The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-01
FREE RAW MATERIAL
Manufacturers Talk Tariff TO the House
Committee.
Part of the Days ui-eu~.ion--- woosA
fr~- Raw Materials I.cr~n.~ or de-
crease the Wage. of worknen.

w,sHI>GroS, Dec. 3i.-Aithough tho
ways and means committee had assigned
to-day to hearing persons Interested in
the manufacture at glass and eartlien-
ware, the committee u r-t listened To argu-
ment 10y Robert NJ. Thompson, Of New
York, in favor of the free importation of
copper intended for expectation
fined copper. j. j. Bodine, of New Jersey.
impressed upon the committee the ncces-
sity OF restoring TN. rates of duty which
prevailed prior tn lss3 on cylinder win
dow glass and bottles. green and French.
Since the act of 1s.-S foreign glass Lad
been taking the place Of American glass,
although there existed i'm th.. United States
furnaces to produce glass for the
whole country. EN-tongressman Brewer.
of Trenton. representing TIA. potters
thought all their troubles grew out of ad-
valorcu duties. The pottery industry
had never been adequately protected. If
something was no. done to check the inn
portation of German goods the Bohemian
wares would have the markets of the
United States within five years. and
American pott"ri"s would have to
cutnb ar reduce wages very materially.
George A. NJ ..b.th.of Pitt-bur.s. a man
ufa"tir'r ot lamp glass. SAID he Inanufac-
i,Ired 2sp sty les OF Lamp glass aud of that
3p styles only - wcrr competed with 10y
foreign producers. One Of the. prir,cipal
ARTICLES used in this business was sod, ash
| aud hc favored "A reduction on that article.
| IA. would tai. the duty received from
soda ash last year au,. buy the Soda ash
manufactury at syracuse four times over.
he could manufactur. il at the rate of SaDc.
| per lW pounds. The present price was 81 .45.
Another ingredient which entered into
his manufacture was carbonate of potash.
which bore n duty of ID per cent. There
was not enough of that article i'm ths
country To supply his factory alone. An
7 Increase of duty. he argued. would not cus
| oil tn. Importation of foreign glassware
WI whn man,,i ,h,t b i,a,;nn INs sn% ,he P.aprs
| pay more for il than now. but would nos
prevent its importation. The only efrecs
| of lamp glass for which lac had no cou,pss-
| tion. n. wished To have the duties re-
| mitted on scala ash, carbonate of potash
| and lead.
Give me IRE. material ar frc. trade
| such a. England has" said Mlcbeth.
bor and defy any competition on the
4 face of the earth"
Mr.. B,yne: "And pay your workmen
| the wages you now pay them
| MIR. Macbeth: II will pay him more"
Mr.. Macbeth then admitted that he NJ
| one tim" contemplated moving his works
| to Germany. III. said German workrnen
| were not as efficient and skiiiful as Amer
with them d. would have taken men from
| this country.
MIR. Baync asked him il he would have
| paid them the wages he pa al here aud
| Macbeth admitted that he would not. His
leading idea in going To- Germany was ths
nS"pss snT F trade %, in his anr pa ,r m ss
would is perfectly willing to have FREE
trade in his prosluct.
sumner of lamp chinpeys would be bene-
~" hy aii,w ny raw material as welt as
th. finished prositict - bc admitted free.
| Mr.. Macbeth said the difference i'm price
would be three or four cents n dozen.
Mr.. Gear: THAT is to- the retailer.
Would the woman who goes tn the store
to buy a chimney get il for less ?"
! Mr.. Macbeth: My individual opinion is
that doubt it,"
| James Gilian,ier Of Philadelphia said
that the lamp chimney mostly used i'm this
country were manufactured here and sold
for less than Imported chiruueys. I'm
ported chimney. were used principally ON
! special lamps and were bought 10y people
| OF m.auS. He uid not want free ma
t"ri,l and advocated an increase i'm tho
duty various grades of glass. II his
raw material a. well as the finished article
was admitted fire.. he could not pay the
present wages and compete with foreign
| goods.
ID. G.. Ripley Of Pittsburg. president Of
the American Flint ana Lime Glass asso-
cation advocated protective duties on
cut glass. h. presented several spec
mems Of Belgium glass and stated that
they could bc laid down here at . less
price than they could be for in this
country.