The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-20
re Duty ON nAvAL sIoaEs.

Times. concernjg Mr. BrantIey's ef-
forts to have the ways and means
committee put duty on naval stores,
is of interest to the congressman's
friends;
Representative Brantley. of this
state, is pressing upon the attention
Of the ways and means committee
the advisability of putting duty o.
! naval stones. 1t is rather unusual
of course, for democrat, ana "a
southern democrat at that, 10 pro-
pose a duty that would be protective.
but if the protective principle is TO
prevail in the revision of the tarif
it becomes necessary for those who
are not advocates of the protective
system 10 ask for protection Of pre-
ducts in which they are directly in
terested.
1t is largely for this reason that
the lumber men of the south are
asking that the. present duty on lum-
Der be retained. The protective sys-
tenn makes the cost Of TaaEufactur-
ing lumber much greater than it
would be if free trade prevailed
This additional cost Of production
would make it improbable to mon
ufacture lumber If protection were not
extended to that article.
And the same argument applies
to naval stores. France, which puts
an import duty on rosins ana the
spirits Of turpentine, Is now sendirg
both of these products 10 this coun-
try whore they are admitted free Of |
duty. 1t doesn't seem to be fair
that naval stores producers should |
be compelled to compete with the |
naval stores producers of France I'M
der such ruinous discrimination.
1T is true that the importations o.
naval stores from France are rs We.
comparatively small, bit they are in
creasing steadily Their presence in
our market helps to keep down prices
If II We're not for these lmportatlJns
it is Eropable that the prices OF resins
ant turYentine would be considerably
higher than they are. It viii be ad-
rnitted that the prices now are far
from being remunerative. As mat
ter of fact, the producers are finding
il hard TO make both ends meet
".Ir. Liaptley is urging a tar # ON
hc,h rosira and turpcntiue AMI there
are reasons Tor thinking he u J meet
with success. There is no reason why
he shouldn't The value of the out
put of naval stores in this country an
nually amounts TO many millions OF
dollars. and there are thousands OF
men engaged in the industry. These |
producers and their employees are all |
tllJui iVuSiS dhNttCu ny INT HiGNdiiliiS /
low prices, although as yet there has |
not been any serious attempt to re |
duce wages Wages, however. will |
have to come down unless the prices
of naval stores rise very considerably
"As we understand It, about every
body engaged in the naval stores in
dustry is in its favor of a tariff on ma
val stores Therefore, Mr.. Brantley
can depend upon a hearty support
from all the naval stores interests. II
is regrettable that he didn't bring
the matter before the ways and means
committee before the committee sent
the tariff bill to the printer but il
isn't too late to amend the bill. There
will be ample opportunity to get naval
stores on The dutible list when the bill
comes before the house.
I'VE are not informed as to the
amount of duty Mr.. Brantley in
tends to propose on resins and on tur-
pcntine. but the amount should not he
less than that which France has i'm,
posed. If France insists upon keep
ing American naval stores out of that
country our government shouldn't be
any The loss ready to keep French ma.
val stores out OF this country We
are not in need of the resins products
Of France We make mere than
enough to supply the heme market ami
we send 4 considerable amount abroad
annually, but our naval stores opera
tors are Just now operating at
loss.
II this matter is put squarely be-