The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-08-04
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ADMINISTRATION
cb Of Hon. John NJ Msrehead in the House of Re,r..,
tativc June 16-Platform Pledges Enacted Into Law
Vigorous Answer to Congressman Pous Speech-Rsps Re
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CONTINUED from las, week,

In the eotton-m!lI industry. and then
ADDS. How can near" Republican
help cure this condition. Mr. an
swer 10 his Is. How can a free-trsae
Democrat who votes against proter-
ton OF all kinds and under ali cir
eumstances help this condition. II
Is true that some mills to-day are
running on short time. but If we had
Democratic free trade there would be
twice as many mills running on short
time or not running at all.
Mr.. Webb comments upon some let
tiers which I have recently written
10 cotton-milI men In the State and
boasts of the fact that, out Of all the
cotton-mili men In the State. there
have been five who have sent 10 him
copies OF their replies To me. in which
they express their disappointment at
the present depression In the cotton
mill business.
Mr.. Chairman. | am a cotton-miil
man myself, and am no more pleas
ed with the present depression in my
business than is any one OF the five
cotton-mill men quoted by Mr. Webb:
but | realize that no matter how
prosperous the country is, yet 1t Is
impossible for every industry 10 pros
!. per equally at the same time. In
! deed, it is unreasonable TO expect
; such condition.
/. When cotton suddenly dropped to
four cents, under the Cleveland ad-
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greatly, but for a while the mills I'M
: duly profited on account of buying
/ the raw material at less than it was
, worth and being able for a while to
, market the finished product at some
thing like the former prices. Just
so now, the sudden rise in the price
) of cotton has for the present serious
. ly handicapped the mills, because
2 they can not make a profit paying
1 fifteen or sixteen cents a pound for
l cotton until the general upward trend
| of prices would enable them to sell
1 the output of their mills at a reason
= able increase above former prices.
These apparent inconsistencies and
hardships occur every now and then
= most prosperous and favorable gen
: eral conditions. This is fully appre-
= ciated by nine-tenths of the cotton
: mill men from whom I have received
e letters. | will read an extract from
e a letter which | have just received
t from one of the most thoughtful and
1 progressive cotton-mill men in the
= State, which shows that he holds
= practically the same view. The ex-
= tract is as follows:
I Long Island, June II. 1910.
= Hon. John M. Morehead,
Washington, D. c.
7 Dear Sir:-Your letter of the
18th at hand. I have received lit
r erature from you from time to time,
2 and all of it was we'll worth reading,
I but your last argument in urging
f that We give Mr.. McNinch our vigor-
sons | have read on present condi-
I tions and why We should support
I the Republican party. 1 have be-
I lieved in protective tariff ever since
= | have been able to reason for myself.
For the life of me | can not see why
any man in the cotton-mill business
. can believe in free trade or low Ia
riff, and really they do not, but on
account of past affiliations they are
not able to overcome their prejudices,
but are deaf to their own interests
and vote the Democratic ticket when
they must know that the policies Of
, the Democratic party, if enacted into
law, would be disastrous to the cot
ton-manufacturing business. Some
of them are now saying that Nc
=. Ninch ca not help mill men Of the
South that have voted for free-trade
policies are not in position to speak
of hard times and attribute it to the
policies of the Republican party,
claiming that times could not be
worse, etc. If these Democratic mill
>, men had supported the Republican
men to Congress, then, no doubt, We
would have some influence.
L "In framing the bill we would no
. doubt have gotten more protection
: for our products, but as it is-vot-
) ing, as the South has been doing
for free-trade politics-we have not
u been in position to ask any consid-
/ Grafton from the Republican leaders
IL for we voted against protection, and
/ why should they be concerned about
IL the South, who have been their pol
/ itical enemies? | am very sorry ii
II has been that way; l have not been
@ of that kind, but have voted for the
party of protection. We have been
e in this section since 1SS, coming
e from New Jersey. We were told up
on our arrival that all the best peo-
e pie in the South voted the Democrat
n ic ticket. We reasoned the matter
If this way: We believed in protec-
n tive tariff when we were North, and
e ina Smnch &C We were engaged in the