Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-09

OF coal to Mexico amounted to a few
Thousand tons. Today our exports
of coal to Mexico amount to 100, coo
tons aud over. A few years ago our
exports to Canada amounted to 400,
600 tons. Today our exporte to Can
ada amount to over million tons,
and 1 believe the day will come when
we will control almost the Canadian
market west OF Montreal. Let me
call attention to one point in eonnec
ton with this matter. We send coal
to Canada, we pay the freight, trans
portation on it. aud also the Cana.
dian duty. and yet we underseil the
Canadian coal producers in their own
markets, at their own doors.
One half of the coal exported BY
tue United States last year went to
Canada, l repeat, we pay the freight
aud transportation to Canada, we
pay the Canadian duty, which is al,
most as high as the American-ours
being 7i cents and the Canadian 60
cents-and yet we undersell the Gan.
atians in their own markets. And,
altho:gh we are able to do that, we
are told TINT we cannot compete with
Canadian coal in our own market.
That is protection logic. ~
What is the profit on coal tofiayi /
have heard talk here about reducing
the wages of tho miner. That is a
proposition which has been unmask.
ed long ago by the Intelligence ofsthe
American people. What is the profit
on coal todayi 1 wish ] had time TO
read from the circular of that estima.
bio gentleman, Mr.. Davis, to whom I
have already referred, the president
of the West Virginia Central railroad
1t would tell you that the output of
American coal is $4,000, 900 tons
year. and the profit On this coal aver.
ages 20 cents ton. That means
S3O,0O0,000 annually to the owners
OF the mines. And America is OK.
porting coal to every corner OF the
globe, expanding it's market year by
year, 30 that within the last four
years we have had an increase in bi
luminous coal alone OF 40,OnO, 600
tons, IN average of 1O,00O,000 tons
year.
Now while frankly admit that
free Nova Scotia coal will come to tho
New England coast cheaper than the
coal OF West Virginia or of any State
cnn get there, will not admit that
Nova Scotia coal eau compste with
our coal in the interior; and will not
admit that that coal is Of as good
quality as our coal. will not admit
that we havo any right to injure the
Pacific States, which derive no bene.
fit from the eastern mines. by com
pelling them to pay rs cents duty on
every ton of coal they uRe.
So much on the question of coal
Now, I utterly deny that it comes
within our province rs Democratic
representatives to stand here and do.
mand protection for the industries of
our respective districts. II such n
course IL justifiable, then there is an
end OF all Democracy and tariff ro-
form. II we are tariff reformers for
everybody else's district except our
own, thero will be no revenue reform
Mt all; and we may as well resolve
ourselves into mercenary mob, ready
to retreat whenever our interests are
involved, instead OF presenting ON un
broken front upon the solemn pledges
that we made to the people. ZAP.
plauae on the Democratic side.l Ill
am here to defend the provisions of
the Mckinley act 30 far as Maryland
is concerned, then differ in no re.
spect from a Republican representa-.
tive who defends that law 80 far as
the interests OF Pennsylvania or any
other State is concerned.