Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-25
JONES' RETORT.
He Smokes n. A. 7. as to the Prices Of
Glass and Quiniue aud Fires Him
ON Wages in California.
Statistics Taken FROM the Compilations OF
the Librarian OF Congress ms Basis
for Argument.
TErARKANA, Tx. Dec. gl. lisa.

TKKARKANA. Tx, Dec 81, 1856
To the Editor OF the Gazette.
l have read N. A. It's favor of
the 18th inst, published in The GA.
zETTK Of the 9th inst. am sorry
that time has not disabused his
mind of the fatal Yagarles of pro-
lection, He, however, an glad to
see, gracefully admits that Americans
have been richly benefited by the happy
abolition Of protection on quinlne, but he
is greatly mistaken when he says It's sue
cessful manufacture has been destroyed
in this country. There are now more
than three times as many manufacturers
OF quinlne as there were wnen the high
federal TAX was on II. i made that GER
talnly sufficiently plain, In my former let
ter, TO all the readers OF your great paper
except N. A. Il. Now for his especial
benefit | will again state that the report
Of the secretary Of the treasury shows
that 3,6lS, 1871 pounds of clnchona bark
were imported In 1885 to be manufactured
into quinine In this country, and will
further state that the same authority
shows that only 1871 600 ounces OF
"quinia, sulphste of, salts Of, and
cinchonidia" were imported last year
SO much for that article. ] am anxious
not to misrepresent N. A. T., but TO treat
him with conspicuous fairness. He AYERS
that protection causes high wages and
cheap dutiable manufactured articles, and
he gives glass as illustrating his hYpothe-
sis l quote him literally. He says that
"the price OF plate-glass has not been re-
duced by the high tariff on that article,
which liz about so per cent. ad aorem
Herein Mr.. Jones is in vast ignorance.
Previous to the, Morrill, tariff oil our plate
glass came from L rope, and we were
paying those Eur pean monopolists
whatever they chose TO demand of us, or
81 SO per square foot. Under the
protection of the Morrill, tariff Ameri-
cans went to manufactnrt z plate-glass,
and beho d the RESULT Before the Nor
rill tariff we made none; now we make
about three tourths of all that is used in
this country, and will soon make all that
is ed, and some to ship abroad"
All that is built on statement, N. A.
T. says, that one 4. A. Hitchcock made
TO the tariff cJm missionets Of Infamous
memory. Window glass Ia one form of
plste-glass, and | will again reiterate
what formerly said rs to glass. Accord
ing to the bureau OF statistics for March
last, page SAG, the highest price window
glass touched between 1925 and 1860 was
S6,4 per 100 feet, and It's average price
Tor the six years, ending In 1880, was
Sl5 20 per leo square feet. One hundred
square feet Is the basis. Now / shall
cling to that statement until know 1t to
be false, N A. I. aud this Mr.. Hitchcock
to the contrary notwiths anoing. l have
before me the report ofthe secretary OF the
treasury, which gives the amount OF all
manufactured glass of all varieties for
1880, and the amount of duty and the
rate per cent. on the same. According
to this report, we imported last year OF
glass and glassware to the amount OF
So, $40, 720 The average rate of duty on
the aggregate was IS 81 per cent. Liquor
bottles came In at very low rate. and
bottles filled, at only 80 per cent, cut,
engraved and colOred glass also at an
ad valorem duty Of only 40 per cent, and
silvered gass-used by the chat the
very low rate OF 1876 per cent. These
special forms reduced the average rate to
56. 81 per cent. ad yalorem as given above.
Mark the mean, heartless discrimination
against the window glass; that lets great
NATURES sweet sunshine into the humble
home Of the telling poor. On window
glass over l0xl5, aud not over 1924,
the duty is 1889 per cent, on the
next grade, 1880 per cent, and on the
last grade 81 20 per cent. On plate-glass
proper, over 2txS0, and not over 24x60
the duty is GAS per cent, and ON all
over 25x60 The duty is so per cent.
| We imported last year 69,986 007 pounds
| OF window glass, and this after quarter
Of century OF high protection Oh
plats-glass proper we imported 4,ol7,'
| 7Sl square feet. and of this amount / ,lS7,-
| 8i8 square feet came In under the duty Of
| 1888 so per cent. ad yalorem. | VIII now
leave your readers TO judge OF the issue
OF fact between N. A T. ana myself,
| whether the duty on glass has cheapened
that article 70 American consumers,
| As N A. L has seen proper TO animal
| vert on my "vast ignorance" as 10 Amer
lean manufactured articles, | take mali
cious pleasure in referring him
to the inva liable volume OF statis-
tics for 1886, complied by Mr..
Spofford, the accomplished librarian of
congress. He will there see Il stated, on
page 10, that window-glass WAS trst msds
in Virginia ia 1915, and in Massachusetts,
! in 1883. According to the census ( 1880
there we're Ia the United States 3sl glRs;
manufacturing establishments The
amount OF capital for these was $50, 700,
600; the number Of hands emp Dyed was
rs, 1853; the amount of wages paid Ia the
year 1880 WIS SO 800 600. ana the tota
value of all the product was s2S 600, 600
The amount received In wages for d
years hard work was. for each hand, only
$3.50, or $3.50 per week. Let this sutiie'
for glass.
Now, Mr.. Editor, please remember tina
N. A. T.'s premise is that protection
causes high wages 70 laborers VINO worl
f1r the American protection barons
Now listen to Inn, / showed tina
lin California each hand EN-
ployed in manufacturing received
] l. l. l..