New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-10
THE Tariff CONFUSION.

TILE SESSIONS RESUMED AT LONG BRANCfI-w. n.
BRAsHER, OF BROOKLYN, JOHN LAPsLEY, OF
LANsINGBURG, N. Y, AND OTHERS GIVEN HEAR
INGs.
LONG BRANcH, N. j., Aug. 9.-The Tariff
Commission resumed here today all the
beers being present W. NJ Brasher, OF Brooklyn, and
John Lapsley, OF the firm Of d. Power Son. OF Lansing
burg. N. Y, representing the manufacturers OF floor oil
cloths, gneums nOleuns in the United states
mited their Vows in favor Of increase OF the import
duties those articles and Of the removal Of the i'm.
port duty used for their manufacture. They
represented that under the present tariff foreign floor
oil cloths, ngneums and lnOleums brought into In.
furious competition with the domestic productions and
that the American manufacturers longer enjoy the
OF protection which they had previous TO the
changes IN the customs duties They that the ma.
tcrials used by them generally changed from
the condition of material to that of
articles, and consequentlywhen imported ct
10 high customs duties and that all the well known and
conceded arguments for the protection Of labor will up.
ply with peculiar force to their productions
They the following relative rates duties in s5i
and in 1882 tue imported materials used in their
business Canvas. Is per in 1887 40 per cent in
1882; nsecd oil. Is per cent and 70 per cent dry
white lead Is per cent and II per red lead and
litharge, Is per cent and 80 per whiting, per
cent and 2G6 per cent ocnre Is per cent and 60 peg
cent
These figures, they say, show very large increase OF
duties the material used, Willie the advance In
toms duties the manufactured oclotb. lgleums and
hnoleums has not exceeded As per cent At the
time the OF labor had increased about so per cent
interest about so per cent and general expenses
in the ratio They therefore ask that In the
vision Of the tarh the import duties shall be Increased
floor Ocloths ligneums and linoleums from IS per
80 per cent and from IS per cent to 60 per cent
md that used in their manufacture be placed
the free list.
Mr.. Brasher stated that bis concern made some
100000 yards of oilc0th annually, the maximum price
being seventy-hve cents yard and that 10 employed
about 200 operatives. Mr. Lapsey gave the total capt
tai invested In the United States at about
S6,000OOO To the question whether he would pre-
fer g. have the duty taken OF the materials entering
the manufacture OF Ocoths have IL incr aeed
the imported articles, he said that would sccePt
cloths could be exported To the amount OF So,OOoOoo
year England had now all the foreign trade In OIL
cloths, because could make them cheaper tnan they
could now be made IN the United states.
Thaddeus Firth, OF MaspeLh, n. Y, manufacturer 0t
small musical Instruments. sncn as nutes ana hageoets
made OH argument IN favor or nlgnci uueS vi ihPoicu
Joseph W. Green, IT, OF the Glendale Elastic Fabric
ComDany OF T. at Hampton Mass, submitted az
Ileut on the sub. the duties webbing used
saoes, suspenders, etc He was content win TIE exist
Ia IA es Of duties aud DID not any
reduction OF them But urged hat, in the revision OF
tue tariff ali ambiguous snail be avoided, that
neither the facturers. tie Importers nor the Gov
eminent snaiI be Yic.linlz by sur WI LAWYERS.
Communications were T. cetved from Joseph Campoel,
of No % Malsl. Ncw-1Ork, asAlng mat pyrItes, OF
sdlphur ore placed free INST; from JOHNSON
ouaw 40 Indi Wharf Boston, ASKING either mat
castor OIL wnc. now pays "A duty OF dollar gatlon,
be put the list, tnat articles male from CASTOR
Oh nave corresponding dunes Imposed upon tneh ana
BOSTON, on me subjccG OF potato starch being Imported
from Germany as farlna