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Show BBJ COTTON STILL REMAINS SACRED BBYJ T',c new rcvcnuu u'" "'It'1 which BBBJ "10 I)elllocrn'H purpose to hide tho BBBJ deficiencies of the Underwood tariff, BBlJ was ()r'slnally drafted to impose a BYY tnx of tcn i,or ccnt u'ion tM nct pr' BYY ''a ' roonufacturcrs of munitions ot BYY unr "Iul l"'" tllc manufacturers ot BYY materials entering Into such muni- BYBJ tlons. This looked good to the thrlt- BBBJ ty Southerners who control congress, BBBJ nnd who draft our llscnl legislation, BBBJ n,ul tnc i-ncanuro was In a fair way BBBJ to be agreed upon In the Demociatlc BBBJ caucus, when it occurred to somo cf BBBi tho Idolaters of sacred cotton that BBBJ that hallowed product would thus be- BBBJ cumo subject to tho Imposition. Inv BBBJl mediately there wvib a row. The high BBpBf priests of cotton set up a roar like PBV that with which the devotees of Daat BBfJ taught to arouse their god. To thorn BBBJ a tnx on cotton, es oclally a tax of BBBJ '..' tho same proportions as that levied BBBP ' upon tho products of tho North, seem- BBBJ ed an impious laying of hands upon BBBJ t' tho ark of the covenant a;) 1 they BBBJ t-lormcrt and they threatened until BBBJ thoy finally had their way. BBBJ Tho manufacturers of munitions BBBB nre still to bo taxed ten per cent PBB they all live In tho North. Hut the BBBB manufacturers of cotton In tho form BBBB In which It la chiefly madu uso of in BBBB tho manufacture of explosives and BBBB they all live In tho South aro to BBBB pay on'y flvo I'er cent- BBBB l'0T a tlm0 cotton was badly scared. BBBB Hut It still remains sacred. |