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malicious a SANDER.

malicious SANDER.
Moreover, the tariff put through
six years ago by the Democrats was
not in any sense whatever for the
purpose of driving cotton mills to
the South or any other industries to
to the South. The industry which
suffered most by that tariff bill was
the sugar industry of Louisiana
which was practically wiped out of |
existence. The Democrats, with all
their blunders, were honest enough
to carry out their supposed convic-
tions on the tariff, and passed bill
which they were thoroughly advised
in advance would wipe out one of
the biggest industries of the South.
However great was the blunder of
passing he Underwood tariff bill, to
charge the Democrats with having it
passed to drive the factories out of
New England to the South shows
.vacuiy of brain greater than
could have been expected to be
be found in New England, much
less in the editorial chair of the Am
erican Economist.
The Telegram seems greatly con-
cerned that Southern coal operators
did not permit Italy and other for
eign countries to do absolutely
without coal merely that the mills
of New England might have a sup
ply of fuel. That is a degree of al
truism inbehalf of New England
manufacturers which no one ever
found New England Manufacturers
displaying in behalf of Southern
cotton growers. For years New Eng
land has fattened it's purse at the
expense of the Souh by doing its ut
most to beat down the prices of cot
ton in order that its people might be
enriched from the enslavement of
those in the South engaged in cot
ton growing.
The figures published in the
Manufacturers Record last week,
and which were obtainable from the
monthly reports of the Government
show that the exports of coal have
cut a very small figure in the mat
ter of supply or price. Our ship
ments of coal to foreign countries
are not one-fifth as great as they
should be to meet the worlds neels
if we were producing coal as we
should be doing. Our exports of
coal for ten months amounted to
only 21,351, 900 tons, as compared
with 17.956,0O0 tons for the same
period of the preceding year and
20,764,000 tons in 1918.
The Lawrence Telegram and the
American Economist in this case
seem more concerned to misinter-
pref and misrepresent the South
than to tell the truth; more interes-
ed in presenting falsehoods against
the South than in getting at the
facts. : r~
: The Manufacturers Record great
ly regrets the constant necessity OF
defending the South from the
vicious groundless charges made by
New England papers. A few weeks
ago we published a letter from a big
business man in New England shat
all New England people rejoiced in
the prosperity of the South, but ne
was wrong. There are lot of news
paper people in New England who
hate with an undying hatred the
very thought of prosperity in the
South.
The time has passed when his
country should be considered from
the sectional standpoint Of North, !
South, East or West, but so long as ,
representative New England papers
never miss chance to misrepresent
anl vilify the South, it becomes nee
essary once in while to give them
the dressing down which they so
badly need. +
These South hating papers are a
distinct liability to New England
and curse to the country. 1t is an
infinite pity that New England +
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