New-York tribune., 1890-01-12
MORE DUTY OR LESS.
THE HEARING BEFORE THE WAYS AND
MEANS COMMITTEE.
REPRESENTATIVES, OF rHE IVORY, PEARL BUT.
TON AND BARYTs INDUSTRIES AND
THE GRANGrRS OF VIRGINIA
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Washington. jan II The hearing, before the Ways
and Means Committee nearing the end. and 1t Is
expected that within thcntX ten days the preparation
OF bill for a revision d the tariff and internal rcve-
laws will be begun. one thing must have struck
everybody who ha, clGdy observed the current Of
thought and argument lcbre the committee, and that
is the unanimous desire br substitution OF spccihc
for ad valorem rates # duty wherever it may be
practicable This i, thu thing which the Free Traders
have always fought acrst because II deprlVca them
OF much of the force Of the spccionS argument whch
they make by exhibiting percentages ana ping mp hg
ures thereon which have relation TO the matter in
hand Because he came clearly and strongly for spe-
cc duties opposed to I'd valorcm rates Dahei Man
ming fell under the ban o the Free Traders. and yet
there are 7orthern Dcnpcr,ts living, who have
votes in Congress who lflicvc Mr. Manning did.
one of the intcrc-tln, features Of oday'S hearing
the statement made by Congressman Lehlbach' oi
NcwJcr-cy. respecting tc nature Of the foreign com
petition in the Manufacture Of pearl buttons foreign
imporatons Of With have nearly driven domc>uc
manufacturers oIt o. hi,lncss. l. i Impossible iof
American manufacturers paving living wages To com
pete with the foreign manufacturers OF the Austrian
prisons.
Mr.. Wcddcrburn, o. Virginia. representative Of the
National Grange. mad an argument III iaNor "t
bountlcS 10 farmers. Ir. Wcddcrburn admitted tlat
in theory he Free Trader, but he recognized that
the protective polcy il the dominant policy OF the
majority If the peolle and therefore he wants the
farmers 10 share In H. benefits and would like to nave
n bounty on cVcrythhg that the farmer raises
Virginia and M~,uri are Interested in the min
Ing Of barytc>, and tor representatives, appeared to
day to urge the su,|ituliou Of a specific rate Of
onequartcr of a cent Ter pound crude barvtc> for
the present rate Of 'pcr cent ad valorcm. In \ir
gnia il appears that ~ ont Of the nine mills winch
in operation siN years ago have been closed on
account Of the compd tion from Germany. Bnryte'
from the IIartz Mountains are nd down in Sew York
at - -5 per ton. and after paving duty of 10 per
cent ad valorcm, SUDDENLY acquire market value "i
from - - to = pcrtou. In virginia. according 10
Democratic authority, II costs - per tom win the
cheapest Labor there procurblc To mine ton OF
haryteS and place it o. board thc car. ,,,,ro..,.,
otto Gcrau. of NcW York. acun a'dIc'''i
the committee tody upon The subject Of
piano ivory taking he ground that there VT
little labor involved saving mp IN"
ivory into keys and tn duty on sawed IVORY sh"uId
be reduced. lie thought too. that it would not be
a reasonable proposition e. levy a dui} oi F'o Oh
tusk Just because J. hd been cut IN nan 10y
simple saw cut to mcc the demands % the '"i''
users. The language Of tlr free list ~ho1d also be
modified a. to make patty manufactured mother
OF pearl dutahle.
Representative Lehlbach. Of Ncw Jc.scy. app'Ar"d
in behalf Of the pearl button industry, which "a~ in
state Of decay from N,triau competition. lie
wanted duty OF { cents pr line per sr"-' 'i peai
and she'll buttons, Tie present. rate Of wages of the
Bohemian huttonmahcr- Va one half that pid 10
convict labor 20 ihl, country
John Robinson. II NcwYork. supplemented the
remark, made by him YESTERDAY by saving. 30 answer
t. a statement that sp'hc duty 600 low grade
corhs would Lc prohihtory that AZ present h' -h'H
corks are imported. The sFc.hc duty Wa needed l."
correct the evils Of impropc appr~-cmcrt.
Alexander y. Wcddhau. Of AcNandra Va,
appeared A. a rcprc-cutltv of the legislative Com
mttcc Of the National Gnnrc and 'hc farmers oi
the Virginia state GrauSe T. demand equal prot" u"n
Il the farmer with the sol. iron. ard WOOL manu
facturcr- v.tuc., yc,udn had a-kcd to have
briarroot placed The r., lit because IT VA pr"
duccd here only hy fcv rcerv"- JOB N'rth Carolina
This Wa, not a proper pia, for tc" poor "aid' 81
the nation should lc protected ln tncf labor a, well
A. the pipe maker The pgc.cui great surplus col
lcotcd fsom the farmer fr thc benefit Of ric mhIn
facturcr should be ciu.toil divided b' series "'
bountic, upou agricultural products.
Nj. Brcoknrd-c. Their D. uo "ay {" hc'p tN'
farmer except uy pa'lus m q bounty or los Fc"n'i"-
the taNe, on what Dee c"nHr"-. i- th're
HE HE . "l' com, ,''g ',l' l ,l4 f, COUNTRY had de-
olarod for protection. th" Ni'''-- id. "u' i'
NOT h'r" 10 adt "''i" ii'r i.H'. il' f". '' '.i'
legislation and the prptecur "i tA' i".'nri 'l m''.'
conciu' Morrison. Of 5'' lo-, nrr-cn'..e the
importers Of brewer, r', protested az, any
Increase oi u.c present o'Ir-. Ir .a1 H.ll .,'
ol the large Western hict.rr would ''.-HiN' u'
entire prOduJ uf broken ~ ~ ihr ~"ulN.
R,pr..cuar,c William u km-'t. .. N.--"n". ,"p
pcar,d .n behalf az thr prhu'"re of hIi'f- n'd iH
the manufacture Of paint ih.n- iiHt fi' oui' Do" u
clca-cd 10 meet large imprtitl"n- from ''rn'i''
whence the llfytc- ,,flcr e ttl. ] h' u'u
had been broken down hl rI' iHr' of --... "uI
could be- revived only hy tle restoration Of th" "d
rate.
VI II. .Dingc 81 IHulhurc. Na.. producer "I
har,tc, ,ad ilaI lc uatc-hi v'- hauled T. ooo ml',
from the Hart Mountains ard delivered "n fr'id
yc-,c- AZ German seaport at - 80 ton WIZ t
he rtltrc-,i. paving hi- fcrro miners - week
and hauling il half nile, could not produce
barytc, at lc., than 81. 70 tol.