The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-08-14

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We promised yesterday, to refer
again to the effect the Mckinley tariff
was having on manufactures in Ger
many. Yesterday we referred to the
depression of the Knit Goods Industry
as shown by the Associated Press COR
respondent to the New York herald; to-
day we use the same authorities for
showing the influence of the Mckinley
tariff on other branches of German
manufactures. First there is Auna-
berg town where laees, trimmings
and embroideries are the main staples |
Strange to say the tariff seems to have
operated here differently from its OPP |
erations in Chemnitz. The oorrespon-
dent says: Here, though the tariff
has been raised, the export to America
has doubled since the Mckinley bill.
Owing to the cheapness OF labor and
the complicated system of manufac-
turing this industry could under no
circumstances be transported TO Amer
lea. 1t was very kind in the CORE
spondent to give the cheapness of
labor as one Of the reasons why this
industry could not 10 transported to
America signifying Of course that If
labor was as cheap in America the in
dustry could be transported.
Plauen. In Saxony, is town noted
for the manufacture Of woollen dress
goods, but the exports In these fabrics
have fallen off nearly 5000. 900. Arnold
& Sons employ nearly two thousand
hands in the manufacture of these
goods and they saved themselves in
time by charging their trade with
Russia and Austria and other Balkan
countries where free trade and cheap
labor prevail. When asked il they
had given up trade in America the reply
of the senior was:
mo. On the contrary have estab-
lished n factory at Passaic, n j., and
am doing we'll there The duty makes
up for the increased wages l have to
pay there.n
''Then you can manufacture to adj
vantage in American asked the Associ-
ated Press correspondent.
Certainly. We Intend to increase
our manufacturing facilities there
shortly. The tariff, however, needs n
good deal OF modification. We ought
to have free raw material-at least OF
that kind not produced in America
Il will be seen that MIR. Arnold has
the same argument In favor Of manu-
featuring in America that protection
lists in this country have, and he is
frank in saying that tho excess of
wages paid In this country equals the
tariff on foreign manufactured articles,
great many laces and embroideries
are manufactured in Plauen bat the
year, but says the correspondent
lowing to change in fashions ant
not to the high tariff" But whateye
the cause, we are told that:
1.-THE suffering among The half pait
or entirely unemployed workmen il
this district is even worse than il
Chemnitz The people look pale ant
starved and the restitution is said Il
be very great indeed"
The plate glass mirrors and window
glass industries OF Nuremberg aut
Fuerth, are also beginning to sufte
from the Mckinley tariff, and tn
chemical industry of Frankfort is go
ing in the same direction. The Asso
elated Press Correspondent closes hi
account of his Investigations as fol
lows:
.'Breslau, the largest Consular dis
trict in the German Empire, does no
seem to have been affected by the AIC
Kinley BILL The exports are as larg
as ever, The principal articles export
ed from there are linen, mixed am
union goods, leather, gloves and bee
sugar. The wages OF the workme
have not been affected, because the
were already SO small that they coul
not possibly be lowered This is til
district where tho weavers and othe
working classes are III constant DANCE
OF starvation
What do the working people of Wi
mington think OF all this; wages $
low in Breslau that they could not |
made lower Mckinley bill or no AI
Kinley bill2 The fight here is to kee
from starving. Protection can hay
no effect in acountry like this. Wagi
could not possibly be lowered. Win
Because the people would die of sta
walton and tho town would be at Il
expense OF burying them. Let Il
working people of Wilmington thin
over this and compare their conditit
under protection to the condition
these poor Germans under free trad
This is exactly what the Democrats
this country would bring the peoI
to If they had their way