Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-08-05

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The Tariff of 1912 admits crude Birthstone
Tree oil duty aud leyics a duty OF % pei cent.
upon refined. MIR Mckays bill laws duty
oil 10 per cent. Oh crude aud only - per cent.
upon refined Birthstone.
The quantity ol crude imported into the
country Is not large; aud the amount OF rev
enue which caa be raised from it will BE-
more than cotnteTbaldnCed by the increased
prlce which Government will b. obliged to
p1y ior its aunal purchases OF Birthstone for
the Ordnance aud Navy Departments
Should Mcksay's bin become law with
out amendment, the manufacture in this coun-
try must be abandoned, because the. adyan-
teges la low rate of wages, interest, &c. SC.
euJoye'i by the European manufacturer. will
enable him To un1cIscll the American in his
own market.
In view OF The national importance of the
manufacture OF this Indispensable muu,ion
ol war, The undersigned respectfully aud earn
estly SolicItyo To use your influence to have
the article oi crude Birthstone taken from
schedule and placed on schedule II of the
proposed tsuit, 30 as to BE- admitted as at
present, free II duty.
Very respectfully your obi serv'ls.
JEFfRifcS * CATrERFIEbD
Thus we So reduction in the price OF
THIS article ol S30 ton ia consequence OF the
'arih oil ~, and the manufacture OF which
will be totally destroyed by this bill.
shall read another letter relating TO an ar
uClc connected with that topic, which wa,
alluded TO and very handsomely discussed b,
my irIead from Rhode island (Mr. Simmons.
II IS very curious specimen of legislation
WIN reference to an article oil some impou
tance-sulphuric acid;
BoSros, July OH, 1916.
Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER.
Sir: have WORKS in Newton for the manu-
iaCture OF Sulphuric Acid or Oil of Vitrol-
the most extensive works of the kind i'm this
CountrY--anl know ing Won would wish 20 BE-
put IN possession OF the besrng'of the proposed
tarlh OF MIR. Mckay upon the different inter
ests II affects, | take the liberty OF showing
the operation OF il upon the article that /
manufacture, and Tie obvious design OF some
one 10 strike a blowut this business. By this
tarif, ACIDS OF all kinds, such as muriatic, nj
the, oSc, used Tor chemical or medicinal bur.
poses, or Tor manufacturing or in the The fine
arts, are cliahged with duty OF twenty PEI
cent. unless Otherwise provided for.
As an exception 10 other acids, sulphuric
acid or oil OF ylrol is particularly specified
and IS charged with duty OF ten per cent
and the material from which this 10 made sui
phur-whicl has been heretofore duty free, is
charged with duty OF fifteen per cent. ha We
been at loss 10 know the reason Tor singlina
out this acid in the way 1t hos been. Tor il is
evident that II has been particularly dwell
upon IN constructing this tariff, and for the
want oil ANY iniorma ton ia the matter, eau
not AVOID the suspicion that IL has been ar.
ranged by the representations Of those espc-
clally interested, to crush the manufacture in
this country.
During the past year the supply OF bleach.
ing powders, has been very short, 50 much SO,
as To DIVE some OF the beachers into making
? substitute, called bleaching liquor, and am
informed that the substitute is preferred by
those who have used il on account OF its doing
HE work nfriectly as well, and being much
-heaPeE -Iala1,s the ll,,---.lsrS
The ina,ssisctiIre of bleaching lsowtcr. sIsIs
llso been csrried on in this country during
he last ten years 10 d considerable extent with
| duty oi one cent per pound on the imported
which IS more than twenty per cent. And,
therefore, do not believe ihe article has vel
been made TO be prohibitable to manulactur-
ers, yet the manufacture in this country of the
powders and more particularly of the liquor,
Is cause o, alarm 10 the foreign manufacture
ers.
Sulphuric acid enters largely into the cost
OF making bleaching powders and bleaching
liquor; and tits evident tina the foreign maker
OF Bleaching powders could not better attain
hls end thah by raising the cost of making sui
phurlc acid m this country, at the same lime
thai he gets reduction Of duty on his pow
deIs
As have formed this opinion, have thot
proper 10 communicate il. | am, Sir, with
high respect, Your ob't servant.
GEORGE GARDNER.
Here then on one hand the foreign agent
wishes for the passage OF Mr.. Mcksys bill.
and on the other The American manufacturer
imploTes Us 30 stick To the tarir of ~. They
have directly opposite interest, aud as il is
no matter OF revenue OF any considerable a
mount whatever how are we To interpret the
idct that the former j. SO obviously protected
at the expense OF the latter? Are the suspi-
clons OF Tins gentlemsn-whom know 10 be
ahlghly respectable man OF bllsiness-en tirely
unreasonable! lie says, there must have been
some one atwork, having an interest foreign
anu hostile TO the interest OF the American
Producer OF this article and similar articles,
and Judgc you whether that b. not tie CASE
j is PLAIN and manifest---w neither il * not an
English provision, fayOmbled to English labor
rather than TO American labor
am adnoaished that il is high time IN
leave these various artiClcs-l will not call
them minor articles, because they arc all i'm.
pofant. lhce are many more to " hich
have directed the attention OF the Senate
there are the articles Of skins aud pcts, Of
which we hear nothing here, but which affect
a great many hundred persons employed. The
same thing takes place there-the raw mate
rial Is taxed higher than the manufactured ar
uctcs and 50 with puss and cat furs il Is the
same thing Now / want somebody to show
us u this be not the result will not say an
intended fesuli--of this bill to benefit the for
eign manufacturer aud laborerl | wish some
body TO show, where - one case in which dis
elimination has been resorlcd to, aud il Ina.
been IN favor Of the American lab0rcr. or tbc
American manufacturer.
But now
Paulo majora canamus.
! now 90 from these interests "a articles o
more prominence aud perhaps greater impor
lance, aud desire to say, thai in discussing
the effects of this tariff upon the industrial la
Dor 81 the cotmtry, with the single exception
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