Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-05

CAN CAPTURE
KENTUCKY
THIS S FIRM OPINION
OF SENATOR BRADLEY
Fair Protection for Favorite In
dustdes viii Insure Desired
Result United States Senate
is Told,

nv Morning Journal special Leased Wirel
Washington. D.. c., May "A
strong speech for the principle of the
protective tariff with a special plea
for q duty on jute was made in the
senate today by enato Bradley OF
Kentucky.
"Give us fair protection in Ken
tucky." said Mr.. Bradley, facing the
republicans of the senate, and !
nromjse YOU that in a short while it
shall become as certainly republican
II. the great state of Massachusetts. P"
Mr.. Bradley declared that unless
tho int industry. on which he asked
a protective tariff duty of II and
one-half cents a pound, was protected
il would be annihilated.
.It has been demonstrated by act
ual experience in the last five years, "
said Mr.. Bradley. that hemp may
he successfully grown in Pcnnsyl-
yania. Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan,
Minnesota, Kansas, and we are in
formed by high and unqucstioned au-
thoritv that it may be successfully
grown in limestone soils anywhere in
the Mississippi valley, as well as at
many points along the Pacific coast.
in fact, in almost every state in the
union.
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 last
ten years, it has been grown com
mercially only in Kentucky, Nebraska.
ana California. the greater part OF
it having been grown in Kentucky.
He explained the uses to which
American hemp were put, fine twine
Of great strength as well as heavy
eordage being made from it. For
the last two years he said, the navy
department has consumed nearly
twenty per cent of the entire produc-
ton of double dressed hemp.
at one time he continued, there
was i'm the United states $3,3415O0 in
vested in hemp manufacture. more
than 5000 hands employed at a year
~ wage of nearly ~S1,2O0.000 and All
mills in operation. 1853 of which were
in Kentucky. so in New York, and
ooS more throughout the country.
There were then from $1,000 to So
geo tons raised each year. which If
now raised, would be worth more than
10000, 600. But now there are only
rs mills in the United states, two
Of which are in Kentucky and all OF
which, TO a large extent, are manu-
featuring foreign fiber, and the pres
ent tonnage of hemp is only SOU
tons. and those who once found re-
muncrative labor from that source
have been compelled to seek less re-
munerative employment elsewhere.
The mills have rottcd down so thai
in most instances there is not even
"a vcstige remaining to point to their
FORMER prosperity. 1t is true thai at
one period. the uncertainty and great
cost of labor contributed to the seri-
Gus injury of this industry, for ii must
be remembered that our laborers have
been paid an average wage Of Sl.3O
per day. while those in India have
obtained III five cents per day.
THE spirit that has prevailed in tha
republican party in protecting other
branches of industry from pauper Ia
Dor seems not to have prevailed E.,
any great extent in so far as the pro
lection of hemp is concerned. How
ever, the American farmer has strug-
glcd manfully against great odds, IL
for which the hemp industry would
today be extinct in the United states
at occurs to me that the giving OF
rrotection to the American manufac-
turer of jute, and at the same time
denying protection to the producer d
hemp who is brought directly INTO
competition with the producer of juta
is a travesty on the doctrine of pro-
lection. II is indeed a shameful IN
Justce-to protect one interest Whil,
another is permitted to languish ana
dlo' and is not only u~nrepublican, but
uh-American. Let us have protection
TO both classes. or protection to
neither.
The value of jute and jute manu-
lacturers imported in 1904 was 500
ooO. 600 in round numbers. and in 1908
il increased to $4,000. 900. In other
words. in four years, these importa-
IONS increased at the alarming rate
90 per cent. Thus it is that S3I.