The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-12
SOUTHERN TARIFF MEN
REMARKABLE GROWTH OF REPUB-
LICAN PROTECTIVE SENTIMENT.
Twice as Many Showed Up from the
south i'm Last Two Congresses
as Ever Before.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE Southern
sentiment in favor of a protective tariff is
likely TO be quite as apparent at the Senate
end of the Capitol as 1t was in the House
during the discussions of the tariff bill
Amendments to the bill increasing the pro-
tective rates of duty are being offered by
Southern senators and appeals are being
made from the South to the finance COM
mittee and to members of the Senate ask
ing for higher rates than those named by
the bill it passed the House. Cotton,
rice, sugar, oranges, pineapples and other
fruits, tobacco, lumber salt, iron, manga
nese, bauxite and other metals are among
the items named for which appeals are be-
ing made by Southern men and Southern
interests. Leading Democratic newspapers
in the great Southern cities comment favor
ably on the fact that Democratic votes
from the South were cast in favor of the
bill, and that Democratic members argued
in favor of increased protection on the
products of that section. The New Orleans
Picayune. Charleston News and Courier,
Richmond Times, New Orleans Times-Dem-
ocrat Memphis Scimitar. Nashville Banner
and other Democratic papers speak APPROX
ingly of the course of the Democratic
ed the bill in the House and offer no un-
favorable comment on the fact that more
than thirty votes from the Southern States
were cast in favor of it. No protective tar
iff measure ever received any such number
OF votes from the South as did the Dingley
bill ia the House, nor has the present gen.
Grafton Witnessed the spectacle of Southern
| Democratic votes being cast for a protec-
| tive tariff BILL
There can be no doubt of the marked
| growth of the protective sentiment in the
| South" said Chairman Dingley, of the
ways and means committee, commenting on
| this fact. so far as l now recall, this is
| the first time that Southern Democrats
| have voted for protective bill or expressed
| the strong sentiments in favor of a protec-
| tive tariff which We have heard In the
| House, and which are now being presented
at the Senate end of the Capitol in the
| amendments proposed by senator's and
| others, increasing the protective rates of
| duty in the pending tariff bill. We have
had Democratic votes in the North for
| protective tariff bill in the past. but this
support for the protective loed irom lhe
| South Is new.
Most assuredly.
Surprising, toO?'
| Not especially So The development of
| manufacturing industries in the south In
the past few years has created protectHi,se H,u
| sentiment There are two reasons for thiS
First, the desire for the increase OF manu-
| features and the direct result therefrom
and second. the advantages TO agricuru1e e
| which come from the home manuIacturins
| industry. The value or farm prouuc.S 10
| largely dependent on the proximity 10
| market. Farm products are puiky, anu tl,e
| cost of Transporting them TO a distant mar
| ket destroys the profits to the FARMER. II
| he has market just alongside MS iarnl, or
A ma Ira
| out of a business which would not be sue
| cessful if he must ship his produclionSS ,S,a d d
| long distance to find sale for tnem. Ine
| establis hment of manufacturing industries
| i'm the South has thus not only increased
the price which the farmer gets 1or ms pro-
| ductions, but has greatiy oiveIsIneu 1 s"GIs bis
| products and thus IurlheI ih@ieo' ~
.SThen YOU look on the growth of the pro
tective sentiment as deveioplnf a,,oS r,on5,fac.
agricultural as we'll as among the 81, lilaiiui"c-
| turing communities of the south!
| Undoubtedly. A study OF the agra;GuS ar;onS
| tural history and conditions or the various
SECTIONS of the country shows clearly that
| the value of land and the value Oh l.s piU a.
ductions averages much hignef Per p.i,rina i'm M
| dustries which thus afford a nome mar & Ne.
| for the products and Tor dlVerSlieu plo- @
| auctions. The people of the South are see
| ing this i'm their experience with the manu-
| Featuring institutions which nave peeh s ue-
veloped in that section during the pdsl rev y,
| Years So there is undoubtedly growth
| Of protective sentiment not alone among
| those interested in manufactures or direct
| ly profting by the employment Whlcn eiies os
give. but also among the great mass OF
| people of that section whose attentloh Is
| devoted to agriculture" 90
| .Do Won look for continual CROWN OF
| the protective sentiment in the SCUM, MT.
Dingley?- 80 .n;s discussion
| and the avowed protective sentiments OF OF
| men of all parties which have been SO
prominently and publicly made Will nave
its effect in still further Strengthening anu
| aSin the protective sentiment
And does this probably mean an lncreaSe n.ae.s
in Republican strength from that sec.loi' no,
| i'm Congress and in national elections gen.
"IIndoubtedly. The Republican vote In
South has beea the thesey esres dVded
a great extent on the color line NOW tna'
there is disposition to divide on oofer pro- lo
sues and on the important issue OF pro,
lection. it will insure fair elections, ano
with fair elections and increased protec-
terialIv the probabilities of Republican sue
cess in many parts of that section. We
have this illYstrated in the reeeny ef e.ec
ried the northern tier of Southern states
for the presidency and elected an unusual.y
large number of congressman, ana WI
narfy divisions made on other lines than
that of color or race will also come ran
elections and an increase IN the protec,iot pt, We
and Republican strength OF tndl sec.on vi
The growth in the Republican and pro-
tective strength in Congress reIerrea 10 TO pS
MI
study of the makeup of former Congresses
| The Fifty-fourth and Fifty-hfth Congresses
| have contained a much larger number ol
! Republicans from the South than any Con-
| eress which has preceded them for many
| wears The free trade experiment or fou'
| wears ago which proved so satisfactory III
| other parts of the country seems TO nave
| been equally so in the South since the mum.
| ber of Republican congressman eiecteo
| from that section has more than douDied III
| the past two congressional elections. Inc
| following table shows the number or Re
| publican representatives in each OF the pas
| ten Congresses from the South, thus COW
ering a period of twenty years:
| Forty-fifth Congress .........................L Il
| Forty-seventh Congress .....................L l.
| Forty-eighth Congress ...-................l i
| Forty ninth Congress .......................I l.
| Fifty-first Congress ..........................
| Fifty-second Congress Observation-Disclosures.
| Fifty-third Congress OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
| Fifty-fourth Congress ........-....--......3 $
| Fifty-ffth Congress ...........-............. -
Adding to the twenty-five Southern Re
| | publican members in the Fifty-hfth Con
| gress the six Southern votes cast by Demo
| Gratis and Populists for the protective tariff
bill Ii will be seen that the Southern pro
tective element of the Fifty-fourth an'
| Fifty-fifth Congresses was practically dou
ble that which has existed in any preced
ing Congress since reconstruction days, an'
| that with the exception of the period II
which the free trade sentiment swept owe
the country IL the election of the Fifty
| bird COpPreSSeS thpr