The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-07-19
DANGER! DANGERl!
A GREAT REVOLT


Free Trade and X uIn,-PrOtectIOn and
Prosperity Democrats In Line
Down with Free Trade!-The Tariff
AgItaIIon.-SIOpPi the SpIndles,-l
The CampaIng Against AmerIcan1
Industry,
Under this heading-and much add
tional-the Troy Times of last Friday
publishes several columns of interviews
with prominent Democratic manufac-
turers at Cohoes and about Troy, the
muster roll" saying that:
OF the thirty-fve knitting mill pro
prietors and firms at Cohose all but
two-John Scott and w. j. Scott-have
placed their names on the roll OF the
Cohoes city central Protection club,
which is doing excellent work for Har-
rison and Morton, Among those whose
names appear on the roll of the club are
the following lifelong Democrats,
whose reasons for the change are given
below:
Jonathan Hitler, proprietor OF the
American hosiery mill.
Charles F, North, of the Anchor hosl-
cry mill,
Charles F. Doyle, of the Anchor host
cry mill,
David Akin, of w H, & d. Akin.
w. H. Akin, OF w. II. & d. Akin.
David Fluid, of Fluid & Bochlowilz.
Herman Bochlowlz, Of Fluid & BOch.
lowitz."
Column after column can be published
Of Democrats who in like manner and
for these reasons will vote for Harrison
and Morton and protection, but we pre-
fer to go into detail only on these this
week.
For Instance, the Boston Globe is
already figuring on the Republican cab
met, thereby giving opportunity for
fair inference that they believe PRO
lection" will win. Again the World
lately gave a page account of an alleged
great detection of farmers from the Re
publica ranks, but of names not one was
quoted except from one obscure place
in Missouri, the fair inference being
that if others could have been quoted
they would have appeared-and the
farmers of Missouri or any other South
ern State are open to doubt as to their
Republcanism. We condense from the
Times
at is conceded on all sides that Free
Trade would stop every spindle in Co
hoes, and az a result 1000 persons womb
be thrown out of employment and
So, 100, 900 now paid for labor in this in
dustry would be retired from the trade
of the city. In the knitting mills and
the Harmony cotton mills about 10000
persons are enployed-more than one
third of the en- ire population of the city
who would be forced into ideness by
Free Trade.
1t is not to be wondered at that intelli
gent Democrats whose eyes are opened
to the situation of affairs and who feel
even now the serious effects of only
talking about tariff reduction should de.
clare their independence of Free-Trade
denomination and Join the ranks of the
Protectionlsts. The views of several
anti Cleveland Democrats Of Cohoes are
presented as result of interviews
Yesterday afternoon.
UODdIIlhIl lCloi VI wv
American hosiery mill, isl life along
Democrat, Mr.. Hitler said;
L will not vote for Cleveland this
year. | shall vote for Harrison and
Morton and the Republican congress
sional nominee in thisIdistrict. | have
been Democrat all my life. | voted
for Cleveland four years ago. do not
like his toriff ideas, and so connot vote
for him. for we need Protection in our
guinness. have six sets of machinery
In my mill and employ 100 hands. We
can't get along with less Protection than
we have now. The discussion OF the
Mills bill has already injured trade.
( Should there be reduction in the tariff
on knit goods we would be compelled to
stop running or reduce the wages of our
employees to the basis Of wages paid by
our competitors in Europe have been
| in the business twenty-three years and
have watched its development Goods
are selling now lower than ever before,
and foreign competition is 80 cloae, even
with the present tariff, that it requires
close figuring to put goods on the mar
ket with any margin for profit
Charles F. North, of the firm Of North
hosiery mill, has been an active Demo
crat and is now an Office holder. Mr..
North gave the following reasons Tor
his change of front:
i shall vote for Harrison and Morton
and Protection this fall. AS | look at 1t
Protection il more necessary for the en-
ploye than for the manufacturer. A
reduction of tariff would necessitate a
cut in wages Just so much. The present
rate of wages cannot be continued II the
tariff be lowered. That is the situation
in respect to wages, In sutshell.'
The interview with Mr.. North took
place at the door of a new mill which
has been erected by North & Doyle as
an annex to the Anchor mill. 1t is one
of the finest structures in Cohoes and
cost 1875 900. The building is six stories
high, and B0x1l0 feet The capacity is
for ten sets of machinery, When asked
what has been the result Of the Mills bill,
Mr., North continued:
If we had known last year that the
Mills bill was to be introduced this
building would not have been put up.
As 1t is, we shall not fl it with macbin-
cry. The building alone cost us fs6 900.
We intended to have it running by this
time. but We can't sell the goods that
are the product OF the six sets OF ma
chinery OF our other mill. we are
running only three OF the six sets OF
machinery in the Anchor mill. This
new mill, IL running, as it would be but
for the tariff agitation, would give EN-
plOymept to $50 hands VS. are now
| H.. In0 IN hn nNh
mill. We would have 1850 If we were
running that mill full=hsndRd, This is
one result OF the tariff agitation, We
shall go on as best we can till the result
of the election Is known. II Cleveland
should be elected the employees would
be forced into idleness, for | don't think
the wages could be reduced to the basis
of the wages paid in Europe without
civil strife. But the reduction would be
compulsory if tho tariff we're reduced
| Protection means more to the working
man than it does to the employer, bUt
the success of the employer depends on
the success of the employe.
David Akin. of the firm of W. II. &
D. Akin, said: i don't want any Free
Trade. am for Protection. a reduc-
ton of the tariff means closer competl-
ton on goods. Every shirt that is i'm
ported takes the place of shirt that
ought to be made in this country.
Goods are very low now. We have four
sets of machinery and employ about
eighty hands.
Il am for Protection against Free
Trade, have read Clevelands message.
1t is a starter for Free Trade. The Free
Traders are willing to start with any
thing they can get through congress.
II Cleveland should be elected and the
Democrats carry the house Of represeta-