Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-10-25

J. o. Hague, New York. an importer
OF carpets, rugs and other goods of that
nature, said just before the tariff went
into effect, when app lied to for informa-
ton concerning it:
The most cogent criticism of the rev
tariff could make would lake the form
OF an announcement after this order:
TO AMERICAN woRKMEN:
Your day has come. The morning
dawns, The new tariff bill takes effect
on the 9Th OF October, 1890. The bill
was passed for the benefit of the work
ingman. Imported goods will be I'D
vsnced from 20 to 60 per cent. Amer.
ica1 goods in about the same proportion.
This increase OF price is for your ben
fiet' On the 9th day of October you will
be entitled TO from 30 to go per cent adj
vance in your wages. You will be enti>
tied TO more You will be entitl, d to the
entire advance in prices on the goods you
make
You will deputize your committees to
ask this advance on the 9th of October.
This claim is put INTO your hands by the
government of the United States. Hun
drecs OF congressman and senstors are
your advocates and thousands on every
side are your witnesses.
Present your claims. back them up.
insist upon them. fight for them, with DO
surrender for your victorious motto.
The furniture schedule is as follows:
Kind Old rate. New rate
moouy OF wood ................3Dp IS p. c.
raIuAliy OF wood...........,..35 pr IS p. c.
In relation to this j. Mason, president
OF the Brooklyn Furniture company. one
of the largest firms in the United States,
says:
The tariff muddle in which the public
mind Is placed and To which daily stten-
ton is so urgently called excites alarm by
its provoking obscurity. So much has
been said and written on the suniec, of
tariff by its advocates and opponents that
the perplexed mind would fain wait till
the great revealer time" solves the prob>
lem.
To be sure, some are well pleased with
Inc advance IN the value Of their present
stock and take comfort accordingly. But
not so with the producer He will eau
tiously move in the line Of production and
shut down in great measure. influenced,
no doubt, by the unsettlement of values,
the possible displacement of political
gymnasts, snd, above all, by that I'M
known quantity that so very often dis,
turbs and sets aside the best theoretical
conclusions.
For my part, being at the head of a
company that handles lsrgely OF the me-
cbAnical products of our country. | feel
that Messrs. Mckinley s. Co. would have
served their country better il they had let
the goose lay her eggs in undisturbed
quiet. unhindered by the strsddle of pro-
lection.
have read somewhere Of a strong man
heing protected to death by the dietary
prescriptions OF his physicians. I. there
lore. conclude that well enough should
have been let alone.
The Mckinley law will have these eff.
fects in logical order: The manufacturer
puts up prices because be has to psy
more for his carpet woods; The whole.
saler puts up prices because he has 10
pay more 90 the manufacturer; the re-
taller puts up prices because he has 10
pay more to the wholesaler: the con-
sumers do not buy as much on account of
increased prices; the consumption being
less the manufacturer produces less. and
producing less be requires fewer work.
men. The direct results are loss of trade
TO the manufacturers and dealers, loss of
WORK by carpet workers, and higher
prices for goods. That is how the Nc.
kinley tax helps us all around.