Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-15
MAY SPLIT THE SOLID SOUTH
Effect of Tariff Situation and Its Pos
sible Results.

That the tariff question may cause
break in the solid south Is though
probable by not a few open-mindet
men Of that section, as we'll as by
newspapers which have expressed al
opinion in the matter. All of the
states in the group are in the cottor
belt, and while the opposition to the
cot ION bill is general and the attitude
of the southern delegations strongly
deprecated In the Atlantic coas
states, notably the Carolinas and Vir'
ginia. The cotton manufacturers ano
collateral interests, the principal suf-
ferers should the proposed cut gC
into effect, are wrought up over the
prospect Of what they declare would
close the mills and open the ports
The Southern Cotton Manufacturer!
association, angered by the action Of
the ways and means committee in re-
fusing to give its representatives
hearing or modify the bill, is expected
to throw its strength to the Republi'
cans. Discussing the probable effect o.
the wholesale detection in the cottor
vote in North and South Carolina, the
Columbia Record says:
That the cotton manufactures:
should take the leadership in the for
mutation of a Republican party, re-
spectacle as to it's membership and as
to it's principles, is altogether natural
That such a party. would find many
@rNA 1n q mn.
facturers alone is also certain. The
lumber interests in many Of the
southern states are extensive, anC
their influence has already been fell
in tariff legislation at Washington. II
addition there are thoughtful men II
the south not directly or personally
interested or benefited who subscribe
to the doctrine Of protection. If the
southern industries desiring protec'
tion are to secure it they must looi
not to the Democratic party, which
has for years been represented mos
largely in congress by southern men
but they must join with the protected
industries Of New England and look
to the Republican party"
In North Carolina, where the cot.
ton mill and lumber interests are ever
more influential than they are ir
South Carolina, the organization Of 6
formidable Republican party along
these lines would not be so difficult as
it would be in this state, but 1t would
be comparatively easy even in South
Carolina. We have come in sight OF
the parting of the ways.
While the Democratic revolt in Vir.
ginia is not so clearly defined as In the
Carolinas, it is known that the south.
ern part of the state, which would
bear the brunt of the blow, Is very
restive over the position taken by the
southern Democrats in congress
Then, too, Virginia manufacturers are
more varied than those Of any Other
of the states referred to, and should
the entire revision programme be car.
ried out, their plight would be com
parable to that Of the Carolina spin.
ners. Just now forging to the front
as a manufacturing state, Virginia's
industries are in their infancy, an6
their need for protection is consider
ed imperative. Organism cost the
south the border states, or at least
made them unreliable, and should the
tariff agitation shake the cotton con.
federacy, one-party government ir
the south would be doomed.
Which state shall be the first tc
bring about the long-standing proph'
ecy that when the south should spill
it would do so as the result Of differ
ences of opinion upon an economic
question n?-Washington Post.