The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-12
WEpNnspAs NAY i. 1915.
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The ieayen % proper protection to
American industry s. az last working
10 the South, the section OF the coun-
ny which has supplied the votes in
Consress Tor the passage OF tariff
bills that do not protect. In North
Caroline there s. q very distinct feel.
ing that me business interests Of the
state demand 8 different political
policy. This was 7sttong enough in
the elections of last November to
swing one o1 IS important Congress.
-ionai districts 60 the Republican
column. aud since then Il has gathered
laueh additional support.
From Louisiana now comes another
roice pitched IN the same key. It
0nomes nom Judge Martin, the man
Fho vas elected to- Congress from the
largest sugar district of the state as a
protectiontst and BY a large margin
ogee his democratic competitor. Mr..
ilaran made his contest upon the
nrif issue and upon the unfair and
unjust treatment which the industries
of the STATE received at the hands Of
he psmecrattc party IN the last Con
ress. ne has Just given out a state
nent In regard 70 what he proposes
o do as member of the next Con
ress, and one that Is full of signia-
ranes.
He sags that the state }of Louisiana
b eaaentially protectionist state.
Not only are IT'S staple crops Of sugar,
ice ana corn. as well as its lumber
industry. dependent upon protection,
but, % we'll, its truck and fruit in.
ustrgs In which many OF its people
aze already recently Yentured. All
h these products and their producers
70 already feeling the ruinous effects
the unsAmericans policy OF the
.resent standardization
Already the foreign producer is SO
ncouraged by this policy that there
lbs recently been constructed the
lFgest terEy steamer IN the world,
.hich win ply between Cuba ana rue
uited States. Cars laden with:
sretables ana fruit will be trans.
ssred nom Cub 20 the United States,
I'd them distributed by rail to all
.ctions OF this country. The Louisi.
ne truckers end fruit growers, tnere.
bre, itke the sugar growers. must
tthera nonnete with their Cuban
walls, with all the great handicap
nder which they inevitably labor,
go out Of business! Besides, the
dbau crop win bes III the nothern
arkets long before the Louisiana
ops ARG metured: The problem Of
,mpetins With ike products, on q
re trade basis grown in a warmer
innate ana With cheaper labor. is
ne to which Loatsianaf cannot find an,
iectige solution
The South needs protective tariff.
voting asainst the economic gov
nmental policy she IS standing in
y own light. Itsissa different South
ON what u was ri the old days
men it ranged itself on the side Of
ae trade. Then the Southland was
|le uofe Than d huge cotton planta-
On. There vas but little capital in.
sted IN manufacturing plants, or
the production % other crops Of
neidi Conditions have changed.
pital has found lbs way into other
annels. To-day sugar and rice and
nj hourish Is tho southern fields,
ID there Is q growing manutactur'
Industry IN cotton textiles and in
on prodncta.
d tho south isWise It will make
ste 70 joi1 the ranks of protec tion.
u along that road that her prosper.
lies. and her commercial growth.