Bisbee daily review., 1909-07-20
SOUTH NOT FUR
 PROTECTION
Tremendous Growth of Manu- featuring Industry Leads
 Senators to Speculate
McLAURIN SAYS TARIFF
 IS EXPENSIVE TO DIXIE
Special by "Tav.-)


 WASHINGTON, July lg.-"Yes. I know-some of the protectionists pro- less to believe that it is only a pues- tion of time until the South will join hands with New England in perpetual ing high protection. But it is sheer foily to talk that way. Such a coaii- tion will never occur. What the South will do will be to work with the West. ern and Middle states in tearing down these sections of the tariff wall that cypress the consumers of the conn. try and give moncpoiies to favored few"
 United States Senator Mel aurin cf Mississippi was answering. on be. half cf the South, the hope of Sen stor Aldrich and the tariff barons that ths South will swing around to pro lection in time to stsye off impending disaster 10 what is known as pro. hibitive" tariff rates. "Prohibitiye rates are duties that are So high as to ! keep out competition, thus affording monoro'ies to favored trusts without producing any considerable revenue for the government treasury. The Payne-Aldrich bill is practically a sue cession Of prohibitive rates.
 The question as to what position the South will ultimately assume to, ward protection is receiving more [ quiet discussion in Washington than the country generally is aware of. ! This is because of. the tremendous srowth of the manufacturing industry in the Sout<. The abuse of the pro- lection system has aroused the hostil- lty Of the West and Middle states. If ! the South casts its lot with these sec tons, excessive protection on neces. sities must go. But if the South sides with New England. as many Republi. cans have persuaded themselves to b. lleye likely, a new lease of life will De extended indefinitely to a dozen or more of the great American, tariff fed trusts.
 l laid the whole big question before the Mississippi senator for an answer. Acl-aurin is the man who succeeded in having cotton bagging placed ou the free list. For years the senators; of the cotton states had been pleading with the Republican bosses for frt.c begging and ties. McLaurin took un the fight the day he was sworn in as a member of the upper house of con. gress. Aldrich has never given any
 rest from the subject Finally the senate boss. admiring McIAurin's per. sistency. conceded free bagging. Free ties. a product of the steel trust, could not be obtained. If bagging remains ! on the free list when the tariff oil comes from conference-if it does-the farmers of the South will save 20 cts on every bale cotton produced. Cot. ten producers as a whole will save every year. on the average 12,000. coo bale production, approximately $2,4OG,. 900.
 The standpatters seem to have q rTetty strong hunch the South is talk, ing up with the idea of protection, {" suggested to Senator McLaurin. But those men do not really under stand the South," said the senator, ~it
 is true that a voice may be heard here and there through the South ask ing for protection. But generally il Twill not be the voice of the consumer or that of the workingman. The great people of the South understand only
 too well what protection means. They
 know that for every dollars worth oI protection they get they must pay
 $10 in increased profits, and that $lt
 does not % to the government either
 but to those protected interests thai
 are able to make such colossal profits
 as a result of legislation made to s-
 der for their benefit by the Repub;i can party. The meaning of the wort < protection has been burned into the
 memories of the people of the Soutf
 as If with fire"
 Then there is talk Of the Repuh
 lican party breaking the solid south.
 suggested.
 Of course that is absurd. The fdes swiIl be more absurd still ater tht