The Washington herald., 1909-01-18
SOUTH RETARDING
HER OWN GROWTH
Continued from page one.

any foreign country whatsoever.
First, l submit. Mr. Chairman. without
any wise discussing or even infringing
on the relative virtues Of a protective
tariff and a tariff for revenue that the
recent election and other elections pre-
ceding it have, IN my opinion. forever es-
tablished as a part OF our system OF gov
ernnent the indirect scheme Of taxation.
viz. the levy and collection o customs
duties on articles imported into this couu-
Try from foreign lands.
This being true. ] an firmly OF the
opinion that this matter ought TO be re-
moved from the domain OF partisan poll
tics and be hereafter treated as bust
ness proposition and a commission OF
other proper tribunal created to deal
with it"
Asks for Protection.
When. later on. Mr. Hatcher. Of Flor
ida. appeared the chairman said: Are
you in favor Of making I'd a tariff bill
that would guard against possible conze-
quences IN the future. 50 that II you see
cotton or other article abroad that you
think Is liable to compete with an article
raised here or manufactured here that
you viii be willing 70 20 ahead and pur
on sufficient protection in order 10 bs
sure 70 protect it,"
Mr.. Hatcher-'fYes"
The Chairman do not refer 70 cot
ton especially. but anything else.
Mr. Hateher-''Yes; really do I an a
Democratic protectonist' daughter and
applause)
The chairEnan-''You are a real Dretec-
tioaist2"
Mr. Hatcher-.-Yes
And sn VIII every other Southern nan
be whose economic interests require pro
lection VIII Col Wstterson call these
practical men from the South who are
striving 10 protect their material Interests
from destruction, dreamers of.ths cIo3s-
ter. writers OF plays that viii not stand
the test Of the sIage2 Is the new South.
which is growing rich through the rapid
development Of her manufacturing and
mining interests. 70 sacrifice them be-
cause, peTchance, a haIf-century ago her
statesmen advocated a different policy
when she was almost exclusively an
agricultural community? Certainly, SO
far as practical politics IS concerned, the
South has never been a Don Quixots.
Commercial Expansion On.
The South stands in a special relation
TO the territorial expansion that followed
the close Of the Spanlsh-American war,
and 10 the commercial expansion that
row includes the Antilles and the states
OF Central and South America. In 1879
4 the imports from Latin-Anerica were
Sl54 ,S34; the exports. 1878. .sss-total,
S2sl. l.SS7,7S2 In 1S57 the imports were S1s.-
1855; the exports. 81. 81. .s76-total ss54.-
SS7 Kan annual increase OF S5o2 - 81
No true Southern heart can faii 70 be
glaidened by the sight at Mobile and
New Orleans OF the Wflarves crowded
as they are with steamships bearing
among other things tropical fruits from
the lands 10 the south OF Us. Often On
busy day the trains necessary az Mobile
10 transport such products 70 the Vest. L
placed end 10 end. would be q nile long
To that growing prosperity by sea the
building OF the Panama Canal IS giving a
marked impetus When that new water
way Is opened up 90 the far East for
Southern products peculiarly adapted 10
Oriental markets, the South VIII enter W
on fresh stage Of progress whose POS
sibilities can scarcely be estimated JET
ferson's fOndest dream was OF that kind
Of a territorial and trade expansion On
October p 1s25. he wrote 10 8Ionroe-
7 canGidly confess that I have ever
looked on Cuba as the most interesting
addition which could ever be made to or
system Of States The control which.
with Florida Point. this island would
give Us over the Gulf Of Mexico and the
countries and isthmus bordering on II.
as well as those whose waters Aow into
/ il. would III up the measure a our po-
litical well being"
Can Become Richest Section.
Thus guided by the beacon light set
Up BY jefferson the South VII not bs
blind enough 10 turn her back upon 2
trade expansion which. when il reaches
the far East. viii make her the richest
section Of the Union
In the judicial order the South has tri-
umphed and now dominates the construc-
ton or the Constitution through the
genius Of John Marshall he it was who
really crested the existing jurisdiction OF
the Supreme Court Of the United States,
which alone makes possible the admins
tratiOn Of our existing system Of inter
state commerce. and the crushing war
fare now carried on BY the nation against
trusts and mon0pOlieS.
The Democratic party has lost The con-
idence Of the country because il IS NOT
in sympathy with the new national spirit
which demands. first that The Coustitu-
ton shall be construed according TO the
ideas Of Marshall; second, that our ter
ritorlal and trade expansion. including
the acquisition Of territory not Contigu-
Gus, shall advance along $he broad and
fsT-reaching lines as defined by Jefferson.
In the Review article in which I have
maintained that the solid South Is
national calamity. and as such should be
dissolved. was careful 10 say
such q change should have no effect
whatever upon the corporate existence
Of the TWO great parties upon which, as
opposing forces. the health Of our poiiti-
cal life depends Every patriotic kmeri-
can. regardless Of politics, should rejoics
TO know that the unity Of the Democratic
party has been re-established because
without two such organizations reWesen-
sative government cannot go on II the
normal way. The time has ar
rived when every Southern man. without
being menaced by the banished spscter
OF the negro question. must be permitted
10 be in the South, as in every man in the
North, a Democrat or Republican, accord
ing as his real convictions lead him one
way or the other"
Must Face Real Issue.
What Southerner Of the ancient regime.
who is proud Of his Intellectual indeEend-
enee. IS willing TO continue. without 8 Tea-
son. in a state OF mental seTvifudeszhat
denies 10 him the right TO listen 20 all
arguments that affect his political and
economic welfsre2 Those who are at
tempting to uphold the political soIeciSul
now existing in the South in the form OF
a one party system, whose baneful IN
iuenoes are manifold. need not hope 10
belittie the movement against Il BY ignor-
ing the real issues, involved
It makes no matter whether the Squth
has one OF two members OF the Cal met
or none at al The question OF patron
age IS Of no real Importance. The real