The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-14


 tries the balance of trade would be heavily against us. They have also em- phasized the point that if 1t were not for tffe cotton industry our gold sup- ply could not possibly be maintained. S Attacked High Rates.
 Mfr. Delivers touching ailusion 10 the cotton industry should have been lis- tened to in order to be properly apprs' ciated. He had been hnmmering away in his vigorous, siedge- hammer style and for hours had been making an at. tack upon the high rates vf duty levied by the Aldrich bill. He astonished Senators and gallery visitors alike by his wonderful knowledge of the ,greas subject discussed. and then softening down uttered in quieter tones and with no little emotion, the following words
 -r read 6 good deal in the newspa- pers, and every now and then I hear of somebody who thinks that am try ing to tear down the tariff laws of the United States. do not intend to spend q great deal of time explaining what ! am trying to do. but do not mind stat ing 1t once for all. am trying to preserve the tariff laws of the United States. am trying to put them in such position that the American public opinion will be friendly to them. North and South. It has grieved me more than anything in my public life that have felt 1t my duty to protest against this unwarranted repeal of the Dinsley cotton schedules: There Is no industry in America that have studied with the interest that I have the cot- ton business. II Is the most ancient occupation of man after he reached the stage of industrial skill. In the museums of the world, coevai with the most ancient civilization, are fabrics of cotton woven oftentimes by 1the rude | FTsl t- such crown upon the industrial life of America as the building up of the cot- ton and other textile industries here"
 Only a few days before Senator Dol liver made his brilliant speech attack ing the outrageoub provisions relating to the cotton schedules In the Aldrich bill. the Census Bureau issued bulie- ton on cotton production. An extrsct from that bulletin shows to what ex- tent cotton contributes to the wealth and prosperity of this nation. and H. illustrates forcibly some of the points made by Mir. Deliver In his remark able speech, for it reads as follows: "The aggregate value of the cereal crops for the United States in 1907 was estimated by the Department of Agri- culture at s7s.o0o.ooo. while the value of cotton produced that year was estimated at s701. .eo0 900, nearly one
 
 than s,0o0.oo0 persons arc employed in producing, handling ana manufactur- ing American cotton, of whom some 6.000,o00 are farmers and farm labor CTS. and 100000 otherwise engaged with the fiber in this country, and about 100000 are concerned with il in foreign countries. The value of the goods manufactured from the average American cotton crop is estimated al | s2.Ooo, 900 ,0oo."
 Exposition at Brussels.
 Both President Taft and Secretary Knox have felt 1t their duty to call the attention of Congress to the, fact thai an international exposition Is to be held at Brussels next year. the opening | to take place in April. In February oi this year President Roosevelt also sent in a message urging that the United States should have proper exhibit al the Belgian exposition. Not only is Belgium on the most friendly terms with the United States and always has been, but in proportion to population Belgium trades more extensively with this country than do most of the na. tions of Europe. Belgium also had q l s30e,0o0 exhibit at the St. Louis expo sition In 1904. and manifested the great est interest in that big undertaking. Bills have been introduced in both the Senate and House to have a proper display made by this government al Brussels next year. The one in the | denate is by Mir. Cuilom, of Illinois. and | provides for an appropriation of s2o0,' | o0O; the other Is by Representative Ro l denberg of the same State, but h' l thinks sSoo, 900 should be voted. Sec | retary Knox. however, estimates tha l $200.0o0 would be enough. but there il ! yet no move made to consider th' measure in either branch of Congress