New-York tribune., 1876-12-16

the United States; good share Of them are exported
Nevertheless from June So 1874 to june 30 1879 thC
imports were larger than the exports We ASK ourselves
I answer, yes they can. for II they OBTAIN
aSrd 20 fS' be- satisfied III with Smaller profit on the
grades Of watches In America everything is maue Oy ma
chnery here make everything by hand Wecount IN
Switzerland about 10000 workmen, king aver
age each per annum 40 watches In the United STATES
the average Is 80 Watches Ihereiore Tue a ,hn a
II remains for US TO solve the situation. but now
we get out OF the corner into when we nave peen
driven To-day without machines, we cannon as
pose OF the 100000 watches which our people can
manufacture. How will 1t be II we establish machines
which will thrice increase production We must
either diminish the number of our hands and make ma
Chimes else cling to our system and be resigned 10 see
Gentlemen, do not pretend to point out the remedy
remains for You to find the cure However, believe
that 1t will be good TO do for our mechancians what we
have done Tor our wachnakers; nn9o ~ o2 Sesspt
the field must, on the contrary organize Tor resist
ance, and to reconquer the lost ground AmerSa
freghts we least left the resource of energetcay
fighting against her In European markets.
Here the orator gave extract from the report or
NJ Hrsch director Of the Observatory TO the Council OF
State after the Exhibition Of 1867 This report already
slgnaled the danger confronting cur industry Re
suming he sad:
Had the Philadelphia Exhibition taken place five years
later we should have been totally annihlated without
knowing whence nor how We received the terrible blow
We have believed ourselves masters OF the sltuatOn
when we really nave been @ on "a n epccTntr
all the markets that rival manufacture. ID "a we NOT not
Snees for France and besides She exports her surplus
Of manufacture We ask ourselves II, in reducing the
prices of watches their sale In the same
propOrtion And If the sales do not increase, what viii
become of us We shall have an enormous STOCK OF
you know amount TO 20 per cent fOr Iong G .i1
hopes have been entertained that they might Dc reduced
sources especially the present situation; and whether
Democrats or Repubc be in power we cannot nope
for a reduction import duties. We must therefore
make up our minds g. lose the American market!
II has been said and 1t las been complacently re-
peated that the Americans do not make the enre Wach
and that they are dependent upon sWzean1 ior & Sef
cal parts Of the watch. This Is mistake. Inc mai,
than Company make the entire watch-fr0m the nrst
screw to the case and dial 1t would even be difficult
for them 10 our products so great Is the regularly,
They arrive at the regulation OF inc walc.So 10 G
without having seen it, When the watch is given 10 Tue
harspring and the watch Is regulated. (ScnSation
among the audience Here is what nave seen, gentie
a watch of the fifth grade. A large safe was opened
before me at random | took watch out OF IL ana
observe it's motion / answered, "On the contrary
Ps a 81 in ys1 WEARING Ssa Ss At Pas set tAn
watch by q regulator On the Boulevard, and and on on
seconds. Aud this watch is of the fifth American
grades It costs IS francs movement without easel
of our first adjusters who asked permission 10 take
down"in otner words to take II to pieces however
noted: Hanging daily variation ll9 seconds variation
IN different positions, from 10 seconds In tue heatSd
room" the variation but very slight. Having tMs
observed IL, / handed the watch to the ad1uster VINO
took down. After the lapse Of lew days. nc came 10
me and said. word for word l am completely over,
wbelmed; the result is Incredible OnU would not fnd
one such watch among fifty thousand OF our manu-
facture."
This watch, gentlemen, repeat TO you, took at
hazard-Out OF heap We say. You understand from
this example that the American watch may De preIee1
to the swiss. have flushed gentemen ard nave t0d
you Of Things such have seen them III remains 1Or
us profit from this sad experience and TO improve our
manuIactnrr Competent men are not wanting among
u.s. they must 20 to work at once.
round OF applause followed the speaker as nc de-
sceEded the tribune.