Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-02-07
HON A. A. TAYLOR'S
Amendment to the Wilson Tariff Bill,
January 25.

The Chairman. The house is in Com,
mittee of the Whole House on the State
of tn, Union for the consideration of
the bill, the title of which has just been
reported.
Mr.. Taylor, of Tenn. Mr.. Chairman,
l desire to publish in the Record certain
resolutions adopted by the Chamber of
Commerce, Chattanooga, and other
matter in connection Herewith, and
desire also to introduce and send up to
have pending an amendment to this
proposition in nature of substitute.
The amendment was read, as follows:
Amend House Bill iS6iby inserting on page
ID, after the words "iron and steel" in sched-
| ule c, line 10, the following:
| "l33. Iron ore, including manganiferOuS iron
ore, also the dross or residiuum from burnt
! pyrites, 10 cents per ton. sulphur ore, as py-
rites, or sulphuret of iron in its natural state,
containing not more than 3l2 per cent. cop
per, % cents per ton; Provided, That ore
containing more than per cent. of copper
shall pay in addition thereto, one half OF /
cent per pound for the copper contained
therein: Provided, also, That sulphur ore
|
state, containing in excess of 25 per cent. of
sulphur shall be free of duty, except on the
copper contained therein, as above provided: /:
ana provided further, That in levying and
correcting the duty on iron ore no deduction
snail be made from the weight of the ore on
account of moisture which may be chemical
ly or physically combined herewith"
ana by striRing out on page 10 paragraph
lireellst) oil, containing the following words:
"lron ore, including manganiferous iron ore,
also the dross or residuum from burnt py-
rltes, ana sulphur ore, as pyrites or sulphu-
ret OF iron in its natural state"
MIR. Taylor, of Tenn. Mr.. Chairman,I
believe that every nation that has arisen
in this world 'shistory was gifted at birth
with the royal prerogative of crown
ing itself with perpetuity by adopting
the principles and utilizing the agencies
and instrunentalitits within its reach
for the achievement of that end. l be
lieve protection has been the very life
of this Republic. believe it has been
the chief agency in bringing us to our
position in the front rank among tie
nations of the earth.
1t has diversified labor and given il
employment; it has stimulated the pro-
duction of every article in iron and steel
and textile fabrics necessary to our in
dependence as a people; it has created
manufacturing centers and home mar
kets Tor our agriculture; it has multi.
piled factories and machine shops, and
the multiplicity of establishments pro.
ducing the same Article has resulted in
competition, and competition has bro
down prices. until we can buy the
things we need cheaper today than even
before in all our history; protection has
founded great cities and made the con
tinent network of railways, and filled
the seas with American ships. Every
thing that has been accomplished by
science; everything that has been
achieved by art; every blessing of agii-
culture, OF commerce, and navigation.
all the benefits of the most polished ana
refined civilization come to us only
through the intelligent, persistent toll
OF the American workingman under the
protecting shield of Republican tariff.
| am therefore for protection fer pro
tection's sake
What has the Democratic policy ac
complishedY
1t has been tried from time to time in
this country, and every time it has
brought mildew and blight, hunger and
want, and universal disaster, shame,
and misery. Today the Democratic
party has scarcely intrenched itself in
power until it has begun again it's work
of ction-commenced to undo
what has been done, to tear down that
which has been builded up. Having
progressed already far enough with this
bill to cripple the farming implement
industries by placing all farm il pie
nents on the free list; to seriously in
jure the sugar industry by destroying
the bounty on American sugar; to ruin
che coal industry ty placing coal on
che free list, you come now to the metal
schedule of the bill and propose to ut
terly destroy the iron ore industry
especially in the South-by placing iron
ore on the free list.
I lean not do the committee better SER
vice than to have read from the Clerk
desk, within my time, a communication
forwarded to me, from the pen OF
practical iron man-interested in the
indust. y in my State-which is a clearer
statement than any l could possibly
make, showing the effect of the pIo-
posed legislation as regai DIS the pig lion
and iron ore and coal industries OF the
South.
The Clerk read lengthy letter from
James BoWron, OF Nashville, Tenn,
written under date OF Jan. /, 1894, from
which We publish the following para
graphs:
the pig iron produced in the South, /. T., in
in the states of A ALBANIA and Tennessee, is
exported beyond the limits of those states
10 nnd market. The railroad companies
act with marked liberality imthe encourage
ment Oi traffic ana the development OF The
manufacturing anu mining industries along
their lines. he large amounts of railroad
mileage now in the hands OF receivers show
too plainly that AS "a rule the traffic of the
country Is conducted at rates which are not
profitable 10 the roads, anu Ii is not possible
that the adverse effects of the proposed VIII
son bill can be compensated fOr by any ma
terlal reduction in the cost of getting to mar
ket. The present tarln ON pig iron is 81 ~
per gross ton, orS mills per pound. The pig
iron of the south resembles in quality that
produced in the Cleveland distri / in Eng
land. Grey Gorge pig lron is selling in BIr-
mlngham, Ala, to-day ats per ton, and at
Middlesborough, England, at IS %. Any ap-
proach, therefore, Ia uniformity of rates of
transportation would enable Alabama pro-
ducers to hold their markets In this country
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