The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-05-07
FOR PROTECTION BRADLEY
WOULD DELIVER STATE
Senator From Blue Grass State Makes Strong
Plea for Principal of Protective Tarif-SGys
Enactment of Proper Protective Laws Will
Make Entire South Republic0n--SpeciGl
Effort for Duty on Jute.


h9 AeaVNldtah AAtoAs
Washington, d. G., May 4. A
strong speech for the principle of the
protective tariff with special plea
for a duty on iute was made in the
senate today by Senator Bradley, Of
Kentucky
Give us fair protection in Ken
tucky," said Mr.. Bradley, facing the
republicans Of the senate, "and
promise you that In a short while Il
shall become MS certainly republican
as the great state of Massachusetts" I"
Mr. Bradley declared that unless
the iute industry on which he asked
protective tariff duty Of one and
onehalf cents a pound was protected
It would be annihilated
"lt has been demonstrated by ac-
tual experience In the last FIVE years,
said Mr. Bradley that hemp may
be successfully grown in pennsyly-
ana, Indiana, Wisconsin. Michigan
Minnesota. Kansas. and we are in.
formed by high and unquestioned
authority that 1t may be successfully
grown In limestone soils anywhere In
the Mississippi Valley, as we'll as at
many points along the Pacific coast;
intact. IN almost every state in the
Union"
He exhibited to the senate, photo
graphs Of hemp fields in Kentucky
Wisconsin. Indiana and Pennsylvania
Formerly. he said hemp was largely
commercially grown in Virginia, Ken
tucky and Missouri but for the last
ten years II has been grown com
mercally only in Kentucky Nebras.
ka and California the greater part
of Il having been grown in Kentucky
He explained the uses 10 which Amer
lean hemp we're put. lne twine of
great strength as we'll as heavy cord
age being made from it For the last
two years he said, the navy depart
ment has consumed nearly twenty
per cent of the entire production of
double dressed hemp
AT one time he continued. there
was IN the United States sS,34i 500 in
vested IN hemp manufacture more
than 5000 hands employed at a yearly
wage Of nearly S1.200,00O and Az
mills In operation i59 OF which were
In Kentucky, 30 in New York, and POS
more throughout the country There
we're then from 10000 to $4,000 tons
raised each year. which If now raised
would be worth more than $4,000, 900
hut now there are only 2S mills In the
United States. two OF which are la
Kentucky and all OF which to large
extent are manufacturing foreign
fiber. and the present tonnage OF
hemp IS only 5000 tons and those who
once found remuneratve labor from
that source have been compelled to
seek less remuneratiye employment
elsewhere The mills have rotted
down SO that hi most instances there
is not even yesIlge remaining TO
point TO their former prosperity Il is
true that at one period the uneer
tainty and great cost Of labor con.
tributed 70 the serious injury OF this
industry for it must be remembered
that our laborers have been paid an
eyerage wage Of $3.50 per day. while
those In India have obtained but FIVE
cents per day
The spirit that has prevailed IN
the republican party IN protecting
other branches Of industry from pau.
per labor seems not to have prevailed
to any great extent In SO far as The
protection of hemp Is concerned How.
ever, the American farmer has strug.
gled manfully against great odds. but
for which the hemp industry would TO.
day be extinct IN the United States.
1T occurs 10 me that the giving
Of protection to the American manu-.
faeturer of jute, and al the same time
denying protection TO the producer OF
hemp who is brought directly into
competition with the producer OF iute.
is a travesty on the doctrine Of pro.
lection It is indeed a shameful in
justice 20 protect one interest while
another ia permitted To languish aud
die and is not only unrepublican but
un-American. Let us have protection
to both classes, or protection 10
neither
THE value Of iute aud jute manu-.
facturers imported In 1904. was s20,-
100000 in round numbers. and In 1905
It increased to $4,000. 600. In other