New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-20
proper relation IN rates. and their aeton In this rcArd
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LOOKING TO INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.
Tnerc N another mors numerous and nncA moro
important class Of articles upon which Increases have
been made important not only from their greater
vaiue but from the ultimate effect which Their produc
ton here would have upon the industrial future q tho
country These are tho articles Or industries which, IN
tho oct Of 1es3 and In prior tas We hAvc
without question foreign competitors, articles
which We were then willing to confess could not b
made in tho United States and upon which we have
never levied protective duties. These include all the
aner aud more expansive m.nris'tnrs III. IN every
finest cotton cloths these which in torture and IN
on cotton velvcts chenille sood:. and on AL nne
fashioned hosiery sna INIT scos on p o the , nsn
goods on iaoes, lace windewcurtsans' ana emorolo
cries # every dsscrigtiO1 have advanced rates on
the finer dress goods women's wear on ell the more
Of cloths for mems We %sa En- and upon
We have raised the duties silk vevets and pushes
and upon alk laces and embroidcries. and on ready
ALSO bean made on ornsmened and decorated glass
ware china and porcelain On some Of the n more
have BEEN advanced Other increases have been made
on musical instruments, on fne tissue ana surface s
and many mscesneons n.nnaHfarss q nss
articles From any the, Sroes is iHSshsSIe They
all articles Of voluntary use none 81 em n,e ne'es
for n ss Of ss cenmss
of this bii to formulate declaration that hereafter
they should Be produced BY American sS soats
and sSs ns.sr. sss sud sud s ,Ssy
patriotic impulse dictates that we sas make '"e
Our Importation Of shese artc,es amounted last
70 .sa q sr ss cost s' os
100000 Their production here would give employ y
sas e their &'n an' 70 people
would be supported BY this addition to our National
G Wrn c,obed a nGe fed here and Would furnish
greatly enlarged markets for our Farmers anu n'sn'
MAKING PROTECTION EFFECTIVE.
There is third class Of increases in duties where
ad valorem rates levied years ago have proven In
adequate as protective barriers. The protection
afforded by ad valorem duty varies with the foiesh
price Of the article upon which 1t Is imposed Inc
uniform and persistent decline In values during uio
last twenty-five years of all manufactured arucieS
and nearly all the products Of tie soil have erea's
70 Illustrate the decreasing value Of ad vsloem
ose with issE Hs e article se belongs os
have heretofore alluded TO- Prior to nos there was
that time the finer kinds Of womens fashioned hosiery
W0G 20 BEEN and nSs s fg
in price equal to onehan Of the value, or say to
81 e &c s S01 cents a9s as st S
per cent ad vaorem II furnishes less protection
50 1 Ri G may Se er q
IN 1sSs al CT SS Sy tie s ys
81 81 per .! For r. the WAS ass 3 I Pr
pound. In this instance decline In values equEaien.
TO nearly 80 per cent is ind "ed IN the period a %
yaiorem in 1850 would afford creator protection
% per cent in se AT svSsncs "a
Taking the prices Of merchandise our standard,
so per cent ad valorem represents lower tariff to
day than 20 per cent represented during the war or 70
cent in the pending blu win no. afford the American
producer as much protection as 40 per cent Sieoed
him at the time OF the last tarn revision In 1865.
PROTECTING THE FARMERS.
have already alluded to three classes Of articles
upon which have recommended increases In rates
There remains but one other. namely, agricultural
products The rates upon WOOL tobacco, barley, and
the whole list Of agricultural products have boon in
creased very largely This action has been taken al
the request Of the representatives of the agricultural
sections and upon the demand of the farmers OF tho
country who believe that the large mportations OF
competing products-arge in the aggregate although
perhaps not large relatvey-have njuriousy Affected
article which the rate Of duty has been
unchanged have been reduced There has aS been
in vs ss o trends Of 5an' the
arc So fond Of calling the necessares Of life On many
d use BY ns Ys srns s
of cotton cloth, all the low grades OF WOODEN ciotn
any schedule has there been any increase and call
the attention upon the other side of the
Chamber to this statement and challenge them 10
! question its accuracy In any particular.
ABSOLUTELY NO INCREASE ON THE NECES
SARIES OF LIFE"
Now, I repeat that upon all the articles which
Senators upon the other side have described to-day as
the neccssaries of life there not only enormous
increases in rates by this BILL but there are none what
ever. The American manufacturer is not asking for
increases in the protective duties on any OF this
of articles. none is necessary he has the en-
tire American market to-day, and will retain 1t whether
the tariff is higher lower. In fact, If 1t were not
guarding producers against the surplus product
OF Europe periods Of great depression In prices. eX
listing rates might with safety be very greatly reduced
Our manufacturers supply nine-tenhs OF the domestic
consumption of all the articles Of iron and steel. eX
cept those which have been Disseminated against by
legislation like tn-plae. They supply the cloths 70
ali the other great classes of our community. Our
cotton manufacturers supply the cotton cloths and all
people This is also true OF Ill articles In common
use included in all the schedules Not only have our
states but we exported year OF this class OF manu-
senators upon the other side point out advances In
certain paragraphs and eek from this to create the
along the line. These gencralzatiOns are wholly mis-
leading and Inaccurate. They have sought to prejudice
pretence that the articles in every day use BY them win
he greatly INCREASED IN price by It's proTsSns thsee
for themselves and their families aud their utensils for
farming domestic purposes at the same or lower
prices than before. and they will learn TO correctly
value tho gloomy fOrebodings and croaklngs Of the
whole brood of tariff refosmers; would suggest TO
my friends upon the other side that the event Is quite
too to make 1t safe to enter the realms Of dismal
prophecy.
/ do not believe that the higher and finer forms Of
manufacture to which have alluded will be increased
in price by action unless should be temporarily.
the senator from Vermont Ir Edmunds) very truly
| suggests. all of our previous experience shows that
| when American production and competition have been
added to foreign production the result has been a
dminuon In price, DO senators upon the other side
the Chamber seriously claim that the great mas Of
the people of the country will be outraged by In
crease OF the duty ugon linen laces upon the finer
kinds Of cotton, woOllen linen goods for mems or
| Womens wear These the items to which they
have repeatedly called attention.
| Senator'S upon the other side not content with