The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-01
Lumber Dealers and Manufacturers of Wood
Products Demand Protection.
SOUTHERN LUMBER MEN DESIRE TARIFF
The Question MOST ExhnustiveIy Di.-
cu>scd BEFORE the Ways aud Means
Committee Dealers Claim Tint
tEe Industry tims Reen Ruined
by Low Tariff.


the subjects of the hearing by the Com
mittee On Ways ana Means.
The hearing was opened on behalf of
the lumber interests by Mr. {. d. Good
year, of Buffalo, who had been designat-
eo Tor the purpose by the Cicinnati ,un-
Der convention, ana who was accom-
panied by twentyfour other II presen-
tatiVes of that industry.
Mr. Goodyear said that recent events
convinced the lumber people thar tho
protective idea would prevail ut least
uhtI the assembling of a new Con-
greSs.
>, Assuming that protection to American
iapor ana industries would be the
poicy of the incoming administrator,
me. lumber people were here 10 demand
what was due them. There was invest
eu III this Industry over S75O.00o. 900
~ was one OF the most important in
9uStr-eS deserving considera tion al the
hands OF the committee. There were
al east 100000 persons directly engaged
III II ana altogether there were 5000 900
peopie receiving their livelihood from
this great and important industry
WANTS y TWO DOLLAR DUTY.
He said that the lumber men were
not askihS anything eNorbtant nor be-
yond what was reasonable. What they
asked was substantially, that while pine.
Eemicck. Eastwood and sycamore be
Piaced on the same footing as spruce
N'''o'i W as tpN projected DN 4 Guty of
- per thousand feet, while the others
had only pro lection of 81.
Cnaer al. the tariff legislation he
SAID, spruce had remained under the 81
clause Under this protection the pro-
duct OF Maine represented by those in
Congress, who looked after her welfare
had never failed to have protection to
the extent of 81 a thousand feet. while
white pine. hemlock. sycamore and all
other woods were protected only to the
extent of ST.
The chairman Alr. Dingley. of Maine)
rem rked that Maine was pine tree
State.
Yes" Mr.. Goodyear replied. "a pine
tree state Without any pine, but with a
lot oi spruce, of which a new crop can
be raised every thirty years"
Mr., Doliiver Rep). of Iowa. asked
whose fau 1t was that other lumber
haa not received the same protection as
spruce.
1T was the faul, of The lumhermen
thems elves" said Mr., Goodyear. until
1892. they never seemed to have aWak-
ened from their lsthargy They came
here at that time. bui the sentiment
then was directed against the protec-
tive idea and they failed to accomplish
Hnat they asked for. Now the lumber
men of this country are aroused and
they have learned of the important fen-
lures OF the tariff act better than they
d.d before. They have found out that
under free trade, a II exists under the
Wilson act. their industries have gone
into decay and that to-day they are
suffering from foreign compe,.tion tn an
extent that they never suffered before =
L hE9 AMoNE LuMBERM EN-
ha.i ne ' iaIlu'es among lumber men have
'no!i,a - t se, .nan III any other large and
,ni,s ,ean'.s .'iuussEE' IL amounts 10 almost
paralysis IN some sections of the caun-
try.
,drt t,:e 9'ate OF Mich'sah ana in the
w., ',,i.a Nv 80 se!lSraHy ihe pay rolls for
,. t",'."et a" w L'!!sh or more tnan 10 per
Sa', - ,ilt 'see 'faae tarlit Di!! has
''ri. I'll ~ ,,y.. ypG!htlon'
az c.'"'t 'ts;'il', u, 10 you ask to have
I - "a - p'aCea on ali Kinds OF
iu,.;Dei, I, r,,
,4n. ~ ,... al al. But We ask
.!:a, tHc uutN or y be applied to all
ao mnaS OF iuNher Canada was the
81. 81. ou... .StI,t"' ~ "'u"3' Iac cond.-
,,,'i ,'ona ''eN"'''hs 'it'e were much more
MI a.
t.,n',. ,rr.e ne t'onerh nent demands 5" ner
o.,,E ~, ~ on lS S'u,'lp"Se' against %
i.s ~ Liu"u'; i.ipor IN canada was
g, S1, "na aan helo ,Gm metrhen PAID oven
S",Vgo'ou' ;on;y 1ni.n"',E IN taNes on the!r
lahcm' wh-!e the Canad ans paid no tax