The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-08-24

the most extensive iron manufactur-
ing interest of that section. writes
in this way to the Boston Journal,
which had argued with him that the
decline Of New Englahd's industries
under the high war tariff was the re-
suit of the operations of memorable
natural law, the trade going to Penn
sylvania and the South because the
iron and coal are there. Mr.. Nc
Fariih says
Right at our doors. In the prov
inces, are the finest bituminous coal
mines on the continent, and ore beds
of SURPRISING value, which, by re-
moval of the tariff, can be made a
priceless boon to New England
Place ore, coal and coke on the free
list and reduce the duty ON iron to
"a per cent. ad valorem, and / be-
lieve we shall have solved a problem
of vital moment to this region.
Why not increase our importations
of iron from England if our extreme
eastern location on the coast war.
rants it, and we can thus and only
thus) rescue a great New England
industry from annihilations
Mr.. McFarlin introduced a strik-
ing argument by surprising re-
versal Of the existing conditions and
Pennsylvania's industries anguish
ing, with her great plants only mon
uments of the past, like New Eng
lands to-day:
To complete the parallel we will
further assume that across the lake,
on the Cahadian border, were rich
and inexhaustible pockets of ore and
mines Of coal unsurpassed in quality,
and so easily accessible as to afford
all the natural conditions necessary
to re-establish her supremacy, were
it not for the imposition of an ex-
cessive duty. What would Pennsyl-
vania say and do at such crisis
Should we not see her Camerofs and
Randalls and Kelleys knocking at
the doors of congress for relief
Who can say that the analogy is in
any sense strained?
Mr.. McFarlan is no free trader
either. He goes on to say:
While ! yield to no man in my
loyalty to the principle of protection,
when justly and equitably admins
tered, | submit that, in our ardor as
protectionists, we shonld never quite
forget that we are New Englanders,
for theScriptures admonish us that he
who provides not for his own is worse
than an infdel! There is manifest
ly an undertow of sentiment rolling
in with reference to this important
matter which no political party will
be able TO resist When we find
scores Of prominent Massachusetts
Republicans moving actively in ia
vor of the propositions l have out
lined, and among them the venerable
Nahum Stetson, so long identified
with the Bridgewater and Weymouth
Iron Works, and William +. Coffin,
proprietor of large iron mills in Mas
sachusetts and Maine, and Governor
Ames, with his immense iron plant
at Easton, all staunch Republicans
for many years (and equally pro-
nounced in their adherence to that
party to-day, it will hardly do to
dismiss my views as the ill-consid-
cred teachings of novice, either in
politics or business.
Republicans who have been taking
great comfort over an alleged but
fictitious growth of trust and monop-
oily protection at the South are in
vited to turn their attention to New
England. The congressional cleo
tions next year in Yankeeland will
probably be in the nature of a reve-
lation. The educational work is GO
ing on everywhere in this broad
land. There is more sensible and
effective tariff debate in New Eng
land this summer than there was in
the excitement of the last presiden-
tial campaign. Not only are the
Question Clubs getting their work
in, but the Republican manufactur-
ers are in revolt.-Pittsburq Post.