The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22


Eyes, l knpw-some OF the protec-
tfontkts profess to believe THAT dit is
only question: of thine until the
SOUTH will john hands with New Eng
land iuu perpetuating high protection
But dit lis sheer folly to- talk that way.
Such a coalition will never occur.
What the south will do will be to
work with the WESTERN and middle
states i'm tearring down those SectnOnS
of the tariff wall THAT oppress the
consumers of the country and give
monopolies to a. favored few.
United States Senator A. j. Nc
Laurtn, of mississippi. was answering,
on behalf of the south, the hope OF
Senator Aldrich and the TARIFF barons
THAT the south will swing around to
protection i'm thine to stave Off I'M
pending disaster to what is known as
'prohibitive" tariff rates. "Prohib-
itive" rates are duties that are SO
hSgh as to keep out compentlon,
thus affording monOpolies to favored
trusts without producing any com
siderable revenue for the govern
ment treasury. The Payne Aldrich
bill is, practically a succession of pro
hlbitive rates.
The question as to what position
dhe south will ultimately assume to-
ward projections is receiving more
quiet discussion in Washington than
the country generally is aware OF.
This; lis because of the tremendous
growth of the manufacturing indus
try i'm the south. The abuse OF the
lprotection system has aroused the
hostility of the west and middbe
| states. If the south casts its lot
with these sections, excessive pro
tection ON necessities must go. But
iif the south sides with New England,
l.as many republicans have persuaded
| themselves to believe likely a new
lease of life will be extended indefi-
l.nhtely to a dozen on more of the
great American, tariff-fed trusts.
/ l laid the whole big question: before
the Mississippi Senator for an an
t.swer. McLaIrin is the man who sue
ceeded i'm having cotton bagglng
lplaced ON the free list For years
the Senators of the cotton states
had been pleading with the Repub-
lican bosses for free bagging and ties
lMcLaurin took up the fight the day
lhn was sworn in as member OF
the upper house of congress. Aid
Ia,ich was never given any rest from
the subject FINALLY the Senate boss,
ladmiring McLaurin's persfStency,
conceded free bagging. Free ties,
la product of the steel TRUST, could
NOT be obtained If bagging remains
ON the free list, when the tariff bill
| comes from conference-if it does
/ the farmers of the south will save 20
cents on every bale of COTTON pro-
duced Cotton producers ais whole
will save every year, ON the average
4 12,O 900 900 bale production, approxim-
ately $2,4OO 900. ~
/ 'SThe standpa.ters seem to have a
pretty strong hunoh the south is tax
ing up with the idea of protection,
suggested to Senator McLarrinA
"But those men do not really un-
derstar11 tine south,' said the Senator.
I''It is true that a vCdae may be
lheard here and there through the
south asking fer protection. But gen
eraLly it will ret be tEte voice OF ithe
consumer or that of the workingman.
The great people of the south under
stand only too we'll what protectlon
means They know that for every
dollars worth of protection they get
they must pay $40 in Increased profits
and thai. that $40 does not go to the
government either, but ito those pro-
tecte1 interests that are able to
make such colossal profits as a re
suit OF legislation made to order for
their benefit by the republican, par
ty. The meaning of the word protec-
tion has been burned into the mem
craers OF the people of the south aus
if with fire
f'T'hen there is talk of the reEuD-
lican party breaking the solid south,
|
suggested.
cot course that is absurd The
idea will be more absurd still after
the passage of the new tariff bin.
The Payne -Aldrich bill discriminates
against the south moresthan any other
section. The south will appreciate
the free bagging il it remains in the