The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-10
WORK Of THE TARIFF.
English Industries Suffer
From the Mckinley Act.
The Manufacturers of Pig Iron in
America Limit the Exports of
Scotch Iron.
Linen is Not Much Affected Nor Do
the Industries OF the Lancaster Dish
trICt Suffer Very Materially.
Special Correspondence Of the Associated Press.

Special Correspondence the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 1.-Centinuing the
efforts which the Associated Press
made in Germany last month to
ascertain the feeling Of foreign man.
ufacturers in regard to the Mckinley
tariff bill, Investigations Of similar
character have been made through
out Great Britain. While the ex-
ports to America from certain places
show marked falling of, yet the
totals for January, February and
March, 1891 (the last three months
for which figures are obtainable),
show an increase over the figures OF
the same months of 1890. These
months may be regarded as the best
ones for comparison since the bill
went into effect.
In 1890 during these months the
rush to get goods to America before
the bill became a law had not be-
gun, and this year the same months
form period when the rush, with the
exception of tin plate, was over and
when business may be supposed to have
been in more normal condition than
at any time since the passage Of the
bill. The total value of declared ex-
ports for the first quarter of 1891 from
the consular district of Great Britain
and Ireland amounted to over 6,000,-
900 against $45,S7S,724 during the
same quarter of 1890.
THE METAL TRADE AFFECTED.
The metal tlaGe is the one princi-
pally affected in the Liverpool district
and the tinplate trade particularly.
There is complete stagnation in this
industry at present. American buyers
to anticipate the working of the new
tariff as far as practicable, imported
during the six months prior to July /,
when the new rate went into effect,
more than enough tin plate to supply
years demand. Welsh makers in
terviewed at Cardiff admit that the
time must come when Americans will
make their own plates, but they de
clare that they fear no immediate at
tempt Prices at Cardiff have greatly
decreased and are now barely remu-
nerative, but the demand is the same a,
ever, all the works being again in full
operation.
The iron manufacturers OF Scotland
are at present disturbed by Londor
syndicate and can not export nucf
iron, but the principal cause of thu
limited expectation lies in the very
large increase in the manufacture 0
pig-iron in America-a manufactur,
which last year surpassed the produc
ton of great Britain. A great deal 0
steel scrap for remelting went t
America, but they say the Mckinley
tariff has killed this trade.
wooLENs AND LINENS.
1t is too soon yet to conclude wha
shall be the full effect of the tariff upol
wooden goods So far as the trade ha
gone they say the tariff looks as if
were quite prchibitive. Certainly tn
trade in the lower qualities will cease
8 Lace curtains, the duty upon whic
increased from forty to sixty per cent
were largely exported to the States TIL
manufacturers were busy before tn
tariff came into force, but they think
the Americans do not put up mi
chinery the Scotch manufacturers {
these goods will still be able to hol
their own.
Linen trade manufacturers thin
that no blow has been dealt to th
linen trade by the tariff. In fact, tt
belief here is that the Americans cal
not weave linen goods because of the
climate. There are great carpet ma
ufacturers in Glasgow, but they a.
not much affected by the tariff, 1t
frankly admitted that the American
can make carpets as well as Il
Scotch.
While some parts of the neighbour