Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-06-02
SOUTHERN LUMBER.
Nov ement TO Restore Protection
TO American Product.
Appeal from West JirginIn Against
canadian Competition-Ame
Forests should supply Ameri-
Markets.


The movement now being made in con
SIe~s ihtoring reins 'atement of lum-
Der upon the "utiablc list first took def
nite shape IN and had ITS first active sup
port from the southern Lumber Manu-
lecturers association. composed of
southern men, at a meeting held in the
southern city of Memphis, very large
majority OF whom are ami ever have
peen strong and consistent advocates
d "tarih for revenue so distributed
rs y" nearly as possible equalize the
burdens and the benefits in such man
ler that unjust discrimination should
De made neither for nor against any
class OF Americau interests.
Looking AZ the Wilson bill they saw
ron with an average tariff of - per
cent, while lumber was free; saw aver
1 aye duIleN ana incidental protection to
the extent OF - per cent. upon all com
ui"ul'ieN imported WhIle our product,
"h'"'f' the leading product OF our coun-
Ivy ana one OF greatest Importance to
me ~'u'h' was Tree. was THAT consist
eht
cong pack 10 the Mckinney bill they
I""nu 'ha' the spruce OIL Maine and New
lorN was protected 10 the extent OF two
i"II"TS per I'"VI' WINE Mhite wood tpop-
/ Iar), pine ana hcIhlock, the lumber
pr"uuclS "i the SOUTH were placed at
one uoII'r N'W England ana the north
tNo ""IlarN' 'he south one dollar. Is
mere any E"ou ana scthcIent reason in
'heNe I"''N why lumnermrn, southern
.uh'per'nth' should consider the Nc
| NinIeN mn perfection or hesitate to
| polht Out us inconsistencies? Average
\ "u''eS under me Mckinney bill were 80
| per cent. oh New England spruc" they
were less IMAM 20 per cent. and upon
southern lumber products less than ten
/ per cent. As between iron getting go
per cent ana New England lumber only
~ per cent" was the latter unreasonable
OF 'NoIp'I ah' rs between 20 per cent.
loI new El@Iahd ana ten per cent. for
thc So"'h' was there Ju~iice'
y gentleman OF the name of Hill. OF
saginaw Men" operating nm Canada. in
ms anxiety l." get ms foreign product
INTO Ir'e competition with that of our
N''l'TI'Hh grown ana \hcrican manu-
l"'' uI'" 'uI'"'r' MES memorlaI with
me hnan'e committee of the United
oiateN senate IN when he states that
me SCUM Is always wrong in It's atti-
'uue on the tarlh. In reply 10 stale
in'ht oil me writer that the south de
'hanueu the rlShtlng OF some OF the
wrongs III eNlS'ing I"inIrr tarlh IegiN-
i"''oh ana that her representatives in
cohRr' an" her senators would see
'hat II was done ne was informed by a
"'I'-hh"Wh PolltIcaI leader of Michi-
gan 'ha' our northern friends inter
eS''d IN canada ridicuIe the idea that
we shail witness any such phenomenon
"S 'nIS promises
IT Il phenomenon when southern
'''freS,S "'Hlahd what has been ac-
COR" New England without asking or
"heh '''hern representatives adNo-
CATE ior 'helr section correction of
WHAT II '''"r'N UNJUST discrimination?
Nrr the burdens OF TAXATION or the
"hen!S incidental 10 tarih for revenue
tP"I'aoIy distributed under the exist
ing Id" Nheh steer raliS Tor our logging
roads get 81 per cent bar iron for our
n'a'NSmI'h SHOP - per cent; boiler
Iol' - per cent saw plates, ~ FER
cent; saws, 30 per cent; files. 81 per
cent nay FOR our stables. % per cent.
ana so on through the entire list of