Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-03-09

cine part of 1t will amount to nothing
so far ss the consumer or the retail
dealer lis concerned"
ANOTHER RETAIL DRUGGIST
said: "This taking off the tax on pat.
ent medicines is beautiful thing for
about thirteen large manufacturers
aud for nobody else. Take DR.. Nc
Lean, for instance. At rough guess
l should say that the passage of this
bill Is worth to him at least $25, 900
per annum In his business. 1t Is
equally beneficial to about q dozen
other manufacturers of patent medi.
cines. When you como to buy your
box of liver pills or your bottle Of
cherry pectoral, you will not find 1t
red uced, you may be sure. Congress
had general Idea that taxes must be
cut down, and they did so wildly
The action in this case of patent medi-
cines is proof of this. This was tax
which was a burden on nobody, and
which at the same time helped greatly
towards paying the interest on the na.
tional debt. Now 1t Is abolished and
about thirteen men are benefited"
MR.. HUGH L. FOX,
president of the Tredegar iron com.
psny, of Tennessee, gave the reporter
authority to say for him that he was
well pleased with the tariff bill
"Its effect" said Mr.. Fox. "wlll be
to reduce prices of Iron one-half cent
per pound, and American manufac.
turers will be able to compete with
foreign producers more on an equality
than heretofore. The bill will also, In
my opinion, bring about remodeling
of the labor question.
'In what way|
81 will tell you. Heretofore the
price of labor to the iron manufac-
turer has been altogether too high.
For instance, In England roller In
an Iron mill earns about 90 per day;
In this country his wages have aver
aged from $S to $12 psr day. With a
high protective tariff to shield him,
the American manufacturer has
hitherto been able to pay those prices,
but under the new bill he will not be
able to do It, or anything like it, and
the result will be that American labor
will modify Its tone considerably.
Heretofore, when the laborers In an
iron mill made up their minds that
they were not receiving sufficient
wages, they would make demand fol
an Increase, at the same time telling
the manufacturer that If he didn''
choose to accept the new schedule he
might close up, but, under the new
tariff bill, labor will be forced to re-
gard capital as It's coadjutor and not
Its antagonist" t."
"WilI the new bill have any other
effects than those you have men
tioned?'
eyes, sir; it will crowd out all the
mills which are located at great dis
tsnce from the mines, for the simple
reason that under the tariff these mill
cannot live and compete with mill
more wisely located. The Chicag'
rolling mills cannot fail TO feel tn
:: effect, and so will other mills situated
like those In Chicago, at a great dis
tanos from the mines. The new bill
is a good thing for the mills In Ala
bams and Tennessee, because full
iour.ffths of all the iron used In st
> Louis cornee from khoae states.
MIR. ETHAN HITCHCOCK,
/. president of the st. Louis Steel an
: Ore company, was asked his opinion
: as to the effect of the tariff bill o.
: the manufacture of Besserder stee
, rails. :.
"I think" said Mr.. Hitchcock, 4
reply, "that it Is q good thing tha
. congress- passed q tariff bill. It SET
: ties something, at any rate. Peopl
3 will have to adjust their affairs to tn
= new state of things. As to the effec
. of the tariff bill on the manufacturer
of Bessemer steel rails In this country
! this, It seems to me, is the situation
!. The bill imposes duty of ST. pc
. ton on the imported rails; foreig
3 manufacturers have been able, an
= doubtless will continue to land thel
!. rails at any American port for abou
q $40 per ton, including this duty.
y American manufacturers can secur
labor, ore and fuel at lower prices tina
u have heretofore been paid for then
n they ought to be able to turn OF
y Bessemer steel rails at the same figure
I thus placing them on an equality wit
e foreign producers.
d MR.. W. L. SCOTT,
}. president of the Bslcher Sugar r.
x fining company, was seen at his oftic'
y on the corner of Second and Pr
Is streets, over the Boatman's bank.
x "What will be the effect of the ne
is duties on sugar imposed by the tarl
1t billi" asked the reporter.
:. "Oh, said Mr.. Scott, "manufa
70 turers have discovered the effect eve
J, since last December. Sugar has bee
D. about / of cent a pound less this
"A before that time"
), "Will 1t continue to be less2"
8. "That depends on several thing
Of on the demand, which may exceed Il
n: supply, aud on the action of the q
ID ban and South American cane.grower
I'd These people will try to get the ben
OF fit Of the new schedule, and they mi
to succeed"
n. "Will 1t injure Claus Spreckels, Il
Is- San Francisco sugar monopolistT
ts ''It Is hard to say. Spreckels b
lg matters so arranged that he has h!tht
he to been able to sell his sugars at co
he siderably less than eastern msnufs
er turers. For instance, not long ago
ay Kansas City Spreckels' agent went
W. dealers and offered to sell them sugs
&C. at one.fourth of cent less per pou
do than they had been paying, witho
If asking what that was. II may be II
he will be able to keep up the sal
advantageous arrangement with t
49, railroads which has heretofore CIV
u, him the best of the eastern manuf
lil- Inn ia has not hithartn coma u