Daily Republican., 1884-08-07

For the K1PuBLICAN.
I read your editorial with some inter-
est /; you certainly uttered truth when
you said: "Mr. Dean says he cannot see
what FREQ trade has to do with the ques-
tion." You seem toput great stress upon
the alteration Of the tariff of 1883.-l
Now on wool the duty was reduced 10
par cent, and on the goods like those
referred to AZ being made in Germany
the reduction would be about q cents for
the wool in yard Of that cloth, and
was from 40 cents specific to 80 cents
per pound specific. As the goods weigh
liz pounds to the yard it made reduc.
tion equal to about cents on the yard,
go thus into detail so that your read
ers may ask themselve has the reduc-
tion of cent per yard more duty OF
manufactured goods than of the raw |
material made all the difference to the
Dean Woolen Company, not making |
but to loosing money? You say "It is
true we have no free trade in this coun |
try, but no thanks to the Democratic |
party, to which Mr.. Dean belongs, that
we have not" l have lived in this
country sixty-four years the Repuoli-
can party has been In power twenty
three years, and the Whig party eight
II YtbfB 0E0 U1lhuCo VI kAC uuuct
Democratic rule, and yotI never in 10 4
recollection knew the time when We
had free trade. Now, Mr.. editor, is this
last sentence not true? If not, please
point out to me wherein it is not true
let us learn to call things by their right
, names; never let us cry "stop thief" to
; detract attention from ourselves.
, In speaking of the results OF Republi-
can rule you say: The country in
t that time prospered more in material
i wealth than in all the years of its pre-.
/ vious existence"
al In reply, let nae ask you about the
: prosperity of the country from 1873 to
b 1873. Do you call the times between
. the periods named prosperous II not,
r were they not years Of Republican rule.
: There was no agitation OF the tariff
r question during that time. Boys but
8 seldom accomplish as much as men.
i Our country is just developing into
Q manhood, and therefore we expect
@ | greater progress. You no doubt know
g when boys rolled snow balls, and az the
e beginning they gathered weight but
It slowly, but rs they increased in size
,- they gathered the snow much more
q rapidly, and 30 1t has been with the
v ldsvelopment Of our productive re
a sources and l do not believe that were
r the tariff rates reduced 1t would make
j. our people consume less of any neces.
,e sary of life, but, as you argue, to lessen
G. the rate ofduty will lessen the price
re would it not tend to increase the con
n. sumption of any cheapened article
a As an illustration of this fact, know 6
"l great many persons who cease TO us
% butter when it gets above twenty-five
f. cents per pound. Why do they do 30
le Simply because it gets beyond the pur
chasing power Of their means, and tn
ID same with almost every article. D.
n- you suppose that were our peach: grow
as ers to say we will not sell assingl
"a basket of our 100000 crop for les
IL than 81 per basket, how many basket
r. would be able to find a market, an,
40 this is just the result of your argument
he that put on the tariff, raise prices b
b. make better times. You seem TO wan
10 put me in q corner, as you say
be 4" Protection was never more xfectiv
he than during the war, and for q numbe
OF years after the war, or just durin
,a- the time Mr.. Dean made the mos
10 money in manufacturing woole
he goods. Is this not 80, Mr.. Dean ?"
n- There are two ways Of putting tina
on question. II I answer 1t as you put II
at 1 shall say yes. But If you ask me If
i'd made greater percentage on tn
Ill amount of work done, my answer wi
dc he emphatically, no. made a create
he percentage from 1S47 up to 1856, in pre-
all portion to the amount of business don'
mi than at any other period during m
a manufacturing lifetime. Now, 1 al
,se telling you v hat would like you
he do" Tell the Truth" You ask anotht
ms question, which 1 will try to answer
to You say, " 1t seems, however, that til
Ise Dean Woolen Company, with its pal
ou up capital OF $2lS,000, has paid no il
in terest for two years, and In that tiu
w. has impaired its capital 81 900. All
on Indeed, why did it 1t pay we'll befol
,he and not since then ? Why Is it tns
he the capital has been impaired S4,0t
within the last two years past Ha
Mr.. Dean no reason to assign for this
His company grew rapidly In wealt
until two years ago, and then it took
back track" Now, Mr.. editor, who tol
you the points which you try TO make
Before the organization of the presel
ng company, the Junior partner of the fir
10, of Joseph Dean Il Son CATER we ha
to settled up two years business) sai
he TO me d--n if / will leave IN
,ill capital in a concern that cannot do be
ate tor; we must either take some of it OF
an OF increase the capacity, 30 as to NAL
1t pay a satisfactory Ito him) interes
The organization Of the Dean Woolt
-, Company was the outcome of that col
ea u, versation. Being ON the ground, al
"a "a in the business, seeing it in all its bea
'u' ings. my opinion arrived at from soil
facts, should be equal to that OF you
~" ~ self, who has no practical knowledge
'A' the situation. 1 say the disastrous r
suits Of the last two years is from owe
~, production of woolen goods. When 6
W. W. article which We contracted for
~. ~ $1.621s, md had an order for 81
w. pieces, before the order could be COZ
lpeted the same goods were sold at q
md following prices Sl.5O, $1.4O, SIS
ne. Isl. .2b, ST. 20. 81 10. sl.10 and closed on
at 81 05.
per eight or mime months. You no dou
lrs, w6uld ascribe it TO the change of d
tariff in 1888 when all the differen'
act made in the duty on yard of the
ns goods was not more than ~ cents p'
yard. No, MIR. editor, do not try
Ihumbug the intelligent American CT,
'.s zens BY telling them such stuff 1t on
a shows your ignorance of the subje
GU YOU are trying to enlighten others upo
Now. Mr.. editor, 1 think l not on
have stated the facts, but have assigned
treason why 1t is so. You probably mi
ck- have lived in some place where tel
gel graphs, telephones, railroads, etc., we
of not known, and you may not have hea
ley that there has been immense failure
led stoppages of mills furnaces, m
ing chine shops, etc. ETC., and tn
he many of those places had accumulate
to large stocks of goods, manufactured 0
re-. CT raw material, which had to be pa
to for, at least an effort had to be made
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