New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-03

re 70 be classified q they are held be manufac
Of WOOL then the duty Of forty per cent would
assessed collected they would lay the same dut!
as II manufactured into cloth II they are 10 " essea
wool would be to stop the sortlnf. securing
and conbing OF WOOL almost entirely In The nlteu saes
unless woods could be bVuiht at price 10"
enough 70 Of the LABOR required Tor piaeh
wool In the dyanced form Admitting com0ed ana e@rne'
wool a. wool duty would render the cOmOing scou
ing and carding machinery In this country 70 srea'
extent idle and worthless. There will be no use TOT IL
could b. done more ehsspJ m the other sine
Surely b. suncicny high 10 cover th
cost ~ tie unless II is foreigners VIII 10 given
control OF the wool market not only In lis raw stae ou
when osrded comte1 And washed .
Again made clothing and cloakings are made SUD
Iec h duty IS cent ad vaorem CLOTHING ana coek
rss are oomp nI Of cloth, and second OF In ng bra
buttons and sewing silk. which called ulmnnsA In
the grades OF these manufactures ak Is usoo en-
T norsa thin nn'n sh. ere f used these trimmings in
mans nearly equal enehA OF the cost OF the
m,era used In such ssmsn ~, mos sn ' su,Y Of
SO Der ded BY the b then the AVERAGE wouo
be 46 per cent Now IS per cent 10 the duty placed oy
the bill on made clothing that the cloth and trim
minSs made into coat and vest pay the same duty
as the materials The elothier the tailor, The sewing
woman have protection for their labor the bill was
enacted whole ready made clothing business
Of the country would be transferred 70 our European rivals
The report touches briefly upon the effect the
bill will have other articles on the free list
It says:
The raising Of nsx and hemp for fibre In the United
States the increase To place htese hbres on the nee
ln!0re the grower inurns well the manufacturers OF
these abes who do not Wish 70 b dependent on ioresn
Of linen threads linen and hemp yarns and ,wlnes is an
important industry and although the Imports are stu
large manufacturing Ia Increasing slowly The
weaving of linens the increase, although not now
sufficiently protected to reduce the duty would be 70 de-
sroy the Industry The manufacturers OF FAX ana hemp
employ 1000 worken and have over IS OOOOOo In
vested This In addition to the army Of laborers engaged
In the agricultural districts where the nbre is raised
The manufacturing OF Jute requires substantial protec
ton unless transfer this branch Of our business
10 Calcutta and Dundee. 1t Is OF national I'M
pOrsnee our supply OF hbre depend
Ing foreign nations for either the 6bre Its products
Ths placing OF FAX hacked known dressed llne on
the free list would class partially manufactured article
In the list Of materials Protests against the proposed
reduction this schedule been received from Iowa
Wisconsin. Indiana, Kentucky Kansas, Illinois New.
York and Dakota but they have been unheeded by the
majority OF the committed
The grave Injustice which q majority Of the committee
have done the laborers employed industries producing
crude articles BY placing them on the free list on the claim
that they materials" is apparent Take lime for
example which the majority propose TO admit from Canada
free Of duty. Lime, a. 10 welknown, manufac'
tured In many parn Of the United States
10 ths extent OF all the wants Of
our ctzens and the industry gives employment
sands Of workngmen It's value is nude up mainly Of
labor and this labor receives about 81 day In this
country and less than 81 25 in Canada With this differ
IN The paid TO labor employed in this industry
the United sates and the Dominion OF Canada ought
10 be obvious 10 any that Congress should allow
Canada observation-disclosures 20 send their lime into our
markets free Of duty t would Inevitably result either in
destroying the valuable Industry In ths
It TO accept Canadian wsgeA
Placing borax on tho free list win destroy important
industry on the Pacific Coast 1t was greatly stimulated
by increased srif given 10 by tho OF 1893 since
which the production has Increased from 5000 600 pounds
In 1893 10 o,132o 900 pounds In 1897 and during that
period the prices have ruled lower in the United States
than at any other period Of pr, duction
The bill will be disastrous It's effects upon the chem
cal industry Industry which employs from $4,000 to
40 900 people, and with Invested capital o. not less
than s14o 100000 The president Of the Manufacturing
Chemists Association Of the United States informs US
tkatth n etA I'm
reduced OF duty fixed by the bill will greatly inure
be fatal to the continuance OF their manufacture In
the United States
Esrhenware will be seriously injured by provisions
OF this bill Tho duty increased ware by the
tariff law Of 1863 and was usuhed BY the condition OF
the Industry pressing interests OF American labor
notwithstanding which the foreign manufacturers supply
fully one-haf Of the American demand The prediction
made the time OF the increase that as result the
American would be improved in quality and reduced
In price, which prediction has been fully verified
There IL no public sentiment calling for the proposed action
OF the committee There is not consumer complaining.
and every workingmsn engaged in these industries has
protested against the rejection because OF its inevitable
The duty on cylinder window glass glass , un.
polished , %'s subjected sy tn. tarn law Of ,sSs
The bill proposes still further reduction. which must
great hardship to the workngmen employed ana
great loss 10 whose capital is invested Since
the Of the tariff u 1883 the imports have stead
uv Increased . The proposed reduction will
cripple not sacrifice home factories Will increase
Importation diminish home production aud lessen the ae
msnd for labor II our factories are 70 survive
under the proposed BILL labor will have TO be reduced we
are informed less than City per cent Already one
fourth window glass now used In this country Il
Of foreign make -. - 49,. ,...
During the year ending June 30 1887 there was
imported the United states total Of 4o74 IT'S pounds
of plate glass being the largest importation OF sueh glass
ever made In single year. The reduction Of 20 per cent
proposed, assured by both manufacturers ana
workmen win completely paelyze the Industry here ana
the establishment Of plate glass factories In this country
the trade was controlled entirely by the foreign producers
In combination with number OF importers here VINO
maintained monopoly In plate glass enrenns ,1.r.
This monopoly combination forced the American con-
pay from 81 TO 81 so per Dot Tor such gas
since our factories in successful operation
under the fostering OF protective tariff, the price
has been forced down TO 81 per foot on an average
clear saving to Americans Of more than one.haL l:
must not be forgotten that the principal element Oh cost
THE FOREIGN TIN PLATE TRUST.
Tin plates are placed the free list. although tns
country can this essential article as easy as Grcas
Britain. from which our supply is almost entirely obtained
es.srily insure cheaper prices to the farm
er or general consumer, but the duty taken on WIN
condition can be fully appreciated when sbe public will no"
that pig tin" not insured against most un
foreign combine say from about twenty cents per
pound much thirtyeight cents per pound within
the last several months and Is now Quotea On unerens
per pound being rs so per cent advance and this
article completely controlled By the French syndicate
that boast OF the trust (as It ca mat this
great advance can be maintained ct It's will. This con-
diuon fxes also the advanced Iprces'
on all the good solder which largely
enters into the working Of tin plate in the farm
ers cans etc. and for which the tariff taxation" (so
called) is not chsrgeabie-
And here be called TO the fact that good
(wen coated with TIM tn-pBtes have Of late advanced
very considerably and for which advance
the control by foreign Ia wholly responsible
1t 10 further and we'll understood wellinformed
and reasoning mercantile manufacturing circles that
plates would lately have advanced largely without
regard American consumers
Eakers farmers interests that the foreign
dictate has supplied the tin plate manufacturers Of Eng
land much less price than the outside world for
time being, that tin plates" need just be sd
vanced point which might threaten and retard the
fort 10 such plates the free list proposed by
this bill
THE STEEL RAIL INDUSTRY.
II the majority desire Insure the handing Of
steel rail market English rivals the proposed duty