The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-11-23
ALL WANT PROTECTION.
FREE TRADE Is ALL RIGHT FOR THE
OTHER FELLOW,
But the Alabama Iron Men Don't Want II;
Neither do the LouisianS Sugar
Planters and They Enter a
Vigorous Protest.


Alabama and Tennessee whose repre-
sentatives today secured the privilege
of making an informal argument be-
fore the Democratic members of the
committee. The delegation was inter-
ested specially in iron ore and coal in
dustries, the great manufacturing
commodities of the South, and was
composed of F. &. Bush, president of
the Mobile and Birmingham railroad
and the Clifton Iron company; Nat
Baxter, Jr,, president of the Tennessee
Coal and Iron company; Col McIlroy,
president of the Alabama Mineral
Land company; B. F, Moore, presi-
dent of the Birmingham Commercial
club; Chappell Cory, secretary of the
Birmingham Commercial club; f. Y.
Anderson, land commissioner OF the
Alabama Great Southern railway, and
DIR VIM NJ. Phillips of the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Railway company.
Mr.. Bush was spokesman. He de-
clared that he believed it was not the
intention of the Democrat national
committee at Chicago in framing the
platform to declare policy which
would prove ruinous to any of the
great interests of the country. Neither
did no believe it was the intention of
either the president or the committee
to willingly do any such injustice.
Mr.. Bush protested against the in
Justice of placing iron ore or coal on
. g.. If
and coal had gridironed Alabama with
railroads and developed these in
dustries until Alabama now annually
produces millions OF tons of iron and
5000, 900 tons of coal.
'In case of free ore, where would
you be distressed by it, and where
would it come in competition with
your asked Chairman Wilson.
I'VE would be cut out of any sale of
iron in the Eastern states The effect
would be to restrict our market to the
South and exclude us from the East
ern market, where we would have to
meet the low competition of Cuban and
Spanish ore. If this committee, as re.
ported" continued Mr.. Bush, sis to
put lumber, rice and sugar, coal and |
iron ore on the free list, then the |
South might as we'll give up.
1t would be the death blow |
to Southern prosperity" In con-
clusion Mr.. Bush made q strong APP
peal. "We are not politicians" he |
said. 1--WE are plain business men. We |
are Democrats from principal and we
certainly do not expect to suffer in the
house of our friends If we do it is a
natural question to ask, how long will
we continue to kiss that hand that |
smites us2 If you bring in your bill
with these articles on the free list YOU
will, think, have every Democratic
senator and representative rom Ala
bama opposed to it,"
President Nat Baxter of the Ten.
nessee Coal, Iron and Railway com
pany, followed in an argument cover
aug substantially the same points made
by Mr. Bush. 1t is said Senator White
of Louisiana will oppose with great
-vigor the purpose to put the tax back
on sugar and abolish the sugar bounty.
He asserts that the tariff policy which
is being formulated, will disrupt the
Democratic party. He takes great
duction of sugar in Louisiana under
the operation of the bounty both in
quantity and quality.
HAWAIIAN MATTERS.
There is disposition in administra-
ton circles to say but little on
Hawaiian affairs. pending the arrival
of the next steamer 1t seems to be |
the course of all officials to say moth
ing further, although it is confidently |
asserted that when news from Hawaii |
arrives the position of the administra-
ton will break forth in veritible !
light. From those in touch with the
White House comes the intel |
ligence that the administration
is disappointed that the con.
science of the country has not
been awakened to sympathy with the
art which is claimed by the admins
tration to be one of business and fair
ness. Gresham today consulted the
president upon the subject of giving
out additional information of the Ha.
waiian matter. 1t is under, TODD the
state department desires to publish
Blount's statement, and if it is still
withheld it will be because the presi-
dent deems it best to do so. If
made public it will be made
public before the arrival of
the next steamer from Hawaii
WAYS AND MEANs COMMITTEE.
1t is hoped the Democratic members
of the ways and means committee will
be able to report n new tariff bill to
the public about Nov 25. Conferences
of full Democratic membership of
committee begun today. and work of
the submitted and finally passed upon
by the entire membership. The most
vexed question to be settled is that of
graduated income tax,
WILLIS is HEELFD.
The Evening Star says: I'm antici
patton OF the condition of affairs
which would rise should the provis-
ional government give Willis his pass
ports, the administration has adopted
the extraordinary course of providing
him with Independent authority to
command the naval forces of the har
Dor of Honolulu. Under ordinary
rules OF international law Willis would
not be a minister if his passports were
given him by the provisional govern
ment. aud would have no authority to
call on the naval forces OF this coun-
try for any purpose whatever. To
ouard avainSt mis- continrann,, I'D -