Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-07
COTTON MEN WANT
HIGHER PROTECTIVE
TARIFF AFTER WAR
Anti-Dumping Legislation Not
Sufficient to Protect Themr
They Declare at Closing
Session of Convention

Demand for a high protective tariff
on dyestuTS and manufactured cotton
goods was the keynote OF the closing
session OF the twentieth annual conven-
zion OF the American Cotton Manufactur-
ers' association in the Piedmont hotel
"Wednesday, and in addition TO voicing
this demand the association denounced
the Keating-owens child labor bill
which has PASSED the national house AMI
IS pending now in the senate, and passed
a resolution urging congress TO defeat
the Philippine independence bill
The tariff and legislation committee OF
the association. through r NJ Miller. JT-,
its chairman. went at length into the tar
in question in its report and after the
adoption Of the report several features
Of IL were reiterated by the adoption OF
special resolutions.
I'm brief. the committee declared that
the present tariff. passed at the outset
OF the Wilson administration. has al
ready demonstrated its "ineficiency as
an income-producing measure, ana
demonstrated that its schedules are I'M
reasonably and ruinously low; that
when the European war is over Ameri-
ca will be made the dumping ground
FOR European industries in all lines
that anti-dumping legislation VIII not
he adequate to protect American cotton
manufacturers against ruthless Euro
pezn competition: that the only sure
and safe protection lies in high tariff
schedules
7ShiS- reoort was received with en-
riiusiasm and applause, as were also the
portions OF the report denOuncing the
keztinE-Owens child labor bill and the
Philippine independence bill.
CHILD LABOR BILL.
In reference TO the keating-owens
cnfld labor bill. the report declared that
its provisions are vicious, its insti-
gators were hired agitators. it's sup
porters are congressman and senators
who refuse 10 inspect conditions in cot
ton mills
Another matter Of national legislation
touched on BY the association was the
enactment OF legislation authorizing
American manufacturers and exporters
10 combine for the furtherance of for
eign trade. \ resolution was adopted
urging congress to pass such a bill.
Touching on the tariff commission as
proposed By President Wilson-which is
= tariff measure that the association has
consistently advocated-the committee
on tariff and legislation urged the as
ISOLATION not TO place too great depend
eiIce in such a commission, but to bear
in mind that its powers can only be adj
VISory- and that the final enactment of
tariff schedules rests exclusively in con-
greSs.
Taken all in all. il was not a rosy
view OF the business outlook as voiced
blythe various committees and speak
ers and expressed in the various reso-|
iutions. The keynote OF the meeting
was. first, that unless the cotton tex
rlle industry is protected by a high
tariff. European manufacturers will alb
soiutely ruin IL after the var; and,
second. that cotton manufacturers
should not be deceived by the present
wave Of prosperity, which is admitted
IL general. but should keep an eye al
ways on the future, and prepare for
what is coming. The latter note was
especially emphasized by John A Law,
the new president, in his speech OF &C
ceptance-
The association elected John A. Law.
or SpartanbUrg, :. e.. as president to