New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-10-23

furniture makers. Starch II used WIN
yarnlsb and shellac FIR polishing furn-
ture AID IN the making of snrcfrnn hoops starch Is
used with emery for polishing Purposes e'atoa -
used more less in almos az Kinds OF manuiac-
lures OF course the paper mills require ar4e m
titles of starch. Anything. Therefore tbht aifc,s
auy industry where people would sufer rom low
tarlll affects rs. In regard TO Democrats c.n,lnR
out for GaiiclI many Democratic manuIa'tafet-
~ Central New-iOrk viii quietly vote tle 10 phOi-
can ticket because they are satisfied "lththe present
condition OF affairs nave heaId "a iaIee nu'.per
ot wealthy and influential Democrats say they
would support Garfield. and mat the many
operativ,.s they employ would also vote
the Republican ticket These gentlemen are
engaged the manu- acture of cotton
g0o1s and carpets or interested III the IRON INDUS
try. Among tnis number are an iron manufacturer
in Central New-Yoik and another III P,lsDnrg.
There decided opposition to a change among
wealthy mar uiacturers and others VINO. having re,
tired from business. have invested largely IN real
estate. la ms la ter Grass a so are many Democrats
wish who an acquainted"
theron X. Butler, president OF the Sixth Avenue
Railroad. has been distributing thousands al the
Eng sh and German tarli cards ON all SUES, not
forgetting to suppiy Literally the 300 EMPLOYEES oI
the railroad comp ny. When called upon last eve i
sad :" fne work being done tnrOngn those little
cards is wonderful! never SAW anythinS IKE IT,
Tny are bring ng over 10 rs hundreds OF neh every
day-wOi klngneu WAC have belonged 10 the giea
majority that has out-voted us III tue pisi. among
our emp oyes where. some time ago, me he-
pubc IN a great minority. they now cohs,l,
tute a large majority. tell YOU, lHE tribune aud
HE cards ogeJner are DONG glorious WORK Tor the
Republican pa:iv."
Holmes & Grlggs are large manufacturers of sheet
brass wire and tublng, III twenty -tourih-st be-
tween Tenth and Elrvouth-aves. Mr.. holmes SAID
to IA tribune reporter, who asker hun wnat eH1ct
The tar fl agitation seemed 10 be having among us
empiO,
1T is having very great effect. | have some
CARTS lacked up III the sDOps, add thOugh the quo
tatIons from lists of wages pald IN Europe d. not
exactly cover our business, the workmen can draw
compLrIsons between Those Industries and their
aud torn their oplnIo"s "ccordinHiy. Many OF
our men have changed over nohi tne Democratic 10
the Rcpub icIn party. do not Know how may,
however Our foremea and mechanics are all he
pubiicans; OF the other wOrkmen. do not know
how many are Democrats. The Engisn ana Ger,
circular entitled, Why | Will Not Vote the Demo-
cratic Ticket has done great deal OF good. The
question of protective tariff Is vital 10 our ousi-
ness as TO that of almost everybody else"
Is. I. Rabbit, the soap manu- .acturer, SAID
90 l am strongly i'll favor OF a protective tariff; not
because 10 makes much difference III my own
business as it does in many oGners, but because
feel that there are many industries building up III
this country that could not get along without 4,
aud many Others which would be sadly embarrassed
were il IIterfered with. Auu If disaster were 10
overtake any single INDUSTRY OF importance my
business would suffer from indirectly Just tue
country Itself ", nd suffer. Every prominent III
dusry III the country as more or less Affected Dy tile
condition of every other prominent industry. and
all very greatly affected by the CONDITION and
credit OF the country. When tue country, there
FORE is III thoroughly good cond ton II ~ now.
il would be very foolish to make change. It's
great risks when Won already have snmethiDg that
is entirely Satisfactory, and when, by experiment
ing, you may lose wnat you have. nat Is tue way
look at matters IN my business. Inc present al
minlsration suits Inc, ana tuiuk IL would be bard
to tnd any business man. OF either po-
htica party who listed with it, even notice
that great many prominent men are leaving The
Democratic party and coming over 10 us. Wen,
those meu are intelligent They recognize the
present prosperous CONDITION of affairs and feei Ike
doing thelr parC 10 support IT. Ihey see where
Their interests lie. ain glad INF tribune hlmll
holds to Old position the tariff gu ston. lnat
Helped Mr. Greeley make the paper long ago, aud II
he were here he would teci great deal oil ell
thuslasm III urging this w"rS. knew Horace
Greeley personally. and ! well remember what he
and HE RIBUNK did IN that direction"
j. Fischer of J. 81 G. Fischer, piano manufac-
turcrs, WHO have large factories IN Twenty-lourlh-
st.. between Tenth and E.cveuth-aye>., aud ID
Twunty-cighth-st.. between Ninth and Ienthaves
affects rs very greatly; it affects all piano manu-
iactuiers. Without IT we would either
have to stop dong business or greatly re-
pioves are mostly skilled aborers who receive
good wages. Many of them have worked for Euro
peam wages, and KNOW what European wages are.
lney are almost sOlldly opposed to change IN she
administration. There is "a large German element
ID our factories which Will vote the Republican
ticket as a unit. We have not put up any OF the
tar. # cards mere, Tut we intend putting some OF
them up. he small cards printed IN English and
German have been circulated among the men very
extens vrly, believe ana have had considerable e-
pubucan documents, which nave also done COOL"
prominent retail clothing house on galway.
which manufactures It's own stock aud employs
rrctly and INDIRECTLY more Than "A thousand hands,
is fkng quietly bat III earnest for the success OF
[ lie RrpuDi Can ticket. he firm ~ divided polite
cal Y. yet no objection has been made by the Dem
a,lc members TO the Srnulng out OIL English ana
German tariff cards TO all the employees. A great
many voters nave Oeen won over.
Messrs. Murphy d Co., manu- actnrers of varnish,
at Newark, n j., say that the superior character OF
American varnlsh,s has almost driven iorelgn
varnlshes ont of the market and America nov
ports more varnish than IL Imports. But the pros
perty of the trade depends wholly on the pros
perty of other trades Narnshes are used III nearly
all manu- ures. he varnsh bus ness has grown
from nOthiug and now there are ten mIIllonS OF
dollars invested IN IT,
Crane II CO.. makers OF saddlery hardware, at
Newark asserted that at the wages paid here they
could not compete with the English manufacture
were the tdrifi re Iuccd.
George k. Jenkinson. of Peide & Co., trunk
manufacturers SAID that 80 far as their trade was
concerned The foreign makers could not comp te
with them under any tarIf. bus their bus ucss
depended mostly the general prosperity
Mr.. Jeukinson felt now as he did more than year
upon the occasion al a threatened StTlke. Ihcu
ne SAID that wnen his firm could not pay the men
tar living wages he would contemplate giving mp
bu mess.
Learning that Isaac f. smith d son. large lumber
dea ers at Eleventn-ave. aud West IwentY-olXtI-
ST., taxing an active interest III he present
campaign ana wtr' CIRCULATING tanh dOcunoLts
among he wOI kingIneI, TRIBUNE reporter called
AT thc office OF the firm. Tue sruOr partnrr, wheu
asked hoS change III the tariff would affect HIM,
Answered:
-" The abolition of the tariff altogether wond not
directly affect orr business, but indirectly We
would feel the slightest change IN tne present
tariff, If that change materially uteriereI win any
one of the import mt IN !usiiles "i tIe cOuhtfy.
men everything II prosperous, as al present. There
is a. ways plenty of buil nag gong on aud we can
ina ke large sales ol lumber. WI en-. however tim0s
are bad wnen the CONDITION TIE country rs not at
the best. then we mus sun bns ncss. Inc
taul question regard as very Important one. ana
one Inat should not be tricd with, ESPECIALLY w1en
IL coed shape a. - is at DIrscn9. can
nenb r the p1iics OF 1887 AMI 1897 pretty plainly,
and Remember Jblt a. was LTil.Ig WIth tho tam
ttaJ brought on bOth OF them. Inc whole trouble
was trat our IMPORTS greatly exceeded our exports
and DO not want 10 see "a change ;hat vii produce
tie same condition - oe followed by the S'Ine
suit"
meICEan+s, OF No. llT DuanC-st SAID thai the firm
mad Deen distributing the tariff cards wIbp gIat-
NY ng results among the employees of the mIs Iob
mo Ila.L l.ltII