The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-08-28

ME DRlNo dAus REPuOiATES.
Having Accomplished Their Enis the
Prospective lin Plate Makers Iiepndiats
Their Agreements.
Nothing shows more clearly that II Is
only Mt the meetings Of committees and
In the halls Of congress that those who
demand high tarin speak Of she inter.
ests Of labor. and that when they 60
away they leave behind them all
thoughts OF their working men. than
the actions Of Mr.. NiedringhauS Of St
Louis
When Mr. Niedringhaus took his seat
In the Fifty-6rst congress he made .
speech declaring that he was there rs .
representative Of labor; that he did not
want TO 20 TO congress- but was forced
10 by tho workmen Of St. Louis.
Now Mr. Niedringhas has factory In
ST Louis in which he makes kitchen
utensilA Ex-Congressman Niedring.
haus i president Of the St Louis Stamp
ing Co, . concern with factories In St
Louis, engaged in the production Of
kitchen hollowware. II also imports
timed plates and is one Of the prospect.
I've tin-plate manufactures called into
existence by the Mckinley tariff.
While agitating the question Of a
higher duty on timed plate the mann.
facturers held . conference with the
leaders Of the Amalgamated Iron and
Steel Workers, at which, according to
Mr.. Weihe. president OF this associa-
ton, the following occurred:
'When the tin plate association. Of
which Mr.. Nicdringhaus was a promi'
nent member. went before congress to
have the tariff on tin plate raised, its
mem crs were afraid TO go before the
ways and means committee themselves,
though they did . sight Of lobbying.
They came to our association and rep
resented that an increase in the tariff
would start the tin plate industry on a
boom and would be big thing for US,
and they wanted us to help them out
IL was necessary, they said, to have MS,
| the laborers, 60 before the committee.
We took in their talk and were really
persuaded that it would be good
| thing. So we sent committees TO ap
| pear before the ways and means com
mlllGCs anu Al COnctACA otttA "a thAf
work on our part the tin plats
| association agreed to q tin plate
| wage schedule by which its members
| would pay Is per cent extra for sof
| steel work and 20 per cent for changed
| iron and steel Now they want to craw
| 6sh out They say they cannot manu-
| facturc at such price. Thew are RICH
| they cannot Another thing they
| will not be able to turn out the amour
Of tin plate by 1897 called for by thu
Mckinley bill. They got the associa
ton to help them. and now they wan
| to recede from their agreement will
US, and Mr.. Niedringhaus. who SHOULD
be the very last is the first to try ans
back out"
| Now Mr.. Niedringhaus refuses 4
carry out his part Of the agreement
The result is his workmen have gon'
on a strike. and he has telegraphes
to the treasury department inquirini
whether the importation of contrac
laborers from abroad Is permitted Tn
first reply sent to him was that tn
contract labor law would not proven
him from importing skilled worl<me
and that no special forms were neces
ssry for doing IL
But IL was soon found that the Anal
gamated association controlled NOR
| votes than Niedringhaus could muster
and accordingly. in view Of the cam
paign in Ohio. Secretary Foster wrot
TO Mr.. Nicdringhaus repudiating tn
letter Of his subordinate and declaring
that the treasury department was no
in the habit Of deciding supposed cases
Here the matter stands for the present
but il will be hard for them to deser
in his hour Of need this lively gentle
man 20 whom they have looked will
confidence for tin dishes and tin bill
Of fare whenever they advertised
high-tariff banquet, but when the.
understand the situation he will cut
very small figure by the side Of III
Amalgamated Association Of Iron an
Steel Workers and its votes. Secretar
Foster has already silenced the officiou
and learned Owen, and Nicdringhau
will soon discover that he has permitte
his business to encroach unwarrantabl
upon the domain Of practical politics.