Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-19
BUILDING UP THE SOUTH.
What Protection Is Doing for the People
Below the Line.

What Protection Is Doing for the People
Below the Line.
New York Advertiser.]
Editor Frank A. Haywood, of the Southern
Progress, published in Norfolk, Va, told the
reporters yesterday what protection had
done for the South, and discussed the politi-
cal situation.
"The Northern Republicans, as we'll as
those who are supposed to represent the Re-
publican party in the South, seem to fail to
take into consideration that until within
the last four years therewas no particular
reason why the Southerner should vote the
Republican ticket" said Mr.. Haywood. "Un-
til within the last four years our interests
were purely agricultural, and we had no
manufactures of any kind If we wanted to
buy coat we naturally wanted to get it at
the cheapest place, consequently we were
all advocates OF free trade.
"But since the adoption of the Mckinley
law we have erected 6454 manufactures.
We have not any rich manufacturers in that
section, for the Northern manufacturers
who are making money, have no reason to
come to us. Our manufacturers are all men
who were unable to stand the great compe-
tition in the Northern States, or they were
managers, foremen or superintendents, who
wished to enter upon enterprises of their
own, and came South, where the chances
were greatest. These 6.44 manufacturing
enterprises have given employment to thou
sands of people who never worked before,
and these people thoroughly understand
that their interests are entirely dependent
upon the protective tariff.
"For instance, we have 100 mills saving
North Carolina pine. The mills employ
Is, 600 men. If lumber was put on the free
list, North Carolina would lose its New Eng
land market, and necessarily these mills
would have to close. We have no home
market.
"In the first six months of this year we
opened lS2 mines, every one dependent upon
the protective tariff If coal was put on the
free list, Nova Scotia coal would keep us out
of our New England trade. This would also
destroy the yalnes of the properties of the
Norfolk and Western, Virginia and DAN
vile, and Central and Pittsburg railroads.
Since the tariff has been adopted and coal
has borne rs per cent of the entire tonnage,
It has increased from LOCO tons to ss4. 900.
The Elk Garden district is mining u. 900 tons
daily. Coketon has four mines, and the out
put is 15Oo tons daily. At Douglass, $1,000
mated that there are $4,000 900 tons con-
cealed undoubtedly in the Roaring Creek
region. These figures are being presented
which admits no question.
"Four knitting mills have been erected in
Norfolk since the Mckinley bill was adopted.
They employ 800 people who never had work
aSoas the venf snittns ns business @ nnoWs thas
there would be no knitting mill in the South
or anywhere else but for the Mckinley
tariff. There are hundred knitting mills
in the ten Southern States. They give en-
ployment to 100000 people, and you may
depend upon it that these 200,00 people are
very much impressed with the value of the
Mckinley tariff law.
"The Republican subsidy bill gave New
port News a shipyard which employs 1000
men. There would be no shipyard in New
port News but for the subsidy bill.
"It has been asked If we expect to carry
any of the Southern States for Harrison.
That is a subject about which there may be
some question, but we certainly will have
more Republicans in the Fifty-third Con-
gress than we have sent in the entire %
years since the war"