The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-20
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proceeded, are our most mp ortstlt
nlanuf actlGing Industry. We sife
lhaying hard fight prohablS harder
than when the Wilson bill was be-
ing considered. when mi = duty cf
40c a ton on coal The ittisstio on
has changed SOMEWHAT Western
pennsylvania, Ohio ana Illinois de-I
mand reclprocai trade IN coal with
Canada. Just as the Payne BIN pro-
yides as passed b95 the ;Iopse of Rep
resentatives. That Is 70 say; l1 Cans
ada lowers the duty of &c, we win
and II she has free trade in coal
we will consent to 1t, 4 believe that Is
all wrong, In the FIRST place, I don't
think a foreign government should
make our tarltf rates on any product,
and think tits mischievous and hurt
ful to our coal interests to allow Al
foreign government at any time, to
FIX our tariff on any product.
New England imported 100000 or
100000 tons of coal from Nova
Scotia last year. 100000 tons Of this
came In as slack. which paid only 1sc
duty wnen the most of it should have
paid 67c. The rest paid &c. / don't
think our people realize the danger Of
free coal or reciprocal trade In coal
with Canada, which Is the same thing.
Nova Scotia coa1 Is better than we.
have been led to believe. II any
one Will look at the assays, he viii
find this to be true. In a majority
Of the mines the sulphur is below q
per cent, the ash is from 9 per cent
to s per cent, and the fixed carbon.
is estimated from SIS to 81 per cent.
Nova Scotia coal Is good heat-produc-
ing coal, and If we import now into
the United States. on the Atlantic
Coast 100000 or $780, 900 tons, ana on.
the Pacific side a like amount, with
the pr sent duty of &c, 1t is plainly
to be seen with the duty Off we would
iGnpor 100000 or 100000 tons or
more. This would displa our West
Virginia Goals in New England mar
kets, especially the coal in the south
ern part of the state, on the c. & o.
and the n. s. w. railroads. Besides,
one coal company alons, the Dominion
Coal Company, has 10000, 900 tons
of coal, according to its own state
ment. and the Nova Scotia coal de.
posts appear to he lnexhaustibie for
the next 100 years. r.
What would be, the effect Of free
coal, senetor?
Just as soon as we have free coal.
the coal operators of Canada and
Nova Scotia will at once open more
mines, and 1t is myiflrm belief that
within twenty yearssthey will occupy
most of New England, and much of
the New York markets.
The Nova Scotlalitcoal operators
already mine 5,5OOsaO0i tons Of coal
and all butabout sOO,GeU or 500, 600
tons are consumed in Canada, East
of Montrea. II the coal is good
enough for Canada or their manu-
facturers, railroads and steamships
Why wouldn't-it be good enough for
like purposes in New England?
1T is estimated, that West vir-
ginia and the easternipart of Pennsyl-
HanIa send more than $4,000, 900 tons
Of coal annually lntos New England.
Involved in his tremendous shipment
Of coal are great many factors. the
most important Of which is labor. at
good wages. We must all maintain
good wages FOR our home miners
Free coal would displace to a great
extent labor in West, Virginia: the
prosperity of our town would be him
dered and impaired; our merchants
and bankers would feel the result.
West Virginia now has three great
trunk lines-the Pennsylvania system
makes four-all coal carrying roads
The Nirginian railroad just completed
Is ready TO transport our coal. Now
these great railroads. prepared and
built for the purpose of hauling coal
would have ther transportation cut
Town to the extent that Nova scotia
coal would displace our coal in New
England.
have been very much alarmed
over the situation and have tried to
arouse our people to the danger that
confronts them for the last six months
or a year. | am doing all l possibly
can to prevent coal or reciprocal trade
in coal with Canada. and / think the
time is at hand when every good cit
zen Of the state should join hands in
preventing this wrong and injustice
70 our greatest manufacturing indus
try. There never has been time
when coal was without a duty since
the formation of the government. The
Democratic party always. except in the
Wilson bill, maintained a high duty on
goal. even as high as $2.7O a ton at
one tine. One of the dangers and
most alarming features In this contest
$ Ohio, Illinois and Western Penn
sylavnia have broken away from us In
wanting protection on coal. These
'tates now favor free coal from Can
ida, because Canada CAN'T send them