New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-25
FREE TRADE WITH CANADA.
A HEARING BEFORE THE WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE.
STATEMENT or s. j. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
BUTTEEwoRTH>s ARGUMENT-vIEwS
OF SENATOR SHERMAN.

reciprocal commercial relations between the Ohtco
states and Canada. The speakers were . D. ho,io'
Of Akron. Ohio, and Congressman Butterwor'h' VII
Richie is a member OF several large corporations com
posed Of citizens OF the United states, when nave
some s6OOOOOO of American capital invested in
mines machinery and other property in the
Province OF Ontario. The substance Of Mr. Richie
statement Is embodied in letter addressed by MN
to Chairman Mckinley, January IL in which he says
The Canadian Copper Company ard the Anglo
American Iron Company are two corporations organ
lied under the laws of Ohio and doing business in the
Province of Ontario Canada. by special act OF the
Dominion Parliament, these companies have been
clothed with every right power and privilege which
they could have enjoy If they were Canadian. In
stead Of American, corporations. These companies
have purchased and own large tracts OF lands III
Canada They have erected mining plants, and put
ND and are running smelling furnaces in which they
are reducing nickel and copper and shipping the
product 10 Great Britain and Germany. The ores
which these companies treating nearly all IN
the form OF pyres and contain nickel, copper sulphur
and iron In smelling, the nickel and copper
saved IN the form Of mates and the sulphur and iron
are wasted.
.Wthin the last year nickel has come to assume
very important place in meallurgy alloy with
steel These results have been obtained in Great
Britain In France and I'm Germany. In France the
cartridge she'll, are made OF alloy OF equal parts
Of nickel and copper. In Great Britain large guns
for the Navy are being made of an alloy Of nickel
and steel This has also been done in an experimental
way in Germany but heretofore, and before the
discovery of the nickel deposits in Canada the supply
Of nickel was small and the price high that it
voud have been impossible to have supplied any
cons .dcT,bc want had its utility been known.
Tho Iron and steel Institute Of Great Britain is
composed OF the most prominent manufacturers OF
.tec, both in Great britain and upon the Continent,
and il has at It's meetings many American manuioct
urers The discussions at lis annual meetings repre-
cent the best talent ard skin IN everything pertaining
TO iron and steel that Is to be had in the world and
its conclusions are the highest authority To which we
can appeal About one year this institute APP
pointed one 81 II, most competent members, man
ascr II tho steel Company Of scotland. % make an
extensive series Of experiments with tins alloy lhl'
be did and reported tho results Oh ie efforts to the
meeting Of the institute held In London May 3, looO
Tb. ,cpor has attracted the attention Of steel manu-
facturcrs all over the world. No RESULT approaching
thc high elastic limit and brcaking strain of those
rcportcd from Tai, alloy had before been seen.
| myself saw piece OF ti, steel, made by the house
Of William Jcs-Ops a sons, 81 sheffield, wihoh con
taincd about per cent Of nickel and which was one
ln,h SQUARE that sustained weight Of 1913 tons ana
also showed - lsgh elastic limit
These results we're wonderful that parties In
Frropo who rnannfn,turc guns and armor plates for
the tlr,e urin .paI Governments have offered to con
tract for oirr companies entire production for pcrd
,t ION wears The proportions Of copper and nickel
I'm the ore, belonging 10 our companies are Just hnou'
chose d. cd by tho French Government In the manu-
,ture Of cartridge shells. Tho proportions oil IRON
AID nickel are about what are used In nickelStee
,bf-h - 3. proposed 10 In the manufacture OF
..,. ..t ar-,,o- pl,t,-. A. above stated, We are
now .,.,ltirs large quantities Of these ores IN Can
ada, and shipping the products 90 Europe ana u j.
There h'g, used IN Tho manufacture Of heavy guns
-or- c,mr,ny. although an ohio corporatrln has
for al purposes u Canada, been made by the '"h'"'
/ Parliament 20 Canadian company The Domino"
Government remit, Tie duty ON American m1'hiherS'
which ,,c send ln 10 work these mines. u also
..,,,,. -t,, duty OH coke which use for fuel II
also offer. ...i~ 20 largo bonus per ton for the manu-
f ,rr. ~ l..,, aud steel from this material hut inc
,tr.al gas u the uI-hborhood 81 flndi"y' ono is
-, admirably adapted to the manufctirr ara Uc"'
mont .f o. -c ORES. especially of our mates t'a' Wv
r.. ..t....i. contemplating bringing All our ores To-
.,.t place 90 Pee ,mclt"i; but We can 90 TINS Oh"
,., condition that our own Government shall ADMIT
H,a AZ free Of duty every part and constituent oil
Them T.cf. stlchhoiicr in these COMPANIES " "
,f.,.. of tc state Of ohio. every dollar hVe''"'
r them. D.. ohio capital. and in m'Ilns th'' rci'e''
I of ,o.r committee. uc ony ASH that you treat you"
o.u citizen, and your own capitol "- H'iN ""I
.tc-,U, a, tAr Canadian Government mas ''V''0'
.......cr,. who are American citizens
..I, Transfer our smelling WORKS 10 rms SIdr 'A'
/ fl, i.,a.,. would iclu.rc the erection oi very ~
tc0 ..c plant the expenditure OF d large amount W
/ capital. ard re employment OF gree" h".'''' w.
/ ...r. ..I. unless those orc7 aic adml'' ir'-' ''
,I ,,i,r,a.ir,, IL Dup.tal and employ mcHt o. men
i. Dee done Iu Canada, and th' pi"iH'' - u" ''.'7"
governments. Tine Government II Tire Initcd s'''e'
v.,uld undoubtedly bee "a large purchaser ana consumer
~ t.,.. material II b. we're produced ~ TINS country
Ifu q. not produced m TIM, country. II vi" h' con
-nr,,sl ly foreign government, only. hc'o'' ""
minO, 800 Cauad, there is only ono o'hef "'"c' "'"'
/ of ans importance IA the world ana tHdl "lo -
located upon the Island OF Sew Caledonia ana ''
,, f., fin, E,tb.chid- IL probably ha, not one
nuh part OF the producing capacity OF Inc '"'"'''''
/ niuc,. t,
last summer / made tour Of all the principal
! t aud fool work. ~ Great Britain and the Con
nu,nt and at several large Establishments We hau INC
of,r Of converting Their entire establishments INTO '"c
manuia,tulc of nickel steel. II We would enter INTO
contract &, finnish them the material. The secretary
of the Navy had sent man with me to examine ih''
! p,is vh.I, subject. aud had promised the Secrc
! tary that We -npuld make 10 contracts Win any
foreign governments until lac should nave Time 10 IN
anime u,n fine. value If this alloy for the use II the
av, aud obta The &c essay authority FROM 'oh6rc'N
t,,t ro keep tnI, promise have refused the oilers
Al owe named We desire to deal with our own "oNeF'
mcnt ana q manufacture all this material III our own
! countr, and Ia sell IL ~ own country, but we
do not wan, tu bee heavily fined for bringing raw
material ino tine country. OF KIND that We nave ho'
got. and cannot produce. Hi, Government j. about
60 c1pcud many million, u dola., I'm the construction
and bul ng OF powerful navy, and II would seem not
/ urrcn. pn.bl- q, expect that IL would ohor some
/ special mduo"mcut, to any company VINO coud iur
r.n b. with the bust material Ia the world, and from
/ u.c ouly .ourcc Of supply m the world. This oar
con pAn.c- arc ready dnd lnNions To do, aud thcN
cu} e. that they ahl! not be- taxed for the puFlleS'
ol DONG u. or ia other words, that YOU shall trea'
H. fi.rly A. every foreign government Oilers To do
as have aid before. these ore, contain COPPER
nickel iron and sulphur. We ask of your committee
That you admit all these free from Canada You
/ now derive 30 revenue worth mentioning from them
and lu ADMITTING tcm free. you gi,e the broado 81
possible Interpretation 10 tine doctrine Of protection
/ iou project labor. b. making an additional demand
Tor IL. NDu protcc, capital. ny giving employ m"iil
for II a home Instead oi driving IL of the country
to .cr. permanent investments. You rrcproc0tc Win