The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-04-29

\ OF the country, in speaking on the
tarin bill In the senate, yesterday,
declared that he did 60 from. the
standpoint OF its effect on the south
IN general and on West Virginia In
particular. Mr. Scott submitted an
tinteresti series Of statistics to
tshnw the progress that >had been
made by West Virginia and the
south along many lines OF Industry
and declared that his own belief that
II 1T had not been FOR the benefits OF
I the protective tariff system his state
would today be a wilderness; instead
Of one of the most thriving indus
trial ce1ters Of the country.
! Mr.. Scott ipsIsted that when cone
gress is. through with the ,enactment
OF new tarif law eve wilt not have
nearly so good a bill, In my judge
ment, as the present Dingley law"
He said that his section Of the coun-
r try has prot1ted from the tariff in the
past and Will profit more in the fu-
ture. ~ l.. .s,", $50,
/ New England, for instance, pro
! lifted In the past, "G said Mr.. Scott.
Now; she is, ready for q downward
revision of the tariff and for free
coal If she can got tt. :. But the south
land sees ahead of her nothing but
=, prosperity under d protective tariff.
IShe has developed more rapidly in
manufactures than any other portion
Of our ,country.l Is; 49, L
: Webster, he said, was free-trad-
er until conditions changed in Massa-
Echusetts. AS 1t became evident that
tnat state was toSbecome%a, manufac-
turing state, he became g. strong pro-
| In hn
houn, who believed that the south
:: was to- beFa manufacturing part of
the country, was a strong protec-
zionist, but when he found the south
had turned to agriculture and New
England to manufacture. he also
changed his position and Became
ltree-trader: This, suggested Mr..
[ Scott. explains the changer of front
\ on the part of southern states men In
respect to the tariff. Z The g. 10000
acres of West Virginia .noal, he
said, can supply the markets of the
United States for. 200 years; with BIZ
luminous coal at the present rate of
fproduetion. He pointed out the rich
ness Of his state in oil, natural gas.
sandstone, potter's and fire clay, and
that West Virginia has the largest
pottery factory In the3 world, MI.
scott referred also to WesfSY irginia's
valuable iron ore, forests and many
other sources Of natural wealth.
4 ~ <belleKe, and the great;majority
or the, people of West Virginia be
: lleve, that the raw. material and
cheap fuel; would still be-fying unde-
Veloped In our mountains: and val
ieys. had 1t not been for a protective
! tar1ff," said Mr. Scott. -
| "Tn addition
posed: change In tariff rates, West
Virginia Is threatened with; a traffic
arrangement, ALMOST shutting he,
= out Of the market. Lying almost hall
! way between the lakes and, the sea
Hoard, Ohio and Illinois on the north,
and Pennsylvania on the east, can
9 reach either Of these shipping points
with q shorter haul than can West
Virginia. When the railroad rate
OH was before congress, suggested
that IL was only a question OF time,
4 the policy being :tnauguratSd were
EtolloWed, unt1E a fixed sehafge Der
ton per mile would be the established
rate An this country Il fear that we
are rapidly approaching this 'condt-
tlon. So with, freight discrimination
and tarfnf discrimination, can 1t be-
; wondered that my state is% up in
farms, and that /. am beseiged by let
ters and kilograms begging for re-
left" ~ ...,; -, -, ~. -
I MIR. Scott, insisted that sixty-seven
! cents a. ton on coal---provi by the
I Payne bill-4-Was a small duty. But.
IN making the ton, a long ton, and
IN providing for a counteryailing
duty, aTgreat injustice has been done
to that industry.
- am utterly and absolutely op-
posed: TO- a - countervailing duty, :"
4 .sa1d Mr.: Scott. II think an Ameri-
can congress is able to pass an Amer
lcan law to: govern an American in
: oustry. Further than that the
tcounterYatltng or reciprocal clause is
a deius1on; and a snare. 1t Is in the
interest or a few coal operators locat-
ed nearEthe, Canadian border and In
the, interest OF New England. - The ne
! remainder OF the entire country
i you'd suffer; and very grieyously::;'
Mr.. Scott; said that during the late
leoal famine, the Canadian officials
were ordered to save their coal for
their own people; and not 10 send it
INTO 'theUnited States and theCana-
dian railroads put up their rates, =:
"'Set, "'fhe added, "we are to give
TO these, people the right to gay
fWhenA;our duties shall come of, or
HOW long they: shall remain on. Not
"alie'i have a voice and VOTE"
| peak1ng Of the lumber industry Of
West Virginia Mr.. Scott said that
leyan. under "a protective tariff, such
as provided; by the Dingley law, Can
ada exported to the United States
-four times as much lumber as the
gn1ted States exported to Canada.
Forty-efght per cent Of all the tim
|oer manufactured in the United
I States. he added, is produced In the
south, so that the south is Affected
to. the extsrit OF one-half Of the cur
made in Timber. If this tartff is re-
dqeed or, II, lumber is. placed ON the
free list, Mr. Scott asserted, there is
nothing left for the American lum-
eermen to, do but to cut wages.
Lower wages also, he said, would