New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-29

subject of the Alabama mineral interests for
prior TO assuming the management Of the paper
ne was prominently identified with Of the
! principal movements for bringing Eastern and
| foreign capital to Alabama. Mr.. Pinkard.
through his paper. voices the sentiments OF a
majority of the Alabama Democrats on the tar
If question. He is utterly opposed to the Will
son bill. not only as it affects the Alabama in
| terests. but in its fundamental principles. He is
Tor revenue with incidental protection. His sec
ond principle is that of uniform taxation. He is
opposed to the Mckinley bill equally with the
| Wilson bill. and the same ground, that its
! free list is too large.
Mr.. Pinkard demands the true Democratic doc
trne that all imports be taxed at a Uniform rate.
which shall be sufficient To produce all the neCes-
sary revenue above the 10000. 600 be raised
| by internal revenue taxes. Basing his calcula-
| ton upon the imports as reported by the Treas
! ury Department. he finds that uniform import
duty of "A per cent would supply this needed
| revenue. and afford ample protection and would
De consistent win the democratic motto. 'Fav-
orS to none and discrimination against no in
| terest.'
I'VE believe" said Mr. Pinkard. that what
ever foreign goods enter the ports Of the United
States should pay duty. without exception. for
! the support of this Government"
THE FEELING NOT PARTISAN
| Chappel Cory. the secretary of the CONNER
Cia Cub. of Birmingham. formerly the
| managing editor Of the Birmingham "Age-Ier-
aid" and is one Of the most active Of the young
men Of Alabama who are bending their energies
! to the development Of the states resources. Mr..
Cory accompanied the delegation Of Alabama
! iron and coal men that went To Washington in
| November last TO protest against putting iron
! and coal on the free list In his official rela
tons To the business men Of birmingham and
the state. Mr. Cory probably has had better OPP
portunties than almost any other man in the
state to thoroughly understand the feelings and
| wishes of the Alabama business interests.
Mr.. Cory said that there was nothing partisan
in the Alabama opposition 10 the provisions Of
the Wilson bill relating - iron ore and coal. and
| the business men of Alabama have gained the
! support of their Democratic Representatives
and Senators by demonstrating to them that the
! interests Of the State were Vitally concerned in
defeating the proposed provisions. The manu-
featuring interests" said Mr. Cory. want
! get squarcy on their feet. The development Of
the iron industry in the south has required Dor
| rowed capital. and nearly all the furnaces have
| bonded debts, upon which they mus, pay inter-
| est and for which a sinking fund must be pro-
! vided."
INDUSTRIAL POSSIBILITIES or ALABAMA
Captain W. II. Graves prominent lawyer Of
! Birmingham. is the chairman Of the Iron and
S.cel Committee OF the Commercial Club, and
financially Interested in the iron business. Cap
tain Graves has given careful study to the sub
! jcct of iron and steel making in the South and
is believer in the great future Of the Alabama
industry if let alone by the tariff tinkers He
fully indorses the recent statement OF Colonel
| A. NJ. Shook OF Nashvi l.. in "Th" Age or
! Steel" that open-hcarth steel from native ores.
/ is not only possibility but certainty In Ala
| bama.
There is more in the future for Alabama and
| Birmingham than has developed in the past
said he because all the other dominating
! States have enjoyed the era Of steel and nave
reaped the benefits This boom lies Immediately
| before the Alabama district When they 90
make steel they will make every rail used south
! OF Virginia. They will make the horseshoes anu
! horseshoe nails. the boiler plates and the agr-
/ cultural implements They can make he rails.
; but the steel will be used first for the finer
/ t.ht lN.rN
| cotton tie used IN the South. and costing $uO0-
900 every year should not be made in Alabama.
The tin-plate manufacture could he intro
| duced here. and the basic steel Is perfectly
| adapted to manufacture ~ the black plates as
has been shown the thin steel plates already
rolled here
II am utterly opposed to the free iron and
coal provisions Of the Wilson bill said Captain
! Graves. in conclusion.
| VIEWS or y DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATOR.
Captain Frederick S Ferguson is a member Of
| the Iegisatdre from jefferson County He Is
one Of the old-sci.ool Democrats who love their
! party but ne is one Of the progressive men ~
| the New South. and Is proud Of the State In
which he lives and Of his own city. Birmingham
| Captain Ferguson talked freely. He said;
IL am in favor 81 "A tariff for revenue but not
"A tariff for deficiency have no objection 10
! incidental protection and | am a thorough Dem
ocrat: and further, I have no interest in any
manufacturing industries further than every
! citizen is Interested in the development Of his
! STATE. But think IL is demonstrated that the
WsOn bill H. failure. because II does not raise
| the necessary revenue. The proposed income tax
| IS utterly unjust because II involves double tax
alton. | believe u taxing everything equally
! and / objection 10 whatever incidental
! protection there may be.
| Hamilton r. BegRs operates an iron foundry
! and machine shop in Besseincr ana lives IN
! birmingham. He Is a Vrginian. and before tn"
war was I'm the foundry business at Lypchburg
and Richmond and during the war made can
non for the COnfederdcy. lie says that he
wants a duty iron ore and coal 10 protect the
! Alabama iron industry and 10 protect American
| labor. Mr. Bcggs says that he has found that
! the higher wages the more prOfit the manu-
/ facturer makes Wages are much higher than
in 1851 and living more expensive. He does
, not think that any Southern iron man wants
| the Wilson bin. for II means the transferring
Of the Industrial activity ~ the South 10 tn"
! Eastern seaboard. There are, he thinks, too
many professors in Congress. and not enough
| practical men.
The only free and coal advocate that could
| be discovered among the manufacturers OF
Birmingham was Mr.. Reilly A. Nails. Of the
| firm Of Crellin Il Nails bOcrmakers. Mr.. Nails
is Virginian, and a lberal-mnded man. but
/ his free-t trade argument IL unique. He wants
free trade in every form Of iron up TO finished
| boilers which, he thinks. should be protected
! because they the products Of skilled labor
| Mr. Nails wants immigra don stopped for hfteen
years and he wants ore and coal on the free
! list, SO that the Alabami producers cannot ship
| their output to the East and North. This Mr.
I Nails thinks. will force the manufacture OF
boiler plates and other rolling mill products In
| Alabama. thereby reducing the cost OF his raw
| material.
| FORcED To LIVE on BiRNACLES.