The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-10

purpose In comiag here II 30 say that
representing . district In which acre
clear Leaf Havana cigars are made
than In any other district In tbs
worId--inaeed. one city. that OF
Tampa. In which more clear Hava-
IA cigars are made than any other
place In tAe county, say that the
manufacturers Of my district DO not
desire any change whatever In the
tobacco schedule. They are perfect
y satisfied with IL as IL Is. and.
speaking for myself. I can not see
that there In any advantage TO ae-
crne either 10 the cigar Industry OF
this country or 10 the Government
By change"
Sir. ID. A. Tompkins. OF Charlotte.
made this statement: Il believe that
so per cent OF the people OF the
United States favor q tariff for pro-
lection which incidentally raises rev.
enue which incidentally protects that
the difference between the two is
tweediedum and tweediedee: that
the so-caIled free-traders are mostly
theorists: that IL you should turn
the Government over To them they
could not run 1t: and IL you were to
turn II over TO the stand-patters you
would not have il long.
II am In favor of protection first.
would put protection before the
raising of the revenue. and IL IL a
little more than raises the revenue
would relay Ii so as TO protect Amer
lean industries; IL has to raise the
revenue; 1t has to do both OF those
things"
1t is seen from the foregoing de-
clarations that the South desires pro-
tection-protection for its cotton. to-
baeco, fruits and lumber. Democrat
ic Congressman are advocating a
protective tariff Manufacturers,
farmers and laboring men also de-
mand 1t.
In addition to arguing for the
duty on sea island cotton Represen-
tative Clark presented two memo
rails from Democratic legislatures of
Florida Among the resolutions
contained in the memorials were the
following: Resolved, That we favor
an import duty of so per cent ad
valodem and cents per pound on
all long staple cotton imported into
the United States, and that a copy
of these resolutions be furnished
each of our Senators and Represen-
tatives in Congress-" and, "Resolv-
ed, That it is the sense Of this leg
islature that a duty of 10 cents per
pound on all Egyptian and other
long staple cottons imported into
the United States should be levied
by Congress.
Many Of the witnesses from South
| ern States contended that a protec-
tive tariff had become an absolute
| necessity. The argument of Mr..
Brown, of North Carolina, will IL
| 1ustrate:
when you note the cost of lum-
Der now and ten years ago you will
see our position. In 1897 l put lum-
Der on the cars for $3.50 and IS a
| thousand. The same lumber, rough
yellow pine, brings $14 today. Let
us consider the difference in condi-
tions. 1 bought stumps then at>25
| cents per thousand, and hired a
| negro for SO or so cents day to
| operate the saw mill, and bought
| corn in Missouri and other Western
States for SO cents bushel, and
hay for $12 a ton. Today l pay the
| same negro S125 and 81 30 ner day.
| 81 for corn, and $40 or more for
hay, and $3.50 and $3.50 for stump
age. In 1894, between Charleston
s. c., and Norfolk, Va, distance
of 400 miles, there were but two
saw mills. For the last five years,
| under the new conditions, $500 mills
employing $4,000 operatives, have
been at work. / should say that
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