The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-27
SOUTHERN SECTIONAL iREJu-
DICE.



New Cenditions 90 be Adopted M win
Promote General frosperiti
The discussion In congress h the
first tariff nct--that of 1850 lcarly
shows that the trainers of tha act,
some Of whom sat In the conyntion
which drafted the constitutin. re-
garded no interest Of greater hport-
ance than that Of agriculture The
south is especially interested ift that
feature of protection, because her
sugar. rice. tobacco and cotton. her
four great staples. stand In grster
peril to-day than at any epoch irour
history, and all because the cordo Of
foreign cheap labor and competition
il being drawn around these prodsts
closer and closer.
Old prejudices should give wayso
concrete facts. The south. with By
generation Of men, looking anxious
and hopefully forward TO better day
when there shall be more capital an
consequently more business and lesI
politics" there, Is entitled 10 all TIL
light on the subject of protection thai
IL can get.
The scars incident to the war be.
tween the states have healed, the last
vestige of reconstruction-exem
In the federal election or so-called force
bill-has passed away, the feeling en-
gendered between those who were
active participants In the greatest
struggle the world ever saw are being
cemented into ties Of fraternal friend
ship, and new business relationships
IRE rapidly forming, based on the con-
fidence which capital requires and
slowly imbibes A new blood and a
new life agitates the south, which secs
an example in the north of what the
protective policy can do as against for
long resisted the march of progress
and prosperity.
But one thing remains for the south
TO do. II must unhorse free trade and
enter the fight for the regeneration OF
that section under the old whig banner
and the great principle of protection for
home industries protection for agri-
culture, for the raw materials grown
on our soil which enter into our manu-
featured products. That sentiment once
dominated the south, and, while slav-
cry drove IL into seclusion in 1s49 and
1850 and almost out of mind, history
has preserved the record OF the fact.
No section of the country has n more
glorious climate, none more important
agricultural Notwithstanding cot
ton, rice, sugar and tobacco-none Ia
richer In lumber and wood, in mineral
resources, water power and energy
than the south.
In adapting itself TO new conditions,
in seeking 20 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 sending men TO
congress to clog and hamper the march
of her productive development and in
dustrial progress with political the
DRY that is sure to poison the patient,
paralyze its energies and seriously re-
tard its prosperity. A tariff for reve-
nue. only" takes no account whatever
of our business relations as they may
be injuriously affected by foreign
rivals who seek TO control our home
market The future of southern agri.
culture, commerce and manufacturing
industry depends upon that other pol.
icy which can most readily be explained
in these words Stand up for Americal
Protection for home industries against
the world.