New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-14
PROBLEMS OF TARIFF LAW;
THE COMMISSION IN PHILADELPHIA.


THE COMMISSION IN PHILADELPHIA.
NEw-ENGLAND FAR IRON MASUFAcTuRERs-A DrBy
FERENCE OF OPINION RESPECTING THE DUrf
on IRON oRE-AMERIcAN SEED INTERESTS
WORKS OF ART
PHILADELPHIA, Oct 13.-The Tariff Com.
missioners arrived here this morning Wheeling and
opened their session In paror OK the Continental Hotel
PRESIDENT Hayes invited Commissioners Oliver take the
cnar out OF respect The said the great State OF Penn.
sylvania and TIA important industries Mr. OIL.
iVer was the representative on the commission Mr..
Oliver on taking the chair expressed his appreciation
OF this compliment to the State Of Pennsylvania.
The first witness heard was r. s. Wheeler secrs,
tary OF the New-Haven Rolling Mil Company
who said that the present tariff did nlnsuce TO tina
NewEnlland manufacturers OF bar iron TAoy were de.
pendent largely for their material on foreign
wrought scrap. The ocean freight formed n heavy
charge It's With the duty added the protection
fully equal to IS per cent, while the protection on
manufactured iron was only 90 per cent he believed
that this refuse material mot including Old rats. should
come In free OF duty, and the Of duty maaaao
tured iron should DO made 20 correspond
Joseph Wharton, OF Philadelphia, presented paper
signed by himself president OF the Bethlehem Iruo
Company and By samuel NJ. FELTON,, president OF tho
Pennsylyana Steel Company dissenting from the rate
Of duty suggested by the Iron and Steel Convention AZ
Cresson on Iron ore. They conceded that that duty
should be specific but thar Il should DO fixed az 50 cents
per ton instead Of 50 cents, as asked by tho
convention. The present al valosem duty
OF 20 per cent equal 20 about so cents
per ton. Tie effect Of higa duty upon foreign iron
handicap the steel rail manufacturers On tho
seaOOard be expr ssed bis belief that the consumption
Of American had been actually increased By the In
porta'.on OK foreign Bessemer There had been
100000 tons imported Last year. and II would require
not one but many, excellent mines 70 fIraisl that
quantity. There fear, therefore, OF American
A
market for their product. samuel " FELTON,. president
OF the Pennsylvania Steel Company, made gulneai
IN the same direction
Is. Landreth. representing the firm OF D. Ian.
dreth sons, OF Philadelphia, secdsmen
asked for such revision of the tariff
IS would afford protection on such seeds for farms
and gardens as are succc sfuy raised ia this country
give free rry to suca seeds be faised
here he asked that the du Vi 20 per Oh -ceds
that be successfully grown here shall be- Increased
10 80 per cent aud that ae duty on ace Is watch lpnot
be success uly grown here DE removed. Z. c. Morse,
OF santa Clara County Cali s. cd grower. spoke n the
interest. s. NJ Wells Of Wethersheid, ~Onu., also
made statement on the subject OI seeds
Marcel Van De Wede, secretary OF the American Bel
Edward seye. president Of the Chamber o. the sub
jec, or the obstacles atcrPOeed by cur aria system
CgEst the introduction Of works Of art IL directs AZ.
tcuOn the mat nothing been done awaken
the taste FOR e e arts In ts country, aud that
tlat the Custom House is the greatest obstacle 10
the introduction Of works o. arr that not oily DO The
gu les increase the cost price o. paintings but they en-
coulage fraud ana plagiarism and disgust amt d,cOur.
a
more THAN lTty e&Aiot lions IN tle United states, and
that lout-lds OF the Belgian exAD!lOn1
hardly twentieth par par OF tee works
conclusion, Nj seve suggests IN tie interest of
aud mankind the compiete suppression OF customs
afternoon session, George H. Ely, of Cleveland,
Convention, argued III favor Of tae recommendation u
that convention to increase the duty iron S.
per He expressed MS at having heard
uis morning the statements OF Nessrs Wharton and Fell
ton in opposition 10 that demand aud spoke IL IN IN
al Iiffr He rbsff
foundations VI American iron manufacture rested upon
the tact that there IN this country aJuudnt and
favorauly distributed supply In the Absence AZ
those essential conditions there ever could AVE been
success ana pro ress in the man factlre OF Ion Tbera
had failure IL the supply. IL had Mt only
Kept abreast OF iron nanufacture but IN CT t.
Previous 1879 the lmpOrtatOus Of COM
paratvrly small they we're now ucrcas NJ rapIly
Their value in 1879 s6SI t57 I.sO q i3G,sGJ,
paid ia three years neary lOdr aud a hall million GoI-
lars foreign article OF which there ncalculsble
home supply. The unnatural alliance with
foreign INTERESTS which lad been exhibited, to-
FsoS Of the ea, body Of hmere a dn
and steel industries that Its position was hardly entitled
interest That was opposed to an adequate protective
! duty on iron ore.
! gnia III NJtle and smythe Counties William smith,
VI P.Gttsburgh, n u Arthur + Wendt, secretary OF
| the NewY0rk Ore Producers Association, aud ]. W.
| Pullman, OF Phi adelpna, iron ore producer in Aew-
Mr Puluaus paper criticised severely what 10 called
the bunders aud misstatements OF Abrau Z. Hewitt
I
men TO the relative wages in the iron bust
| ness IN this and other countries.
Mr. smith read letter from James A. Burden the
subject the supply Of iron and stating tnat the
ChSteangay ore and Iron Company of Ne%York which
Lad only operations ia lsoy and whose ore for
Bessemer purposes AID hlgngrade steel Is Unsurpassed
by any imported OF native ores, supply 100000
| tons "a year, 100000 tons Lhau IL now re-
CURED FOR the production OF Bessener steel IL this eou
try that this be mined and ularket
| at price that VIII bring IL within the reach
OF the ore consumers. He also read
letters from other producers IN NewYOrk
the capacity OF their mines supply tie
luton adopted by them declaring tna the duiy iron
! ore shou Il not be less than 81 80 per grUss ton.
4. j. kluIJalI, president " the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad and yceprcrlIeut or the Norfolk anu Western
Railroad spOke the existence OF Bessemcr ore
along the lines Of those roads, Of them anayzs
ing a per cent OF metallic iron and Only hyeLdn4rcdlhs
Oi per cent OF phO pAOlus, au0 others showing 80
per of metallic IRON and only siXthOus udths OF
| He had no doubt whatever II ilc e1lst
teuce there OF Bessemer ores II sufficient quantity 70
supply blast furnaces OF Penn ylyaniG OrcSer
Frederick Pane, Jr o. Philadelphia, representing tho
Allentown irOnCOmpauyp Ladc an argument IN iaVog
making neauty Oh iron . per ton.
At a evening SESSION lree trade argument (1artcur
lary 20 TOOD was presented on the part o. VILLAIN
ent Was presented by Henry d. Metcaf OF PlwtucKet,
r. H. haiI-cOth manufacturer, against any reduction Qr
the duties hllr-clOth fabrics. Inc question OF tho
dIIles silks presented by +. W Cheney. OF south
cltnLc Of he said mat tho SILK manufacturers
did a, any increase OK duties. They willing to
submit a moderate reduction. They asked IOr an
average protection OF 90 per cent IN lieu " TO-
Further statements in relation TO the sE business
were made by john y. SIearns. Of NeSIOrk G. Laul-
bert Of Paterson LOUIS traukc ~ New-Iork; James
booth. Paterson; BrLlOu Richardson. 0: AewGOgkt
and William {. W. ckOh OF sew York. secretary OF tho
silk AssOclu ion OF America.
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