New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-10

senting the button manufacturers of the United states
said that the manufacture of hard buttons anu VI
certain classes OF metal buttons had greatly dc,Iheu
IN the United states within the la>i II" hvii ,,nder
to European competition and custom iiou'' ulu' !,
valuations. The manufacturers wdnici rcd'"nd,i
protection. namely ON ivory, horn and othcr hadu ,
buttons. ! cent a line per gross. ana - per oC"'
ad vaioiem Nelson {. Newell Oh Sp.llH'o'i Iirh
also asked more duty on Ne-cta1Ie h',' ii,,s
mann. Oi New lOrh. said That thTou-h lUc4N @
only small fraction OF the proper dHuc2 ' ,,,s
the curse O. TINS country. far q manuiactuIs WV
concerned People there lived lhe cattle Worhcu LA
almost nothing and children SIX 10 I"''o S0'' ~
worked too. , -,
Leopold Moritz, of Philadelphia told Of the dePre-
citation Of TIE bone button trade, resulting rom lDr
eiga competition The buttons cost him, To manu-
iacturc. II 20. and % cents was pure labor, 30
plan the process of the manu- 'lre' tle WIZ
produced bag full of specimens ara began; D> mou
grade used yet he cOuld hardly pay for tiem le
rapidly detailed the yarou, processes. in broken zen
diaeet ana 1PPaent Go. tuSf &C IN buionS lie
said that When he tried 10 sell his bdtton>. ne wa,
told that he must meet The fore.en rae. re Wahlen
duty of - per cent imposed on foreign bone ua,9l,
j. j.. ToYrcy. of Worcester Mas. cutler. toli al
the bad effects Of the competition 81 German mann
a,tUrcrS upon the razor Industry OF TINS country. ic
said mat he had To- import IRE steel 10 make the
razor blade,. from sheffield EndlanG. bccan'r Amer
ciehths Of TIE razor, used in tie United states wcrH
imported. and The domestic makers Woil Ike to nave
;he con,un r,. ana in three year, the selling price
would be ~il lower than al present. ~" man VINO
e21 ,' ne cot week for the Iane work, Jos ph
Turner. Worcester. in the same business Wanci an
increase IN the duty on the lower grades of razor,
George W. Well. OF SOuthirldgc Ta~s ~i ciH'io
and cycglaoS maker wanted the committee ip adnli
optical and lens glass free OF duty, a- wei d' l' 'u
ochcry earth used IN polls ing lenses tAio 90 IN prov
being produced at all in th, country iie a-" ~ L,I
~ have the duty lenses in r"ascd IL keep on me
cheap German lenses, ON spe"iaclc~ ana eN'~'i-'
The makers would like duty Of lifts Ger t- COZ p 'liu
30 per cent al valoscm. The present dut' va, - pc"
cent al valorem The witness product samples. ana
AID that a medium quality Of spccaclc>, mdG' h} nam
elf was sold for ~ % y dozen.
FLOW r-Iou don't mean 20 tell me that auVhodV
san make ~pc"tacleS cheaper than TINT ,
Winess-Ncs SIP. here j. German coW oi thib
sample that sells ~ from sixty 10 eighty nj doL H.
alter pay Ing. il is ALLEGED, - p,r cent d ~
John :. spencer. OF New York, another NP''i'.I c
maker. corToborattd the statements Of the pr'c'h~
witness. . go. g..
Jane, l. Carr of orange. Y. j.. on behalf Of lh' iuT
t manufacturers a-ked TO have the dute red n,t ~
% AS to Stand e. follow Hat valued ~ - Per N
Il 30 per dozen. between - AID SO. - per c"f'n
,hovc $40. - per dozen and. in addition I'D per ,ol
a VI loren OF all grade. W. II. Foley and I'hu
Phillips. two workmen for the prcc'fin- Wine ~
phillips being also an officer OF tho Jouu"ymeu l'i
tors Association. were the LAT witness. ana i"l1
re1y the depressing effect upon American W", i1 'n
81 The competition with the labor Of Europe engaged 10
Lat making.