Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-03

At the recent banquet of the Ameri-
can Protective Tariff league in New
York the attempt was made TO have
everything American. For once the
wines of France and the cigars of Havana
were tabooed. Native American wines
from Ohio, California and New York
state were used to warm the blood and
cheer the hearts of the assembled Nc
Kinleyites, and Key West cigars added
their fragrance to the muddy flow Of
protection eloquence.
Everything American" and "patri-
otic," and even some patriotic American
manufacturers made use Of the banquet
to advertise their protected wares. Ex-
Congressman Niedringhaus, of st. Louis,
who is in the business OF tin plate manu-
featuring for exhibition purposes at ban
quets, conventions, and in protection
newspaper offices, furnished a small bit
Of tin plate with each bill of fare. An
other firm which advertised itself was
that Of Landers, Frary e Clark, Of New
Britain, Conn. This firm supplied the
table knives stamped with their name,
followed by the words, Cutters 10 the
American people"
Some people may recall the name Of
this firm by the prominence given II IN
the senate tariff debate last August in
the matter of export discounts. When
the hardware section Of the tariff bill
was under discussion Senator Carlisle
made very effective speech in which ne
thoroughly exposed the falslty Of the
claims often made before the ways and
means committee by men who pretend
to be on the verge of ruin, and yet sell
their wares 70 foreigners at greatly re-
duced rates. In this speech he said some
things about this Mr.. Landers which are
now interesting to recall This Mr.
Landers, who sat among the Mckinley
ties at their New York banquet. ap-
peared before the McKiuleyites Of the
ways and means committee last year 70
plead for higher duties on table cutlery
| De had a protective duty already Of 50
per cent. ad valorem. This did not near
satisfy him, and Mckinley gave him du-
| ties ranging from 40 TO above 60 per
cent.
In the speech referred to Senator Car
/ Isle quoted from the evidence Of Mr.
| Landers before the ways and means
! committee. Before the committee he
| had said. Il am a manufacturer Of table
| cutlery at New Britain. Conn. and rep
resent before this committee what is left
/ Of that industry in the United States.
| Another morsel from his testimony was
/ this, AS stated here last night by Colo
| mel Bradley. in this Solingen district
/ the Germans manufacture very cheaplv.
| and unless We are protected they viii
drive Us out" To which he added: I'VE
| have got TO have this protection have
| given the facts, and do not propose 10
/ argue the question.
/ Mr. Landers tale Of woe. however,
was thoroughly exposed by Ny. Carlisle,
and its falsity established beyond doubt.
| The senator read a news paragraph from
the trade journal Hardware, as follows:
''Landers, Frary & Clark are now kept
very busy supplying their western con-
sumers with their superb cutlery. They
were compelled during the spring to en-
I ploy about 200 new hands TO be able to
| keep up with the demand for their well
| famed goods" This was near about the
same time when Mr. Landers told the
Mckinley committee that he would be
compelled TO have higher protection or
/ else go out Of business =
But Senator Carlisle added n still more
crushing blow to the foregoing. Hold
ing up a sheet Of paper, he said: Il hold
! in my hands bill, and call the atten-
ton Of the senator from Rhode Island
! (Mr. Aldrich) to this sentence, conspicu-
ously printed in red ink upon the face Of
it. This is bill of goods sold by these
same parties:
" For immediate cash, with an agree
ment on the part Of the purchaser that
the goods shah not be sold IN the United
States, Custom house certificate to be
furnished if required.
80 that they sell these goods for ex-
portation," Mr.. Carlisle continued, ''at
a lower price than they sell them to
American citizens for home consump-
ton, and compel their purchaser to en-
ter into a stipulation, spread out con-
spicuously upon the face of the receipt
which he gets for the money paid for
the goods, that he viii not sell them in
the United States, and if these manu-
facturers require it that he shall produce
to them the certificate OF the custom
house TO show that he has exported them
for sale abroad"
Senator Carlisle then read from sale
bills Of another cutlery firm, and showed
from their foreign price list that they sell
in the foreign market at prices from "a &c
% per cent. below the home market price
and then he undertook to refresh the
memory Of Senator Allison in reference
to promise which the latter had made
II think the senator from Iowa, if he