Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-11
NATIONS CAPITAL.
Washington Wants the Worlds
Fair in 1899.
Recorder xTottsg nssisns Bos-
ton National BAnk-AsmoEial Build
ing at Philadslphia.

ing at Philadslphia.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. l0.-Befo-e the way
and means committee today, L. EttliaRer
New York, representing the Lithographers
Association, pleaded for An increase Of du
ties on hthosraphs.
Edward s. Hatch. New York. favored ,
change from ad valorem to specific duty on
lithOsraphic work.
Maurice Kaufman, New York, i'm porter
Of lthosraphic work. argued In favor Of q
reduction Of duty on that article,
Charles Kaufmann, New York, contended
that n was almost inpOssiblssso impose q
specific duty on lithoeraphic YORK ss asked
by the fithosrapbsrs - 1t would in some
| cases increase the fats over seven hundred
per cent.
Ralph Troutman, New York. asgued in
favor Of specific duty on lithogrsphs.
II. W. Combs. New York, representing
the manufacturer, said foreign hardwood
did not want increased duty but correction
Of treasury ruling Of 1887, which admitted
saved mahogany. cedar and other hard
woods as lumber, and wanted the same
duty imposed ~ prior to that ruling.
Casper Fechler of New York. opposed
earnestly any proposition to increase duty
on transfer pictures or decalcomsnies.
Wn. II. Osborne, . New York manufac-
turer Of thin paper, such ~ tissues and
other fine wrapping papers, wished the law
modified 90 ~ to read copying paper, silver
paper, all tissue paper made up into copy
ing books or otherwise, cents per pound
l5 per cent. ad valorem. Present duty he
s~i1 I ID
Wm. Strauss of New York, representing
the brier wood pipe manufacturers wanted
duty increased on briar wood pipes; also
wanted packages Of taxed rough briar
wood kept on the free list.
Parsee Moore on the Tariff Question.
j s. Moore. the Parses merchant, read
. paper in support Of his well known views
and laid = proposition that the present
tariff is in contradiction to protection as
long as raw materials which enter into
manufactured articles are taxed. The
tariff as at present is unable to keep i'm
portations out of the country. while it i'm
poses onerous burdens upon the consumer.
II protection is to protect then the duty
should be made 30 high - to keep out
foreign products. This would give as the
home market and wipe out the surplus
A protection Of 20 per cent. would pay
for all the difference in wages, - statistics
would show. A. wages did not prevent
our manufacturers from competing with
Europe the reason must be sought else
where. Moore endesvored to show that
the remedy lay in tree raw materials.
Moore said that rice 10 food and ought not
be taxed. Beans ought to be free, and he
also favored free sugar.
Chairman Mckinley. You said you were
in favor of free wool 30 Boston, Philadel
phia, and New York should be the great
emports for free raw materials. This would
necessarily imply a vast :importations of
woods. Would not those vast importatiOns
shut out the consumption of home wools9
Moore-It may be a hardship to wool
growers of this country and some qualifica
ton should be made. To a email sSrmer this
would hardly apply, ii fne goods tsnnot be
produced without having mixed wools which
be produced here. Moore said if
the price was reduced by large importations
and price of finished articles also reduced,
also would prevent surplus from secsmula-
ting by enabling our manufacturers to sell
their products abroad after supplying the
home market and increase the value of the
domestic clip.
John Robertson representing the cork
of the United States asked
for specific instead of ad valorem duties on
cork.
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