The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-08-29

Tho Manufacturers os shoddy ismor va
| chs nckni.y nsi--Ihey Know Ihel
| yriend ana ThsIr Fnrsny- They We're Oh
p"sed 60 cleveland. sst salp"strd ms'
sl.ou-
A late number Of the New York DR.
| Goods Economist the leading paper D
the dry goods trade in tho United states
furnishes very interesting evidence o
tho attitude Of the regular wooden man
ufacturers and Of the shoddy manuiact
prers toward the Mex lnley bill.
OF the shoddy men IL says: "Sianu
facturers Of goods from wool substitute
applaud the measure before Congress
and are championing It's proponents ant
abcttors."
But the wooden manufacturers arc b,
no means enthusiastic in their supper
Of the Mckinley wool schedule. The
Economist says: Tho tariff measure
now before Congress. or such port on o.
II ~ applies 70 wool and its manufact
urcs. has been opposed by greater
number OF wool manufacturers and more
practical logic than has ever been sui,
mitted against any previous customs rev
industry has been waiting for eighteen
months for Congressional relief which
at this moment appears further of than
ever. The manufacturers arc suffering,
inasmuch as their mills are partly OF
wholly idle, and their output barely re-
i'm burses the costs OF manufacture. Free
wool is wanted to employ tho wooden
goods machinery Of the country, for I'M
til that can be started up both the man
ufacturing and the wool-crow ng inter-
est must anguish. When will Repre-
sentatives be placed in Congress who
will execute the wishes OF the masses?
From this summary it will be seen how
the wooden goods interest is hands
capped"
But the shoddy mon are backing up
Mckinley. because they look forward to
great boom in the shoddy business
when the new Tarin bill becomes law.
The shoddy men. too. are right They
see that Mckinley's heavy duties in
wool will make il more difficult for the
people to wear good WOO en- clothing
and will force them to clothe them
selves in shoddy. That is why the
makers Of humbug clothing arc IN favor
OF Mckinley.
The shoddy men know good thing
when they see it; they know that the
Nc hinley bill is measure which VIII
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.
II will be remembered that Mills had
the holiness 70 put wool on the free list,
ria ming that this would result in
cheaper and better clothing for the Ieo-
PIE But this action OF the Wild Texan
excited the deepest hostility Of the
shodty men. and they became at once
bis swofa. enemies, for the shoddy men
are utterly and forever opposed to any
man who wants 20 let the people have
good. cheap wooden clothing. They
therefore ranged themselves in oppos :
ton TO Cleveland in 1883 During the
campaign Of that year circular was
scattered abroad by the Republican Ma
'ional Committee, signed BY seventeen
'ag and shcddy men. The following is
aiken from their Circular
Dear Sir: lou are doubtless aware OF the |
act that the Mills Tariff bill, which has b en- |
passed BY the Democratic majority Of the |
fouse n Representatives places on the |
rec list wool. WOODEN rags OF every dcscrlp. |
ion. and All gr .des Of shodiv u also /
boIishes the weight duty on WOODEN goods
This bill Therefor. rs far a. Il affects the /
NJ nsfry In which we arr engaged. Is a frcr
radc measure. and a. such we are dec ded1y /
imposed to 1t. No manuf cfurpr OF shoddy
p this country could. under til SO circum. !
tnnces. compete with the tnglish or Ger.
nan manufacturers. and. therefore, their /
usincs< would be entirely ruined ana all i
he shoddy used In this country would be /
imported from Europe our GU tome rs thus /
u'n~d' what uli become Of our businessi
also would be ruined. and We and tn use
cpcndcnt upon rs would suffer.
There Is only one way to avoid this loss to
ursc YES. md that 3 Lv the defont OF the /
andidate Of The free trade party. Cr,ver
lcveland We have dct-rnin med In the
ominy election 10 support the cand "a ties
{ the protection party. Harrison and Nor
~ ss%t@ ttNNttDn ~ NOHSlueE 10 DO mus
ensabic TO the maintenance OF our Lusl.
css.
And in August 1855. the following
ews item appeared in the New York
ress, one OF the highest OF high pro-
sction papers in the country:
The manufacturing frm OF J. 4. Fennine
Co, 1t Ludlow. NJ n. shut down their
orks yesterday. throwing out OF employ.
ent some forty op sratives OF both sexes.
hey were engaged Ia extracting wool from
elaines and other rag mat rails 70 be used
the man ,fafturc OF shoddy cloth. They
y that the passage Of the Mills NH in tho
,wer House Of Congress admitting wool
&c 81 duty has deferred them from con.
nuing their industry.
Quite natural that they should sup
'rt Mckinley now-s'all in the family.
'u know" Tho past few years have
itnesscd . very great advance in the
% Of shoddy in this country. Accord
3 TO the census OF 1870 our shoddv
ills used 10000. 600 pounds Of raw
oddly. In 1850 they used $4,000. 600
'undA and tho census just taken will
ow an amazing increase for the past
n years There are now more than 100
oddly mills in the United States. and
out $50, 600, 900 is invested in handling
d manufacturing shoddy
The use Of shoddy in clothing has in