Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-07-21
Looks AS If Administration
Is Trying to Force Reduc-
tion of Tariff On South's
Products.
SOUTH MUST
SOUTH MUST
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telegraph
No Such rIttng - ''r,''-
Material After Labor
Touches 1t.

Baltimore. Md, july 21.-The
Manufacturers Record, devoted 10
Industrial progress in the South, will
say tomorrow:
If reports from washington can be
trusted, it looks as though the power
of the administration Is being used
to force a reduction OF the tariff on
the things which the South produces
and which are enormously called raw
materials, for the express beneiit oi
the manufacturers Of other sections.
If this be true, then once more is
the South to be sacrificed thai others
may prosper, unless Southern repre-
sentatives in congress by rec
ognizing tne situation. II neces-
sary throw aside political Affiliations
and stand united for an equal pro
lection TO Southern interests as the
tariff will give to the Interests OF
other sections. 1t IS worse taan folly
for Southern congressman to pose az
friends of the South and yet permit
this section to be everlastingly used.
as il has been for many year., for
the benefit OF other sections whose
representatives appreciate the inn
portance of the development of their
business Interests and INCREASINGLY
work to accomplish the best results.
If we are to have any tariff, why
should it discriminate against the
lumber and the iron ore and the coal
and other products of the South
which are used by other sections?
There is no such thing as raw mater
ial after labor has touched it,. The
iron ore and the coal aud the lumbe
are just as much the product of labor
as is the steel rail or the watch
spring. There is no more reason
why protection should be granted ,o
the manufacturer OF textile macnin-
cry, steel rails or any other product
of factory work than there is that
protection should be granted to the
producer OF ore and coal and lumbe
and hides and other materials OF this
character If these things arc TO- be
put on the free list, then every pro
duct into the manufacture of which
they enter should be put on the free
list. why should one Industry be
sacrificed for the benefit of another?
why should one section forever be
made to pay the bill of furnishing its
own materials without tariff protcc-
tion to other sections who are wise
enough through their Congressional
representatives to procure protectlc.
for their interests. If it be the aim
OF the administration, and this we
cannot believe. to strike a hard blow
at Southern prosperity, IL cannot do
80 more successfully tnal by forcing
a reduction OF the tariff on the thing
which the South produces while lcav
ing a protective tariff on the thilas
which other sections produce. and OF
which the South must be q bJyer
The time has come for he rep esel-
tatiycs Of the South in COugrgs and
the people OF the South g Che pee.
pie OF other sections who have invest
ments I'm the South TO eater protes.
so strong and vigorous and nrht So
determiaeily that regardless OF party
ties this section shall be saved from
being sacrificed for the benefit OF
others
Pledges TO the people of q down
ward revision of the tarn may DE
kept by reducing the duties upon the
products Of the interests that are 1t-
tempting to compel the abolition of
duties upon iron ore, coal and lum-
ber which they desire TO use in their
industries giving them their ma
terial cheaper. to the injury OF
American producers Of such material.
without reducing the prices OF the
finished articles for American buyers
Downward revision must not be-
permitted to be worked for the pur-
pose Of paying campaign debts to- corr
tain great interests