Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-20

discourage the investment of CAPITAL in
the South, or the coming into this sec
tlon OF men who dare to have political
convictions which may not be in har-
mony with those of the Democratic
political machines of the South.
Today, as never before, the South
needs few Patrick Henrys to call its
people with burning eloquence to view
the whole situation; to show the poli-
tlclans how they are injuring the South:
now they are trying to hamper and re-
strict its mental freedom: how they are
doing all within their power to develop
Sectlonallsnl. Surely the men who do
these igncble things are not patriots,
they are not American. They are mar
roW-minded provincialistS, looking al
ways to the earth and never up to the
heavens for an inspiration to the higher
things in American life
Is 1t not time for the business lead
ers of the South, for the men whose
whole future Is staked upon the de-
velopment of this section in agricul-
ture and industry. to compel a halt
on the part of the politicians of the
South who are guilty of these acts of
sectionalism and this lack of broad
patriotism?"
Fortunately, the South has many
hroadminded statesmen. like those men,
toned above-the platform makers of
1928-who recognize the truth of the
very sincere editorial of the Manufac-
turers' Record, but such are not vet in
control of the local leaders who still
oppose protection to home industry. In
the meanwhile, the wage earners are
recognizing the Importance of indus
trial prosperity, even If that does in
clude voting for the party which I'M
dlvldedly demands a protective policy
to keep the workman's dinner pail we'll
filled
They declare in the spirit of the
Manufacturers Record, 1T is not merely
platform acceptance of protection
that will break up the control by the
machine politicians. but rather the gen.
eral support of protection both for
North and South. in wages and home
OF the Manufacturers Record"
Prior to 1920 there was as much
sentiment in the South for protection as
in the North. Washington, jefferson
and Madison-all Southern planters and
statesmen-were for protection. Madi-
son took leading part in passing the
first protection law. Throughout the
first quarter. of the nineteenth century
the protection spirit was undivided, but
then it came to be seen that the North
was becoming induStrialiZed and the
South was depending more upon grow
ing cotton, stimulated by an invention
of Yankee, Eli Whitney-the cotton
gin.
The South depended upon its exports
OF cotton and tobacco, and wanted its
manufactured goods as cheaply as pos
sible. So a sectional division of inter-
est grew up. Today the South is de-
veloping its waterpowers and finding
that 1t pays to manufacture it's raw
materials" at home The incentives of
that sectionalism of a century ago are
giving way to a unity of interest in
protection.
There has never been in the North
sectional prejudice against Southern
prosperity, as is charged against the
Southern politicians by the Southern
Manufacturers Record
The natural sympathy throughout the
North for the South will be manifested
in the spontaneous corporation every
where by Northern capital and help. ii
the face Of the terrible storm calamity
which has fallen upon Florida and At
lantic States to the northward. There
will be no more eagerneSS to bring re-
lief from any Southern State than will
be found in New England and the
North generally.
This misfortune may contribute
greatly toward breaking down the bar
riers of prejudice and welding all Sec
tons into one greater America-one in
spirit of common nationality as
Americans, one in industrial and COM