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this demand he said the industry in this ooun,
| try Ia languiahinR because OF insufficient pro-
eounrS is ws IN fafSPo eop II so
In answer to Mr. BreckinrIdge. the witness
| Mr.. Breckinrtdge But the present duty ID
$40 and the difference In cost OF labor is t29
The witness explained that It required $500
| pounds oil rough fax to make a ton of dressed
figures and process by which he nxed upon 500
| ton rs the necessary. amount Of duty and
hGram Boniley oi Bontiey 4 Gerwie. twino
| spinners OF Brighton, Pa, asked that present
duties be retained on iute. sisal, and manila.
| He asserted that under the conditions that OBJ
tanned formerly and which could be reproduced
with adequate encouragement the existence OF
Many mills we're abandoned when FAX began
to go out of use in the face of the competition
bnGSr twno ean be wRo met bS
last year, and that made the price Of ali binder
had been manufactured here. Flax could be
produced suitable for cotton bagging at from
Mr. Frank Frank l. SHS BSbbitt. Treasurer otIthe Chelsea
Jute mills, New York. described to the. COM
mittee the, ,iuto plant and the lutte butt Of com
dla, Scotland, and the United States, Including
the wages paid laborers In lutte mills. In
bers more than twice as much as in Scotland.
and from five 10 ten times as much as In India.
ne reGommended specific duty ON burlap;
instead OF the present duty OF 80 per cent ad
vnlorem.
Mr.. Rabbit read telegram from the Dol
employing 800 hands, saying that unless this
Congress gave them free raw juto they would
bo oesedb to 6epE 30 Se
Statements +, writing were fled with the.
the same duties asked for, by the Flax Grow
ers' and srinners'. Association. Mr., Harts:
emp and tI sqs Of Nss Yon and
the American Linen SuitinR Company IN or
gqnization o, flax manufacturing concerns,
Mr. Charles L Pearco Of St. Louis read a
showing that jue mills in this
Yards of Cotton tagging While" While the 5HI totai
amount required by seven million bale crop
Of cotton Il only forty:nye I've million yards, lsnv.
material ma @ used in tbs manuf%acture % Is suitable sui
iHr nothing else. except waste stock for paper.
cutta and American bagging TO show that with
luto butts free duty Of at least 2 cents per
laid in order to maintain the industry y in mi this
country: and that II the present duty OF IS O
ton on jute butts is retai ined, then the duty on
the a ma5nuiactured product must be IA cents
Mr.. Mcmillan questioned Mr. Pearce as to
IN s fSf to
1888. He asked II there was not a trust OF bag
Sir. Pearce said there never had been n trnst Of
bagging manufacturers. nor com bination Of
that in The sprinR of iSSO seven ef The tWentVt
five manufactnrers ot The conntry cornersd tSe
nrodnrr wbicb rasuIta5 in The riso ~ nrioas o in
dcSted Tbe 1S were se eesrsd
by the nrobSbii;tv of the passere of tRe Mia
Bin. .D' p-0DO'' u 'D' '''''"N' VI 'uo 'lii''
MILAN and witness. in the course Of which the
former asked witness II he justified the organ.
ization Of the trust corner or nhiianthronio
Institution brought about by the iear Of The
~ rho Miiis Xii ~ 'io io"' VI 'ne
saw" resnnnded Mr. pearce "tbat vban
you undertake. primarily 10 desiroy NV bnsi
ness am iustifed sernnderiIy In nrntacting
myself; and ri do IT, every time" '-0nE
noD tbe paOnia affar tha dnnasr ~ ,h & nes ErIo
Of The IN MiIs bii had passed." said do Mr. ME-
MILAN. N' ' '~-N -At "e
II can say to You. Mr.. Mcmillan, that there
isn't bagging manufacturer in the country
peiled t6e orranization yom reIer to "l''' '0A4-
Mr.. BrecEinrldeeNDoy Won know of anv MANN
fectnrer ratnrnjpS tho incrnasad nrioa ~ ha1
giuS3 t''uiHns 'n' in'f'a'eu pf''e Vi pag-
IT do not Tbav didn't bava n rho ,v;tnass |
repiied, -'' u'NN -'o ~ 'N0 "i'ne'9