The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-12-24
"THE COTTON COMMITTEE
HAS IMMORTALEZED IT.
SELF
It's Report Will Stand the Effects
of Time Like an Egyptian
Pyramid.

The National Economist, discussing
the work done by the Alliance at
indianapolis, says:
Another important act CT the
was the unani nous iudorse-
ment by the body of the report OF
the cotton committee. Resolutions
were introduced involving recon-
n.endation to restrict the acreage as
means OF improving the price OF
cotton to the platter. The commit
tee did rot report favorable on these
resolutions, but brought in and re-
ported resolution of its own. That
committee has i'm ncrtaliZed itself
In Alliance history by making re-
port that will stand the effects OF
time like an Egyptian pyramid.
They said it was not otover-productiOn
which depressed the price OF cotton.
That result was due to other causes,
chiefly among which was the COM
bines and corners both Of the pro-
duct and Of the money of the coun,
try, and another important cause Of
the low price of cotton is the high
tariff upon cotton goods. Two-thirds
of the gross American crops or cot
ton must every year be exported,
and still not yard of cotton cloth
can be returned without a heavy
duty. The foreign spinner desires
TO pay for some Of his American
purchases of cotton in the products
Of his own labor, but under the pre-
sent system he is compelled to sell
his products elsewhere and bring
empty ships here with money TO buy
cotton; he reduces prices to c)ver
the extra expenses thus incurred
The American spinner will pay nc
more than the foreign spinner, and
still the export and sale of Ameri-
can cotton goods in other countries
shows that ,he American splnnei
can and does compete with foreign
mills in other markets on terms O.
perfect equality with no tariff dis
elimination in his favor. The con
clusioa is, therefore, unavoidable
that he can pay the same price TO
his cotton that foreign countries do
and sell cotton goods as cheap a
they, without decreasing his presen
expenses and without any tariff
which must be clear gain over an,
above any legitimate profit. Nearl.
every industry in the country ask
Congress for such notifications O
the tariff as the.j in theirpeculiar oc
; cupations may require. The suga
, industry, the manufacturers of a
kinds have their committees betOr
each Congress. The National Grang
list year asked for tariff modifics
! tions upon wheat, corn, barley an
/ other farm products. 1t Nacs, ther;
/, fore, very appropriate for the farm
ers of the North and West 10 unit
with the farmers of the South an
i demand that the tariff on manufa
s tured cotton goods be abolished. \
. expression was given or even discus
ed upon the tariff question in the a
stract, consequently there is no pa
T tizan taint to this demand. It is
l. special demand for special purpos
n made by the parties most intcreste,
!, It is an inquity without para.l
that cotton, the most important 4
ali VI C~ApoA Aif 1hIo SoAHilA
should be Disseminated against by
high tariff, and nothing could inc
cate more plainly the decadence
sectionalism than the fact that Il
Northern f.rmerjoins with his Sout
ern brother to demand justice f
10 him. But there is another signican
at in the adoption of this report Of T.
IN cotton committee.
A political situation Of great il
portance is developed. Low tar
=, - leaders, Mills, Crisp, Morgan, G
=. berson, Carlisle and others, mt
-, now go on record on this demar
,.e To refuse to endorse it is equivOle
y, - to admitting that, despite all th'
" low tariff talk, they only want lt
49, enough tariff to enable them to ele
:, q President with New England ma
:. ufasturers's votes, and that tn
"c dare not offend the machine. III
:; is cause that must enlist the sy
- pathy OF every cotton producer a
- = every cotton consumer in Ameri