New-York tribune., 1890-01-01
IN FAVOR OF PROTECTION
REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE POTTERY AMI
GLASS INTERESTS SHOW The
NEED OF IT.
A LAXATIVE rREE.TRADER TELLS WHY HE
DOESN'T WANT A PROTECTIVE TARIFF
COMPETITION DOESN'T BOTHER
HIM-soME OF THE VIEWS AND
ARGUMENTS ADVANCED.
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HIM-soME OF THE VIEWS AND
ARGUMENTS ADVANCED.
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Washington, Dec 31.-TO-day's hearing before inc
uorsa WAYS and Means Committee was devoted 10
,ho ,,ass and putty schedule Of the tarlH, ana
reat deal OF important and interesting testimony was
taken There was marked unanln1y Vi 'p'"
among the representatives of the pottery interest WIZ
were called on to make statements all agreeing U
the tariff of Ss3 had left the American mahHaoVu'V
tnsufcicntly protected against foreign conlpe'"on
1be abolition OF the package duty, for instance hao
heen An especial hindrancc TO the home uauc' ''i
foreign pottery dealers had constantly unuo '"iu'u
their goods by charging the larger part Oh 'e 'o''
Of importatons to the packing. genera" io9"'''
ton of the rates in force before 1855 IL was 'ou7
yvonld mt the home industry on satisfactory oas9
aca,n FIX Congressman ]. Hart Brewer, OF Ircnton'
snm,ned mn the wishes Of the potters BEST perhaps
when he arrued I'm favor of simple restoration Oh INC
former package clause. This he sald' "o.lu '"'Uo
the potteries 10 keep going without aDsolu'c io' "0
rates of wages of course remaining as they arc "o"'
1t tho committee cared to go further than the mere
necessities of the case he wonld suggest ,'e i"'
of both ad valorem and specific duties on lo'eiS"
u,ares much As a compund duty is now levied on I'LL
ported woolcn goods A.,
The most divcrtng incident OF the sI'uhs wa "'o
appearance of Pittsbure glass manufacturer "eoso
A Macbeth who gave at the start a mildly sensaVo''i
fn
materials used in making lamp chmneys oy SAYING
that the committee was apparently aborlng uhuer
q strange misapprehension about the tariff The ciir'
man and Others seemed TO think that 'e p'o'0ou'
system was A good thing for the laboring man. He'
Macbeth was satisfied that it was not ""'' ~
wanted was this Let him have all the malerlS' ou
ab carbonate of potash. lead and German claN WHICH
are used in manufacturing, admitted nee ''o" i
- c,irrevs also be admitted free: put MN ana
,bo foreirn manufacturer or the same level Tic "onl
nevertheless make better and cheaper proouols All"
nav higher wages than he WAS paving now
This startling paradox. delivered with orahiuo
air created more amusement than il did conviction ana
Congressman Bayne. of Pennsylvania re-ah |" P'U"0
into tho statements of his fellow Pittsburger MI.
vache,b If turned out, made 200 kinds oi lamp
cbimneys OF these so were not MADE aofoau d. AL
and were not subject to any hut domestic co"Pc'"''
The duty on chimncys consequently dld MN no So'"
whatever and he willing 70 toleGo us empty y"
vantages in return for free materials Uhe unN "'
which now amounted to over 20 per cent OF te 'o'O
of the finished product. Moreover, I'm the twenty
STYLES which were made to some extent abf"'o "''
free trader had 10 confess that stNle ana duaHN "e
the prime considerations in capturing thc mdrhc' "n'
that cheap imported cmneys failed TO lnlurc 'c Sao
Of his own hgherprced One,. because people "a"'ou
his and didn't want cheap German ones
protection doesn't protect me-" said Mr.. Macne'h
saralv Il onlv increases the cost Of my 10o chh'
neys7 Protection doesn't help the glass "oFAer''
was another of this disintereSed tarih ieorhe as"
ments lie admitted that German labor OF 'he same
Grade got only half the wages Of workers mere anu
that Fpcl,,h blowers OF only threcfourthS a muc'
Americans he said We 90 better workmen and deserved
what tbcy made. Yet he had himself gone 10 ter
many TO see if he couldn't move his business over
there and would have gone, but that ne "'o"N.''
last years efforts AT reducing the tariff were eos
pan ont When he got to Germany he "o""' "
course, nay German prices. .,.-
The or0wnng a6sHdi'y OF the candid Macoe'h
reasoning came near the end Of his talk.
~It we tahe all the duties oil your materials asked
Mr. NcKinlay how much less would dozen oi lamp
shades cost the American consumer =
After numerous evasions the reduction was hs'red
ont as between three and four cents on tle "Hoe'do
price .,....,o, oo,
But what benefit would that be to the actual con
sumerl7 .....,
well. I can't say that it would be any actual
honeGt The difference would 60 70 myself and to the
miGdcmen.7
Nic.sr. Brcckinridge and McMllan had been zeal
ousv backing Up the PtsburS man a. an apparent
convert to their theories but at tins point ey gave
up in despair ~
W J. smith the president of the American Flint
rloss EIower,' Union completed the overthrow Of
Macbeth by producing paper submitted thfee !c'i5
ago by Macbeth firm TO their employee III VIM"
figures given on the comparative cost '' pr"
duction in Gcrmany and the United states chliIcN
inconsistent with the argument the lamp chimney
trade which IT,. ioquaclous tariff Iciormer had 40
IaoriousIy built up. All the other ela-~ manufacturers
who appeared agreed thai the present duties s'onn
be maintained. and that advances should be mace OH
various grade, OF cut glass and green glass
william +. smith. manufacturer oi green ana
plate bottles Al Altoona, ILL.,, said mat fiom ~ 70 60
Der cent Of the finished product was Represented by
labor. -. ,.oa. Cl..-
Lewis Arlington, representing the Green eas ia,
Blowers Association, declared that protective aIH
was necessary to keep The wages OF the blowers up 10
their present standard. 49, ,..t
d. {. Ripley. Of Ptsbure, president OF me AmerI-
can Flint and Lime Glass Association, adNOcaUd P'"
iectivc duty on glass he presented several
specimens Of Belgian gla~-. and a'cllcd tIal Ul1l
eoud be laid here AT lcS, price iha lhN ''Nl
bc merely cut for this country. g. L. hhS. repre-
eeptinc the Cry ,al Plate Glass COMPANY 81 - LpI''
favored the retention Of the present duty on pres
The committee then adjourned until Thursday when
the representatives of the wool industry viii be heard