Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-08-23
BACKED UP sY sHoppY.

poaed to Cleveland. Hut Supported Har-
Blsoa.
A late number OF the New York Dry
Goods Economist, the leading paper OF
the dry goods trado in the United States,
furnishes very interesting evidence OF
the .attttnde Of the regular wooden man.
sufactupers and of the shoddy manufact-
'urers toward the Mckinley bill.
OF the shoddy mon 1t says: "Manu-
ifacturersOf goods from wool substitutes
applaud the measure before Congress
and are championing Its proponents and
abettors."
But the wOOlen manufacturers are by
mo means enthusiastic in their support
of the Mckinley wool schedule. The
Economist says: 1.-THE tariff measure
now before Congress, or such portion Of
1t as applies to wool and its manufact-
'ures, has been opposed by o greater
number OF wool manufacturers and more
practical logic than has ever been sub
'-mitted against any previous customs rev.
.-enue measure. The wool manufacturing
industry has been waiting for eighteen
months for Congressional relief which
at this moment appears further of than
ever. The manufacturers are suffering,
inasmuch as their mills are partly or
wholly idle, and their output barely re-
imburses the costs ofmanufacture. Free
wool is wanted to employ the wooden
goods machinery Of the country, for UNI
It'll that can be started up both the man
ufacturing and the wool-growing inter
est must languish. When will Repre-
.sentatives be placed in Congress who
will execute the wishes of the masses?
From this summary 1t will be seen how
the wooden goods interest is handi-
capped"
But the shoddy men are backing up
Mckinley, because they look forward to
20 great boom in the shoddy business
when the new Tariff bill becomes law.
The shoddy men, too, are right They
see that McKinley's heavy duties in
wool will make it more difficult for the
people to wear good wooden clothing
and will force them to clothe them
selves in shoddy. That is why the
makers of humbug clothing are in favor
of Mckinley.
The shoddy men know good thing
when they see it; they know that the
Mckinley bill is measure which will
add immensely to their gains; and
therefore they are throwing up their
hats for Mckinley and would doubtless
be glad to support him for President,
just as they supported Harrison and
Morton two years ago.
While the shoddy men look upon Nc
Kinley as their friend they felt quite
the other way about Roger Q. Mills two
years ago when he was making tariff.
1t will be remembered that Mills had
the boldness to put wool on the free list,
claiming that this would result in
cheaper and better clothing for the peo-
pie. But this action Of the wild Texan
excited the deepest hostility Of the
men, and they became at once
his sworn enemies, for the shoddy men
are utterly and forever opposed to any
man who wants to let the people have
good, cheap wooden clothing They
therefore ranged themselves in opposi-
ton to Cleveland in 1888. During the
campaign Of that year circular was
scattered abroad by the Republican Ma
tional Committee, signed by seventeen
rag and shoddy men. The following is
taken from their circular:
Dear Sir: You are doubtless aware OF the
fact that the Mills Tariff bill, which has been
passed by the Democratic majority Of the
House Of Representatives, places on the
free list wool, wooden rags OF every descrlp.
ttion, and all grades of sh0ddy. 1t also
abOllshes the weight duty on wooden goods
This bill. therefore, as far as 1t affects the
in which we are engaged, Is free
trade measure. and as such we are decidedly
opposed to It No manufacturer Of shoddy
in this country could, undor these cIrcum.
stances, compete with the English or Ger.
man manufacturers, and, therefore, their
business would be entirely ruined. and all
the shOddy used In this country would be
Imported from Europe Our customers thus
ruined, what would become OF our business!
IL also would be ruined. and we and those
dependent upon Us would suffer.
There is only one way to avoid this loss to
ourselves, and that is by the defeat OF the
candidate OF the free trade party, Grover
Cleveland. We have determined In the
coming elcCbtuu ouPpOAs shO
of the protection purity, Harrison and Nor
ton. Their electIon.we consider to be indis-
pensable TO the maintenance OF our bust.
ness.
And in August 1855. the following
news item appeared in the New York
Press, one Of the highest Of high pro-
lection papers in the country:
The manufacturing firm Of u. G. Fenning
q Co, at Ludlow, n. y, shut down their
works yesterday, throwing out OF employ
ment some forty operatives Of both sexes
They were engaged In extracting wool from
.delaines and other rag materials to be used
in the manufacture of shoddy CLOTH They |
say that the passage Of the Mills bill In the
Lower House OF Congress admitting wool
free Of duty has deferred them from con-
4inuing their industry.
Quite natural that they should sup
port Mckinley now-''all in the family,