The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-28
THE SENTIMENT
RAPIDLY GROWING
Everybody Wants l'rOtectionand Com
mittees Flooded With Petitions.
BESIDE THE FARM
The Saddsst and Naddest People ia WASH
ington Meet Together Delay May Or-
cur 10 the Bill 10 the House
Special correspondence.

Special correspondence
Washington. April 2i.-1'hr saddcst
lot u people IN Washington just now
aw the populis,s. the maddest lot are
the lobbyists. And when you e.. the
Raddcst and the maddeat peOplc together
cooperating they make some noise at
least
Tha, 10 whats the matter with the
''riatesmcn' who are nAgglng Speaker
Reed bcvauHc he refuses 10 appoint com. /
mltteca IN the house The lobbyists
want committees appointed 10 thnt they
can begin their usual work upon con-
grrss In behalf of their various Jobs. !
Why the popullsts want them appointed
the reader can infer. II seems scarcely
probable. however. mat the combined
prcssur, OF lobbyists. populis,s. and the
section Of the democracy which In co.
operating with them Will be successful
In driving Speaker Reed 10 the selec-
ton Of HIS committees or the annouucc.
men; 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 grea, interests
desiring 70 control the nnal shaping Of
the ,aria bill. The sugar trus, and
other great organizations which were
suct,.ssful IN manipulating the demo-
cratic bin IN their interests are hover
Ing about, stu hoping TO get some
crumbs OF comfort out OF the finance
committee OF the senate. They admit
that the bill Is FAR less advantageous
to them than tho present law and the r
only hope ls for some amendments by
thr senate committee or the senate, but
they add ,hat there Is little probability
OF that. However with thc enormous
interests az stake they can afrord to
nghI TO the last Tor u Is generally re ,og
ulxet that no tann bill before congress
FOR many years has struck 81 hard a
blow al trusts and combinations as does
lhis one.
PROTECTION IN THE SOUTH.
The Southern element is well repre-
sented here. now asking Increased pro-
tcctiun for the products OF that part Of
the country. The wool-growcrs OF Tex
as, the sugar and rice producers OF
Louisiana, the cotton ralsers and timber
owners OF Mississippi, the iron manu-
faoturers OF Tennessee and Virginia, the
manufacturing interests Of Georgia and
Alabama, the fruit men OF Florida, the
rioe and cotton producers of South Car
alma, and the representatives OF the
great mineral interests OF North Car
olina, Georgin. 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.
1T IL extremely interesting and graf
flying" said Chairman plngley, Of the
ways and means committee, ito oh
serve the growth Of protection sentt-
ment In the South"
More strongly marked than ever, is
II not MIR. 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
ushiCh thaN ,au ,,t bas gtr,ney han afi
tho protective sentiment very greatly.
Not only as IL increased the demand for
material for use in the manufacturing
establishments. such as cotton lumber,
iron, coal, wool, and other articles ot
that class, but It has also proved ad-
Ivantageous TO the general agricultural
interests Of that section"
/ FACTORIES RESIDE THE FARM.
PLANT factory beside the farm
continued MIR, Dingley, "and you in.
crease enormously the value of the pro-
ducts Of that farm"
Because OF the increased demand p
Not altogether. The Increased de,
mand is something, of course, but tive
other important factors operate to add
to the net value of the productions OF
the farm which has factory In It's vi
cinbty; first, the diversihcation Of ia
products and market for diversiheC
products; second, the market which !:
reached without heavy cost Of transpor
tation. Farm products are bulky anC
heavy, and where they must be trans
ported considerable distance to mar
ket the cost of transporting them ab
serbs the profits, With a market along
side the farm, or In easy reach. tn
cost of transportation is small and tn
Z profits Increased"
Then you think the growth of pro
tective sentiment In the South extend
! to farmers as well as to those direcil,
affected by employment or sale Of ma
I terial for the faotories?"
Beyond question. And It will con
tinue to grow and to carry with it
division of sentiment which will resul