Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07

Congressman Savers otTcNaS, a life
long Democrat who has Away sup
ported the low tariff doctrine, and
asures of his party, evidently rec
o7nizes the growing protective sentl-
ment among Democrats, and especial
ly its rapid growth in The South. In
a recent statement announcing his
candidacy for the Democratic nomina-
ton for governor of Texts. published
in the Dtlla, News of Nov. -, he
said:
IL am earnestly of the OPINION that
the people should countcmuce and
support any reasonable and proper
policy that would tend to secure the
construction and operation ofali kind,
of industrial and manufacturing es-
Establishments within the state. Pres
ent conditions iuperalivcly demand
if.
"In the other Southern States, noia-
sbly in Tennessee. Georgia. North Car
blina, and South Carolinl, very many
snulacturing enterprises have been
Dugurated and probably conducted,
converting tue raw material into the
finished product and furnishing re-
| lnuuerative employment to labor in
many forms. The policy of our pco-
lple, il occurs to me, should be TO eN-
port the manuflctured article rather
than the raw material. such a pol
icy would open up and multiply the
opportunities for our own citizens to
find profitable employment, and
would obviatc the necessity of annual
ly paying many millions of dollars TO
other communitic, for what we must
have.
"llowever large the aggregate of
our productions in point OF quantity,
our people can not and will not be
pros porous if labor can not find con-
Sstant and rcmunerativc employment !
Ald if the money realized from the /
I, OF such productions is altogether
~ ended IN purchasing from other
communities such articles Of wear and |
use as might be profitably manutact-
ured within our own borders. In
D Georgia there were in 1850 employed |
in the manufacturing establishments |
24,s7j persons. In 1890 the number
he'd increased to jS,3sj.
"The wage account ran from -. 266,- |
122 i'm 1880 to over 81 100000 i'm 1890. /
nd the value of the product was in
reased from $50, 100000 to over SOS.
OO.O09. And Notwithstanding the
..evere and continued financial deprcs-
sion since then, an increase in the |
number of establishments, i'm the wage
account, and IN the value of products /.
has steadily gone on. I'm South Caro-
lima during the last six months the |
number Of spindlcs has increased from
zoo 600 to 100000, while many mills ,
Re east have been compelled to |
down on account of the depres.
in such products. In North Car
ha there are BOG cotton mills, opcr-
ating 10l6,247 spindlcs, ,G21 looms. |.
and l.4l0 knitting machines. They /
employ about 10000 hands, and con-
sumo practically the entire cotton
crop of that state.
IL have gathered these facts from
official sources. borrowing the lam
ouage used. When it is recalled that
these states were the battle-ground be- |
tween the contcnding sorccs in the /
late war, and that they emerged from
that great conflict in an exhausted /
and dcsolated condition, their pro-
eress has been indeed wonderful !
Texas Is greatly superior to any Of
the states handed in extent of area, i'm
fertility of soil, in variety Of resource
es. and in situation, yet she lags be- |
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