New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-11
THE PROPOSED DUTY ON LIME.
PROTESTS OF AMERICAN MAKERS AGAINST
ALTERING THE M'KINLEY SCHEDULE
MISREPRESENTATION EXPOSED.


MISREPRESENTATION EXPOSED.
Washington April 10 (spccial-The systematic effort.
inspired by the lime manufacturers Of New BrunS"lcK'
to create an agitation against the clause Of the Nc
Kinley bill which makes the duty lime ID IL cents
a barrel has had the effect Of developing the extent
and importance Of this industry. 20 far from being
confined to Maine it has been found to be large cnou,
to concern nearly all the coast states from Name 10
Virginia. and many OF The Western states. mere were
representatives here today. before the committee OF
companies Of lime burners in New-lorh statc-the
Glens Falls Company, the Jointa Lime company TIE
sherman Lime COMPANY the Morgan Lime Company,
the Keenan, Lime Company, the Bald Mountain Lime
Company. and the manufacturers Of the Sno"nhHe
Lime. at Peasantville They were joined by the jack
& Jones Lime Company. Of Maryland the Moore
Lime Company of virginia: The District Of Columbia
lime manufacturers and the Maine lime burners All
united in protest against any attempt to alto. the Nc
Kinley schedule The New Brunswick manufacturers
have sought to convey the impression tina; the line
industry is confined to few Maine burners VII"
represented banded together in a trust The
truth is that the lime industry IS nonTlshng III twenty
two states and New York. Ohio Illinois ana MnnsNl-
vania each manufacture nearly. if not quite as much
lime Maine
The Canadian competitions which is nourishcd by the
cheaper labor of New Brunswick. make, itself ie In
New York. Boston, salem. Fall River, Pr'vidcnc" ana
other markets in which the lime burners Oh H"lh''
New York. Massachusetts,, VERMONT Con e 'i'.''
land and Virginia deal The delegation here to-day
contend that il is a matter Of vital interest to
themselves and their employees that the proposed rat
lie retained in the Mckinley ill The lime bu>ines
they saw is above all else business in labor Ninety
ier cent of the expense of manufacturing goes foi
labor and so far the prices OF labor Of thi' Kind arr
much higher in this country than IN the Provinces ~
some places. as in Name wages are fully t~i'e VIVA
they are in Ncv-Erluswicl. OF course the loW
rrlce of labor is great advantage ~ The Pr'vnca
manufactures and under the present arh Of cents
barrel he is making money. and the ext mt OF hi con
trol of the American market is limited only by the
time il takes 10 increase the number OF Canadian
iilns. The New brunswick linz bIrAc;s have be IA
taking the market from the home manufacturer 70
the last few years and. AZ The rate the klnS arr
going up along the st. John River. IL viii lie ONLY
few years before the American business viii be ruined
or the wages of American works. BE- reduced T. tAe
standard IF the Provinces. unless additional proteo
ton Is afforded.
The lime manufacturers here have also exploded III '
Misrepresentation that tiny have a trist. In khot
County. Ne. there j. an arlanG'mcn nctW'ch '"th
firms in three towns whereby thfr increase or r.
strict their output according To- the state al th'
market. Lime /, pcii.hale COMMONLY, "icn De ,
ginning to d,teriorse n hit weather ~ thlc. or four
weeks, and by this arrang Wcnt The 'rA- save ihcu
selves from los. But they are 40 no sense a
trust They do not comprise all the hna- IN Maine
or even in the three towns. and they have lct'. n
with no firms ont side the >ttc III irei .ice tint tic
Industry i, small and j. confined t. Man. j, enti 81
false. Names share Of capital invested j. - Wr
600. New York has much or Mole BESIDE
thi, there are from 80 t. $50 ve~-oi al American
carrying lime along the Atlantic coast