New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-29
TARIFF RESULTS IN .BOSION
ONLY FOREIGN GOODS RISE IN PRICE,
rrxrr1E FABRICS MADE IN THIS couNIHf
CHEAPER UNDER THE MKINLEY BILL
FOREIGN FACTORIES REMOVED
TO THIS COUNTRY.

FOREIGN FACTORIES hE'"o''
TO THIS COUNTRY.
poston Oct. o. (speciaD-The feeling among bos'oh
drvc,n!, merchants in recard TO mo TAR" 70
BY the following responses from u" p'O"''' ~
houses f. D. Haskell, IT,. OF Wilson, La'So'' W.
d;vsoodS No. 30 Bedford ST., san ,,
THE ord r. that have placed anu arc pa''"0
for domestic merchandise for the sprIhe o' i00' a.
rnif, ruly paccd at the same prices as year uso'
,,o ,oro- being the rule rather than higher. IL
IA inst tbc rev,rse I'm the case Of foreign goods OF
vrb ch the INN rt duty has been enhanced by inc NC
Ki,lcy act This leads 10 deal almost cNciuNFeS
with American manufacturers when WAS tno 'D'-''
OF the bill As We buy cheaper OF course ""
sell cheaper ;fd can truly answer thal '"7 'o'
To our cis merS will he less. We have soou' seVh's
five emp!oyes in orr store, men worth from S'o l"
aI 800 and they are continually asking me "'e'Hei
prt 'es are not going mp. being led 10 suppose l"aO
sch may he the case through the uteranceS OF Demo
cratic stYmp speakers | tell them that the stories
arr not Justified by facts. have inst placed an oueF
with a w,llknown Detroit manufacturer OF underwear
NJ marked decrease. Ever at that. ne tells me tha'
he is doing ten times the business lie did last year. taV
the foreigners are knocked ont and the demand lor
domestic goods is increased By the necessities OF tade
| have already placed order for certain line OF
domestic mnde underwear with a NewYork firm
TO- dnlivcry on July I. 1891. The gods are tho
sane and the prices identical with the correspond
Ing order Of 1o90 repeat that on all
hands the cost Of domestic products Is not increased
but decreased if ANYTHING. Every unpreiudiced buyer
wll tell you So And the dealer who advances prices
IN tic strength Of the antitarf agitation is doing so
fraudulent and without reason
Coleman. NJ, ah & Co. said Foreign cotton hosiery
has got to advance soon. We shall make no advance
this season however. but our spring business prices
will probably go up about % cents Dozen or III per
cent There are two things that will Offset that how
ever The first Is that already the German mani
rar,urcrs have reduced their prices somewhat TO meet
this tariff. The next and most important thing Is
the effect 1t will have upon our home manufa' lures
II il already bringing ont some wonderful domestic
ds We are going 10 have Just as good goods, ana
The only difference is that they are made here 90
not think the consumers Of goods costing 30 or 10
ccnt per pair going TO suffer any there Is so much
= ,mp.titlon. II is going TO come out OF US and the
eaer."
g. d. Harvey. Of FARLEY. Harvey Co., said ::
The Mckinley bin will. Of course, advance
pr.ces on foreign made dress goods. As for
homo. made goods We have already made q
number OF contracts at the old prices An
Interesting illu,trat on Of the workings OF the Mckinley
hin came under our n"uce last week. For several
years We have bourht fin" Scotch ginghams OF the
firm of Mitchell 4 Brother Glasgow. 1t becoming
e,id,nt that the Mckinley bin wa to become a law
thi. firm SGT up r;nufactory IN Phlad ,lphia. Last
week they submit I'd 10 II, -amplcS at = cents yard
les, than hnd be laying for the same goods
made In Glasgow. y similar case Is that OF large
nanufo turing and importing German firm, which Is
pg,paEng to manufacture plain fine dress goods In
pa,,aic, y. j. We have hitherto been obliged TO
import their goods. with the establishment of their
factory here. finer grade Of goods will be turned out
than has ever before been made in this country
The MrSsrs. Leonard. Of Holden. Leonard & Co,
agents Of tho Remington Woocn Mills. said I'VE
-!l to lc,rng ioh!nS houses all over the country Wo
| have made 10 advance In prices on any fabric yet.
and DO not Intend to. but encouraged to 20
ahead and make better class Of goods than be-
fore and propose "a place better fabric on the retail
counter for IN" price. Tie only difference will
IL that il will be mad in America, l>tcad Of abroad.
We b'evc that forty c.ghtlnrh fabric OF American
| manufacture will la sold at tn same price tho
forty. two inch formerly Id In the foreign goods To
show IN. cnroura: that American manufacturers
are receiving from the passage Of tio Mckinley bill
we may say that have leaS"d our old mill at
bennington. which hie been running for ten year.,
to mal from CohOcS. y. Y, WHO VIII manufacture
underwear. Tic will bring seventy i've hands 10 the
! town.