New Mexico state record., 1921-05-13
A NEW STAR FROM THE
LONE STAR STATE
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Washington, May ll.-Standing or
the rostrum in the assembly room
Of the Marlborough Blencheim llo-
tel. on the afternoon OF April 18th
Hon John Henry Kirby OF Peach
Tree illage, Tyler County. Texas
President of the Southern Tariff As
sociation, delivered an address on the
protective tariff which ecipsed any
speech made at the 9th Annual Con-
vcntion of the u. S. Chamber of
Commerce, and which in eloquence,
deep feeling, and common horse sense
has never been surpassed by any
member of the great galaxy of Texas
orators. His address was frequent
+ ly halted by applause and at its con-
clusion there was a pandemonium of
cneers, hand clapping and stamping
OF feet which drowned the roar of
the surf as it beat upon the sands
oi Americas greatest playground.
kirby's mighty philippe against free
trade was the command Open Fire !"
to the Southern artillerymen whose
rounding guns will not be silencei
ulllll lllC last NltduNl vi liNN u duO lioN
standing in Dixie'S Land has been
leveled to the dust.
The address was delivered to the
representatives OF the Natural Re-
sources Group of the convention =
those dealing in timber, minerals, me-
tails, oil, gas, and agriculture. That
group was made up of men from all
parts of the United States. Florida
was there, Louisiana was present
South Carolina answered here" Ala
bama stood up, and Texas was at
bat. The redwood men OF California
and the west stood four abreast; the
miners OF Montana moved up front !;
the farmers OF the Middle West
marched squads right; New York,
New England, Pennsylvania were on
the right flank, and Oregon and
Washigton were on the left. Even the
District of Columbia carried a BAN
ner Republicans and Democrats
might have been equally divided, but
a free trader could not have been
isolated with a compound microscope,
The group was a tool steel unit on
the subject OF protection to Ameri-
can industries-raw, semi, or manu-
faeturcd products, farm furnace, or
factory. And what John Kirby told
tHem was their dish,
It was not Mr., Kirbys first ef-
tort in support OF the American pro-
tectiye policy \ few days previous
" he had stood before the Ways
and Means Committee of Congress.
and on behalf of the Southern cot
tousced producers, the rice planters,
the peanut growers, the cattlemcn,
and the woolgroWers he had thund-
cred the demand OF the South for
equal opportunity before the law"
in the matter OF protection. And
hi, voice found a responsive echo III
the breasts OF the majority members
Of the Committee which, through its
chairman, Representative Fordney,
thanked Mr.. Kirby and his colleagues
for their support OF the protective
policy Nor is Mr., Kirby actuated by
personal interest in the subject, for
in opening his address to the COM
mitteG he declared 81 am yellow
pine lumber manufacturer, way down
IN Texas on the Gull. There is no
competition from any i9rf own ry
that would deny me a market for
an additional car OF product whether
lumber be retained on the free list
or not" He has been drafted by
Southern men, who have suffered
gricvio, y from the effects ot the
Wilsou-Undcrwood tariff law, to lead
in thcir fight 10 abolish the free trade
policy And they coa'd not have sci