The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-06-22
The South-.ItS Wants, Its Future.

American Economist.
The discussion in Congress on the
first Tariff act-that of 17S9-clearly
shows that the trainers of that act, some
OF whom sat in the convention which
drafted the Constitution, regarded no
interest of greater Importance than that
of agriculture. The South is especially
interested in that feature of Protection,
because her sugar, rice, tobacco and
cotton, her four great staples, stand in
greater peril today than at any epoch
in our history, and all because the
Gordon of fore IN cheap labor and CON-
petition is being drawn around these
products closer and closer.
Old prejudices should give away to
concrete facts. The South, with a new
generation Of men, looking anxiously
and hopefully forward to better days,
when there shall be more capital and
consequently more business and less
''poIitics" there, is entitled to all the
light on the subject of Protection that
1t can get.
The scar incident OF the war between
the states has healed, the last yestige of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in the
Federal election or so called force bill
has passed away, the feeling engen-
dered between those who were active
participants in the greatest struggle the
world ever saw are being cemented into
ties OF fratcrnal friendship, and new
business relationships are rapidly form
ing based on the confidence which
capital requires and slowly imbibes. A
new blood and a new life agitates the
South, which sees an example in the
North of what the Protective policy can
do as against rivals and for those who
have too long resisted the march of pro-
gress and prosperity.
But one thing remains for the South
to do. 1t must unhOrse Free-Trade and
enter the fight for the generation of
that section under the old Wing banner
and the great principle of Protection
for home and industries Protection
for agriculture, for the raw material
grown on our own soil which enters in
to our manuta ctured products. That
sentiment once dominated the South,
and, while slavery drove it into seclu-
sion in 1916 and 1880 and almost out of
mind, history has preserved the record
of the fact. No section of the country
has more glorious climate, none more
important agricultural produ cts-In-
Guiding cotton, rice, sugar and tobacco
none is richer in lumber and wool, in
mineral resources, water power and
energy than the South.
In adapting itself to new conditions,
in seeking to attain the full measure Of
benefit to be derived from production,
old theories must be cast aside and
practical views must be accepted. The
South cannot hope for success by shap
ing its legislation nor by sending men
to Congress to clog and hamper the
march of productive development and
industrial progress with a political
theory that is sure to poison the patent,
paralyze It's energies and severely re-
tard its prosperity. \ Tariff for rey-
enuc only" takes no account whatever
Of our business relations as they may
be injuriously effected by the foreign
rivals who seek to control our home
market. The future of Southern agri-
culture, commerce and manufacturing
industry depends upon that other
policy which can most readily be ex-
piained in these words: STAND up for
America. Protection for home indus
tries against the world.