The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-05-06
Believes Former Slave Hold
ing States Are Not Fair
ly Treated.
UNITY OF SECTIONS
OF Country by Equal Legisla.
ton is Earnestly Urged
by Him.

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WASHINGTON. D. G.. May 5.-l
strong speech for the principle OF the
protective tariff with special pies
for duty on Jute was made In III,
Senate by Senator Bradley Of Ken
lucky. 81
Give US fair protection in Ken,
lucky" said Mr.. Bradley. facing tbs
Republicans OF the Senate, "and -
promise you that in a short while II
shall become as certainly Republican
as the great state OF Massachusetts,
Mr.. Bradley declared that unies.
the jute industry, on fich he asked
a protective tariff duty OF one and
one-half cents pound. was protect
ed 1t would be annihilated.
1T has been demonstrated by ac.
tual experience in the last five years, .
said Mr.. Bradley, that hemp may be
successfully grown in Pennsylvania
Indiana. Wisconsin. Michigan, Mime
sofa, Kasas. and we are informed by
high and unquestloned authority thai
1t may be successfully grown in lime
stone soils anywhere in the Mississlp-
pi valley. as well as at many points
along the Pacific coast; In fact, In al
most every state in the ,Union.r
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
lucky. and Missouri, but for the las,
ten years. 1t has been grown CONNER
cially in Kentucky, Nebraska and Cal
ifornia. the greater part of It hav-
Ing been grown in Kentucky. He .ex-
planned the uses to which American
hemp were put, fine Irvine of great
strength as well as heavy cordage be-
ing made from It. For the last two
years, he said; the navy department
has consumed nearly twenty per cent
OF the entire production Of double
dressed hemp.
Hemp Industry Declines.
Eat one time." he continued,
there was in the United States $3,-
341,500 invested in hemp lmanufac-
ture. more than 5000 hands employed
at yearly wage of $1,000. 900, and
AT miles In operation, 15s OF which
were In Kentucky. SO in New York
and EOS more throughout the country.
There were then from $4,000 to s0,-
900 tons raised each year, which II
now raised would be worth more than
1o,oo0,o0o. But now there are only
2s mills in the United States, two of
which are in Kentucky and all of
which. to a large extent, afe manu-
featuring foreign FIBER, and the pres
ent tonnage Of hemp is only 5000
tons, and those who once found re-
munerative labor from that, source
have been compelled to seek less re-
mlnerative employment elsewhere.
The mills have rotted down. so that
in most instances there is not even a
vestige remaining to point to their
former prosperity. 1t. is true that at
one period, the uncertainty and great
cost of labor contributed to the seri-
Gus injury Of this industry, for It
must be remembered that our labor
ers have been paid an average wage
OF $3.50 per day, while those In India
have obtained but five cents per day.
| 1.-THE spirit that has prevailed In
the Republican party in protecting
other branches of industry from
pauper labor seems not to have pre-
vailed to any great extent in so far
as the protection of Temp is con-
cerned. However, the American far
mer has struggled manfully against
great odds, but for which the hemp
industry would today be extinct in the
United States.
Protect the Producer.
1t occurs to me that the giving OF
protection to the American nnannfac-
turer Of ,tute, and at the same time
denying protecton to the producer
competition with the producer Of jute