The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-22

80 ftNtIt Pruttctiou banquet IN
New York there was one little matter
which deserves 20 be mentioned rs an
Illustration 81 high tariff cheek. Al
TIM thoroughly American dinner" Il
was a kind Of school-boy fad 70 have
everything American. 'thc product Of
American labor. from American ma
tcriai. made in American shops. OBJ
tanned from American fields. streams
and forests. and from American vine
yards"
The table knives used at this feast OF
protective lords Of industry were
made BY a firm Of Connecticut Yankees
The story Of these table knives Is thus
told In the New York Press, Robert r.
Porter's high tariff paper:
4 neat conceii was exhibited unon the
taDie kHiyes. manufacture by Laniers.
frary & Clark. os New Britain. Conn Upon
thr polished steel blades appeared the name
Of she nrm and the thoroughly sincere sen
tence: Cutters 10 the American people %
Under the b~nefcent Mex nley tariff law
these nve wor ; mean a great deal more 20
the people OF this country than the empty
words. Cutters 10 Her MAJ stv.'' which i
stamped upon the cutlery which has hereto
fore been 80 largely used here. The former
words are fun ~ patriotism. the latter but
an empty honor.
Now, while these cntcrprising YAM
KEGS arc using the protection banquet
20 advertise their knives some people
may recall the fact that this firm was
heard Of last year in the senate tariff
debate in a way which does no great
credit 70 their character as s'cutlers 10
the American people
In the list Of banqueters at this feast
Of the high tariff lords appears the
name Of Charles s. Landers, New
Britain, Conn.," he being the senior
member of the cutlery firm Of Landers.
Frary 4 Clark Last summer when the
sections Of the Mckinley bill
were under discussion this Mr.. Landers
used by Senator Carlisle as an ex-
ample for exposing the falsity Of the
often made before the ways and
means committee by men who pretend
70 be on the verge Of ruin and vet sell
their IN 70 foreigners at greatly re-
duced rates Mr.. Carlisle stated that
Mr.. Charles s.. Landers had come before
he ways and mean committee 70 ask
increased duties; and the senator
read extracts from the testimony of this
manufacturer showing what gloomy
talk he then INDUCED in.
Before the committee Mr.. Landers
had said: II am q manufacturer Of
table cutlery at New Britain. Conn.
and represent before this committee
what Is left of that industry in the
nitcd States" Another morscl from
he testimony Of Mr.. Landers was this:
AS stated here last night by Col. Brad
ey. in this Solingen district the Ger
manufacture very cheaply. and
Unless we are protected they will drive
IS out To which he added: I'VE
> y got 70 have this protection. III
rave given the facts and do not propose
argue the question"
The protective duty on table knives
lnder The old law was IS per cent on
~ sizes and Qualities. and Mckinley
'aised 4 70 : point averaging. from 50
% S. per cent
Notwithstanding the existing high
protection Mr.. Landers had nothing but
ales Of ruin 70 tell before McKinley's
ommittec about the table knife indus
~ in this country. One company had
zen sold At auction and realized to
he creditors 20 cents on the dollar /"
In regard TO the o Germs which have
xistcd he went on there is not one
case where n concern even
Imported by auxiliary business, has
aid an average Of 9 per cent. on the
The average interest paid
-obably does not exceed . per cent"
And then Mr.. Landsrs rang the
hargcs on the old story Of r~uinous
ompctition with foreign labor: vet he
70 confess that wages were higher
/, free trade England than in protected
ermany- The extent Of this ruinous
ompetition may b. seen from the fact
nat nj imports Of all kinds Of table
for the year iss9. the figures Of
'hich were used in framing the tariff
III yer only SGso.Oo0. The duties I
elected on this amounted 10 ss3s.0oo.
r. Landers stated that there were !
bout :. 1000 men engaged as laborers in !
le table cutlery business III these :
CURES are correct, the people OF the
pay a tax Of Sl19 to protect
one Of their laborers-reckoning :
e tax only on imported knives. and ;
king no account whatever Of the in {
'eased cost II domestic made knives
J reason Of the tariff. !
During the senate debate last August {
.nator Carlisle took MP the testimony :
Mr.. Landers and let in some light
the transactions Of this cutler to ,
American people which showed :
early that he was using extra induce {
ents 70 become a cutler TO foreign !
The senator read a news para :
from the Hardware. a trade /.
urnal. as follows: .'Landcrs. Frary & :
y are now kept very busy supplying !
cir western consumers with their SUI I
'rb cutlery. They were compelled I
the spring y employ about two !.
lrdrcd new hands to be able 70 keep :
with the demand for their well !
med goods" And II was just this !,
an who said he uould have TO go out I
business unless he got higher protec- !,
N. !
Blu: Senator Carlisle added a still y
1rc crushing how 70 the foregoing. y
mp q sheet Of paper he said: !.
hold IN my hand q bill. and I call the 1
Of the senator from Rhodc Y
and CIR. Aldr.chl 70 this sentence. y
nspicuously printed in red ink upon 4
E face Of X This Is . bill Of goods I