The onerous burdens of the tariff naturally fall heaviest upon those who are large consumers of protected articles and produce only the great staples, grain and cotton, which form the basis of our export trade, and which can, from their very nature in this country, receive no protection from a tariff.
Q.In your own State, Arkansas, what portion of the land cultivated and what proportion of the acreage of the land cultivated is in the form of large plantations?
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That lying along the Mississippi and Arkansas Rivers.
It would be hard for me to estimate the proportions.

I do not know that I have ever considered it, but the portions which are cultivated in large plantations lie directly on the Mississippi River in front of the State of Arkansas and on the Arkansas River.

The rest of the State is cultivated very much by small white farmers.
Q.And are the productions of the small holdings and large holdings similar; I inquire as to cotton particularly?
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No, sir.