The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20
WHAT FREE HIDES HAVE DONE.



Free Hides Have Put enc Leather rndus-
TT Cd solid Foundation.
wholesome economic lesson 4
taught By the history OF the effects Of
admitting hides into this country free
Of duty. II would naturally Be sup
posed that with our variety OF soil and
climate We could provide all the kinds
of leather needed from domestic hides
and that while we might profit from free
raw materials in many industries. in this
particular one the benefits would be
small IN 1872 hides Except those with
wool on) were put on the free list. OF
course there was then much growing
bv one-sidei theorists who saw only
the imaginary injury that would be
done % some domestic industries The
experiment Of giving the leather indus
tries free raw materials was eminentlv
successful Il put new life into the
leather glove business, which in 1872
was dragging along : precarious cx-
istencc- II decreased our glove i'm
ports from 81 $50. l67 in 1s.2. 70 So. $50
625 in 1873. and to -. si465s in 1s7&
In 1872 there were in Fulton county.
y. n. the center Of the glove industry,
less than half dozen small leather
establishments In 1890 there
were 200 Of these establishments en-
ploying 5000 men Mr.. D. B. Judson.
who has manufactured more gloves
than any other man in America. said
free hides are air. light, food. drink
20 Fulton county and the glove and
industries This last
industry. right here in Fulton county.
has revolutionized the shoe business 81
he world" IL i . fact that We make
hoes cheaper than they are made any
where else. and il greater variety.
The injury 70 domestic industries has
lever been manifest Our exports OF
Gather hare increased greatly sinceis72
Mckinley IN 1890 proposed TO put : duty
n hides again Il Is not quite certain
vhy he did this some say Il w. 20
i've little more bogus protection 20
he farmers and stock growers: othcrx
hat 4 WAS TO aid the reciprocity scheme
nd was 70 Be used 70 blur some Of our
outhern neighbour IL Il more likely |
hat Il was to help Armour and the |
ther members Of tho big four" who |
onstitute the dressed beef com bine |
nd who would profit BY scarcitv Of |
ide& Such howl went up from New |
'ngland and the east that Mckinley
RS compelled % put hides back into |
he free list
II the benefits Of free raw materials
re 50 extensive and 30 manifest IN this
Ase, they would be far more 90 in
lses where we cannot produce. ia this
ountry, the raw materials needed
~uxrr ana TN.
The tariff was taken Of sugar BE-
lrse we did not make enough Of IL
m the tariff was doubled on tin 80
at we colld make some Of IL There's
gic' We do produces q large amount
purely American sugar. hut there Il
p pound u American tin plate ON
. market and never has been. a.
ouyn IL has been taxed ever since
l6-seventy-five years II the tariff
sugar. Of which wc make large
lantitie> was an unjustifiable tax On
e American people because W. did
& make quite enough, how ars W %
aracterizc the tariff On tin plate. Of
Inch We make none ~ I'll? Dres Il
: follow that Il must Be still greater
q more distinct and uniusti6sble
\ on the American people?
. the American consumer must
X over 6O0o 90 per yer tin tai
a about 80. co.. 900 for sugar bounty.
-. 900, 900 n Ill. for ~ fun az go. 7
: Acrobat Mckinley attempt 70 rias
two hobbies going 9 opposite a. Z
rtionS -whceling Register.
A buzhel Of whcas IN isss would
y ~ yards Of hsavy brown sheet
: and shirting. To-day q will only
y tx yards q - same quality u
- Has he farqsr pro6ted ~ ?