The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-13
TALKING TARIFF
TO THE UNITED EscoMMlsslosl.
Session Of The DlstinEul,hsd Body In This CITY f.i
t.rdsy-R'presentati'ea Of Glass, Fire
lp. Brick, Wool and Pottery Inttrtats "
.4-. 5 Make Addrsmestoth the Board. ia,E

X tsrdsy--R'presentati1eA Of Glass, Fire
Brick, Wool and Pottery Iat.r.ts ~
.a Make Addresses 10 the Board. iai3
The United States Tariff Commission Great.
81 by the last Congress and appointed BY
President Arthur reached tho city from Pitts
burgh yesterday morning, and at once com.
ynenced their session ri The McLuro house.
President Hayes, Of Massachusetts, was no.
present, and, Henry W. Oliver, j., OF Pitts.
buryh, acted as President The other lnei,i.
bers hero wcrc Il. +. Porter, Of Washington,
City, A. NJ. noteler, Of Jefferson county, this
State, D. F. Henner OF Louisiana, A, NJ. Gar.
land, Of Illinois,J ". Underwood, Of Georgia,
J. A. Amber, Of Ohio, and J, II. Mcmahon,
ofNew York. They are accompanied also by
J.. Il. Andcm, tho official stenographcr Of
Washington, D. c., and Henry @, Hayes, II
special ugcnt OF thu Associated Press. The
! hotel accommodations, transportation ur.
ranvenlenls and business aiIairsrenernlly, are
In charge Of y. +. Kainey, Of Lancaster, Ohio,
and two colored servants complete the party.
The fist interest represented was that Of
the glass manufacturers, on whose behalf
I'll Mr.. 9 ". DRocIuSirn, rt
OF this city. made an address. }- It.
= Mr.. Brock unier, Chairman OF the Commit,
tee, stated they had subdvided their state.
meats, ard he then presented the statement
on cut glass, rs follows: N On Glassware,
cut, engraved, etched, decorated or painted
In any manner; thin blown ware and fancy
glassware. such as cruquellc, opal, twisted,
ribbed, venetian; meaning to include all
ware upon which II considerable part OF. the
rate Of duty Is forty per cent adynlorem; we
ask 10 have it increased to sixty per cent ad.
vaiorem. The reason for asking MI increased
duty Of twenty per cent Is Tie great differ.
ence III wages paid abroad and here. The
cost OF labor In articles IN this schedule Is
fully ninety per cent Of cost OF production.
From, the best information we are ablV to oh.
tain the wages patd CLAUS cutters and NIL
other workmen engaged In this kind Of glass
In England are iitty per cent less than In this
country. In Belgium, Germany, Bohemia,
| wagesare about seventy.tive per cent less. 4
The manufacture Of cut glassware In this
country has largely decreased since the Incl.
dental protection afforded by the premium
on gold ceased. The entire production in this
country does not now equal tho capacity Of a
single furnace. AS cut and decorated glass.
ware Is very costly It should be classed us q
luxury. We therefore think the duty should
be corrcspondingly high. 20
At the conclusion Of the statement which
was printed, alr. Brockunier produced some
rich cut ware, from the South Wheeling
| Glass Works, some Of their tumblers and glass
prisns. The bowl. hs statel, was ouly woi Ii,
plain, 81, The actual cost OF labor Of cutting
the same WAS $40. This does not include
manutacturer's cost of power, stone. ma.
chnery, polishing lead, &C., which showed
TINT labor was ninety per cent Of cost. The
result. He then produced cut glass prism
from Bohemia. such ~ Is used on chandeliers,
which, he stated, were bought delivered III
New York-40per cent duty paid--atS v cen |.
apiece. The drop attached 10 the pendan.
and the pendant were each perforated,
through which passed small wire connecting
the Two. lie showed that the labor OF cutting
these a. i4,r living yngcs would DO 10 cents
each, not counting anything tqr llis glass
or labor OF performing the hole. The
thin blown tpmhlers: Mr.. Arockunier
stated were Ill imported same seven years
ago-the iarse wafer tuMbler al q cost Uf
= NO per dozen and the small tumbler at
81 10 BY The case. Their firm and Others
commenced the manufacture of these
tuM blers-puttinc the small one in the
market at Fl Is per dozen. Competition
amongst ourselves has redNuel the PRICE Of
tho large ones to IS cents aud the smhil 10 10
cents per dozen. lie also slated that i'm
porters had Informed him thar the famous
Baccorat Works in France had made a
special list for American importers so us 10
compete With the manufacturers III this coun-
try The consumers OF this country were by
means pf This competition enabled TO get the
foreign articles cheaper than ether countries
Judge Ambier-Mr. Brockun!cr, did i
Understand youto say that the French manu-.
fac,urers made a specia! list to meet YOU and
other manufacturers? s#- -
| Mr., B.-fes, SO l was informed by two large
and prominent importers ,.N04
Col. McMahon@f have e1p,atped aho,l,
the large percentage Of labor IN cut goods.
Do you mean TO say there is some difference
in decorated and ilncy gonds9 '.' 4'
| ~. nrockunler-fes. the sanle or greater.
! Mr.. McMahon-You state that in England
| wages are 10 per cent less aud ir belgium,
Germany, Bohemia and France are Is per
cent less. Where do you sc, your informa-
ton7 ~ %5w
Mr.. Dr6cauniereErom workmen who have
! worked there. and are NOV working here;
lfoni some foreign manufacturers, and fro,ti
book issued BY the State Department, made
~ Of Consular Reports from different coun.
tries, showing wa9ea paid in ihosn countries.
MIR. James Gillindcr, Of Philadelphia then
presented u statement OF chimney and
porcelain shade manufacture, US follows:
| Student and other chimneys, porcelain
shades, globes, etc, are admitted under pres.
ent tarlif as noyeulaip end bohemian glass,
and paying a duty OF 30 per cent nd pafyrsNi
| Under this duty It is impossible Tor our man.
| ufgcturers 10 make these goods so rs to sell
imported goods nra sold at under tile
existing tariff The cost Of making ia very
near al! IN the labor, and Of lie present lpW
price OF labor in Germany aud 0elguilp
where most OF these goods arc made, 1t Is
possible for the manufacturers OF those
countries to pay inland carriage ocean
freight and cost OF package and sell them,
lnalHalng duty, at price equal to cost Of
labor ATOMS IN This. country The actual price
paid for blowing chiMnrys j. iteen cents per
dozen, to which add the cost q tie other
labor employed In the production, brings tie
actuul amount paid for labor 90 cents per
dozen, or the price at which they are Rctually
delivered in this country for, 50 that II the
tnaterats, fuel and interest on plant were ali
thrown in there would be no profit to the
manufacturer In this country These chin.
neys are sold in this country at 90 cents, with
no charge for packages. From the best In.
Formation We have boon able to obtain the
cost OF labor on this class Of goods is not
more than % per gent ri thp eost Of labor
here. We have the saMe difficulty with por.
celain shades One size, imported, known
as the seven.inch Vienna stiade.i has been
sold this season at Gs cents per dozen. The
labor alone costs more than that umount
here, so that it is impossible to man iac,ure
these goods under existing duties, and our
market Is practically abandoned to the for
eign manufacturer. s5t,Si7. w ~ J
We ask in Hey Of existing duties tina. you
recommend a specific duty OF 10 c ii1t 'pe T
dozen o.. 9ll cps md lamp chimneys On ull
opal shades Of Singh ani less 81 cents On
al! opal shades, G.nch and les. than H. 4s
cents per do2en.' On. all opal shades ll.inch