Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18

that If q tariff law should be enacsed -
would impose such = duty. Thereupon
the price again began to advance Juss
before the vote on this paragraph the
price in Chicago and St Louis Was S>s
to cents The following week 1T Ma
~ cents 1t is now about cent?
Now the question for such high tartH
organs as the Press to answer II this.
Where is the profit to the country ee
large in paying ~ cents . pound hignex
for its lead in order that = few hundred
or thousand miners in Arizona and New
Mexico may get higher wages? Is ts
economy? Would any intelligent farm
er or business man conduct his Affairs
on such q principle?
The duty on lead played directly into
the hands of the lead trust By cans
ing a scarcity of lead it enabled the
trust to put up prices There was
actually q lead famine On October
the New York Engineering and Mining
Journal said:
The lead famine stiil continues. and ehae
1t Is owing to the shortRess OF supply In -
United States Of suitable smelling msserssl
and huxfnx ores. there Is no question OF
doubt from the state OF Affairs now existing
in Leadvilie. Col This district when the
discussion was going on as to whether Mex
lean duxing ores were admitted or not. was
represented by those opposing the admis-
sion being capable OF furnishing not only
sufficient for its own smelling industry pms
q large surplus for smelters established
elsewhere Now 1eadviile IL actually i'm
porting Mexican iuxing ores in spite OF the
long haul and high price, to keep her own
smelters going!
In recent years there have been
scarcely any importations of pig lead.
the old duty being prohibitory; but now
that the home market price has gone so
- rl, <a< ho N
notwithstanding the duty of two cents
a pound For the week ended Novem-
Der Is about $50, 600 pounds were entered
at New York.
The lead duty is bearing its legiti-
mate tariff fruit in building up trusts
| A recent number of the Metal Worker
saws:
TIE lead bu sire=s of the country is rapidly
eristing into the control of few orgasiza-
/ tions- The evidences of succ IS of the lead
| trust, the combination of the white lead in
| t-Tests. with two smelling plants and one re-
/ dnery allied with IL, has gwen en- ourage-
/ ment to others 1t is true that the grand
4 Capitalization scheme OF the other shelters
| and r, finers fell through completely, but
| since. then thu two leading Mcntan snelt
ing works at GREAT Falls and st Helena have
combined. and fused ~ tn them is the large
new refinery which Is just being completed
az Chicago Son'e of IN group Of capital
lists who are in Sontrol of this combin tion
1 own also the Colorado Snelrfrg Co Dany sc
Pueblo rnd possess mining property in that
stare. Others are very largely id -ntiied
with mining interests in Montana and the
| CRur d'Alene region. in Idaho
The white lead trust has also been
advancing the price of white lead.
which is used in making paint About
| the first of October the price of white
lead was 81 cents a pound against 4
cents in England Under date of No
| vember IL the trust sent out q circular
announcing AN increase in prices" It
| gives the rate of white lead purchased
In kegs in lots of less than i. 900 pounds
at ~ cents net (that is. without any
trade discountl. If bought in 25-pound
tin pals. 81 cents per pound; If in
5-pound tin cans 1Qs< cents The price
of white lead in the Unitod States at
the present time, If in kegs is. there
fore, 93N per cent in excess Of the for
eign price; If in e5-pound tin-pails. 1oex
per cent, and If in 5-pound tin cans
over $50 per cent, less fair allowance
for the difference in the cost of the tin
in this country and Europe.
J And in answer to Acts like these the
protectionist organ points us to the fact
| that s'three hundred extra men have
been placed at work. at Socorro, n. NJ
Would it not be a good thing to turn
loose a few bloodthirsty fool-kiilers in
this country?