The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-01-09

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These bales are OF $50 pounds
each, equivalent to one and hall
American bales. The importatlons
Of last season, therefore, amounted
to los, 500 American bales.
This cotton completes chiefly with
the product of the rich alluvial
lands along the Mississippi, where
the soil is Of the same character as
that of the, Nile Valley. This Or
leans cotton has always commanded
a good price because the staple Is
longer and better than the upland
product; and it has recently been
crowded out Of the field and the
i price materially reduced in conse-
auence of these foreign imports.
There were some mutterings on this
point few years ago, butthe trouble
has grown so steadily worse chat at
last the cotton planters of the Mis-
s,ss,ppi Valley have decided to take
action and to appeal to Congress for
relief.
The Vieksburg Cotton Exchange,
at meeting held Tuesday, called
upon Gen. ,Ca,chIngs, who repre-
sents the Mississippi district in
which most of the long staple cotton
!. is produced, TO insist upon tax OF
duty on Egyptian cotton. This is
|, demanded on the ground that the
Egyptian product is grown by pau
per or coolie labor, and is sold IL
| the United States at prices which
: render American competition I'M
5 possible. The Yazoo City Cotton
Exchange has adopted resolutions tt
the same effect, asking Congress t.
!, impose duty of three cents pei
! pound on Egyptian cotton in orde
to protect the interests of the pro
e duoers of long staple cotton; and ha
S appointed representative to vIsl
: Washington and lay this deman'
| before the ways and means commit
y tee Of the House.
i There is probably pothing NOR
! es traordiuary in our tariff histor.
: than that the cotton planters, VIII,
!. have been heretofore the most stal
: wart opponents of protection IN an,
/ shape or form, should now be askini
} it on product in which we hay
II heretofore claimed to lead the world
I, That their claim is . just one
< viewed from the tandpoint of pre-
: lection, cannot be disputed. w
= can grow in this country long stapl
# cotton like the Egyptian product
i. but not at the prices at which 1t ca
d be produced by the fellaheen of til
IN Nile Valley, who work tor less tina
IS our slaves received during the day
Of slavery, and who receive barrel
enough of food TO keep them alive
1t has been suggested that IT th
cotton growers of the South had al
pealed to Congress when the Nj
= Kinley tariff was being framed the
would have received the protectio
they now ask for; bnt at that tim
y the shoe was not pinehing as 1t Is t
- day. The competition of til
= Egyptian cotton has steadily grow
:, so much worse as to seriously atfe'
- The river plantations. hence the pre-
:, ent protest OF the Vicksburg an
% Yazoo City Cotton Exchange
- The cotton planters of all the Mi
q sissippi river districts will. We a.
= = satisfied, heartily join them in Il
- demand for protection from Egg
ue tian cotton. The ordinary uplar
" cotton OF the South, which .consi
- tutes the bulk of its product, is III
= affected by this sspauper cotton" !,
- the Orient. -Times-Denccrat.
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