The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-12

European labor or American LABOR; teed
European subjects or American citixens2
Mr.. Chairman, who Is to be benefited by
the development OF this Industry Let
the American Congress answer 10 the
American people the question, for whom
do you legislate? n3
Here the hammer fell.
GLASSWARE.
Upon the motion OF Mr.. Tucker to re.
duce the duty upon certain articles OF
glassware.
Mr.. Wilson-I am sorry to see this at
tempt made to strike down one Of the
large enterprises Of this country. ALI
manufacturing enterprises depend on two
questions: The first is the cost oil producing
the articles; the second is the amount Of
money that that article brings in the mar
ket. We are told by gentlemen who have
investigated this subject carefully and at
teutiyely that the labor invested in the
manufacture Of this kind OF glassware is 70
cents. hold in my hand one OF the cut
glass goblets referred TO by the gentlemen
from Massachusetts,. The cost OF that ar.
ticle, Mr.. Chairman, is Sill per dozen TO
the American manufacturer; 50 OF that is
paid for labor. The American manutac-
turer can not produce that article for less
than Sll, And yet the same article is sold
to the American importer for $3.50 to $40
per dozen by the European manufacturer.
Mr.. Wilson. The gentleman on my right
claims that he has a constituent who Will
cut and engrave this glass goblet which l
hold in my hand in twenty minutes.
Mr.. Hazleton. In ten minutes.
Dir. Wilson. That article is OF European
production and is sold here by the i'm.
porter at $3.75 dozen; and with an ad
valorem duty Of 40 per cent the article can
not be produced by the American manu-
iacturer at that price without q loss; 80 that
the gentleman is in error in his figures and
his estimates. The lowest possible duty
that will enable the American manufacture
er to produce II is so per cent ad valorem.
Mr.. Wilson. Mr.. Chairman, 1t Is O re-
markable fact that gentlemen upon the
floor OF the House Who have never given
five minutes attention 10 the cost OF manu-
featuring glass are here bowling vigorously
TO strike down great American enter
prise. They do not even consider when
duatfing their lager beer, when stimulating
with their brandy, or RECALLING themselves
with champagne from cut-glass goblets, the
cost OF the goblet.
This is not the first time I have heard
expressed on this floor the views which
fell from the lips Of the gentleman from
New York { Mr. Cox this morning. SINH
lar views, substantially, have been sent 70
almost every member OF this House. They
are the views OF the importers and jobbers
in glassware. They are the views of those
who TO- day buy articles Of English manu-
iacture in preference to those OF American
manufacture. There Is but one class oil
people who are opposed TO this protective
system, and it Is the class represented by
the gentleman from New York and the
English manufacturers. In so far as you
keep the tariff down to such an extent
that the American manufacturer cannot
compete with the European manufacturer,
you thereby accomplish the work that the
foreign manufacturer desires. You give
him protection, but no protection 10 Amer
lean labor.
| hold in my hand plain dish that can
be produced Tor fifty cents. l have also
the same dish, diamond cut, that can be
sold for s.. 80, OF which $415 is paid to the
American laborer. II you follow the views
OF the gentleman from New York you Tor
ever prohibit the manufacture OF these
goods in this country. l also showed the
House few moments ago CIT anu en-
graved lumber OF European manufacture.
Under an I'D valorem duty OF 40 per cent.
no American manufacturer can produce
such goods. Upon this subject l desire to
quote from the testimony Of an old con-
stituent OF mine, Mr.. y. w. Brockunier,
who is to-day the President oil the Flint
Glass Association OF America, and is per.
haps the best posted man on this subject
in the country. He states that another
tumbler which have here was five years
ago 1:anufacuiured nowhere but in Eu'
rope. The French sold this tumbler in
the American hiarket for Si.T2 per dozen.
After that the manufacture OF these goods
was commenced at Wheeling, in my own
State, and to-day We are selling them at
iorty.tiye cents per dozen. The price has
been cut down by reason OF the compeit-
ton between the European and the Amer
lean manufacturer.
II you do not give duty Of so per cent.
ad valorem upon these articles this tum-
bier cannot be sold here by the American
manufacturer ut the present price.
have here atumbler known to theuade
as whskey tumbler. Six years ago, when
the American manufacturer commenced
to make them, they were imported by the
case OF twenty. five dozel / ut co7t ofSl 40.
We made some, and our very first price
was 81 %; but they are now bought at Az
cents. | suppose the price would be
somewhere about 81 % or 81 40 for these
goods il We had not commenced making
them in this country. Some OF the French
manufactures made Especial list OF prices
to meet American competition, and sold
their goods for the American trade at q
lower price than they did goods taken to
any other country. They were compelled
to do that two years ago.
The point made was that the views Of
the English manufacturers are in accord
with the argument made by the gentleman
from New York mir. Coxl. They are the
views OF the importer and the jobber. They
are CRYING aloud for low duties in the
United States, and by public cards, letters,
circulars, and all that kind oil thing are ap'
pealipg to members OF Congress 10 keep
down the dutyso that the American manu-.
iacturer can not compete with the foreign
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