Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-03-08

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1 Baltimore Manu- ctnrer'S Record.
: The leading papers Of the South
, are beginning TO appreciate the ftct
! that Tree rawimaferiaIs, as proposed
Dy Ms, Hewitt, and others whose
Individual interests -w0spld Le ben
efittef In this way, would be a most
serious blow to the South. A cor
Arespondeut of the Lynch burg News,
writing from Roanoke, shows that
immense injury would be done 10
the lron-ore-prOducing sections Of
the South by the admission OF for
eign ore free Of duty, and predicts
what we from persoaal knowledge
OF Southwest Virginia b,slieve 10 be
true, that "a platform with free
ore. plank In II would be utterly
and irretrievably ruinuus 10 the
aspirations 0f.any partyin, this p0r-
tton Of our goodly comm monwea,fh.D -
In discussing the same sul ject
the Mobile Register says: IL pro-
lection IL needed Ii should begin
with the producer OF the raw mute
rial. IL the log-cufter, the Southern
saw mil, the rice and sugar planter
the wood grower, the COIL and iron
miner, cannot have prlhecuOn we
are ready to abandon IL for any
other purpose. When our Southern
Representatives place raw materl-
ais ON the free list aud thus cut off
all trade and all hope OF trade, out
SIDE OF colton exports, between ,he
coast cities and the interior country,
which should make the coast cities
great manufacturing depots, we fe4l
no further interest an the question.
We Of the gulf coast in that event
are doomed to a century OF idle
ness" And after pointing out theD
value of proteeti0Hi by increasing
home trade, it,says 1.-THE money
goes from Mobile. New Orleans,
Galveston, Key West and Pensaco-
la back into the inferior and SUPP
plies the wants of hundreds of
thousands of home operatives,
Then, again, The money flows once
more TO the coast cities for supplies
for the miners, and SO there are re-
intefchangesg Of supplies
and moneys-all enuring entirely
TO the benefit OF people who are our
who help as to pay our
State taxes, and among whom we
have our being and our
children willcasttheir flIluresi The
man who votes 10 place ccal, iron
1re or lumber on the free list is no
Triend of Mobile or Of Alabama"
In Birmingham an organization
has been formed to be known as the
Alabama industrial Leagues the
lhject OF which viii be fu unite the
people Of that State In fAV0r Oh
The Equalization Is,
We understand, backed by leading
men, and has every prospect Of ex-
.rting great Influence upon the af-
League will teach what the Man
lfacturers' Record has advocated,
hat the Erst duty OF the people Of
he South Will be to favor a protec-
I've policy II they desire their coun-
ry to continue its present rapid de-
al nhisi-~! fl.la. .aa
Politicians who are counting upon
he South To support their free. trade
agaries Will find that the people
Z that section are more deeply I'M
crested ia the deselopmeut of their
oundless resources OF raw materi-.
Is than in worshiping their former
lois. The South Is TO day live
and its people see and un-
erstand that there Is only one way,
nd that by protective tariff, By
lhich the rapid progress OF the last
sw years can be continued, and.
hey propose 10 have that tariff.
hey wisely think that fthat tariff
Duld develop. the manufacturing
nd mining interests OF the North
nd West to their, present enormous
roportions II must be good enough
/, try for n while longer 20 see how
works with their section, and in
lis they show their wisdom.