New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-20
RHODE ISLAND EXPECTS AN ERA OF GREAT
PROSPERITY,
WHAT THE wooLLEx MANUFACTURERS SAY
AND WHY THEY ARE COMMENTED
WITH THE TARIFT

AND WHY THEY ARE COMMENTED
WITH THE TARIFF.
Providence. &. J.. Oct. 10 Special -Demoentie ~
tors and newspapers have ierated and reteraA6 tha
statement that the passage Of the Mckinley r.n6 nm
would cripple not ruin tho wooJen sooa. mann
fsetures that on the other hand free vools wa an
absolute necessity for the business salvation M IN.
Rhode Island woonen mills. Well. the Mckinley hin
law, and the result has been n just the oppo
ste Of what the Democratic croaxers had prophe.,ed
Mr.. d. Russell Brown Of the firm of Brown Brother,
d Co.. wholesale dealers In mill supplies b. bis bud
ness relations Is In close touch with not only ali tha
mill owners and managers in Rhode Island but Of ia
country ct large well. Mr.. Brown tells your cor.
respondent that In IN experience twenty ycsrv
he has never known . period when there v,s
such good feeling amonr manufacturers, ana
especially manufacturers Of wo0llen goods, - at
present. The trade Of Brown Brothers Co. extends
all over the United States and the arm feels the pulse
Of the mLuowncrs pretty quickly. Since this bill has
assumed shape where It's passage was assured, to
Mr.. Browns words Trade has jumped right up. Tho
demand for mill supplies has increased with at least
so per cent
There Is already considerable talk Of building new
factories and charging old J. j. H. Chace, Of
Valley Fails, aro raising the capital for large MILL
which Will furnish enjoyment TO great many people
city, but who has mill at Moosup Conn.,, just
the Rhode Island ne is working hard to secure the
transfer Cf English lace nill to this country and
probably TO this city, This would BE- almost . now
Industry to this country, and would furnish profitable
emplOym hundreds of hands, with boundless pos
sbilities for expansion.
Your correspondent had an interview with one Of
the mos: prominent woollen manufacturers in New
England, gentleman universally recognized as an
m Tho m ipcf said "a
Mckinley tarI regards WOO AMI woclleas as the bet
and aire,t passed Especially Is this true In the
change from at vaIOrcm w specific duties and the other
precautions taken to prevent undervauations. The
passage Of this bill will give the woolien business .
great BOOM While 1t Is too early for such movements
10 have taken form yet mill building Will receive
great impetus, and By spring believe that work VIII
he begun factories and extensions OF old Ones
six months ago would not have considered propo-
son to buy another woolen mill for instant, but
when the passage of the Tariff bill became assured,
vent In with Others and bought idle property Within
two years believe that great many new enterprises
will be brought u this State
Ex senator Jonathan Chace is quoted as saying that
the new tariff means era OF great prosperity Tor
Rhode Island. While the Senator Is more especially
interested in cotton mills, which are not particularly
affected BY the tariff, he Is keen judge Oh TIC VI
Industrial affairs In general.
speaking of cotton mills with which the surface
Of this little State is thckly dotted, the tarn does
not affect the class OF goods generally MADE nee io
we lave the 1ome market on these TEX incre 81
duty on the quality Of cotton dress goods sucn
sateens percaes and nne ginghams, Iin nave 0as
tendency to promote the manufacture OF those eoods
in this country. AS il has been in the past the
goods la4 down at our ports Of eny S a.
Knode Island manufacturers Of cotton goods contend
that the nne French dress goods can DC aupnea'ea
mere but not at the French price, on acGCu1
the higher wages in this country. Ine NchuIey
ill has rernedcd this and will give american manu-
@ade at the " PToSidenss Nils several
ser snSd: m:. mills as ANY tina! pTs
french Or English goods was made right here
iron Industry is snSy sHs OF WORKS
WerHs lighted by eisstrety form brilliant O0s ss
in the Mosshassuck Valley all night SHS :ss a Ine
WORKSHOPS are crowded with unfinished machines;
G a%ers b~ OH 8a t S" Work IS making
sxnch guns for the Government IN tss fat. sss
is not extremely busy. The iron men are not at az
disturbed. because iron and coal are 20. On Of the
Khode Island iron Industries gives the lie 70 the
reetrade allegations that without free iron and coal
on t , Of business D or move closer to the mines
The superintendent of IIarris's Engine WORKS say
that the tariff has no effect on the engine ous reu,
pelng enlargements. it results in extra orders "r
Apropos of the tariff coal and iron, ex,Aiae n
man BENJAMIN W. Persons. an extensive dt;eT u,
those commodItles says that the American soft coal
IS so far superior to the pcton coal that the manu-
farturers prefer it II they had 70 pay msher
price when the duty on coal was reduced niUy
cents a ton a few years ago. II did not oenent our
nannfacnrers nsinc Pcton coal particle. for the
rna miner, raised the price of their product exactly
the amount of the duty reduction. 49,. ,..
The great Nicholson File Works' when enp,U Us
many hundreds Of men, will be even more prospefouus
n tho new tariff schedules, which increases the
duty on many kinds Of files used by jewellers NS
utnsrs and which are made in this country eq0uy
As GOOD as those made in ENGLAND ana s~itaerianu
This company reports all the business they can 'ahe
There IS general and widespread ieeng ss smp bas
business mon OF all shades Of polltlcai Denei .ha
Whether for good or evil the tariff question Is see1
for ten years at least and that II Is fssns y
oermapence is helping business wonderfully IneIe
T. nnofher important and growing idea ana tnat Is
bot providence and the other manufacturing centres
Of the state entering upon o03n. WHICH WI" "
he value of real estate. and the general prosperity
and happiness of the people.