The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-07

feated or the east deprived of it's advao.
taee. had the Democratic party acted
AZ unit oo this lioe took my stand
on the tariff plank of the Chicago plat
form, which reads: He read it to his
his hearers. 81 contended that the
middle clause vas of equal if DOT more
importance than the first, and that its
strict enforcement would bring most
satisfactory results.
sOtbers joined me iu this and sew
eral speeches we're made 10 its favor.
We assumed that without an Income tax,
the ensire contention aside from a desire
to make political capital, vas one OF
schedules. There is not man before
us Who would listen to the tariff debate
one single day and not come to the same
conclusion. Let me give you few
instances among Democrats to sustain
this contention. Senator Rawlibs de-
manded duty on wool and gilsonite
for Utah. Senator White asked for
duty on borax and fruit for California.
Senator Morgan wanted duty on iron
for Alabama Senator Pasco wanted
higher duties on cigar wrappers for
Florida Senator Bacon wanted a duty
on cotton aud lumber for Georgia
Senator Tillman and myself wanted
what we could get for rice. cotton, lum-
Der, bauxite and monazite for South
Carolina Congressman Love aud
Williams wanted duty on pyrites aud
.bauxite for Georgia. while Fowler Of
North Carolina joined in for it all
Senator Allen. after condemolng
duty on lnmber, Of which hts State p:o-
duced none. asked for duty on chico
~ Of which his people were large
producers
Senator Cafery Of Louisiana, after
expendiug days denouuciog protect
ivestariff. wound up with demand for
q duty ON sugar.
Il might tell you how some would
deoounce protection on the foor of the
bouse. and then come quietly iuto our
committee room aud ask for duty on
some product iu their Own district
II became Disguised With such
:double dea:;og. aud with Tillman,
Bacon, Rawlins and others began she
.6gnt on the sectional features of the
bill and demanded equal privileges for
the south and her Industries The re.
suit Of our efforts has been duty on
cotton. equal privileges for southern
railroad ties. higher duties on rice and
e duty on bauxite- We have also COM
PEELED the Republican managers to
recognize the injustice of taxed jute
baggiog for the planter and free binding
ewiae for the wheat raiser. and have
pct baggiug on the free lis,r Not a
single Que of us believes in the doctrine
of protection. and SO declared repeated
.ly, but made the fight under tha, part Of
the Democratic tariff plank which de-
clares that duties shall be SO adjusted
as to operate equally throughout the
country aud not discriminate between
class aud section ln my opioion our
course was DOT only proper but 10 strict
accord With the good old Democratic
doctrine OF equality before the law.
I declared on the floor Of tue senate
that the south asked for no Advantage.
but demanded simple justice If pro-
lection vas beneficial. as alleged, the
south vas selfish enough to want her
share; if the policy proved disastrous
we were patriotic enough to stand our
portion. bet uoder all conditions and at
all times We demanded equal burdens
noder all national Legislation. We
wansed to besracognized as portion Of
this grea. nhae Wbose rights aud op-
portunisies should be considered 10
this manner He have kindled Gre
under this i0fernal eastern advantage
that will roast out all those who are
bow manipulating it.
4.Let ne take up the question of
cotton duty aud analyze it: If Gas
some say it will be no good. | will
answer that it will do no harm. but
place the cotton planter and wheat
grower on an equality, which of it.
seIfis a,concession of sectionalism and
injustice from the Republican party /
contend, however, that it will benefit
the cotton planter of the south 1t
will furnish an extended market for
our long staple cotton, keep cut lot
of trash coming here from Mexico
and relieve the growers of short staple
of that much competition, which
should be benefit. and ! believe it
will. Do you realize the growing ex
tent of cotton imports in this coun-
trv x x 's''
"Besides. from this there will be a
tendency to bring south the New
England mills which are now using