Telegram-herald., 1890-10-13

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II ha,s besn anong coansctleat
manufacturers aDd Aex lOrk rapport
srs. szid ~. Mlizm Ii. AshSr 10
bl2de reporter. 4Ed the 0ns s0ng
neaFa sss tAs lar.ff frOa early mofn
til lzts 2t ghl
"WhAt was the feeling about ne
lsFln Aaa u eaeet Ga trade sskea
tie bizde.
.sAnso8g American manufacturers,
astlont al e1eSpIi0n. ] found 4 hope
tai feeling Tor tie future, aud they al
Ella. .ned to Il fuil OF orders. The I'M
portegs " sooss ia my Inc are uncer-
tain sc TO their future.
Are prices booming"
Net At all / placed orders with
eastern manufacturers at As lon prces
as have ever done, bat 1 expect 10 see
sllgnt advances shortly
Then the tarlf viii be tax
"Not any. TIE consumer wlll never
discover the advances made by Amer
can cutlery manufacturer the jobbeF
and retailer will have 50 much less
profit, that IS all"
''Are foreign goods higher
TEN poFafily, Yes; some goods are
up quite large per cent. The Mekin-
ley committee Was organized 10 redress
grievances ami night some glarng
wrongs. In correcting old abuses
prices of some things nave been sharply
advanced, until home competition re-
ouces them. But as an illustration of
who pays the tariff, take one item IN
my line. The duty WAS advanced from
80 per cent. to As per cent, yet placed
an order fer my next springs supply
with German manufactures, at the
same price that / paid last spring.
When | asked him how he could do II,
be said: The price of steel will be less,
owing to the decreased demand for
goods under the new tariff; my men
must stand part of il and fshall have
less profit. We must al divide the ex-
trA duty among u.s."
80 the consumer does not pay the
duty?"
Certainly not on that item. But the
new tariff Is seen plainly in its effects
on old factories. Some that have been
closed for several years are being put IN
working order now and men sent out
for orders. Others that have kept at
work are now planning additions. The
one man who has cause 10 bless the Nc
klnley bill is the American mechanic.
HIS services we're never IN such great
demand as they are today. He need
have no fear for the winter or for sew
eral winters. Wages are ruling high
and Will be higher before they are any
lower. And the evidence of tins is the
fact that business is extra good. IN
der ordinary circumstances this would
have been hard year. We had poor
winter for every kind of business, and p
poor season for the farmer. Yet in.
the face OF this every factory,
every jobber. and every retailer Is re-
porting that it Is a good business year"
"Wlil the good times continue"
"For the United States, yes. Don't
take any stock in the rot sent out by
the free traders. English, German and
French manufacturers are not holding
| public meetings to beg their govern
ments to do something to prevent the
Mckinley bill passing, because they love
us. They are not the idiots their
| friends here Try to maze them. They
read the handwriting on the wall, that
the Mckinley bill means American fac
/ torres. And, as proof Of TINS. ! was
| told by an English importer that one of
| his prime pals was now on bis way here
/ 10 see about starting a factory in his
| line. Another told me that as his for
| eign trade would be- damaged by the
new tariff be proposed To make the
/ goods here and had already bought an
/ old plant for this purpose"
"Thcn the outlook is bright, you
/ think?'
1T was never brighter. Charity be-
/ gins ~ home. THIS charity that offers
/ Canadian farmers a good market for
/ Their produce TO the detriment OF our
/ home farmers is not charity but
1 idiocy. This idea Of compelling Amer-
can workmen 10 work tor the wages of
! England and Germany, and lye rs
/ they i've, and die as they die, is all
/ very well for the man who has a good
income, but Il Is not popular with men
| who propose 10 own Themselves, and
nelp their children to rise"
Then everybody down East is
happy?'
Not bit of it, The importers are
very bitter. They made a powerful
/ fight against the new bill. For weeks
/
4 did ali dealers, petitions to circulate
( and slgn and then forward To head
/ quarters. One cutlery importer said
/ hc had sent out $500 Circulars of a
certain kind to the wholesale dealers Of
/ the United States. and Mr.. Mckinley
WAS unkind enough TO remark that the
result showed that just $50 out Of the
/ $500 bad fallen IN suitable ground for
/ sl..r.
/ The importers bad special trains.
went down in force and had
/ the fact telesraphed all over the coun
/ try, "a we'll as the millions of dollars
/ they represented. But the dollars
weie dollars sent to Europe to employ
/ labor there. They were persistent IN
/ their efforts before the committee aud
/ before Congress, but they were defeat
+ ed everywhere, and they aIe sour and
/ sure the country : gong 10 ruin. To a
/ certain extent their Occupstl tl0n - gone.
7 and they know &. The shrewd ones
among them are adjusting them
I selves TO the new order Of Things, aud.
instead OF beng importers, VIII soon be
I manufacturers. aud the country viii
I be the gamer"
"But goods are advancing. and the
I free-tradeTs lay tins to the tariff
+ "0f course they DO. bat where tariff
I advances An article tbs fau you can
+ depend upon it thst Il viii not lonE
I stay advanced. With old fsctorIe.
7 being enlarged and new factories beng
I built. Is viii not be long before wc have
the shsrpesi OF shsrp compctit on right
+ here st home, and my experience is
T that under s9cn clrcumstances gooGs
+ get cheaper than they were before.