli
mate in the South are offset by |
disadvantages so that it costs to produce there
given quantity of cotton cloth yarn about as
much as it does in New England 1t also appears
that the product of the Southern mills is inferior
10 that of the Northern factories. For example, |
Rhode Island No. cotton yarns are now selling In
Philadel} }hia at one cent per pound more than No.
13 Georgia yarus Yarn mills are scattered |
al through the great cotton belt of the South |
there being twenty-five IN North Carolina alone.
The Southern nmills find a market at the North
ern Garnet factories for about 100000 pounds of |
yarn per week ANY change of the tariff which |
Nould flood the country with foreign carpets, and /
check or stop the Northern carpet factories, would
therefore be disastrous 10 the Southern yarn
mills. An Englishman. q free trader, has $780, |
OF which MI Hanson is the head. This English |
had said: If the taTih is repealed or greatly
reduced, You must sell my stock at once for what
ever it viii bring"
AGITATION FATAL 10 BUSINESS.
Mr.. Hanson SAID the panic of 1873 dId not try
the Southern manufacturers so seriously
as they are tested by the agitation and
uncertainty Of to-day Dealers eyerv-
where are buying from hand to month";
Mr. Hanson frankly said that in the past tbe tariff
question had not been regarded in the South as an
economic one but that prejudice had alTayed thn
Southern people on the side of free trade and as
he now believes, 10 their detriment. While The
manufacturers of the South now favor the mainfe-
nance of a protective tariff he would not say that
majority Of all the people there do, for that ques-
tiOn has yet TO be tested.
A GOOD WORD FROM JOHN BRIGHT.
Mr. Hanson said he had tried to iind market in |