Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-06-07

Won AS the representative Of at least
niue-teuths of the importers OF pottery and
GLASSWARE in the city of New York. through
whose hands probably ree-fOurths Of the
imports into the United States pass We
represent In no less degree the dealers
throughout the length and breadth OF the
land
TO correct at the outset generally
prevalent error that importers are either
Free Traders or very low tdrlr men
would submit that IL 10 were left % the
importers iu our line 20 decide between
Free Trade and the present tarih j think
they would all favor the latter, ana Tor
these reasons: An importer requires TWO
capitals one 20 pay for the goods ana an
other Of nearly equal amount 70 pay TOT
duties This iu measure protects MN
from the competition Of manufacturers
in AN parts OF the world Another advGn-
tage which the tariff. 50 long as II IS
not prOhibtiye brings 20 the meWhant Is
larger profits Ca the same bulk. III costs 4
merchant as much as labor storage ana
other incidentals 10 sell package contain
ing. for instance. three dinner sets whether
there be- duty ON IL or not. If the first cost
Of the package be so. add "a per cent, tine
present duty and the value Of each is en-
HANGED % 81. 50 YOU see we collect our
profit on the duty a. well as on the Original
cost. go,
BY the Mckinley Administrative bill,
restoring the duty ON packages, pottery
goods paving "a duty of - per cent to-day
will have 10 paw from CO., 20 10 per cent,
and goods paving tO per cent to-day IRON
Us 10 - per cent. the heaviest rates m
every case falling OL the goods USED oy inc
poorer classes.
~ prominent giassCmanuiacturer VINO
appeared before the Tariff Commission IN
lSS2. exhibited "a glass prism and pendant
s,,b as I hold I'm mv hand, for which he
was then paving INV nrm three ana one
half cents Tie told them that he could
not bore the necessary holes m the article,
10 saw nothing Of making and cutting the
class. for the price hc paid Tor the article
coupleted He offered this rs an illuStra-
ton of how much protection the domestic
Manufacturers iu glass were entitled to.
He and I have has frequent laughs over
the force of his argument, and he agreed
that 10 was equivalent 10 "a irult grower
having duty placed on bananas So that
he could crow them in hothouses.
Mr. Straus halted for moment. ana a
vouug man brought mp u box. Mr. Straus
removed several ordinary thin beer
glasses from it and set them on the table De
fore the ust0nishcd committee. livery body
smiled but only u the original sense OF the
word
~Half of these glasses. said Mr. StrauS,
.arc Bohemian and half domestic. The
former cost - cents "a dozen in New York
and the domestic only - cents. There can
be- no competition between them cannot
see the necessity of Increasing the duty on
them
In ike manner Mr. Straus produced
whisky glasses. lamp chimueys, fancy
plates. and finally q gorgeous case OF silver
and gold and blue.
This last article" he said. comes from
Bohemia. You will find 10 on the manteis
of many poor family. IL only costs me
eighty-hvc centsa dozen, and the Mckinney
bin would make IL cost from sl55 10 :, 20.
The same kind OF ware is not made IN TINS
country"
.What would be the effect, Mr.. Straus
was asked. "of entirely prohibiting the im-
portatiOn of glass
The domestic manufacturers he re
piled. would advance the price Just as fan
as they thought they could without going
so far that new factories would bee built