The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-10-29
a Lumberman'S Views on the Tariff
As Affecting North Carolina.

ITO Lumherm n:-The protective l.
tariff is capable of some exceedingly
ingenious arguments. One of the
latest is an appeal to southern Lum-
bermcn that the price of their lum
bor is affected by the tariff tax Of
s. per thousand. Southern Democrats
have never based their political judg-
ment upon Il monetary standard, as
our Republican friends have been ac-
cuStOmed to do. Nevertheless some
have been disposed to say that if We
have been robbed by the protective
tariff in the interest of the North, Tor
half a century and the lumber tariff
does really help orr section. that w"
should not hesitate to take aHNanta@"
of it. But does it help us? All of the
surplus lumber manufactured through |
this section finds market IN IN" |
Eastern States The only foreign |
lumber that can compete with us in
this territory is lumber from canad'. !
CanadH has no lumber that comes lii |
competition with our yellow pm.
The Canadian lumber docs IN some ~
stances come in rnmpctitinn with our
second growth pine. IN" S"r"n"
pine is manufactured principally iht"
box bnardS and "roOfcrS. SIN-hrh
'roofcrs' are worth in Baltimore TO-
day $14.50 per thousand; in New h"f"
| thCv arc, worth 81 per Thousand more
! Why? Simply because it costs 81 per-
| thousand mOrc' freight to snip thcnl
| from the South to New York thilh II
does to ship to Baltimore. In 5'ii;iip,
| n y almost in sight of tn" CanadlalI
line. this same lumber is worth 81
per thousand moro than it Is IN New
! York. the difference being exactly th'
difference in the freight rate rom th''
South If the cost of Canadian luih
Der regulated or Influenced the price
as We aDurOach the Canadian ln"' We
| would find the cost Of lumber r. -
dIrcd as the cost Of the transportation
| crew less.
..!,ut have sold this year in North
TonaWanda, right on the chhIuI' -. :.
Iinn y n,1nbcr of car loads of lumber
and the price paid was more th' no, u
enough TO pay extra freight to NoftA
Tnnayanda over what the same Iuih-
her would have brought in New YORK
| CITY This makes it PLAIN thd1 IN
| Southnrn lumber and not tn" t.ahad,"I
tnn,Lrr fixes; the price that our lumh"l
hrinrs in the territory that lufhiSi.-
nnr customers. Then why any tatl,l
on lumber? | will tell you why. BAN
in the northwestern states A'ohE :n
Canadian line, there IS tl' san, ,,drrrs
nr lumber that Canada prodtlr' >
,,bcso forests are controlled almost en-
| tireIv Inv three or four large coi'I-
} panics Now, in all these n f w. t1,,-,
' rrn states. it is to the interest," Oh IN,
| 1aren commands to keep out the tdIi,'-
| Ii,,1 lumber in order that they may
1 n1ononoIizc their local trade. nuS'
= ctatns cannot ship lumber from ZEE ;cr
] | conth on account of the hI&h ldi ~
= and the local companies are pfotecto'
" by the result. IT,, co,,tb
:. "R,it there are ways that the 0ou ~
s ern lumbcrman feels the effect u s 60
n ,,rntartivc tariff. When he BUYS
o snw for $40. he pays $14 of that pri I,'
by reason Of the tariff ri h taf So SIS o
/, W. ononnt is added by the tafiii
When he buys boiler lie i ana &c 6 6hs tribn ut
= t'',r tariff policy. To every mile -"
e r r from his mill to maj msfk of ST. ST.
tariff has added an extra xatas cp must IT bca
q the burden s.,+b.s two chic
nrod'Icts cotton and lum Der, cam ",
he protected by the tarlft slhIS
produce s" "5insrv Of that e4'H We use j
a piece OF ,i iri|1 the one and cultiyat
!. me, me her is added cost OF 20 =
y i ~ n ,m. cent, as result OF the '"r''
70 schedule. .r1I,c ROSS
r. "of the McAllister-Ross L-hnuooi