Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-14
A DECIDED DIFFERENCE
The Pig Producers want he outy Pst
Back to Nine Dollars Per Isa-.
4 wordy War the Re-
suit.
REPORT OF TINE PROCEEDINGS.

CREssoS SPRINGS, Pa, September l3-The
Convention Of Iron and Steel Manufactur-
ers reassembled this morning. Mr.. Noen.
Of Worcester, Mass, moved to modify the
order adopted yesterday prohibiting any
amendment Of the report from ssestiou ex.
cept by the section itself. The practical
effect OF this, he explained, was 70 deny %
the members Of the Convention any oppof.
tunity to offer an amendment Hie pro
posed modification contemplated the with
drawal Of q section.to allow IL 70 Be further
considered in accordance with any suggee-
tons made in the Convention. This be
thought, would tend to harmonire al The
The motion was defeated by . 10 a.
when Mr.. Moen expressed his ~
grets that the majority were
Afraid Of Pair Piay.
The Convention then took up the hrst
item of the recommendation Of the pig.iroo
manufacturer, namely: An increase of
the duty on iron in pigs. from seven TO
Mr.. Bushnell, OF New York, thousht the
Convention would misapprehend the signs
of the times II IL recommended an increase
instead Of reduction OF dutiea His asso-
ciates who had been before the Ways and
Means Committee agreed that the body
would make q fatal mistake II IL continued
as 1t had begun. n
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie, OF New York, BE-
lieyed the Convention would have reason
10 fear not its enemies, but Its friends, II IL
dared to recommend the increase Of duty
on any article. Public opinion, he thought
would sustain the proposition, that any
change Of duties
Should bs In The Dii ectisa Of 1sdao.
tien,
except whereby false rulings or miscou.
structions the spirit OF the law has bsen
violated, especially where manufactures
In the more advanced stages have been ad'
mitted at lower rates Of duty than those
assessed upon cruder forms OF the same
material. He could imagine what Pig
Iron" Kelly would say this morning
when he read that an increase on pig iron
had been recommended. That gentleman
would exclsim, God deliver me from my
of our infant industries could have but
little force now, after twenty years OF
abundant protection.
Mr. Pram, OF Philadelphia, agreed that
the manufactured article
should Pay Less Dsty
than the cruder article, but contended that
the latter should have a proper ratio Of
protection in proportion TO that given tho
more finished article. He thought uat -
the steel men contemplated an advance OF
duty the pig iron rate asked for should 10
allowed.
Mr.. Morris, OF Philadelphia, argued that
what was asked for was not really an In
crease, but q restoration OF the pigtron
duty to the figure at which 1t was fixed
prior to the reduction 10 81 Jome years ago.
This reduction was then applicable TO pig.
iron alone, and that interest was the only
sufferer. The other industries wore nov
favoring q reduction, bat each was unwill-
ing to lower the duties which affected It.
self He thought IL would be only fair
play now for the bar.iron and steel men 70
agree 10 some reduction and allow the
Mine Deliars Dssy
on pig.iron 10 he restored. The latter only
NEEDED the pdIpy---lt. would. not increase
cause as there was an over supply abroad.
the price would not he affected.
Mr.. Bushnell, Of New York, said that IL
the convention made any radical mistakes
he and others would go before the Ways
and Means Committee at Washington and
endeavor to have them rectifed.
Mr.. Williams, OF Catasauqua, Pa, OPP
posed the recomme ndation for an advance.
The protection claimed for the pig-iron
trade In its infancy ought not 70 be cen:
tinued, now that Il had reached years 81
maturity. The feeling Of the bariron aud
plate men was In favor oi . reduction, IL
this appeared to be necessary, but they
were
ruaIterasiy Opposed % Any Advanss
In the rates upon any article.
Mr.. Spcarmsn of Sharon, Pa, said the
advance OF two dollars per ton had been
decided upon by the pig iron men In their
meeting, after careful delibsration, aud
they did not propose 10 submit 70 the die
tations OF the representatives Of other IN:
dustries as TO what they themselves should
recommend. He lad hoped TO see harmo.
ny In the conv v<ntion, but from what hal
iranspired, Re concluded that the pis '.e IN
men were IN the wrong boat, sr] mat ....v
should not come to the ~ Invention. Their
or-,y place was In :. convention OF their own
because tpry were here dictated 70 By mon
nnt producers Of pig iron, who claimed "a
understand Che wants OF that interest bet.
ter than they did. Concerning. shat had
been said about going to Washington, he
had only % say that the pig iron me1 had
not been there, but we're eatirely willing
10 go there, and take care Of their own In:
trtsts. irrespective Of the cooperation oi
other branches OF the trade.
Mr.. Stontbcrg, OF Reading, Pa, believed
that seven dollars per ton afforded ample
protection for the pig iron industry and
that II the object was TO put money Into
the pockets Of producers II was one which
the country
wesId Severely CSitieise.
After further discussion In which the
suggestion was repeated by several dele.
gates that the convention should reconsides
IT, recommendation In regard 10 Iron ore.
and c0nfine itself 10 the correction OF Cd
mitted antiquities and inequalities In Che
tariff, Nr. Ely, Of Cleveland, moved the sp-
pointment OF . committee of two memiers
Of each section TO consider and report 9
fixed schedule Of duties on sll Iron and
steel produces, and on iron ore.
Mr.. Merreli favored this ~ the Only
practicable means Of securing harmony d
action.
Mr.. Brown objected that this would b (
violation OF the order Of business.
Mr.. a?en, Of Worcester. Mas: replied
that pig iron men need not b frfghtsnsd,
a. they would still have after The confer.
tnce all the votes they now bed.
The motion was carried with but littie
opposition.
A resolution fsvoring 0 reduction d
duties where changes arc msde, sEcspt IN
correcting erroneous Interpretations al The
tariff sdyerss 70 tfsde w. referrod to che
committee. and . rsce0 ~ nkss sstl
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