The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-04
DIXIE CAN STAND ALONE
HER COTTON MILLS NOT WEAK
INFANT INDUSTRIES.

A Lower Tariff on Cotton Making Ma
chinery Would Enable Them to Turn
Out Goods Cheaper-Coarse Goods
OF the south Even Now Invading the
Markets of tho Whole World.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-The Senate at
1920 O'Clock to-day resumed consideration
of the tariff bill, the pending question
being on Mr.. Vests amendment to para
graph 3l3, to change the duty on cotton
thread, yarn, wnrps, etc, valued at not ex-
ceelng - cents per pound, from 10 cents
per pound to 800 per cent. ad valorem. Mr..
Vance proceeded to give statistics of the
production and consumption Of cotton,
showing an enormous increase within the
las twenty years. He said that since 1865
the Increase of consumption of cotton iii
northern mills had been nearly 800 2er
CO t., and in southern mills over 600 per
cent. This latter result, he said,
to him particularly gratifying, be-
cause every particle of progress made
IN the manufactures of the south had been
made without the benefit Of a single dollar
Of protection, and not only in competitions
with the mills of old England, but n SO with
those Of New England The coarse cotton
goods of the south were not affected by pro
lection, but they not only supplied the local
demand of all the south and s-uthwest, but
were usurptng to great extent the markets
of the northwest.
A LOWER TARIFF WOULD HELP.
So much was this the case thai few
years ago the spinners of similar coarse
goods in northern mills applied to the great
railroad trunk lines for special rates ON the
ground that, except they got some advan-
tage of the southern mills by special freight
rates, they would be driven out of the
market. Not only had the southern cotton
mills taken pretty much of the American
ma ket for coarse gods, but large quann-
ties Of southern cot on goods were ex-
ported to foreign countries. On I Is
point he read a letter from the manager
of Southern cotton mill stating, in sub
stance that the tariff did not affect toe
price of those goods at ALL but rather
increased their cost of production by g. @
duty on machinery and on articles entering
into production. and that, if the cost of toe
plant were reduced, tho prices of coarse
cotton goods would rule much lower in thi-
country, could be exported to a mucl
greater extent than at present, and the mill
ing interest would be largely increased.
CONSUL sCHANHoF's STATEMENT.
AlLtI NuOIIuS liOllA Sl4 blilplJo VI NOLouA
Schanhuf as to the less relative cost of cot
ton manufactured in the United States than
in Europe, Mr. Vance asked what protec-
Jion was for if these statements were
correct, and if they were not. they would
have been successfully contra icted long
ago. 1t could not be for the benefit of the
operative because, although his earn
ings were somewhat larger than
those of the e glish operatives,
hot foot Ann tn tha tariff
Now that it was shown that the United
States was able to send cotton cloths and
yarns to Great Britain and all her posses
sions, and to compete with Great Britain
successfully in all the tasks of the world,
what was to hinder us from doing sof
He declared that the Senate substitute was
a step backward in the direction of the
dark ages, and that the increase of the
duties IN the cotton schedule would amount
TO at least $4,000
At the close of Mr. Vance's speech vote
was taken on the amenlment, and it was
rejected by 20 yeas to % nays.
SPOOL THREAD COTTON.
Mr.. Vest moved to amend paragraph 314,
relati to spool thread of cotton, by strlk-
ins out Z cents per spool and inserting 40
per cent. ad valorem. After long discus
sion the amendment was rejected by Is
yeas to 81 nays No further amendment
was offered TO paragraph 3l4, nor was any
offered TO paragraphs 3l5, SIG or 3l7 (all re-
lating to cotton cloth.
Mr.. Vance moved to amend paragraph
318 ('cotton cloth, not bleached, dyed, c l.
ored, stained, painted or prlntei1 by sub
stituting 40 per cent ad valorem, instead of
81 and Al cents per square yard; snd he
argu In favor of his amendment, but it
was rejected by a vote of IS to u. No fur
ther amendment was offered to paragraph
3lS.
Mr.. Vance moved to amend paragraph
3l9 by striking oul the rates A., 516 and
6S1 cents per square yard on Cotton cloth,
not bleached, according to Classification,
and inserting 40 per cent. ad val rem. The
motion was rejected by the same vote.
Mr.. Pugh addressed the Senate in a set
speech on the subject of tho tariff.
When he had concluded, Mr.. Vance
moved to amend paragraph 800 relating to
stockings, by reducing tue rate from 35 TO
80 per cent ad valorem, and asked for the
yeas and nays.
MIR. Aldrich appealed to Mr. Vance not to
demand the yeas and nays, as there was
probably 10 quorum present, and as he
wished 20 get through the cotton schedule
to-day: but Mr.. Va CO would not consent,
as he did not want the cotton schedule fin
ished to-day.
The Senate then, having disposed of
three and one-half pages Of the bill to-day,
adjourned at 5 O'clock.
LUMBER AND THE TARIFF.