The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-08-13
IRON Ore DUTY
Senator Tllman Gi1es His Reasons for
Voting for the Tax
MAKES 1T VERY PLAIN
That i the Tax ON Iron Ore Docs Not
Increase the Price of any Article
made Out Of Iron : to Consumer y
and That the Steel Trust Pays the

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and That the Steel Trust Pays the
Duty. ss-..s.-
In answer to a letter from Mr.
". C. Smith, Of Willison,. S. c., ask
ing him to explain why he voted Tor
a duty on iron ore, Senator Tillman
replied last year as follows:
"Your letter of May 27th, has re-
NAMED unanswered simply because
I have been overwhelmed with work
here. rsi, and have spert several days in
South Carolina, looking after mat
ters at Clemson, and lost one DAY
as returned by reason of railroad
wreck.
II have never printed anything
about nv vote on iron ore, and Will
very. gladly give you an explanation
direct. l notice that my old enc
mics are making great howl about
nv votes up here, while many 9TH
erg who have not been enemies are
yelping in chorus, simply because
thew are ignorant of conditions. the
trouble with many editors in SCUM
Carolina, is they take and read the
Associated Press dispatches, which
are colored in behalf Of the Repub-
lican party, and are garbled and
condense, an give no adequate con-
ception OF things as they really hap
pen. - ..,.5
.The facts in regard to iron ore
are simply these: There Is overwhel;-
ming seTp1dence that there are no in
depe1ident steel Or iron producers.
The steel Trust has absolute con-
troll aid enjoys a '.monopoly Of the
iron aid steel business in this coun-.
try. The "soi:ealled independent con-
Germs :'are Dominated -esnt contr Oiled
by it, ,tho1usgh: not s.A1 owned by IT.
steel si+us trusts fixes prfices rand the
Others aessoshaaf5'Tm essoshaaf5Tm. zs;j .",,Es,, ::.;,,?? !
..There are immense, well-nigh
iuexta1stfbae, ,deposits',of 3iron ore IN
Michigan, wisconsin and tMinnss otai
and tie SteaI Ttnst hSontto1sF I'M
mese deposits in those States. #
also Controls or Hsome of its "subsll7
dary fSS;ompanies do,n large deposits II
Cuba. IT. was brought out in the
debate, that some of the Eastern
companies have contracts with the
Cuban mine owners, to import not
less than a million tons a year OF
Cuban ore, and don't think it worth
while to let this come in free when
it would make 70 difference what
ever to the consumers Of iron and
steel as to the price we would pay
for these articles. I believe that
the American producers OF iron ana
steel (that is the Steel Trust main
ly), can compete with England, Ger
many and France in the markets OF
the world, and that the whole scheme
of protection of manufactured steel
is bare faced robbery Of the Amer
lean people. No one but an idiot
will Increase the price of anything
manufactured of iron, to the Ameri-
can consumer. If we could reduce
the tariff on manufactured iron we
could get cheaper prices, but under
existing circumstances the tariff law
bars out the European competitor,
who is already handicapped by haV-
ing the ocean freights to pay, aud
our people are charged the cost Of
production in Europe, plus the
freight, plus the tariff, and this is
the source of Carnegie's millions.
Assuring you of my high apprecla-
tion Of your friendship in the past,
and hoping to continue to merit your
confidence, and support, I am, sin
cerely yours, b. Il. Illlman.