New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31
TALKS ON THE TARIFF.

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| TALKS ON THE TARIFF.
GLASS MANUFACTURERS HAPPY.
THEY oAN VOW COMPETE WITH CHEAP FOREIGN
1Aso1-raE PIECE OF HOSIERY.
| sons Of tho most notable instances Of the sood
effects Of the new tarn' said Emanuel W. blooming
| dale, Of the Arm Of Rlcomngdale Levy. No. 10
Mercer-st dealers and importers Of perfumeyy. &C.,,
.is shown In the ease OF bottle glsss ana the nner
grades Of flint glnss, manufactured In Germany ana
| Belgium, and which hsd bean largely imported to
this country before tho passssa Of the Mckinley bill
Tho old rate Of duty Aint-sass was 20 per cent
I'D valorem. 1t has been Increased to GO per cent
Now taks this little BOTTLE said Mr. Bloomingdale
selecting small round haskshaped two-ounee bottle
for holding hne perfumes "This bottle mao IN Cas-
sell Germsny could be laid down In this city at u %
q gross, and many thousand gross wero snnuAly I'M
ported because the cost Of the Same article mado In
pittsburT and laid down hare at lest d &c. Now
deducting from tho price Of the German bottle
| the duty, 80 cents cost Of material, 60 cents
| (praetaealIy the same hero and abroad; the
transportation. say % cents, In Oil u w. ana
you have ls the cost Of manufacture 30 cents OF
Yet US say 20 cents. . gross at tho very most Tne
lowest wages paid glass blowers here would make
the cost of manufacture 90 cents gross to this add
transportation to ewYork, 80 cents, ana csrteeo 10
cents and you will SEQ what Pittsburg bottle manu-
facturers and our glass-bowers have to compete with
In the case of German made fintglsss bottles. Inc
very lowest rates Of wages paid gassblowers in this
country is IS day. the greater number earn from "
to 90 a day. and not few. with helper, earn $l4
day. The average German glass blower considers nln
self we'll paid at 81 rs a day.
"Therc is no doubt about these figures. They are
plain and simple, and he who runs may read them.
They are fair example Of the effect of the new tarn
on This line OF American industry IT Is true that to
price Of these bottles will be tribe higher for time
but which is the better policy, would ike 10 hho"
TO have the millions that annually sent abroad ior
German glass bottles remain In this country anu
employ our glass blowers, or import foreign poS
ties at trlhing saving! Now, In the case OF my own
business, although We are forced 70 pay little more
for this article prefer to have things as they are
under tho tariff, because know that the business
ON the whole will be stimulated and am pouho 10
keep my share of these millions OF dollars remaining
In this country. Whatever small increase 'here may
be at first in the cost Of bottles since the passage OF
the act will only be felt by the dealer ana retainer.
"The sate argument applies to nearly al inc ooV
Tics made in this country but mentioned this par
ncular make OF bottle as a straw which shows inc
GOOD that the tariff wind will blow the people OF 'n'
country"
william Bloomfield. a large glass manufacturer OF
No. SO Fulton-st said With the highest tar'l "hch
has ever been imposed upon fintgass. ana win
wages within 10 per cent of the highest ever paid In
this country the product is cheap. not cheaper
than ever before The wages are paying To-Day are
within 10 Der cent Of those paid when gold was al
premium Of $780, l could not say more than this IL
l wcrc to talk for an hour. year ago. when was
in Belgium asked a large and wealthy manufacturer
what he paid Of his blowers, who was making peer
bottles for shipment to America TWO douars anu
TWENTY-FIVE cents In your money. he answered. with an
unmstakable air Of pride and generosity thoughe
the man would faint when told him that the same
man in Pttsburg would be paid from W to elo aay'
and might perhaps be able to earn $10 Gay. ~ Is
certain that the wages Of the gassbower In this coun
try will be increased nnd more men will be employed
nnder the new tariff and believe that the price OF
Glassware If not cheaper will not be any higher in tile
future
A member Of the firm Of Hobrook Brothers. at
pcekman and Gift sts referring TO the difference I'D
tho present cost Of plate glass In this country ana thai
which prevailed fifteen years ago. said: II consider
this one OF the strongest illustrations OF the dement's
Of malicious usness-like protective policy since
the Imposition Of duty on plategass the article has
been manufactured to Such extent here that were
the duty removed to-day believe we could easily hoid
our own with the European factories Although there
arc comparatively few factories here the price OF plate
glass during this time has fallen over 20 per cent.
wrcOut protection 1t is quite certain that this reduc'
ton would never have taken place.
The figures and facts given above were substantlated
nv Michael H. Hagerty, of Hagerty Bros. & Co.,
dealers and importers Of glassware. at No 10 Platt
st., and several other welknown men OF the trade.
As startling example" Of the alleged eXtortlonate
prices which American manufacturers will reap under
the new Tariff law, Cleveland merchant was quoted
in published statement recently as saying that
manufactures have already served notice that they
will advance prices on the goods hosiery) wmch We
now sell at 81 cents pair so that we Will be forcea
to sell them at 3o cents pair Instead OF being con-
tent with old prices and selling their goods at figure
that with these high tariff rates, would drive every
English stocking out Of the market the American
manufacturers at once take advantage OF the high rates
to demand propotionstey high pr.ces.'
J. Henry Smith, Of smith n Angel, OF NO. 80
Thoma st. the first and largest importers and manu-
facturers OF fast black hosiery In thus country sua
to Tribune reporter after having read this clipping
The statement that there has been an increase In
the pice of these goods or that notice OF any such
increase has been given, l know to be untrue vi
course we will feel any possible III effects OF this new
law as much any house In the country, and without
wishing to appear egoistical, believe can say ua'
understand situation among the large manufactur
ers and dealers In this line OF goods as thoroughly d
any in the business. but can say that althoush
have heard Of lower prices since the passage OF tho
Mckinley bill, have no knowledge Of any contem-
plated increase in prices. only wish every man and
woman in the United States could know the facts OF
the mattel s TAX
profits and higher prices. ,.y,., .,, ,u.,,.
"A year ago. believing that the Mckinley bili would
The manufacturers and ,obbers throughout me country
made trip from here TO Providence ana through ule
ths. Without exception they anxious and ready
these goods at as low r snre as aa the pem 10
compete with tho cheap German labor In getuhG Io
goods on the home nj r6%ncte With 'H we have
machines better methods and better dyes Cn,ll the