New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-05


not spprcciabc gain to the manufacturer' ior
the dutiablc vaue of the imported goods was at the
time lowered. Before that date the dutiaoo
value had been the value OF the ware as II was when
placed board the ship, including the PACKAGE h'
cost OF packing, and the stevedorcs charges IL "a'
lowered to the value of the goods at the foreign
facturers warehouse: that, virtually, the AMERICAS
producer as much handicapped now as he has pcen
since 1861.
The Mills bill, however. lays him fiat on his oacA'
most deceptive article has recently been printed III
The New-York Journal of Commerce. II was after
ward quoted in The Evening Post" and has been a.
sduousy circulated all over tho land. do not say "
Intentionally dishonest. but no matter wna'
writer's motives may be, falsiicaton upon questions
Of this kind is nexcusablc and must be sharply eol.
demand. The article l speak Of, with vast show OF
csndor and fricndlncss toward the pottery INDUSTRY
as an Introduction deliberate attempt to s'ao u
In the back compare the cost in New-iorA
upon crate Of foreign white eranlfeware under lne
prpscn, tariff with what It would cost under the NILS
bill and In doing THIS II figures the Mills tarin az 30
PEI cent. Blu. the Mills tariff on white ganltcwarc
f. only 35 per cent and consequently his results a'c
all wrong In a second computation an even grea'er
outrage IS committed. The comparative costs on
crate Of decorated given, and the NILS tai'
Is stated to be 80 per cent II IS not and herein Hes
the chief outrage Inflicted by the Mills bill on ths III
dustry. II undertakes to change the classncauon vi
pottery Under the present law all decorated ware OF
every description must pay so per cent duty. "h'c
ware IS permitted 10 come in for So per cent Ihc
Mills bill makes three classifcatlons and while 1t IS
exceedingly obscure in It's provisions this much II
clear Under the third paragraph II permits white
ware decorated In single color 10 come in at 80 per
cent. so that the writer In Tie Journal OF Oo"i-
mercc- in fixing tho tariff On decorated ware az ~
per cent recommts and enlarges upon his first
This cannot be excused by claiming that crate Oh
decorated would come In under the ambiguous
first paragraph Of the pottery clauses. The first para
graph after enumeraine all the fine classes of foreign
pottery, says that they shall pay duty painie;'
printed cnamclled gldcd otherwise decora'eu IN
any manner" of so per cent But this IA largely
nullfed by the third paragraph, which admits WHO
cranteware, such dinner sets, II printed In
single color, at IS per cent.
The operation Of the Mills bill cannot fail greatly
TO reduce wages in the potterics The great buiK Oh
the goods made in the United States Will suffer to
duction under Il Of SO Ia to AZ 30 per cent Being
already at the great disadvantage which nave "c-
scribcd In competing with imported goods the Amcn-
can manufacturers only meet this further hahu-
cap by reducing expenses. Labor IS practically their
only expense and labor must suffer This IS simple
question OF mathematics and all the pretty theories
I'm the world will not bulge the figures. Ihey arc
there stay. and stcy they will so long as Enelanu
PAYS only IS 90 in wages where America pays Tlo ~
The potierles in Trenton even now suffering inc
effects Of this tariff agitation. Few OF them are fl-
ploying even half their usual force OF workmen Inc
cause of this IS obvious. Dealers are waning 10 sce
how the tariff cat will Jump. They arr not ORDERING
goods and will not until Congress has definitely aceu
on the Mills bill II they should supply themselves
now at the present scale of prices. and the duti IS
should be lowered. they would have their shelves ii
of American goods costing them more than similar
imports would sell for at retail
OF course It Is for the American people 10 say
whether or not they want cheap goods at such Ma
tional sacrifice. II they think It pays to buy ther
wares from abroad while their own workmen go Dig
cng for chance TO pItIful living, they can ty
the experiment by ndorsIng Mr.. Cleveland ana the
Mills bill. That is old story about the lrsnman
who came over here and after he had been earning
three times as much as he ever earned before went
into furnishing store 10 buy pair of stockings, put
II Is a choice argument in political economy. inc
price OF the stocking 25 cents lie was amaIsu
and shocked He said he could buy the same SOCKS
for Is cents In Cork Why didn't you, then !! asked
the salesman. B"goTra, vi ulun haNc mt II VIi'>'
said Pat