, 1897-04-26
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
MANY MATTERS OF PUBLIC I'M
PORTANCE CONCIsELY DE-
TAILED.
The Populists are the Saddest and the
Lobbyists are the Maddest People at
Washington-The Lobbyists Want
the Committees Appointed-The
South and Protection.
Washington, April %, 1897.


Statesmen" who are nagging Speaker
Reed because he refuses to appoint COM
mittees in the house. The lobbyists want
committees appointed SO that they can
begin their ususal work upon congress
in behalf Of their various Jobs. Why
the populists want them appointed the
reader can infer. 1t seems scarcely
probable. however. that the combined
pressure of lobbyists, populists, and the
section OF the democracy which is CO.
operating with them will be successful
in driving Speaker Reed to he selection
OF his committees or the announcement
of them before the close of the session.
THE MOST ANXIOUS LOT
The most anxious lot of people in
Washington just now is made up of the
representatives Of the great interests
desiring to control the final ~shapings of
err great organizations which were sue,
ccssful in manipulating the democratic
bill in their interests are lowering about
still hoping to get some crumbs OF COM
fort out of the finance committee Of the
senate. They admit that the bill is far
less advantageous to them than the
some amendments by the senate com
mittee Or the senate, but they add that
there is little probability Of that. How
ever, with the enormous interests at
stake they can afford to fight to the
last. for it is general recognized that no
tariff bill before congress for many
years has struck so lard a blow at trusts
and combinations as does this one.
PROTECTION IN THE SOUTH.
The southern element is well repre-
scented here, now asking increased pro,
lection for the products of hat part of
the country. The wool growers of Tex
as. the sugar and rice producers OF
Louisiana. the cotton raisers and timber
owners OF Mississippi, the iron manu-
%facturers of Tennessee and Virginia. the
manufacturing interests Of Georgia and
Alabama. the fruit men OF Florida. the
rice and cotton producers OF South Car
olina, and the representatives of the
great mineral interests of North Caro-,
lima. Georgia, and the tobacco and hemp
growers Of Kentucky are all pleading for
thorough protection for their industries
and for action to this end by the finance
committee and the senate.
ut is extremely interesting and graf
flying" said Chairman Dingley, Of the
ways and means committee, ito observe
the growth OF protection sentiment in
the SOUTH
More strongly marked than ever, Is
it not, Mr.. Dingley?"
"Yes, undoubtedly. The experience OF
the south in the past few years with the
new industries developing there. the
manufactures and the new demands
which they call out has STRENGTHENED
the protective sentiment very greatly.
Not only has it increased the demand
material for use in the manufacture
establishments such as cotton. lum-
Der, iron. coal wool. and other articles
Of that class, but it has also proved ad-
vantageous to the general agricultural
interests of that section
FACTORIES BESIDE THE FARM.
PLANT a factory beside the farm"
continued Mr.. Dingley, land you in
crease enormously the value of the pro-
ducts of that farm"
Because Of the increased demand?"
Not altogether. The increased de.
mand is something, of course. but two
other imnortant factors onara,e IN add m
the net value Of the nroductiops of the
farm which has a factory in its vicinitv.
first, the diyersi6cation of its nroducts
and market for diversified nroducts Sec
ond. the martet which ia reached with.
out a heavy cos, of TRANSFORMATION
Farm nroducts are bnlkv and bsa wv and
where they must be fra nsnortad a co,.
siderable distance RI market the coat os
TRANSPORTING them absorbs rho nro6,s
With a marker alongside tbe farm n,
in easy reach. the cost of ~ransportation
is small and the profits increased"
Then you think the growth OF pro-
tective sentiment in the south extends
the farmers as well as to those direct