New-York tribune., 1886-03-09
THREATENED INDUSTRIES.
rup cAsE.oF SOUTHERN RICE GROWERS.
WHAT ZINC AND MARBLE MEN sAY-HEARiNG of
THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
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= WASHINGTON, March S.-Ihe ways anu
Adams committee day devoted several hourN W ho
inc the arguments OF the representatives, OF the southern
rice growers, the producers OF zine ana the ilhuul"
urers OF marble against Morrison bill The case OF
~ ioo ,overs Of the Atlantic sea coast was presented
nv w f. Trenholm. of South Carolina, Uhitcu 7'"'e'
Civil Service Commissioner Mr.. Trehho'n - "S"in
protectiye tariff Law, but IN favor OF lis euioro'" "
far a. rico is concerned and lie WAS FRANK eouE" " '
go In othe1 words, he Is hee-tra ef III e'o'! '"7
except rke In regard to the production OF 'h "re'0
h savs that duty Is necessary because the Carolha
or Georgia laborsrs receive much higher wages lhao
the laborers on the lice plantations OF h'ua y! " W
when the working people OF the Uhl'eu 7'"''S U
reduced 10 living rice rs those in ASIA uo wages WI"
,olI and then IL will be safe to take of the duty As an
additional reason why the duty should be retained MI
ra,ho asserted that owing to the tarih system noes
and othsr implements and machinery leather auu 'o
clothing of the laboror are all deater now "n 'uoS
ytr.in 1860 statement which Is vide ot inc marx anu
which was denied point blank by the representatives OF
the Louisiana rice growers who followed him. MI
Trenholm said that the cost OF producing puShei Oh
rough rice before is cleaned Is about ST. 10 cents o
which is labor The millers charge about ~ cents
bsDe toll for cleaning. Even with the present uu'! "
industry is in precariOus condition. IL ouBu' W w
preseryed because in case OF war the Cnited etatee
would be thrown upon domestic resources Ior supply
Mr. Trenholm gave an interesting aceoant OF the con-
4roversy between the Southern rice growers anu Vno
importers of granuated or broken rice lot brewers %
and exhibited q series OF samples showing tue s'""
evolution OF rice flour until it consisted almost "ho'!
OF broken kernels OF ricea subject TO the same uu! "
on NOR cont ad yaloren under Treasury decisions
Conoressman Dibbe made a short statement 10 tne
e1ect that destructive action by the committee "o"'"
lay prostrate the rice and sugar industries oI lo'
soutbern states; tnat the large lsbOring population
ooved in these industries would be compelled to seek
,ror,, in the corn and wheat fields further North ana
xvoud Tins unsette the labor conditions not Only OF
large part of the South but OF the West and NothWo''
also -, -.
Congressman Gay. of Louisiana, said that the lleo
nroducen OF that state has increased with wonderful
.rli,v durine the last few years, mainly because 1t
reouires less capital than sugar growing. lie d"el
upon the injustice of permitting broken rice 10 coe III
as rice -four at 20 per cent nd vdloreT
Before Mr.. Gay took the floor Mr.. BULLOCK OF New
York large importer OF granulated rice lo' oreN"E
,nrpo,es had distributed IIiuted statement ID Whicn
occnrred this sentence: 1--WE can produce statements
from rice mlers planters, brokers and leading mer-
chants in Louisiana saying that Dhlers ana P""'o'9
cannot suffer by leaving tho duty al 20 leI Cunt vi
smpy cranulaed rice said rice corresponding WIN ou
broken rice aud see no possible advantage ol
changing the duty granulaed rice as before brewers
nsed il it was almost unstable and Of very little
value"
Mr. Hewitt asked Mr.. Gay If this statement was
correct and he rel lied that it was utterly untrue.
Mr.. Bullock then reiterated the statement and gave
n
business Of importing glanulated rice Tor Dre"lhG
purposes. .,..,..,o lima
Mr. Morrison. o; NewYOrk, followed iii the same Ihe
One brewing company in ST. Louis, he said uses
12OO9 900 pounds a year of this rice and Two COM
NAMES in Milwaukee use 100000 pounds year
Tvervbod, knows he said that tools and cloth g OF all
Finds are clsaI cI than they were IN 1860 When e
Southern rice growers able to raise rice at 7-2
'eNiS Mr WnFi%son Of the New Orleans Proiuce y;
change said that the Louisiana production NJ lc9 h,u
incrcased from 900 barrels IN 1865 10 heaE V Vu
barrels in $50 but that this agitation Ol iHe ,h, @ ~ M
Operatci as "a check alreauy. ." belOTe wy val, no
sXcrvhin: ia cheaper except labor. without the uH
. we cannot compete with the cheap labor o inc I"reIn
rico fields" Nh Wilkinson declared that TWO thr4S o.
Of .ated rice Recently alhHtl leu l't"
.Tork nj 20 uer cent ad valOrem was equal as an hc
sf food to thirds Of the Louisiana rice crop Oh .as.
lear and duty should have been assessor al 4 oo''
Spound -. -, ,,o .or,s nrodoco about
sxtn of all the produced in the OhlteN 9Iaes
read statement III behalf OF that industry, uo st ~
that he understood the bill 10 place zine on he tee I9
"a ner cent Seslan valuation. AealnSI poli
nropostops he desired earnestly 10 protest lie pre-
some statistics comparing tHe VIZ.
maid TO Ziuc workers in Belgium and silea tue tnel
compeng countries with those PAID III tne NO hs thdV 80
reI rescntS The general average IN iluOIs ~ MY ny,
than twice as high as In the two countries hhleu, ~
fact brought ont ny thtee ItT
fba, in Silea since Germany adopted the protective
system there has been material advance III Wages
A committee of marble workers representing ieauIlS
firms in New York Philadelphia, Boston, BdluuIpIt
and other cities submitted statements respecting tha
Industry aud asking that II be gwen adequate
which they assert, it does not now receive. LueS
marble In the block Sua pe HNVt
an 80 cents a cubic foot when sawed, Including Sias
having tiles exceeding two inches IN thlchbhSS
90 cents snuare foot aud IL more than ,wO Inches III
Thickness, 81 80 a cubic foot