Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-30
PROTECTION TO THE FEW.

PROTECTION TO THE FEW.
A good Republican friend of THE GA
zETTE writes this paper as follows: "Fol
the perusal and editcation of Demo-
cratic editor enclose this clipping from
the Boeton Journal of October 10, 1890
After firing hot shot into the Republican
party ease your mind upon this article.
Your friend. -
The George Bullock mills, Conshohocken.
| will soon begin operations, giving employment
to about 800 persons. who have been idle for
| about year and half
The syndicate which purchased No. mill las.
summer recently secured clear title to the
mill, seventy-fve tenant houses and about
forty-eght acres OF land. The mill cost 500 Oo0
| net When it was sold at auction last June it
| was purchased for S64 600.
The syndicate is composed of Roscoe K.
| Meyer, William NJ. Singerly, Dunn brothers,
| Henry Lewis and William B. Bullock. The
| other mill, which originally cost SIT, 900, has
| been purchased by s. u. Hill for Sl25. 900 Mr..
| Meyer saws tina. but for the passage of the Nc
| Kinley bill the mills would be a white elephant
| on their hands.
Here then we find the Mckinley bill, Just de-
| scribed as an outrage upon American working
men. figuring the prime cause of the starting
up Of two extensive mills, giving en-! 1lovment to
| 600 men who had been idle for 8 wear and half.
| Despite the able editorials of the Times. 1t is
| impossible TO resist the conc uson that \
measure which begins to work in that way,
| almost before the ink of the presldent's sigma
| ture is dry, cannot be altogether curse to
| American worklngmen.
Verify the new and higher tariff is q
blessingl 1t causes Carnegie and all the
other factory lords to rub their hands
| and 1t puts GOO men TO work. 1t will,
| doubtless, put other men 10 workout
what of the manYi What of the 80 .000.-
| 600 people VINO must pay more for the
necessaries of life9 The GAZETTE never
dispute the benefits of robber tariff to
the few-THE GAZETTE speaks for the
many, and these the tariff rubs to enrich
| the few. The Mckinley tariff adds to
the price of everything bought by the
poor. If there was any doubt of this let
the following testify:
New YORK, Oct. Il, 1890.
To the Editor o, The World:
You mention o-day the case of a recent i'm
portation of pearl buttons BON which the old
duty S29l and which the rates made
sl6ls. 50, an increase of 1892. 50.
We imported an invoice of pearl buttons upou
which we paid duty prior to October OF S3S2. TO-
The duty to-day that invoice would be
S6Sl3 S an increase OF S6i6l 06.
just figure tie percentage on that and see
what fun Mckinney is having with the poor peO-
pie who buy these buttons, in helping to build
up an industry that never existed in this country
and never will exist here except in very fine
goods used by the few! Yours truly,
s. HIRscH & Co.
Another merchant of New York, Mr..
Daniel McKeever, also tesiifies through
the columns of the World to the increase
by the Mckinley bill:
Cotton corduroy goes up from IS per cent.
duty to a 70 per cent duty. Fine cashmere, now
at 1917 per cent goes up only to so.
Wooens of the grades used by workingmen go
up from so per cent to ITO per cent. Fine broad
cloth, now at 80 per cent. duty, goes up only to
Cotton velvet is doubled from 40 per cent. to
50. Silk velvet remains unchanged at 30 per ]
cent.
Cheap alpaca goes up from 60 per cent to 100
per cent. Black silk still remains unchanged at
so Der cent.
Cotton sleeve Innings with stripes go up from
35 per cent. to 100 per cent. Silk sleeve Innings
remain unchanged at 50 per cent.
Cotton laces and handkerchiefs go up from
40 per cent. 10 90 per cent. an increase of one
half SILK laces and handkerchiefs GO up from
50 per cent. to 60 per cent, an increase of only
one-ti fifth.
silk plush to initiate sealskin sacques goes up
from 80 per cent to ITO per cent. Sealskiu
sacques go down from 80 per cent to 20 per
cent.
And if this be not enough to show the
effect of the new tariff, THE GAZETTE
has before it FIVE circulars sent to H. N.
Conner of this city, two of which, as
samples of the whole, are given below:
New YORK, Oct. /, 1880.
To the Trade:
In consequence of the large advance in prices |
of leather and other materials used in the man |
ufacture of our goods, we are compelled to adj |
vance prices as follows:
Ten per cent. on all goods except press hoard |
n n ms 10
students note books, composition books, |
counter books, etc.
Twenty five (25) per cent. on letter copying
books made of imported papers.
Ten (lol per cent. on letter copying books |
made of domestic papers.
Trusting to be favored with a continuance OF I
your valued orders. we are yours truly.
b THE J. G. SHAW BLANK Book Co.
ROCHESTER, n. Y, Sept. 90 1890
DEAR SIR-We beg to advise you OF the fact |
that in consequence of the recent advance ON |
materials compelled to withdraw all our |
you our very best prices on application. and we |
trust we shall continue TO receive your esteemed |
favOrs. Yours truly.
And il this all be not enough let Mr..
Wanamaker, postmaster-general and
merchant, testify, as he does in circu-
lar to his patrons;
''Tinware is advancing in cost, and very soon
the manufacturers will have it their own way
anu you anu me Will nave TO pay very mach /
more. In view OF this statement OF things we
made some time since large purchase of
kitchen tinware at what was a low price then.
and would b5 far lower now in the face OF two
advances in the makers price Its
[Sigpedl JOHN WANsMAKER.
Another factory has been opened, 600
men find employment, Carnegie rejoices,
but what of the millions who pay the
wages OF the 600 and for the rejoicing of
the tariff barons? wananmaker raises
the price OF tin, but what OF the tin
bucket brigade who buy corduroy, cotton
and school books7