The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-12-18
MEAT-INsPECTIoN LAW.
Mr.. Clark OH the Cotton Question
Believes Japan Will Consume
More Cotton this Year.
Special cor. Herald and News.

mOTe COCCOn CnlS 7 ear.
Special cor. Herald and News.
Washington, Dec. 15.-Special Com
mcrcial Agent Clark has sent to the
Bureau Of Manufac ,ure> an elaborate
report on cotton goods i, Japan viii III
is Of special mtcrcss t.. cotton grow
crs and TO Southern marufacturcrs of
cotton cln'h. Mr.. Clalh relieves that
the growth Of prosperity in Japan
accompanied by increased wages is go
ing to result in very much larger
consumption Of cotton goods. Much
OF this :n"erascd demand, especially
FOR the coarscr grades, will be suppli-
ed by The Japanese mills, but whether
the cloth is woven in Japan, or Amer
lea, or Europe the results will can i'll
creased demand for raw cotton. Not
withstanding the rapid development
of the Japanese textile industry, Mr..
Clark believes that imports Of cotton
goods, especially Of the finer grades,
will increase. lie finds that the Jap
ancse market for cotton piece goods
has been neglected by American man.
ufacturcrs and commission merchants.
and he believes that a large part OF
the $3,000,000 expended by the Jap
ancsc for Europcan-madc cotton
goods could have been brought TO the
United States if the trade had been
properly cultivated. The sales Of
Amcrlan cotton goods in Japan for
the year amounted to only 1,110,1 ,1G6.
Southern Senators and Representa-
tlves will be the more ready to force
the tariff issue to the front during
the coming session Of Congress and
to oppose the ccntralizing policies OF
| President Roosevelt as result OF
the experience Of their section under
laws passd at the last session increas-
ing the powers Of the President ut
| the expense of the States. The meat
inspection law, for instance, as en-
forced by the administration, gives to
the big establishments the benefit Of
a government guarantee of the quality
of its products, but the Southern
farmer who kills few cattle or few
hogs to be marketed in q nearby city,
across State line, finds that the
government will not allow. him to ship
his meat and his customers have to
buy of the big packers. The Demo-
cratic members of Congress who voted
for the Hepburn railroad rate law be-
lievcd that it was to be enforced so as
to put n stop to real transportation
abuses and had no idsa it would be
constructed as putting into the hands
Of political commission at Washing
ton power to interfere with the com.
mercc Of whole sccitons Of the country
and to nullify States laws. Yet the
ruling Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission as to the filing and post
ing Of expert cotton rate plans
every Southern port ut disadvan-
tage, and the ruling that advertising
can not be exchanged FOR transporta-
tion is an Interference with the libcr-
ty Of contract that is resented by
newspaper publishers all over the
county while decision in United
States Court in Arkansas shows that
this law has nulificd the separate
coach laws Of the Southern States
as applied TO interstate passengers,
compelling the railroads to allow neg
roes with interstate tickets to ride in
sleeping cars apd parlor ears and to
eat in dinin" cars with white passen-
gers. Meanwhile, the tardy enforce
mcnt of the F,lkins law and The pun
ishment Of railroads, traffice Off
cials, and favored shippers under it
are showing that if President Roosc-
welt had given this law fair trial
there would have been little occas-
sion for further railroad legislation.