Arizona republican., 1891-07-03
MAKING KNIT FABRICS.
AN INDUSTRY QUILT UP DY THE
 M'KlNlCY BILL.


 persistent in their utterances that the mckinley tariff will destroy American textile industries If they cau furnish no better evidence than that furnished 1 ly the Init underwear mills, then let US hear no more about the disastrous effects of measure the beneiicent effects of which are so clearly apparent. Contrast the present condition of the knit goods interest with that of q year ago. The enactment of tho Mckinley tariff was then in sight, yet it's influence upon the future of this industry was already visi. , ble. Manufacturers saw that the ad- ministrative act would correct many of the worst abuses from which they had suffered so long, and that with the tariff bill passed. immediate relief from under valuations would follow. A year ago rot more than GO per cent. of the present ca pacity fer turning out underwear was in operation. At Cohoes, Amsterdam, Lit ! tie Falls, Hudson City, and at various other p'aces in this and other states. much machinery had been idle for three or more wears, especially those mills that were equipped to nuke ribbed cotton underwear. This was due solely to the competition of great quantities of i'm ported goods that were undervalued. And from the sIn. caIse the knitters of ! fancy cotton hosiery in Philadelphia be- came lnSOlvent.
 With the Mckinley tariff in operation the first reappraisemeatS by the board of appraisers demonstrate l that the impor- tationS of knit fabrics of every descrip- ton woull be decreased, for though i'm porters had advanced their foreign cost the increase was not enough 1t is un- necessary to go into details as it is stuff. CenC to know that through the operation o& the Mckinley tariff an unparalleled degree of activity has been infused into the knit goods industry.
 The cry of the Fre,-tralars has been and h that the poor mans wages have been decrclsal all the cost of his clothing his b22l increa What are the facts: The poor mln's cotton shirts and drawers, not costing in excess of one dollar aal fifty cents per dozen. pay 3i per cent. alyIloren, the same as be- fore the Mckinley bill Oh! the solici- tule for the poor man aai how it has been used to put eagles il the pockets of these importers that have expressed so rluch sympathy for the wage earner! No one doubts, and il fact it has been ! demonstrated by the operations of the Mckinley tariff, that former importa- { tiOns were ilvOicel and classified as costing poor mems prices. the duties paid propOrtionutcly, bat out of the customs. such goods were invariably sold at rich mems profits. thouyh at less prices than similar goods made il this country were sold at That's how the interests of the poor man have been protected by i'm pOrterJ.
 Under the oll tariff wool and merino underwear pail ten cents, twelve cents. eighteen Cents. twanty.four cents anI thirty-Gvc cents per pound, and 31 and 4O per cent. d | valOrem, and so general were the unaervaluation3 that it Is not straining the truth to make the state- ucnt that not more than, if as much as, CD per cent. of the duties were collected that such importations should have paid. This method of doing business was be- cause of the solicitulc for the poor man. With the merchandise released from the customs department, for spelling poor mems goods" the VOlapuk orthography WAS employed, and it invariably pro d,.ccd importers interest" and the goods were sold at rich mems profits. The Mckinley tariff and the adminis- trutivc act have rectitiel these under valuations: yet if there has been any difference in prices for American goods they are not recognizable by consumers, if at the prices now current better goods arc not now obtainable than ever before. This feature iJ due to the operation of the Mckinley tariff and the increased | production that that measure has stimu- lated.
 The daily and weekly reports of the improved trade il underwear and hUsiery are the best evidence of the beneficial in GuenCe of the Mckinley tariff on this in dustry. Besides the records of the mills that were running full and have been enlarged. that were running half or less of the machinery and are TOW running full. that had b, :'. idle for three to six years and are now in full operation, new mills that have been built and put into operation and larger number are in course of erection in different states. | In short. the Mckinley tariff has stop | pel to very large extent the undervuia- tions of foreign manufactures, and that has decreased importatlons: there has been an increased demand for American made goods taat has squicScnea the start. i ing up of all idle machinery and the building of many new mills. This has given employment to a very large num- ] bpr of operatives; raw matey nls have been required il greatly increA5el .quan- titles, and in the finishing, ticketing, making up and other details an equal de- gre0 of life has been infused into many other departments of manufacture whose existence has been anl Is largely depend' ent on the production of underwear. Such are some of the benefits that have accrued to the knit goods industry from the enactment of the Mckinley bill.
 Who's "Got tho Tin?"
 ""Tis bold and bad, that tariff billl" The Free-trade croaker cried;
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