The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-23
EXPLAINS VOTE
Says Duty on Iron Ore viii Mt
Hurt Consumers.
TlLLMAN'S LETTER
The Senator in Reply to q Letter
From = Citizen of N'ilIistoR, STAT
ed Hi. Reasons for Voting fer a
Duty on Ore-Clsinas Taere Ai~
No "Indepesdents.'

Duty on OrS-SI~1AS SSAS 80
No independents"
Senator Tillman has Just received
q letter from w. C. Smith, Of VII,
nston, asking the Senator to explain
why he voted for duty on iron ore
This letter is as follows:
.Wil!iston, May 21th, 1893
Senator 8. r. Tillman. Washing
tom D. C.-Dear Senator. Having
a,vavs been "Tillmanite' at tae
tallot box, l am emboldened to ass
if YOU have ever stated your reasoA
for voting for a duty on iron o'e
md il sucb statement IS IN pria'.
that you WI! send it 10 me. am
cnrious 10 know why. Yours tru!J
wv. C. SMITH"
To which Senator Tillnan Iep11ea'
..yonr letter of May 27th has re-
manned unanswered simply oec@ ass
7 have been overwhelmed with WosA
here. and have spent severa! DAYS Ii
South Carolina, looking after mas
ters at Clemson, and lost one DAY -
returned by reason OF a raii1eao
wreck.
81 have never printed asy1nlns
about my vote on iron ORE ano WIZ
very gladly give you an eSpiaaaeio"
d,rect notice that my old enc
mics are making great howl about
nv votes up here, while many o'n,
ers who have not been enemies ase
velnipg in chorus, simply because
they are ignorant of conditions. 1ns
trouble with many editors ID SontH
Carolina, is they take and reao u.
Associated Press dispatches ~n1cI
are colored in behalf OF the Aepoo.
lican party, and are garoleo aHe
condensed, and gsxe no adeQoas'
conception OF things as they rea!!s
happen.
The facts in regard to iron ore are
simply these: There is oVeEwne4
ming evidence that there are no ID,
dependent steel or iron producers
The Steel Trust has absolute controL
and enjoys monopoly Of the lEoI,
and steel business in this country
The so-called Independent concern:
are dominated and controlled by Il
though not all owned by i. Ia'
stael Trusts fixes prices aso tn'
others conform.
There are immense, weI!-nish
inexhaustib]e deposits OF iroa ore !?
Michigan, Wisconsin and M!anesota
and the Steel Trust controls I'm
mense deposits in those States. /
also controls. or some OF It's SUP
sidary companies do, large deposit;
in Cuba. It was brought out IN to'
debate. that some Of the Eastern
companies have contracts with tn
Cuban mine owners. to import no
less than a million tons a year Q.
Cuban ore, and do not think
worth while to let this come IN tre'
when it would make no difference
whatever to the consumers OF ifo'
and steel as to the price We wou!,
pay for those articles. believe ina
the American producers Of iron am
steel (that is the Steel Trust man
ly), can compete with England. Ger
many and France in the markets
the world, and that the whole schem'
of protection Of manufactured stee
is a bare faced robbery Of the Amer
lean people. No one but an lido
will increase the price Of aaythln
manufactured of iron. to the Amer:
can consumer. If We could reduce
the tariff on manufactured iron W.
could get cheaper prices, but unde>
existing circumstances the tariff Ian
bars out the European competitor
who is already Handicapped by hav
ing the ocean freights to pay, ant
our people are charged the cost o
production in Europe, plus ia
freight, plus the tariff. and this
the source of Carnegie's millions
Assuring you OF my high appEec!a
ton of your friendship in the past
and hoping to continue to merit you
confidence, and support, am.
Sincerely yours.
'.B. r. TILLAAN.