New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-12-13
NEW YosK. Dec. }. 1886

lowing letter. written by hew'Y0rk WOODEN manu-
racturef 10 gentleman 10 Washington ..
NEw.Yosk. Doc. D. 1856
DyAR s Estcnsve failures are the order Of the day In
Newark N j. 0ae mill Of ses Is to DO sold out Tbs only
other woclcn mill there closed on Wedncsdsy last 20 STAR
x PrsnEn The Yantico mill ia stopped-s One mill Of
ses is yet struggling GU there 50 half Of the people there
are e At Il Mohawk there 20 sets only 10 sets are
70 10 Tbc Montana mill Cornwall N Y. little over one
year ago cost $4,000 II contained set. OF cards and an
machinery complete had 80 Of iaod 10 largo tenant
houses school house &c 1t has been sold for Ooo Punish
for American enterprise Failures arc taking place every
Row SIR Re aoOd Of moraons mu,l be stopped the
great American wooen interest will break is ing oar case
Snmcnt in the war than we We arc willing now taxed
to pay nations debt the GOvernmon. VIII only enable u
81 10 that 81 80 to make Ono ago these
goods brought ~ she Government got lJ cents and nov II
will got y cons wages high a. ever dyostus a. hign a.
ever higher ever-because silk Di have stopped
-" hne-wove' being g. TO 20 cents per b..
do hope and pray that Congress VIII give US immediate re-
leC not sbeggar and not going 10 BE- one for
lose my whole wooden interest have enough Wild land IN the
West TO raise food on for myself and family can stand e
Of manufacturing Investment and yet get something 70
eat But can't bear the idea that all our small WOODEN mana
shall be broken up and families sent adr because
tho G0ycrnmen won't give them protection against British i'm
ed and will n, on t s1E 1@ NJ r9Rs sa 70
viii feed them this Winer VIII do hf Or course they
say on G sa o run =. my Boon % az or o Sy
20 fight 1t ont on this line, II IL takes all Winter VIII
sht np-nOt cut the laOOror down nOOch
slsOO0OcD in gold That's what als and nothing else
Can't the Government learn that can't eat the cake and have
pcany And then top OF all the awful swindlo,o
the and awful oppression Of through false in
Oh why don't Congress put end to al this-why
won't thoy help os
Gentlemen of tho Finance Committee Of the Senate,
this is no fancy picture. II represents the condition
of the WOODEN interest throughout the country. II is
pershing Of foreign impOrtatonS In The names ofthe
hundreds Of thousands of mon. women. and children
whose bread for tho coming Winter depends upon the
profitable running of our cloth mills-n the behalf OF
tho enterprisng capitalists who have embarked their
fortunes in wooden mschinory-in the names oil our
wool growers and for the sake Of our revenues, we
demand of you to speedily apply remedy to the evils
which threaten a national disaster. You have that
remedy at your hand. Report the House Tariff bill
which tho Senate unWisoly hung up in your Commit
tee Room last July and urge its immediate passage
The rates OF duty wool and wooen goods, with the
classification of BOTH contained in that bill. will save
the country from the misfortunes OF stoppage OF its
wooden manufacture and the political party re-
sponsibe for your legislation from the dread account
ability to considerable portion Of the people, for TAX
ing from them their daily labor aud their daily bread
Wa entres; you to pass that bill.