New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-20

YuSSpoees raecer than for serious exsminat56a IT,
! Asve reeed TO tho Senate my own cOncIusioos -,
those Of the Committee on Finance.
TRENTON wORKMEN REJOICING.
INCREASED PROPERTY LOOKED FOR IN ~
POTTERY, WOOL. IRON AND OTHER
GREAT INDUSTRIES. "a
Trenton. n. j.. Oct 10 CspecsI.-The potter -.
| wooIlen and wire industries are to be beneA.,.ss
Affected By tho Mckinley Tariff bill and there "a CO..
quenfV FEELING Of deep satisfaction amoox tia ~.
facturers OF Trenton over Its passage. While 49,
every ono OF them has some criticism to pass uru,n -.
bill, however. not one can be found who doe. -
hanky ADMIT that tho measure a. whole win slim,
| lste business This n the great pottery n,odr..-.
district Of tho country and II has suffered IN n.s,
by reason Of the great sale Of foreign wares IN ,ns -.
markets. The action OF Congress will tend IN p,s..
tho American market for the American m,nnt.c.n,.
and very shortly the building OF new ,dlns win ~ :,
gun here.
ExCongessmsn J. Hart Brewer. Of the OFT p,ev-
Pottery Company, makes the following ststemen, -.
The Trfbune ."
during ue discussion OF tho tariff question In tho
Cogress Just adjourned, much was ssaa .hoot N.
pottery schedule-both In and out OF Coner.~..snS
50 many fale impressions were given advcrtentlv ara
Inadvertently. BY those who opposed 10 the ~
lection Of this industry that 1t may b wen 10 -.
Q few facts here
"The amount OF duty we to receive under tha
Mckinley bill as II left the House was maenIaaA
very largely by those Interested In the mporatioo ~
foreign goods directly, and by those whose political
principles did not favor the policy Of protection
This was caused largely nom the fact that We Yer.
classed with the glass manufacturers In schedule n:
as their portion OF the schedule such c0mpncsssd
one. having In as 1t did sd valorem specific and CON
pound rates. many trihng items necessarily receycl
q very large advance in the rate. This compounl
rate was omitted In the bin II finally passedl
These items were selected and paraded before the
public 10 the great disadvantage OF the manufacture,
OF carthenwac. a. well ar Of the glass industry. We
gain benefit through the Tariff bill Just passed n
the rates remain the In the old law viz. IS
per cent plain goods and 90 per cent on decorated
goods
The Administrative bill, passed previous to IL
Tariff bill restored the duty crates and hoesheadA
There We're also in 1t certain restrictive features IN
regard to tile mode Of entering foreign merchandise
which 1t thought would nure to the benefit Of this
Government by enabling it to procure accurately
fair foreign valuation. How difficult this is unde
an ad valOrem rate Of duty such We have on pot
terry every dealer knows. Our additional protection
under the Tariff law depends somewhat upon The
this law Is administered. II has been shown from
time to time by the manufacturers that the Taria
law, with the benefits OF the Administrative bill thrown
| in. did not give over . per cent the commol
goods and less than per cent on decorated goods
Really, them the practical benefit 10 Is very sma1
About all We can be thankful for Is tina thc pro
| posed by the senate reducing the duties were not
enacted into law.
NO fair-mindcd person who believes In the policy
Of protection al all will for moment claim that the
rate earthenware Is excessive when compared with
those on glass. iron. woollen and other lines
goods where the duty is specific. and the evasion
duty and differentiation impossible.
THE new law can bnt be beneficial, however. to tAs
manufacturers In this country, far 1t goes. and
! nv opinion that American prices Will be iirmer In
consequence OF the benefits above referred to- II viii
compel the foreign manufacturer TO reduce his prices
to maintain himself in this market, and thereby tend
| to hold the American market for the home manu-
| facturer.
The quality Of the wares manufactured in ts
United States both plain and decorated, 4. CONCEDED
TO be equal IL not superior, to those made abroad.
"With product OF about ten million, in this coun-
ffy- and importation OF about the same amount
will be that competition Is naturally Very strong
The future nf tho business. however Is regarded anns
operatives and manufacturers throughout the COUNTY,
more hopefully since the passage OK the AcAinU o"'
and while we cannot yet tell what the oeno
fits will be under the Administrative ouA
the feeling throughout the trade is ono o.
hope.
"This industry has grown in twenty five wears iron
an insignificant 10 its present proporI'oh'' w
has produced BY its competition with the ro'eis"
wares a reduction in the cost Of the foreign pr'a"e
OF 90 per cent on plain goods. ana Tar NOV y" .
rated wars: so that anything that Wouu 'e"u ~
trIppe the industry in this country "o"u WI"
benefit our rivals across the water. ma WHICH o"s
they had the market in their own hands u'e san'e :"
foreign monopoly would exist. Hence '"e p''e'
industry to-day Is Of the most d.>erVenN p'pwA
industries and my opinion the I""eN's VI Wv
United States has made mistake m strenS'he'InS
IFS oosition as it done by the passage OF the wv"
Knlcy bill.'
Isaac Weatherby, president Of the Trenton Woou0
Connanc said The effect OF the Tariff bill on Inc
woollen industry will certainly be very benehcsi -
| the increased duty will keep ont foreign goods 1"
manufacturers will sell more goods and therefore hs'e
| u employ more labor. The demand for the iirme'
nroducts will be heavier The worSted warn inGus'n
will be helped the most. "a the new dntS Is aio'
,robbltory This Industry has been depressed on ~
count OF the large importatons We are about TO sts"
her, a mohair cotton and silk plush factory, WIN
| ,mnroved machinery The higher tariff on these gooas
will make the Trenton factory successful nom I'M
start, because the goods can he pr"du'eo hee ~ %
as abroad. The competition Will Keep price, ao"n ,s
| the consumer, and importation VIII III "rsc "''
Mr.. weatherby says that high prices Will not p 'Od
vail long Capital will be invested NJ ne" m MN n;Sh
the strife among manufacturers for trade VIII icNn
Ferdinand Roebling. Of the Roebline sons SONS, "I IN
mill is looking for an Immediate Improvement, ~
husiness-not boom. but solid bettcrment that ~
hi, Judgment will continue. While the duties on 49,
mon wire reduced those Of the hlsh GrSee mill s
"na NJ The largest in the country, the output OF 'e
graph cable wire alone being enormous, steel and
,rnn Comnany Cooper & HEWITT, said that the an.y
on structural had been reduced ana mat u All
To- their business would be nterfercd with III *
nthcr branches of the iron trade stimulus VIII oe XIV
at once. $500 , A., notwithstanding world
INC , III ,hs indnstriai city oi Trenton greatly ~
has grown 5000 in population III the la>t zen -
and expects to have 100000 altogether III an''
decade.
CANADA AND THE MCKINLEY BILL
LEADING GOVERNMENT JOURNALS pl>PoShp ~
roox rpoy 1T AS A BLESSING IN DISGUISE