The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-27
Senator Scott Declares Ding
ley Law is Far Better
Than Payne Bill.
MAKES AN ABLE PLEA
For the Projection of the
Industries Of His Own
State.

sssNssttlsNtiTpN, V 'tIt d. O., April e7.--
senater Scott OF West Virginia ono
g she ola-time, roek-rlDbed protec-
tignists of.the country. in speaking on
tarifr liii N the Senate today de-
cared tha he did so from the stand
point of It's eject on the South in gem
si3 eial ssla and on West Virginia in parttc-
lilufs Mr. Scott submitted an intcr-
eftes Of statistics to show the
laogress that had been made by West
Nirgiiiia and the South along many
lines of industry and declared that his
own belief was that if 1t had not been
Tor the benefits Of the protective tariff
ysem his state would today be u
Wilderness instead OF one Of the most
thriving Industrial centers OF the
eoqntrS
Mfs Scott inslsted that when Con
\ sress istlirongh with the enactment Of
g new tafin law 1--WE vii not have
nearly so good bill, in my judg-
lacnt' as the present Dingicy law"
de said that his section of the coun-
try has sproliteI from the tarin in the
ilsst and viii profit more in the ru-
tnre -
Nsw England, for Instance. proGt-i
ed ~ the past,H said Mr.. Scott. ',$ow
leyfis ready Tor the downward revis-
ion OF tho tarltf and for free coal II
sire can got 1T. But the southlund
secs ahead ~ her nothing but pros
n6FitS under q protective tariff. She
nus develonOd more readily in manu-.
factures than, any other portion OF
our country
Webster, he said, was frcc-tradrr
until conditions Changed in Massn-
efiuBetts.~ ASST became evident that
thai state. was to become manufuc-
turing state, he became strong pro-
teetionhst. ON the other hand. CAL
houn, who believed that the South
was TO . manufacturing part of the
country. was strong protectionlst,
but when lie found the South had
turned to agriculture and New Eng
lard to manufacture, he also changed
his position ana became frcc-tradcr.
This, suggested Alr scott. cxpluins
the change OF front on the part OF
Southern statesmen in respect to the
tarifr. The 100000 acres OF West
Virginia coal land, he said. can sup
ply the markets of the United States
for 800 years with bituminous coal at
the present rate of production. He
pointed out the richness of his state
in oil. ratlirRt sas, sandstone. potter's
l,d iirc-clay, ana that West Virginia
has tle largest pottery factory in the
world. atr.scott referred also to
West NirgInia's valuable iron orc. for
ests ana many other sources OF nutur-
a wealth.
81 believe, and the great majority
~ the people of West Virginia he
iieve. that the raw material and chcdv
fuel would stlll he lying undevelopcd
ID our mountains ana valleys. had 1t
moi been for protective tariff" sail
MI. Scott
I'm addition he said, to the pre-
posed change In tariff rates. weS
Virginia is threatened with traffic
Arrangement. almost shutting her. out
OF the market, Lying almost half way
between the lakes and the sea3oard.
Ohio and Illinois on the north. ana
pennsylvania on the East. can reach
a3tiier OF these shipping points w:tr
d shorter haul than can West vlr
EinIa. when the railroad rate bin
was before Congress, suggested that
II wns only a question of time. II tho
pollcy lieIng luaugurated were col.
lowed, until fixed charge per ton
per mile would 'be the established rate
ii this country. ! fear that we ara
rapidly approaching this condition
SO with fgeight discrimination and
tlfin Discrimination; can 1t be won
deFed that my state R up in arms
and that am besieged by letters and
teiegrams begging for reHef?''
sIr. fsc0tt insisted that sixty-sevcs
eefts ton on. coai-proylded by til.
Payne blIl--was small duty. Eut
ih making the ton. long ton. and il
progldlng for countervailing duty
great lnJpstlce has been done I,
that Industry
am utterly anc absolutely Op
f,osea 10 c0untefvaiiing duty.
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