Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-09
riff wall will open to them.

tariff wall will open to them.
Probably the most important ar
ticle to us in the schedule is cotton
seed oil, of which Georgia produces
more than 20 per cent of the entire
worlds supply and Of which the South
has a practical monopoly. Last year
Canada collected nearly 100000 in
tariff on this product alone, not 10
mention the tariff on many of the by
products of cotton seed. The extended
market which will be brought about
by the removal of the above burden
should mean better prices for every
bushel of cotton seed sold by Georgia
farmers. On the other hand our tariff
tax on wood pulp and print paper, none
OF which is supplied by Georgia, has
cost the people of Georgia many thou
sand dollars a year and has put them
at the mercy Of the paper trust, which
controls all the factories and pulp
woods of New England and the middle
west. The proposed agreement places
the ordinary pulp and the commonly
used grades of paper, such as bought
by the newspapers and used in the
manufacture of bags and wrapping
paper on the free list and lowers the
duty on higher grades. This means
that the Canadian forests and the Can
adam mills may compete with those Of
the United States on the basis of abso-
Lutte free trade, and inasmuch as 10
large amount of pulp cd paper is i'm
ported from any other country, the
agreement will mean full free trade
with regard to those products.
Another schedule which impresses
me as important is that which places
cattle upon the free list. Another puts
wheat there. However, these while
tending to lower the purchase price of
-four and beef, may be doubtful bless
ings to Georgia in the long run, for
we should, and I believe we soon will,
produce sufficient cereals and fresh
meats to meet our home needs and
thus be Independent of northern trusts
and federal tariffs in that regard
Among other matters of which Geor-
gia is interested are building stones
and several mineral products which
heretofore may be exported to Canada
free of tariff. 1t may be surprising,
but We are already selling a consider
able amount of the products of our
north Georgia hills to the people Of
the Dominion of Canana. The min.
eral schedules are not as broad as We
might wish, the proposed change
should prove a valuable stimulant 10
our mineral industries.
PERSONALLY I am in favor of abso-
lutte reciprocal free trade between the
United States and Canada If the
broadening of the proposed agreement
to that extent were blocked by oppo-
sition in this country, I as a senator,
would make every effort to have il
broadened, but inasmuch as the Ca
madam government will not agree to
such an agreement, l think that it is
wiser to first secure and test that
which has been agreed to by them.
81 expect the deliberations of the
special session will be confined some
what to the limited schedule of bust
ness agreed upon by the house demo-
cratic caucus. Of course all revenue
legislation must originate in the
house. l have no doubt that the rep
resentatives will at least remove the
worst features of the Payne-Aldrich
tariff bill. l shall, of course, give all
efforts along that line my heartiest
support, even to the extent of complete
revision downward if found possible.
oOILlS uOuDI IIe 'NISuOl VI CdhlliS UP
the entire bill at the special session,
but | believe, and shall insist, that
the most obnoxious schedules be re-
yised without delay l have in con-
temptation several matters not includ-
ed in the party program which if given
opportunity l shall urge in the special
session.
"One of these is provision for eX-
tending the world markets for cotton
and cotton goods DO you know if We
could get every person living to buy
one cotton shirt a year we would have
to greatly increase our yield of the
staple to supply the increased demand
And yet it should be easy to get
practically every person living to wear
not only one, but several cotton shirts
each year. All that is needed is for
export markets to be opened up and
developed This cannot be done eff
tectually by the trade but must De
done by the governmental agencies. |
am looking into the matter very care
fully and think | shall be able to do
something along that line. If nothing
caa Le gotten through congress at the
present session | intend taking the
question up with the departments II
Washington and urging upon them the