The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-01-03

'''' nm N'NN ~ lltS can, We ar
Irlvtu out 81 the y merlran market
herein "Nciua, however, cumLliutp
watches, IN whi'h We ARE row, aud
hope We shall always remain, master.
In lhOO the American Cumuntip
procured ouly 5000 watches; In 1863
lU QUO u day tnev produce 25u,O u
ANA inns figure can he easily double,
III case the crisis, which sn severed,
prevails there bs well a. here
should come 70 an end. For W,
mutt not forget tha(, il severa
factories have been closed during Tn,
Crisis, the tools as well AS the WORK
'Irh ATE sliIl tnrre, all ready 10 resum,
work again. Nor must We leavp ON
~ lgll tile tXnrbltAnt customs dutIp,
ana freight, Mhlch amount to about q
or ~ per cent, winch TAX away from
Us every pO-sihlllly OF uting anl4 (,
'iahd the fight And nav that W
know TIE llHures " production III III,
United state, Vt cnn easily, with III,
and q! llirial reports, nIve mn arcuuu
81 what Is that countTS's consumption
4 watches. We have s,ut To- III,
United Srnt'~ durirR the pat t. civ
wears, VIZ: 1864 tn 1878 Inclusive, .
hl2 100 watches, 1en!g An average ii
2aB, SS3 per nnuum,
"lu 1876 We shall barely send Their
10 600 " trhes, Or, n, cr 1872. "A drnr
n Ihl,OOO watches WHAT lusS H..
N"IZ rlHud, Hrd particularly IA
N,urnntrl! For TINS irijt cbncprn
principally our canton aud It IL Vel.
-aSy o. rplynI'- ule's s-l' ~
lie fact Ia 1875, Cnlux de- + md,
urned out l8,OU0 wat ,hes or move.
menls. Ia pr, cedIug years she turned
ut double that amount he dthcu
nrrrIorr, amounts lnr Ia cha x II .
FondS nj ne ~ 1920 francs; fui
Luclr, Ntuchht,l, etc, it reaches ia
,t.ne tigure IN proportions
I'VE have sta ed thh( the shipme Il
II our goods has LARGELY decreased.
shall We attribute lie Cuuse tu IA,
TlsIs' Certainty IN many respect
NC may do II cunIUl He dehItu.
But the American competition cot
tlnuIes stiIl more largely 10 II.
"Iht Americans have already con
uenced to send tn If lnuficture /,
Europe. In EuglHud they sell nunu
4 ~ from 2O,UUO To 80 100 Watches III,
American watch ,unmtncts To- div,
nom the English market the Swi.,
ana even The English watch The
Americans commenced hy creating d
DEMAND for their good, IN the Iniles
aud In Australia; ana thpu-thHuks L.
some powerful exporting houses they
invaded England. AT MOSCOW and 81
Petersburg they have already estab
lishtd important branch offices ThcN
do not keep It s"cIrl, Ut loudly adver
lise II; the lr aim is to drive us first uLID
OF their own country, and then to
with uS on our own soil II our
md our blind conf ienc,
leave the field Tree to them sincere
" confess That ! personally have
doubted that competition But now
have seen have felt it--and | an
certified by the danger to which OuI
industry Is exp ,sed. Besides, | AN
not the only one To think 80; the -
,iete Inter Hntnuale' have sent deie
gate Ia make iuq iIfle+, aud his rrpur
agrees WIN mine Up L"
MS veIy day We have heIirved Amer
ra to IL dependent upon Europe w,
nave heen mistaken The Americas,
vii SEND Us their products since VI
'unuot send them our own. We ASK
ourselves whether the Americans car
their pric,s2 answer, yes,
,hey cat, for u they obtain u good
profit on their superior quality Ot goou>
lhey cah afford To be satisfied with II
profit on the lower grades oi
III America everything II
made by machinery; hare we make
every tmug 10y hand We count II.
about fuHy thUusSn,
making on an avrrag'
each per auLum Al watches
IL the United States the aver
aye Is l5O watches Iheret'Ire
HE machine produces three sand hali
to four tiuen more than the WOrknen.
IL remains tor US tusulVp The situation.
But how can We get out OF the corner
INTO which We have been driven? 10
lAN, even without machines, we cal
moi dispose Of the l,C0O, 100 watchte
which orr people can manufacture
How VIII il hr II we establish machines
" hicb viii thrice increase our prOdur'
,iop? We mutt either din IN lsh the
uunlbpr OF our hands aud make ma
chimes, OI else cling 10 our system All"
/ e resigned to see our industry DE
Glue. .
"Geutlemen, do not pretend TO
point out The remedy ! simply call
our attention 10 the rvil that IL all
| remains tor you 10 md the cure.
However, ieneve thai II VIII he go"d
q do for our mcchaulClaus what We
have done tur our Wa cnmakers that
IL. orreate echo Is, You must not
Iits pair; you must not desert the ticlh
We must, uu the conf AIRY, orsahlZr Ia
resistance, aud 10 r. cot quer The lost
sIuu. Il If Am,rica closes h. gate
10 u, uS customs Gutitr Hhd tXorhlihW
IrrIphts, We are, a, least left the r.
,uulCrs Of rGetl"aIly hAh'int
Az INT her H. European mnrkriH
"Ha the Philadelphia EShi"'tiaI
AIKEN place i've years lat'r We 'hou'
nave hrcn totally annih'lt,d witlI"h'
kIoN Ing " hence or how we re'eiV
m. t.r,Iulp blow We have believed
.uJrselNes masters Of the situation,
wn,n We really have been on u V0'r"
go. a, d 10 day VT must hr'u"lA
struggle II Se do not wanttoenc ui'el
IN all the markets hat rival mAnuia %
Iure, Did We not sneer ~ Besancoh
lhr out sci? Aud now b neon sul
noes FOR Flaucr, and te-iles, she *
uolts her surplus of manufacture We
ASK uureIvee II, in reducing the pre-
of watches, We can increase
their Uale in tn same pro
portlonP And II the sales o.
no, increase, what will become OF nSf
We shall have all enormous stock "'
goods aud permanent st"gnatl'l',
rhp customs duues, you know, am UT
"a 25 Der cent. For long time pop's
INV. been entertained that they mlgh
he reduced. We cahnot cauht on II
America peeds all her resources, espe
,isIly IN the present situation ana
"a h-,her Democrats ar RepuOIlra' W
m power, we cannot hope Tor renu'
zion IN import duties we must the,e