New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-17
NEW-JERSEY AND THE TARIFF.
rnE CANAAN INnusrRIEs oE NEWARK.

| OCRACY TOOTH AND NAiL-tftkAiiNi-S biriN-
| MING TO UNDERSTAND THAT DEMOCRATIC
| SUCCESS WOULD BRING THKIR RUIN.
| TrRoMA STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF rHE rHtBuN-l
| NEWARK n. j., Sept. 14.--How many people ont
| side of Newark know of the great importance Of
the manufacturing interests Of this handsome busy
city What do they make here Rather ash what
| do thew not make | am told that 800 differ
ent articles are made in the shops and factories Of
| the place. A list of the naInes of these articles
would he more tedious than Homer's catalogue of
| the SHIPS. A few lines OF industry which employ
| large accommodations Of capital and give work to
| thousands of men and women may. however, he
| mentioned.
Eght-tentls Of all the patent leather made in the
United States is produced hcIe, and here is
the largest morocco concern in tie world. Othor
varieties Of leather are produced immense guam
tity. Articles made of leather. such as trunks,
valises saddles harness. boots and shoes form an
| important branch of business Iii which numerous
large firms are engaged For saddlery, ear
riage. and trunk hardware. Newark is the piin-
cipa manufacturing point in the country. More
felt hats are made here and smaller towns III this
| county than in any one State of the Union outside
! of New Jersey The jewelTy factories make hand
| some work of real gold and gems. and employ over
! . 600 people There is spoo-thTead factory
which pays wages to 1900 operatives Brass
1
are twelve varnish factories. six button factories
dozen carriage factories. several saw works
| large establishment for making crucible steel. a
number of celluloid factories stained glass lac
tory and many lock factories. Axes, hatchets car
riare springs silver plated ware. smoothing irons.
| chemicals dive stniis. and hoop skirts are few
| other articles that will make large figure in the
| forthcoming census returns of Newarks manufac-
| lures.
BY this time the reader Will be ready to ask:
| " Why this account of ewark's industries ut 4
time when politics absorb the attention OF the coan-
try Y Because III Newark politics and industry are
closely related Nearly all the prosperous enter
prises TO which the city her rapid and solid
growth owe their existence to the protective tariff
system This system the Democratic party pro-
poses TO destroy It's destruction would be the ruin
| of the city. by throwing out Of employment MANY
| thousands of her people. No wonder. then, that
| the threat of the Democratic platform eXcltes
| great deal of alarm here. and gives to the whole
tariff question a new and intense interest.
| The New-Jersey Democrats in their State plat
| form ignore the Cincinnati revenue tariff plank
and brazenly declare fo- protection, as If nothing
| had happened in the National Convention contrary
| TO their home interests The question cannot be
| lodged in tins way. however 1t Is talked Of among
the workin gnen in every shop and factory. The
| Democratic orators not daring wholly to overlook
| It, have adopted the policy of saying that II IS
matter OF no sort of consequence, since with our
LARGE public debt we must for At least q generation
10 come raise a heavy revenue from the tariff and
| a heavy revenue means high duties. This IS dis
| honest but il serves to deceive many Democratic
voters \ heavy revenue is not obtained By nigh
| duties which keep out foreign goods. but by low
duties nlch their importation and bring
them into successful competition with our own
4 IA, he MIA. fn
enough for the dulest voter to comprehend. If
| there are many mechanics and operatives who shut
their eyes to its truth and still cling to the Dem
ocratc party there are few manufacturers who fail
| TO understand il. Men who have embarked their
capital and skill in manufacturing enterprises
! know that a tariff for revenue only means low
duties and an entire abandonment OF the principle
Of protection. II is hard TO lind n Democrat among
this class Of people II their employees were equally
| intelligent and understood their own interests
equally we'll it would just hard to find one in
| their ranks As it Is however. several thousand
men IN Newark will vote this fall TO the bread
| ont Of their own mouths. through ignorance, pre-
| iu,lire and blind party attachment. majority Of
| the workngmen are Republicans, however, and
tine agitation of the tariff question is daily ncrcas-
| ing their number The usual Republican majority
| in the city is about 800. This year il promises
| to be 1000.
The beneficial effect of the protective tariff system
uDon the laboring population was illustrated to-
dav by the manager OF the Clark Thread Company,
! an Englishma familiar with the wages paid IN
the great Paisley factories Here IN Newark he
said. the girls who work for us get So week,
while in England they get only ten shillings, or
| abont 80 50, for DONG exactly the work.
| Our factory. which employs over 1900 hands. Is
wholly dependent upon a protective tariff. The
| l,,+x- sc oh
been reduced since the times-bnt some duty
| we must have A tariff of about 80 per cent is
needed to enable 20 pay our hands what are con-
.idefcd fair living wages in this country" After some
| interesting talk about tine effect of good wages to
work people employed in protected Industries IN
| making tlade active and times good f0r all
branches of business, this gentleman said If the
| South succeeds in getting control of the Govern
ment and abolishes the protective system. we may
bid farewell to the prosperity of the country"
Another important Newark industry wholly de-
| pendent upon protective tariff not alone for It's
prosperity but tor its very existence is the iewery
| manufacture. 1t EMPLOYS 1000 hands who repre-
| sent with the families depending them, popu-
| laton of about 10000 souls. This immense bust
ness affording homes and food TO so many people, is
all based npon two or three lines the tariff law.
If the duty upon foreign jcwery removed or
80 reduced as to make importations in large guam
titles profitable. the ieweiry factories would have
10 close their doors. anu the skilfu worbmen IN
gold and precious stones would be set adrlft and
forced to learn other nandicraft TO gam liv-
ing I'VE want change in the tariff system.
said the head of of the largest concerns in this
business the present duty of - per cent enables
lis 10 live and thrive, and pay our workmen good
wages If the Democratic programme is carried
ont and a revenue tariff law adopted, we shall he
ruined. All the capital we have invested in
pecniar machines adapted only for ewery work
will be lost. buildings viii not be saiable fol
half their cost and cur skilled mechanics will have
TO 20 West and get upon the soil to obtain food, fol
all industries in the East surviving such a change