The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-01-02
A KNoCK-DOWN BLOW.
What Protection has Done to Develops
the sOuth-The Showing Made by Gen,
ImbOden, n Life Long Democrat

What Protection has Done to Develops
the south-The Showing Made By Gen,
ImbOden, Life Long Democrat,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-Free Traders
are overwhelmed by the mass of testi.
mony in favor of Protective tariff ao-
cumulated at the hearings before the
house committee on WAYS and means
during the past week. So exasperated
are they that the wires have been kept
hot with messages to Messrs. Watterson,
Jones, Godkin and other editors and
proprietors of newspapers which advo-
cate the British idea, to charge Major
Mckinley and his associates with hav-
ing so arranged matters, a. to shake of,
so far as possible, all nrgum ent for
Grover Cleveland's pet theory.
One Free Trade organ has gone 30 far
as to declare the hearings are 80 one sided
that after the first day Roger Quixote
Mills, author of the bill which wrecked
the Democracy in 1885, refused, to srtic-
ipate in future sittings of the commit
tee, and left for home in disgust. This
is false. Mr. Mills has not yet attended
a tariff hearing this session because OF
voluntary alb ence from the city before
the hearings began. He has been traced
to Boston, where Friday night he was TO
deliver an address on tariff reform.
Messrs. Carlisle, McMilDin and Breck-
enridge, equally ardent Free Traders,
have been in their seats daily. 1t is nat
ural that they should feel restless when
listening to whole broadsides of Protec-
ton, and but here and there stray shot
for the policy of which they are the
champions. Not one of them has com.
planned OF unfair treatment, however.
They co-operated with Major Mckinley
in arranging the schedules for the hear.
ings, and it has been the fault Of their
friends if they have failed to appear and
try to stamp out the wrongs from which
they claim to be suffering. As matter
Of fact, but one advocate Of free coal
and iron-ore has presented himself be-
fore the committee, Protectionists in
squads were there and delivered Argu
ments which neither the shrewd Mr..
Carlisle, the frey Mr., McMillin nor the
craping Mr.. Breckenridge attempted to
punctuIe.
The most startling exhibit for Proteo
ton was furnished by Gen. John d. I'm
boden OF Virginia, who, though q life
long Democrat, was compelled to admit
that the attitude of his party on the tar
if question had forced him to become q
convert to the Republican faith on ma
tional issues. His argument has as vel
been but briefly touched upon. His
facts and figures concerning the devel
opment of southern industries under q
Protective tariff were simply remark
able. At the expiration of the war mol
| F,,n fr,h a fntnnA thrONNnh.
out the South. To day there are 12t
corporations, running three times O.
many furnaces. Gen, 1mboden showed
further that under the present tariff sys
tenn the number of machine shops aDt
foundries has reached AL; agriculture
implement factories, So; flour mills, 536
cotton mills, 1857; furniture factories
800 gas works, 101 water works, 1871
carriage and wsgon factories, l7S cleo
trio light companies, 475; mining and
quarrying enterprises, 1901; lumber
mills, including saw and planning mills
sash and door factories, stave factories
etc., 3,036 ice factories, 1893; canning
factories, 425 stove foundries, 25 bricb
works, 565 miscellaneous iron and stee
works, rolling mills, pipe works, etc.
14S; cotton congresses, ia cotton seed
oil mills, 14S miscellaneous enterprises
not included in foregoing, Ais.
The number of new enterprises organ
lied during the past four years makes Q
most instructive exhibit, The record
for 1886 is 1875; 1887, 3,430 1888; 3.616
while in 1889 there was jump to 5,135
The total amount of capital and capita
stock represented by the new enterprises
and enlargement OF old plants during
1889 was $229 703, 500, as against $16s,
SOL 900 in 1888. Virginia leads, with
$34, 600, 900 against $12, ia, 900 in 1888
Other states make the following show
/ ing: