The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-08-16
WHOLE NO. 22G
NO FREE TRADE.
Many Industries Which Are Not bis.
turbed by the Mills Bill.


turbed by the Mills Bill.
Since the republican Senators have
agreed to report tariff reduction bill
OF their own the cry OF "lree trade"
against the democratic bill has died
out to a great degree. The republi.
can stump speakers must hold up un,
til they see whether their Senators are
not going tomake tariff reform a parry
measure. ~
To enable any workingmen protect.
ed industries to see whether the demo.
cratic Mills affects his industry let him
loook over the following list, which
is the result Of careful comparison of
the democratic Mills bill with the pres.
ent tarifflaw This careful compari.
son shows that the democratic tariff
bill makes no change at all in the du.
ties now imposed by the present law
on the products of these following en-
ployments. If the Mills ti:l were law
to-day all engaged in the industries in
this list wonld be just as highly protect.
ed as they are under the present re.
publican tariff
BasketmakeFs bookbinders and fin.
lshers, bone and ivory workers. boot
and shoe makers, brewer and malt.
sters, britannia ware makers. bronze
powder makers, button factory opera.
tors, bullion and metal thread makers
candlemakers, cement and lime
makers, cigarmakers, clock and watch
makers and repuirers, cokemakers,
combmakors corkmakers, coopers,
copper workers, corsetmakers, cutlery
makers, dairymen Clutter and cheese),
distillers and rectifiers fishermen, flax
dressers, fur workers, glue, gelatine
and lsinglass makers; gloves, cotton
and woollen cotton ellison, gimp and
tassel makers gold and silver workers
and jewellers, green and coored glass
bottle makers, gunsmiths and lock-
smiths, harness and saddle makers,
hat and cap makers, hemp and iute
carpet makers, hosiery and knitting
mill operators, lacemakers, leather
case and pocketbook makers, leather
curriers', dressers, fnishers and tam
ners makers OF coal tar dyes, makers
OF perfumery, makers OF coach aud
harness furniture, saddlery and hard
ware makers OF gunpowder and other
explosives, makers OF pipes and smok-
erS' articles, makers OF polishing pow
ders, makers OF fancy soaps, miners,
mirror and picture frame makers, or
ange growers, organmakcrs, pencil.
makers, pinmakcrs, pianolorte makers
and tuners, plaster grinders, roofing
and paving tile makers, scale and role
+. makers, screwmakers, shirt, cuffs and
collar makes shocks, silk mill opera
tors, straw workers, tiles, common and
fire brick makers; trunk, yalise and
carpetbag makers; tobacco factory op-
eratives, stove furnace and grate max
ers umbrella frame makers, varnish
makers, wax workers, wire drawers,
: pulp mill operatives, various farm
5 products--hay hoops barley. cafllc.
D sheep, hogs aud iarm products grnrr-
! ally, except wool and vegetable,
!, Then there are II grHt unnber of
J. other empIoyments in which thedrm.
Il ocratic bill, having made Tie raw ma
/ terial free OF duty, has somewhat low
i cred the duties ON the product, but
still left a protection equal tn that
/ in ;he present law.
y TO call the Mills bill "free trade
u measure is too absurd to 20 down
q Those who set up this cry must think
: the American workingmau a fool.