The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-30
FREE LUMBER
Senator TiIlman Explains His
Lumber Votes
DON'T WANT IT TAXED

The Senator Says Duty on Lumber
Only Helps the Lumber Trust.
Which Has Bought Up All the
Timber Lands In the State, and
Robs the Farmers and Others.
w. present below Senate: Till.
mans remarks in the United States
Senate OF last Monday on the !uaa-
be. schedule. in which be explains
his position on that question. There
has been a great dea, said about the
Senator vo,:ag against t.ee !umoe:
Read what de says below aod you
will Sc. that the Senator has always
been IN fayo. OF free lumber as We
haze claimed:
NJ. TiNnaa-AIr. President. be-
tore ,ae lumber schedule passes from
the attention o: the Senate. ! wan;
10 make a brief statement. When
il vas In the Senate before. Two OF
three weeks ago, voted for the
amendment. proposed by the Senator
from Alabama tM7. Johm.oDj to put
lumber and all building materials
on the free list. In the discussion /
remarked that I was n favor OF
tree lumber. When the Senator from
North Dakota (Mr. McCunber) OF
te-ed an amendment, which did not
give Us t.ee lumber. leaving the duty
on vh:tewood. sycamore and bass
wood a, so cents thousand. voted
against Il. because il did not give
Us free lumber. The Senate adjourn
ed Immediately afterwards. giving
ME nc opportunity TO vote foE free
lumber. There has been 10 opDo-.
tunity 10 vote for free lumber. There
has been no amendment proposed 70:
free lumber today.
Mr.. McCunber-The Senator wi!
recall ,ha, some time ago l intro
duced an amendment 70. free lun
ber. and !, was deieated-
Mr.. Til!man-i was not present
Mr.. McCunber-Oh. yes: x wa
argued here for days and then de
sea,ed by a .ery decisive vote.
Mr.. Tillmaa-If the Senator vii
look at the Record. he will see ;ha
he did no; offer any amendment To-
free lum Der. but only one for "sawet
lum Der not specially proved for.
and 50 forth. leaving in the bill 81
cents thousand on bass wood. syca
more. and so forth.
Mr.. McCumbe,-l did not chang,
that. il is true.
Mr. Tillmaa-I voted against tn
McCumber amendment. It was de
fea,ed BY very decisive vote. SIS
think. OF something like that. q
80. or around there | Still! think VI
ought 70 have free lumber. and vii
give my experience and NY reason!
70. that belief. know. OF course
We can no, get It.
Twelve years ago. when the Ding
ley bill ~as on It's passage. votet
for a 81 tariff Oh lumber. and re
marked. very much 20 the DISCUS: o
some people and the eciScat!oa o
others. II there was to be stealing
want csy share" I have fount
out that ! can 20; get ny share: tha
the conditions OF the South are sue;
| that the articles and products O.
| the region which are capable Of ee
ing protected are 50 few IN aumbe,
that Il We were - throw agou2c
| everything down there = high pro
tective tariff. We would not get any
thing like a p.oportionate benef
with the New England and uaautac
turing States Of this Union.
In regard 70 this matter o. ium
ser I haze watched the .esul; OF II,
duty. Immediately afterwards GU!
| timber lands. which mad prey!ousl,
been neglected SO there were com
para;ively small! numbering indust.ie:
down there. began 70 be IN demand
Men from Wisconsin and Michigan
and other northern States whe7s
lum be.:ng had practically denudet
the forests OF timber, or were about
20 finish them up. came into the State
and bought up very large tracts o.
tim Der at very small price. The,
did this ell over the South Large
mills were established and the lun.
heriog industry began to pick up
showing investment Of capital and
a large export. AZ the same time
the price began to rise. a little fast.
e-. apparently. tLaa The industry e
SELF.
Now. consider for moment tia,
he people OF South Carolina are
10 ABOUT this shape: the State being
triangle. n, upper part cutting Of
Ike tie letter "a" is largely the
white section OF the State. Nearly
i-o-:ht-as OF the psple. although
Il is only one-.hiri OF the area. I've
there. They are consumers OF !.::2-
her and 'hey have no yellow piae
o: rc-y little They hare been an
.'@r,.ns that lumber rom the !oweI
half Of counties next to the sea. and
that region is occupied almost Who'll
~ by the nesores: that is. the ne
g-oes outaun Der the whites in Beau
fort county. for instance. 10 negroes
70 /. Co!leton :. Georgetown I. Will
iiamsbuca :. Sumter s. and so on.
In this coast region .he !umbe. in
dust-y has taken root and IS sow
very extensively carried on
notice after three or four years
of this introduction Of lumber on
an extensive scale that the price wen;
steadily up. up. and it very soon
became noised abroad. do no;
know on what foundation. that these